This tag refers to the town of Hastings in East Sussex where some of the people featured on this website lived.
Harry C Hastings Rank: Driver Regiment: 2nd Home Counties Field Brigade, Royal Field Artillery Mother: Mrs Hastings Uncles: William Lake & P Loader Cousin: E Hastings Address: 48 Stonefield Road, Hastings Other Info: In India. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World war…
Arthur Harman Rank: Private Regiment: 11th Battalion (Southdowns), Royal Sussex Regiment Parents: Mr George Richard & Mrs Alice Address: 271 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings Other Info: Reported missing on 3rd September, now reported killed on that date. According to CWGC, Arthur was 19 when…
Frederick (Fred) Sargent Rank: Private Regiment: Signaller, Canadian Expeditionary Force Mother: Mrs Ada Sargent Father: Frederick John Henry Sargent Uncles: Joseph Herbert Gale, A Gale & William Hewitt Address: Prince George, British Columbia Other Info: In Training. Born in Hastings. Frederick’s CEF enlistment papers can be…
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…