This tag refers to the town of Hastings in East Sussex where some of the people featured on this website lived.
A Gregory Rank: Sergeant Regiment: 2nd Home Counties Brigade, Royal Engineers Parents: Mr & Mrs Gregory Brothers: S Gregory, F Gregory & H Gregory Address: Old Town, Hastings Published: January 1915 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about…
Charles Bryant Rank: Chief Ship’s Cook Ship: HMS Formidable Sister: Mrs Taylor Address: 74 Vicarage Road, Hastings Parents: Mr Jonathan & Mrs Ann Bryant of Sedlescombe Wife: Rosalie Bryant of Fairview, Lenham, Kent Other Info: Charles was one of 551 sailors that perished when HMS…
Harold A Watterson Rank: Private Regiment: Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars Address: Stoneleigh, St Helen’s Crescent, Hastings Other Info: Additional information from the Lives of the First World War website. Published: January 1915 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.
M Langdon Regiment: Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars Address: Talford House, Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings Published: January 1915 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.
Norman G Swatland Rank: Private Regiment: Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars Address: Talford House, Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings Other Info: Additional information from the Lives of the First World War website Published: January 1915 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about…
Harry Bailey Ship: HMS Cressy Address: Hastings Other Info: Harry is seated in the photo. Was one of the men saved from HMS Cressy when it was sunk, along with sister ships HMS Hogue and HMS Aboukir, by German submarine U-9 on 22nd September 1914. Published: September 1914…
Arthur William Phillips Rank: Able Seaman Ship: HMS Hogue Father: ‘Old Gent’ Phillips, plasterer of Hastings Other Info: Saved from HMS Hogue by trawler number 369 after being in the water for upwards of an hour. Mr Phillips has a medal and clasp for…
Frederick William Holewell Rank: Private Regiment: 12th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment Mother: Mrs E Holewell Brothers: P Holewell, C Holewell & H Holewell Address: 45 Mount Road, Clive Vale, Hastings Other Info: Wounded in action twice. June 7th. 1916 Cuinchy, France. & April 1918 with the 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex…
William Apps Rank: Gunner Regiment: Royal Field Artillery Grandfather: Mr W Apps Brother: George Apps Address: Queens Road, Hastings Published: December 1914 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.
George Apps Rank: Private Regiment: Canadian Expeditionary Force Grandfather: Mr W Apps Brother: William Apps Address: Queens Road, Hastings Published: December 1914 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.
F R Harris Rank: Private Regiment: 10th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment Address: 3 Milward Road, Hastings Other Info: On Foreign Service Published: December 1914 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.
H A Boyd Rank: Signalman Ship: HMS Blenheim Address: Hastings Published: December 1914 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.