Army
T Foord
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service: The Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs M Foord
Wife: Mrs Ford
Brother: A H Foord
Address: 47 St Thomas’ Road, Hastings
Parent’s Address: Emmanuel Road, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front
Published: February 1917
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Army
Edward George Fenning
Rank: Captain
Service: East African Transport Corps
Father: Mr George D Fanning
Father’s Address: 3 St Matthew’s Road, St Leonards
Other Info: Mentioned in Despatches reads: ‘Captain E G Fenning, of the East African Transport Corps, who was mentioned in General Smut’s despatch a few days ago, was in the Borough Surveyor’s Office from 1898 to 1903. He then went to the Office of Sir Alexander Bennie in London and the joined the Uganda Government Survey. He was in command of a large body of Waganda porters, 10,000 strong, who formed the transport for the Belgian Column. At Tabora he had the happiness of being able to take charge of the missionaries who had been interned, and of forwarding them on the homeward way…
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Published: February 1917
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Royal Air Force
W E Brown
Rank: 2nd Air Mechanic
Service: Royal Flying Corps
Parents: Mr & Mrs Brown
Address: 36 St Mary’s Road, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front.
Published: February 1917
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Army
Frederick Batstone
Rank: Private
Service: Royal West Kent Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs Batstone
Address: Church House, Hughenden Road, Hastings
Other Info: Severely wounded on 8th June 1917; now in hospital in Oxford. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: February 1917 & June 1917
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Army
W E Barnes
Service: British Army
Father: Mr W Barnes
Address: Spring Cottage, Portland Place, Hastings
Other Info: On Active Service.
Published: February 1917
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Army
Frank H Yeats
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Fusiliers
Parents: Mr & Mrs Yeats
Brother: A J Yeats
Sister: Miss Yeats
Address: 48 Vicarage Road, Hastings
Other Info: Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: February 1917
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Army
Bert W Larkin
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs J A Larkin
Uncles: Percy Larkin & Philip Larkin
Address: 7 Egremont Place, Halton, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: February 1917
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Army
E A Hooper
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Army Medical Corps
Wife: Mrs Hooper
Address: 257 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings
Published: February 1917
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Army
C W G Cox
Rank: Private
Regiment: 20th Company (Tidworth), Royal Army Medical Corps
Father: Mr C Cox
Wife: Mrs B E Cox
Father’s Address: Queen’s Lodge, Alexandra Park, Hastings
Home Address: 155 Malpas Road, Brockley, London
Other Info: Late of the Red Cross. According to CWGC, Private Cox died on 11th May 1919. He is remembered at Hastings Cemetery, grave reference D.F.A20
Published: February 1917
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Army
A H Catt
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal West
Surrey Regiment (The Queen’s)
Mother: Mrs E Catt
Brother: James G Catt
Address: 27 North Terrace, Halton, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front
Published: February 1917
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