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Barton, J R
J R Barton
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs G Barton
Sent by: Miss Carpenter
Address: 12 South Terrace, Halton, Hastings
Published: November 1916
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Apps, H
H Apps
Rank: Private
Regiment: Machine Gun Corps
Mother: Mrs W Apps
Address: Waldegrave Street, Hastings
Other Info: On Active Service
Published: November 1916
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Bumstead, John H
John H Bumstead
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment
Sent by: Miss Reed
Home Address: 18 Hardwicke Road, Halton, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front. An article published in the Hastings & St Leonards Observer on 20th July reports that ‘Jack’ Bumstead was reported wounded and missing, since notified as taken prisoner on April 5th 1918.
Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: November 1916 & July 1918
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Radcliffe, Percy F
Percy F Radcliffe
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment
Sent by: His mother
Cousins: Peter Parker & F Parker
Address: The Cottage, White Rock Road, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: November 1916
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Walker, William Randolph
William Randolph Walker
Rank: Private
Regiment: 12th Battalion (Southdowns), Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr James & Mrs Jane Walker
Address: Hastings
Other Info: Missing since 30th June 1916. According to CWGC, William died on 30th Juneand is remembered at Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, grave reference XV.P.34.
Published: October 1916
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Shipp, Henry William
Henry William Shipp
Rank: Private
Regiment: ‘C’ Supply Company, Army Service Corps
Parents: Mr George & Mrs Flora Shipp
Address: 87 Hughenden Road, Hastings
Other Info: According to CWGC, Henry died aged 20 on 7th February 1917. He is remembered at Hastings Cemetery, grave reference L.D.N27. The inscription on his grave reads “A place is vacant in our home which can never be filled”.
Published: October 1916
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Sargent, Fred
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 viewed for free here.
Published: October 1916
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Sargent, Frederick John Henry
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 for free here.
Published: October 1916
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Harris, W
W Harris
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
Other Info: Formerly of Hastings. Well known as Brooke Bond’s agent.
Published: October 1916 & June 1917
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Hampton, William
William Hampton
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment
Wife: Mrs Hampton
Address: 37 North Terrace, Halton, Hastings
Other Info: Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: October 1916