This tag refers to the town of Hastings in East Sussex where some of the people featured on this website lived.
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…
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 Please use the comments box…
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 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more…
Jack Geer Rank: Driver Regiment: 5th Sussex, Royal Field Artillery Parents: Mr J Geer & Mrs Geer Address: 56 All Saints Street, Hastings Published: January 1915 & April 1915 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.…
W Jones Rank: Private Regiment: E Company, Royal Sussex Regiment Address: 94 Manor Road, Hastings Other Info: Wounded in the left arm, which subsequently needed to be amputated. Recovering in hospital at Chatham. An article published in the Hastings & St Leonards Observer on 14th…
E Harman Rank: Private Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment Address: 41 Winchelsea Road, Ore Sent by: Miss V Mann Other Info: Died at Bethune of wounds received on March 28th. According to CWGC, Private Harman died aged 19 on 31st March 1915. He is…
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…
Charles Venner Rank: 1st Class Petty Officer Regiment: HMS King George V Mother: Mrs J Venner Address: 27 Salisbury Road, Bohemia, Hastings Published: January 1915 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.
Frank H Pomphrey Rank: Bandsman Regiment: 20th Hussars Address: 40 St Thomas’s Road, Hastings Published: October 1914 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.
J Kyle Rank: Able Seaman Ship: HMS Dreadnought Father: Mr J Kyle Address: Emmanuel Road, Hastings Published: October 1914 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.
Thomas Horton Hutchinson Rank: Private Regiment: ‘A’ Company, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment Parents: Mr Horton & Mrs Anna Maria Hutchinson Address: Plynlimmon Road, Hastings Other Info: At Connaught Barracks, Dover. According to CWGC, Thomas died aged 25 on 9th May 1915. He is remembered…
Jesse Dowling Rank: Chief Stoker Address: Hastings Other Info: On submarines, Harwich Division Published: October 1914 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.