This tag refers to the town of Hastings in East Sussex where some of the people featured on this website lived.
Ernest Brignall Rank: Rifleman Regiment: 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade Parents: Mr Stephen Burgess Brignall & Mrs Harriet Brignall Brother: Charles Brignall Address: 24 St Mary’s Road, Hastings Other Info: At the Front in October 1914, Killed in action in December 1914. According to CWGC, Ernest was born in…
Henry Mitchell Rank: Gunner Regiment: Royal Field Artillery Parent(s): Mr & Mrs John Mitchell Address: 29 All Saints Street, Hastings Published: January 1915 Other Info: With the Indian Expeditionary Force Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.…
Egbert A Bumstead Rank: Sapper / Second Corporal Regiment: 55th Company, Royal Engineers Parent(s): Mr & Mrs Bumstead Address: Gate Lodge, Barley Lane, Hastings Other Info: Second Corporal Egbert A Bumstead, R.E., who has been awarded the Distinguished Service Medal in…
George F Oakley Rank: Company Quarter Master Sergeant / Company Sergeant Major Regiment: 3rd / 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment Parent: Mr Henry & Mrs Amelia Oakley Wife: Louisa Oakley Parent’s Address: Waterworks Road, Hastings Address: 4 Hawthorne Cottages, Eaton…
B Jones Rank: Private Regiment: Canadian Expeditionary Force Parents: Mr & Mrs Jones Brothers: F W Jones, A Jones & Walter Jones Address: 18 Old London Road, Hastings Other Info: Foreign Service Published: August 1915 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.
W Wakefield Rank: Sapper Regiment: Railway Operating Division, Royal Engineers Wife: Mrs Wakefield Address: 50 St Mary’s Road, West Hill, Hastings Other Info: In France Published: February 1916 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.
Arthur Lavender Rank: Sergeant Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment Mother: Mrs C H Lavender Address: St Thomas’s Road, Hastings Other Info: At the front. Late of Priory Road School. According to CWCG Arthur died on 9th May 1915. He is remembered at Le…
Charles Joseph Beacham Rank: Corporal Regiment: 4th Battalion, Rifle Brigade Parents: Mr James & Mrs Frances Beacham of Hastings Wife: Mrs Alice Beacham Address: 194 Sunnyhill Road, Streatham, London Other Info: According to CWGC, Harold died aged 39 on 25th…
William Lewis Hoadley Rank: Lance Corporal Regiment: 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment Parents: PC William & Mrs Hagar Hoadley Address: 24a Milward Road, Hastings Other Info: According to CWGC, William died aged 19 on 19th October 1915. William is buried at Bethune Town Cemetery, grave…
Sidney John George Rank: Able Seaman Regiment: Howe Battalion, Royal Naval Division Adopted Parents: Mr & Mrs Beaney Father: E George Address: 234 Priory Road, West Hill, Hastings Other Info: On Active Service. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.…
Henry James Morfee Rank: Private Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment Mother: Fanny Hatch, of The Violet Nurseries, St Helens Woods, Hastings Sisters: Mrs Clara Annie Trusler & Miss E Morfee Brothers: William George Morfee & Albert Edward Morfee Brothers-in-Law: Frank George Trusler, Harry Trusler &…
Mr Hill Rank: Corporal Regiment: Coldstream Guards Wife: Mrs Hill Address: 15 Station Road, Hastings Other Info: On active service. An article printed in the Hastings & St Leonards Observer on 5th December 1914 states: “Corporal Hill, of the Coldstream Guards, in a letter from…