Army
A Adams
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: 3rd, Royal Sussex Regiment
Wife: Mrs Adams
Address: 77a St Georges Road, Hastings
Other Info: Special Reserve
Published: January 1915
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Army
William Morris
Rank: Private
Regiment: 10th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Father: Mr & Mrs W Morris
Brother: A Morris
Address: 31 Hughenden Road, Hastings
Other Info: Wounded and lost a leg, at Roehampton.
Published: January 1915 & May 1917
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Army
O S West
Rank: Driver
Regiment: 2nd HC Field Company, Royal Engineers
Parents: Mr & Mrs Thomas West
Address: 68 St Mary’s Terrace, Hastings
Other Info: Foreign Service
Published: January 1915
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Army
W H Noble
Rank: Sapper
Regiment: 2 HC Field Company, Royal Engineers
Parents: Mr & Mrs H Noble
Brother: F S Noble
Address: 18 Clarence Road, Bohemia, Hastings
Published: January 1915
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Army
F S Noble
Rank: Driver
Regiment: 2 HC Field Company, Royal Engineers
Parents: Mr & Mrs H Noble
Brother: W H Noble
Address: 14 Clarence Road, Bohemia, Hastings
Other Info: Foreign Service
Published: January 1915
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Army
Reg J Smith
Regiment: Army Service Corps
Mother: Mrs Smith
Address: Cambridge Road, Hastings
Other Info: Formerly well known as a local Scoutmaster.
Published: January 1915
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Army
T W Eldridge
Rank: Private
Regiment: 3rd Royal Sussex
Mother: Mrs Eldridge
Address: 268 Priory Road, Hastings
Other Info: Formally a Lieutenant in St Peter’s Church Lads Brigade. On Active Service.
Published: January 1915
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Navy
J Ross
Ship: HMAC Calyx
Parents: Mr & Mrs Ross
Address: 4 St Thomas’s Road, West Hill, Hastings
Published: January 1915
Other Info: HMAC refers to His Majesty’s Armed Cruiser. HMAC Calyx’s history is as follows: Calypso SS was a 2,876grt British Merchantship built in 1904 by Earle’s SB. & Eng. Co., Ltd., Hull and owned by T. Wilson, Sons & Co., Ltd., Hull . There was accommodation for 57-1st, 44-2nd and 863-3rd class passengers.
Taken up by the Admiralty in November 1914, she was renamed HMS CALYX and armed with 8 x 4.7inch and 2 x 3pounder guns. She served with the 10th Cruiser Squadron until 26.6.1915 when she was returned to the Wilson Line.
On the 10th July 1916, in the North Sea when about 15 miles west of Listafjorden, Norway she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by German submarine U-53 when on route from London for Christiania carrying a general cargo. 30 lives lost, including Master. (From this website)
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Army
F G Brann
Rank: Trooper
Regiment: 1st Life Guards
Parents: Police Pensioner George E Brann & Mrs Brann
Address: 4 Salisbury Road, Bohemia, Hastings
Published: January 1915
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Army
F T Baker
Rank: Private / Corporal
Regiment: A Company, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Sent by: Miss Baker
Address: 62 Emmanuel Road, Hastings
Other Info: Wounded at La Basse on January 29th. Now in hospital in Bristol. Formerly a Hastings Chair attendent. Wounded for a second time, now in hospital in Cardiff.
Published: October 1914, February 1915, April 1916 & September 1916
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