This tag refers to the town of Hastings in East Sussex where some of the people featured on this website lived.
Charles Benjamin Wynhall Rank: Private Service: 1st Garrison Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment Wife: Mrs Edith Kate Wynhall Home Address: 6 Hughenden Road, Hastings Other Info: Charles Wynhall died aged 51 on 10th October 1918. He is buried at Hastings Cemetery. The…
Alfred Peter Winchester Rank: Gunner Regiment: 2nd Home Counties Brigade, Royal Field Artillery Parents: Mr William & Mrs Julia Maria Winchester Address: 5 Waterloo Place, Hastings Other Info: Accidentally killed whilst training. According to CWGC, Alfred died aged 20 on 22nd May 1916. He…
F J Wells Rank: Nursing Orderly / Private Regiment: St John Ambulance / Royal Army Medical Corps Address: Hastings Other Info: At Devonport Military Hospital. The poem below by Private Wells was found in the diary of nurse Daisy Bettison who…
George Thomas Turk Rank: Signalman Service: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves Ship: HMS Seafire Wife: Elizabeth Turk Father: James H Turk Brother in Law: Albert V Crowhurst Address: 67 Hardwicke Road, Halton, Hastings Other Info: George Thomas died aged 27 on…
James H Turk Rank: Private Regiment: National Reserves Wife: Mrs Turk Son: George Thomas Turk Son in Law: Albert V Crowhurst Address: 6 Union Row, All Saints Street, Hastings Published: February 1915 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about…
Albert V Crowhurst Rank: Driver Regiment: Royal Field Artillery Mother in Law: Mrs Turk Father in Law: James H Turk Brother in Law: George Thomas Turk In Law’s Address: 6 Union Row, All Saints Street, Hastings Other Info: At the Front Published: February 1915 Please…
John Leslie Wright Rank: Private Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment Parents: Mr John & Mrs Lily Wright Address: 95 Milward Road, Hastings Additional Info: Wounded, now in hospital at Manchester. According to CWGC, John died aged 19 on 9th October 1916. He is remembered…
T Tutt Rank: Gunner Regiment: Royal Garrison Artillery Mother: Mrs Tutt Brother: Archibald Tutt Address: 41 St Thomas’ Road, Hastings Published: August 1915 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.
Henry William Shipp Rank: Private Regiment: ‘C’ Supply Company, Army Service Corps Parents: Mr George & Mrs Flora Shipp Address: 87 Hughenden Road, Hastings Other Info: According to CWGC, Henry died aged 20 on 7th February 1917. He is remembered at Hastings Cemetery, grave reference…
Alfred Ernest Sharp Rank: Gunner Regiment: 162nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery Wife: Mrs Clara Sharp Father: Walter Thomas Sharp Mother-in-Law: Mrs Watson Brothers-in-Law: A C Watson, J E Watson & Walter Thomas Watson Address: 25 Beltring Road, Eastbourne Other Info: Born in Hastings. Wounded, now…
Frederick Harold T Sadler Rank: Private Regiment: 3rd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry Other Info: Frederick Sadler died aged 27 on 27th October 1918. He is buried at Hastings Cemetery. He was born in Hastings but is not named on either Hastings…
Walter Leslie Rank: Sapper Regiment: Royal Engineers Wife: Amelia Mary Leslie Address: 117 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings Other Info: Walter Leslie died aged 48 on 12th February 1918. He is buried at Hastings Cemetery. The inscription on his grave reads…