This tag refers to the town of Hastings in East Sussex where some of the people featured on this website lived.
F J Butler Rank: Driver Regiment: Motor Transport, Army Service Corps Wife: Mrs Butler Address: St Helen’s Wood Cottage, Hastings Other Info: Invalided home from East Africa, suffering from malaria and dysentery. Published: September 1917 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more…
George Mathis Rank: Private Regiment: Suffolk Regiment Wife: Mrs Mathis Address: 12 St Georges Road, Hastings Other Info: At the Front. Seriously wounded. Published: August 1917 & September 1917 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.
M V Chapman Regiment: Royal Army Medical Corps Parents: Mr & Mrs G Chapman Brother: W R Chapman Address: 144 St George’s Road, Hastings Published: September 1917 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.
W R Chapman Regiment: Royal Engineers Parents: Mr & Mrs G Chapman Brother: M V Chapman Address: 144 St George’s Road, Hastings Other Info: Wounded Published: September 1917 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.
F Bridger Rank: Private Regiment: Army Service Corps Parents: Mr James Bridger & Mrs Mary Ann Bridger Sister: Rosa Bridger Brother: Arthur Robert Bridger, W Bridger & Victor Bridger Cousin: Amos Pellen Mother’s Address: Alpine Cottage, West Hill, Hastings Other Info: On Active Service. Published: July 1916…
Victor Bridger Rank: Private Regiment: Wiltshire Regiment Parents: Mr James Bridger & Mrs Mary Ann Bridger Sister: Rosa Bridger Brother: W Bridger, F Bridger & Arthur Robert Bridger Cousin: Amos Pellen Sister’s Address: 145 Harold Road, Clive Vale, Hastings Mother’s Address: Alpine Cottage, Plynlimmon Road,…
Jeremiah William Tooker Rank: Leading Signalman Ship: HMS Invincible Parents: Mr John & Mrs Sarah Mary Tooker Brother: James A Tooker & John Patrick Martin Tooker Address: 44 Vicarage Road, West Hill, Hastings Other Info: HMS Invincible was sunk during the Battle of Jutland on 31st…
John Patrick Martin Tooker Rank: Lance Corporal Regiment: 1st/4th Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) Parents: Mr John & Mrs Sarah Mary Tooker Brother: Jeremiah William Tooker & James A Tooker Address: 44 Vicarage Road, West Hill, Hastings Other Info: Killed in action on 16th August 1917.…
William E Swain Rank: Private Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment Mother: Mrs S Swain Brother: E Swain Address: 74 Milward Road, Hastings Other Info: Seriously wounded. In hospital in France. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website. Published: September 1917 Please…
E Swain Rank: Private Regiment: Army Service Corps Mother: Mrs S Swain Brother: William E Swain Address: 74 Milward Road, Hastings Published: September 1917 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.
Albert Edward Smith Rank: Private Regiment: 75th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force Mother: Mrs Helen Smith Address: 29 Salisbury Road, Hastings Other Info: According to CWGC, Albert died aged 27 on 17th August 1917. He is remembered at the Vimy Memorial. You can view…
Lloyd Tom Skilton Rank: Private / Corporal Regiment: 18th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force Parents: Mr George & Mrs A M Skilton Brothers: Frank Skilton & G R Skilton Address: 6 Landview Terrace, St Helens, Hastings Other Info: According to CWGC, Lloyd died aged 26…