This tag refers to the town of Hastings in East Sussex where some of the people featured on this website lived.
Charles Beartup Ship: HMS Hogue Address: 172 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings Other Info: Charles was formerly in the local postal service. Was one of the men saved from HMS Hogue when it was sunk, along with sister ships HMS Cressy and HMS Aboukir, by German submarine…
Richard Robert Tedham Rank: Private Regiment: 7th Battalion, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) Parents: Mr William & Mrs Ellen Tedham Address: 8 Lennox Street, Halton, Hastings Other Info: An article published in the Hastings & St Leonards Observer on…
William John Woodall Rank: Bombardier Regiment: ‘C’ Battery, 34th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery Parents: Mr William & Mrs Anne Maria Isted Parent’s Address: Burwash Wife: Mrs Alice Sarah Veness (formerly Woodall) Address: 25 St Georges Road, Hastings Other Info: An…
Albert R Bevis Rank: Rifleman Regiment: 4th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifles Parents: Mr & Mrs Albert Bevis Parents Address: 12 Waterloo Place, Bourne Walk, Hastings Wife: Annie Elizabeth Bevis Address: 16 Scrivens Buildings, Crown Lane, Hastings Brother: Frederick Percy Bevis Other Info: Returned to the front after…
Thomas Edmund Bishop Rank: Private Regiment: 1st Battalion, King’s Royal Rifles Parents: Mr William & Mrs Annie Bishop Brother: James Ernest Bishop & William Bishop Address: 6 Bourne Walk, Hastings Other Info: At the Front. According to CWGC, Thomas died aged 28 on 28th October…
James Ernest Bishop Rank: Able Seaman Ship: HMS Pathfinder Parents: Mr William & Mrs Annie Bishop Brother: Thomas Edmund Bishop & William Bishop Address: 6 Bourne Walk, Hastings Other Info: Lost his life on HMS Pathfinder on 5th September 1914. According to CWGC, James was…
William Bishop Rank: Private Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment Parents: Mr William & Mrs Annie Bishop Brothers: Thomas Edmund Bishop & James Ernest Bishop Address: 6 Bourne Walk, Hastings Other Info: An article published in the Hastings & St Leonards Observer on 23rd November 1918…
Harold George Purkiss Rank: Private Regiment: 1st Battalion, Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force Parents: Mr George Robert & Mrs Alice C Purkiss Parent’s Address: 16 Brook Street, Hastings Aunt: Miss Jess Pearson Aunt’s Address: 61 Canute Road, Hastings Other Info: An…
George Allen Rank: Corporal Regiment: 21st HQ Reserve Mechanical Transport Company, Army Service Corps Wife: Mrs A E Allen Address: 88 Emmanuel Road, Hastings Other Info: At the Front. According to CWGC, George died on 28th October 1918. He is remembered at Don Communal…
Harry Baker Rank: Corporal Regiment: Royal Engineers Wife: Mrs Baker Address: 5 Emmanuel Road, Hastings Other Info: At the Front. An article published in the Hastings & St Leonards Observer on 16th November 1918 reads; “last week was reported seriously ill with pneumonia in…
Ernest Edmund Smith Rank: Private Regiment: 1st Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment Parents: Mr Frederick William & Mrs Fanny Jane Smith Address: 60 Greville Road, Hastings Other Info: An article published in the Hastings & St Leonards Observer on 2nd November 1918…
Edgar Breeds Rank: Seaman Ship: HMS Clan McNaughton Parents: Mr Edward James (Tiny) & Mrs Elizabeth Breeds Address: London Trader, Hastings Uncle: Silas J Lepper Other Info: Edgar Died aged 18 on 3rd February 1915 along with all 277 crew of HMS Clan McNaughton.…