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Brignall, Ernest

30th November 20154th July 2018
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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 Brookland, Kent and died aged 29 on 19th December 1914. He is buried at the Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, grave reference: IX.B.49.

Published: October 1914 & January 1915

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Mitchell, Henry

30th November 201530th May 2025
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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

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Bumstead, Egbert A

30th November 201523rd May 2018
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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 France. He enlisted in 1913 and went to South Africa. From there he was recalled in 1914, and went straight to France, where he has served ever since continuously in the fighting area. He is a native of Hastings, educated at the Clive Vale School and served an apprenticeship with the Hastings Gas Company.

Published: January 1915 & August 1917

Other Info: At the Front

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Oakley, George F

1st November 20151st June 2025
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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 Ford, St Neots

Other Info: According to CWGC, George died aged 38 on 24th September 1918. He is remembered at Bellicourt British Cemetery, grave reference III.H.10

Published: January 1915

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