This tag refers to the town of Hastings in East Sussex where some of the people featured on this website lived.
S Piper Rank: Quarter Master Regiment: Middlesex Regiment Sister: Miss Piper Brothers: William E Piper & C Piper Address: 158 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings Published: October 1917 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.
William E Piper Rank: Private Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment Sister: Miss Piper Brothers: S Piper & C Piper Address: 158 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings Other Info: Severely wounded on 31st July. Now in hospital in Leeds. Additional information from the Lives of the First World War…
C Piper Regiment: Training Reserves Sister: Miss Piper Brothers: William E Piper & S Piper Address: 158 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings Published: October 1917 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.
James Charles Giles Rank: Sergeant Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment Wife: Mrs Giles Address: 215 North Terrace, Halton, Hastings Other Info: Has been in France for 18 months and received the Military Medal for conspicuous gallantry in the field. Additional name information from the Lives of…
Leonard Gaves Rank: Private Regiment: Canadian Expeditionary Force Parents-in-Law: Mr & Mrs Sutton Wife: Mrs Lily Gaves (nee Sutton) Brother-in-Law: Jack Sutton In-Laws Address: Hemphill House, Hill Street, Hastings Other Info: A double wedding took place on 2nd September 1917 at St Clement’s…
Jack Sutton Rank: Driver Regiment: Royal Engineers Parents: Mr & Mrs Sutton Wife: Mrs Grace Sutton (nee Rose) Brother-in-Law: Leonard Gaves Address: Hemphill House, Hill Street, Hastings Other Info: A double wedding took place on 2nd September 1917 at St Clement’s Church, Hastings. The ceremony…
Albert Edward Dernbach Rank: Corporal Regiment: 237th Battery, Royal Field Artillery Sent by: Mrs Dernbach Address: 19 Cornwallis Terrace, Hastings Other Info: Enlisted with the late Captain J W W Nason on August 28th 1914, in the RFA. Proceeded to France August 1915. In action…
Arthur Chapman Rank: Private Regiment: Royal Army Medical Corps Wife: Mrs Chapman Address: 22 Gladstone Terrace, West Hill, Hastings Other Info: Head cook at Military Hospital, Plymouth. Published: October 1917 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.
William John Foord Rank: Captain Ship: Steam Trawler Margaret Colebrooke Wife: Mrs Elizabeth S Foord (nee Berry) Address: 25 Mann Street, Hastings Other Info: Mr Foord was the skipper of the steam trawler ‘Margaret’ which foundered (she struck a mine) in the Channel on 18th…
William Whiting Rank: Leading Seaman Service: Royal Navy Parents: Mr & Mrs James Whiting Brothers: W J Whiting & Thomas Stephen Whiting Address: 47 St Georges Road, Hastings Other Info: Wounded at the Jutland battle. Now discharged. Published: September 1917 Please use the comments box below…
W J Whiting Rank: Gunner Regiment: Royal Field Artillery Parents: Mr & Mrs James Whiting Brothers: William Whiting & Thomas Stephen Whiting Address: 47 St Georges Road, Hastings Published: September 1917 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this…
Thomas Stephen Whiting Rank: Private Regiment: Australian Imperial Force Parents: Mr & Mrs James Whiting Brothers: William Whiting & W J Whiting Address: 47 St Georges Road, Hastings Other Info: Now discharged. You can view Thomas’ AIF service papers for free here. Published: September 1917…