This tag refers to the town of Hastings in East Sussex where some of the people featured on this website lived.
Frederick J Fellows Rank: Sapper Regiment: Royal Engineers Parents: Mr Ernest Edward & Mrs Mary Ann Fellows Brother: Frederick J Fellows Brother-in-Law: E A Smith Address: The Thorn, Guestling Other Info: Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website. Published: May 1917
E J Davis Rank: Able Seaman Regiment: Royal Naval Division Parents: Mr & Mrs Davis Brother: F G Davis Address: 12 Bourne Street, Hastings Other Info: Assistant cook to Chief Petty Officer Published: September 1915 & May 1917 Please use the comments box below if you…
John Thomas Feist Rank: Lance Corporal Regiment: ‘B’ Company, 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment Parents: Mr William & Mrs Harriet Feist Address: 8 Courthouse Street, Hastings Other Info: Died of wounds on 3rd May 1917. According to CWGC, John is remembered at Faubourg D’Amiens Cemetery,…
George William Balcombe Rank: Private Regiment: 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment Mother: Mrs Balcombe Address: 3 Upper South Road, St Leonards Other Info: Killed in action on 3rd May 1917 aged 19. According to CWGC, George is remembered at the Arras Memorial in Bay 6.…
George Moon Service: Munitions Worker and Police Volunteer Address: 32 St Mary’s Terrace, Hastings Other Info: For thirty years sold baked potatoes from a can in Queen’s Road. Being too old for military service he has gone into munitions (night work) and fills…
William Walter Gower Rank: Able Seaman Ship: HMS Stork Aunt: Mrs Alice Emily Gower Uncles: Charles Frederick Gower, John William Griffiths, Henry White, T Kent Tucker & W Ashton Cousin: Harry William White Aunt’s Address: 96 Athlelstan Road, Clive Vale, Hastings Other Info: Survivor of HMS…
John William Griffiths Rank: Private Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Northampton Regiment Parents: Mr George & Mrs Rachel Griffiths Wife: Mrs Rosa M Griffiths Sister: Mrs Alice Emily Gower Brothers-in-Law: Charles Frederick Gower, Henry White, T Kent Tucker & W Ashton Nephews: Harry William White &…
R Watson Rank: Private Regiment: Training Reserve Father: Mr Watson Address: Laurel Lodge, Harold Road, Hastings Published: May 1917
Bertram Thorpe Rank: Private Regiment: Army Ordnance Corps Parents: Mr & Mrs Thorpe Brother: Mr Thorpe Address: 11 St Thomas’s Road, Hastings Other Info: At the Front. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World website. Published: May 1917
Mr Thorpe Rank: Lance Corporal Service: British Army Parents: Mr & Mrs Thorpe Brother: Bertram Thorpe Address: 11 St Thomas’s Road, Hastings Other Info: At the Front. Published: May 1917
Frederick E C Sadler Rank: Driver Regiment: Royal Engineers Parents: Mr & Mrs Sadler Brother: C Sadler Brother-in-Law: B Bryant Address: 117 Emmanuel Road, Hastings Other Info: Foreign Service. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War Website. Published: July 1915 & May…
C Sadler Rank: Private Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment Parents: Mr & Mrs Sadler Brother: Frederick E C Sadler Brother-in-Law: B Bryant Address: 117 Emmanuel Road, Hastings Other Info: Wounded, since returned to the Front. Published: May 1917