This tag refers to the town of Hastings in East Sussex where some of the people featured on this website lived.
Frederick John Henry Sargent Rank: Private Regiment: Stretcher Bearer, Canadian Expeditionary Force Wife: Mrs Ada Sargent Son: Fred Sargent Brothers-in-Law: Joseph Herbert Gale, A Gale & William Hewitt Address: Prince George, British Columbia Other Info: At the Front. Born in Hastings. Frederick’s CEF enlistment papers can be viewed…
Bert Diggens Rank: Private Regiment: 12th Battalion (Southdowns), Royal Sussex Regiment Mother: Mrs Jane Jeffrey Diggens Address: 64 Albion Street, Halton, Hastings Other Info: Missing, and reported killed in action. According to CWGC, Bert died aged 21 on 30th June 1916. He is remembered at the Loos Memorial on…
Alfred J Covell Rank: Private Regiment: 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment Parents:Mr & Mrs J Covell Address: 149 Queens Road, Hastings Other Info: Killed in Action. According to CWGC, Alfred died on 9th April 1917. He is remembered at Gourock Trench Cemetery, Tilloy-Les-Mofflaines, grave…
R Hembrow Rank: Private Regiment: ‘D’ Company, 1/1st Huntingdon Cyclists Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment Mother: Mrs Hembrow Brother: J Fuller Address: 65 Queens Road, Hastings Other Info: A well known member of the Hastings Cricket Club. Scored 12 of 26 goals for his team,…
J Fuller Rank: Corporal Regiment: Royal East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) Mother: Mrs Hembrow Brother: R Hembrow Address: 65 Queens Road, Hastings Published: July 1917 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.
F G Davis Rank: Corporal Regiment: South Wales Borderers Parents: Mr & Mrs F H Davis Brother: E J Davis Address: 12 Bourne Street, Hastings Other Info: Wounded. Now in a rest camp in India. Published: September 1915, May 1917 & July…
F W Blomfield Rank: First Lieutenant Regiment: Royal Field Artillery Parents: Mr & Mrs F C Blomfield Address: 21 Collier Road, Hastings Other Info: Served for 10 months with the RFA as a Gunner at the front, and was granted a Dental Commission in…
W Blackford Rank: Private Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment Wife: Mrs Blackford Address: 138 Beaconsfield Road, Hastings Other Info: Stunned by shrapnel. Now in hospital in Cheshire. Published: December 1914 & July 1917 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information…
Percy John Hanlon Rank: Sergeant Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment Parents: Mr & Mrs Hanlon Brothers: William John Patrick Hanlon, Albert James Hanlon, Cyril Rupert Henry Hanlon, Raymond Wilfred Ethelbert Hanlon, Stuart Leopold Hanlon Address: 55 Priory Road, Hastings Other Info: His father served in the 58th Northamptonshire Regiment and…
G Lewis Rank: Private / Sergeant Regiment: 7th Service Battery, Royal Sussex Regiment Father: Bandmaster Sergeant Lewis, Hastings Police Force Address: 151 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings Other Info: Late of the 2nd Home Counties Brigade, Royal Engineers Published: December 1914 & July 1917 Please use the…
F Ford Rank: Driver Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment Address: St Helen’s Park Road, Hastings Other Info: At the Front. Published: July 1917 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.
W Betts Rank: Private Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment Address: All Saints Street, Hastings Other Info: At the Front. Published: July 1917 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.