Army
William Suter
Rank: Private
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Wife: Mrs L A Suter
Parents-in-Law: Mr & Mrs J T Bates
Parents-in-Law’s Address: 57 North Terrace, Hastings
Brother-in-Law: Walter Spray
Other Info: Severely Wounded on 25th September 1915.
Published: November 1915
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Army
Walter Spray
Rank: Private
Regiment: 8th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment
Wife: Mrs E L Spray
Parents-in-Law: Mr & Mrs J T Bates
Parents-in-Law’s Address: 57 North Terrace, Hastings
Brother-in-Law: William Suter
Other Info: Killed in action on 25th September 1915. According to CWGC, Walter is remembered at the Loos Memorial on panel 93 to 95.
Published: November 1915
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Army
Cyril John Sanders
Rank: Private
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Uncle/Adoptive Father: Councillor George Cox
Address: Hastings
Other Info: Killed in action on 25th September 1915. According to CWGC, Cyril is remembered at the Loos Memorial on panel 69 to 73.
Published: November 1915
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Army
Frederick Adams
Rank: Private
Regiment: ‘D’ Company, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr Frederick & Mrs Milly Kate Adams
Address: 8 Providence Row, Bourne Walk, Hastings
Other Info: Seriously wounded on 15th October 1915. Now died of wounds. According to CWGC, Frederick died aged 18 on 13th October 1915 (the date is stated on the website). He is remembered at Dud Corner Cemetery, Loos, grave reference IV.G.16.
Published: November 1915 & March 1916
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Army
Edgar Reginald Willis
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment: 8th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs T W Willis
Address: 60 Cambridge Road, Hastings
Other Info: Text reads: … He has just been gazetted First Lieutenant, dating from June 2nd (1915). Lieutenant Willis went to France in July, and has been organising and training bombing parties for the Battalion and commands a company of picked me for that purpose.
According to CWGC, Edgar died aged 25 on 13th July 1916 and is remembered at Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt, grave reference I.G.23. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: November 1915 & August 1916
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Navy
Charles Arthur Todd
Rank: Able Seaman
Regiment: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves
Ship: HMS Defence
Parents: Mr & Mrs Todd
Wife: Mary Ann Todd
Brother: John Todd
Address: 38 North Terrace, Halton, Hastings
Other Info: HMS Defence sank during the Battle of Jutland on 31st May 1916 with the loss of 903 lives. Charles was one of those lost. He died aged 33 and is remembered at Portsmouth Naval Memorial on panel 24.
Published: November 1915
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Other
J Sinden
Service: 7th Sussex Voluntary Aid Detachment
Address: 208 Old London Road, Hastings
Published: November 1915
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Army
John Todd
Rank: Private
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment
Mother: Mrs Todd
Brother: Charles Arthur Todd
Mother’s Address: 4 Egremont Place, Halton, Hastings
Other Info: According to CWGC, John died on 20th October 1916. He is remembered at the Thiepval Memorial on Pier and Face 7C and 7B.
Published: November 1915
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Army
Albert Edward Rawlings
Rank: Sapper
Regiment: 69th Field Company, Royal Engineers
Parents: Mr & Mrs J Rawlings
Brother: William Rawlings
Address: 17 Braybrooke Terrace, Hastings
Other Info: Killed in action on 13th October 1915. According to CWGC, Albert is remembered at the Loos Memorial on Panel 4 and 5.
Published: November 1915
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Army
Eric Frank Penn
Rank: Captain
Regiment: 4th Battalion, Grenadier Guards
Parents: Mr William & Mrs Constance Penn
Parents-in-Law: Mr & Mrs C J Ebden
Wife: Mrs Gladys Penn
Address: Baldslow Place, Baldslow, Hastings
Other Info: The text reads: “… was killed in action in France on 8th October (1915). He was 37 years of age, and the eldest son of Mr & Mrs William Penn of St Alban’s Court, Nottingham. In 1891 he entered Mr Radcliffe’s House at Eton where he gained very conspicuous all-round athletic success. He played football for Eton, and was also in the cricket eleven in his last year. He won the school quarter mile, putting the weight and throwing the cricket ball, the latter being a throw of 106 yards. In 1898 Mr Penn went up to Trinity College, Cambridge, and received his cricket blue the following year when Mr G L Jessop was captain. At one time it was thought that Mr Penn would play for his county. but at that time the eleven was so rich in batsmen that only a cricketer of exceptional strength had a chance of inclusion. Shortly after this came the Boer War, and from 1900 to 1901 Mr Penn served in South Africa with the 3rd Battalion, Royal Scots attaining the rank of Captain. After the war he returned to Cambridge, played against Oxford in 1902, after which he entered business, becoming a partner in the firm of Sir R W Carden & Co. He joined the Norfolk Yeomanry at the outbreak of the present war and in April last was transferred to the Special Reserve of the Grenadier Guards, with the rank of Second Lieutenant. He went to France with the 4th Battalion in August, and a month later, after the Battle of Loos was promoted to Captain. He was married to Gladys Eveleen, daughter of Mr & Mrs Ebden in 1906. Of his two brothers, the younger in the Rifle Brigade was killed in February last and the other in the Grenadier Guards, was severely wounded in May and is still at home on sick leave.
According to CWGC, Eric is remembered at Vermelles British Cemetery, grave reference I.K.11. He had been mentioned in Despatches.
Published: November 1915
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