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Belsey, Edward J

21st August 201712th November 2018
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Edward J Belsey

Rank: Corporal

Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment

Parents: Mr Edward & Mrs Edith Belsey, late of All Saints Street, Hastings

Sent by: Mr C Merryweather, late master of the Hastings Workhouse

Brothers Alfred William Belsey, John (Jack) Robert Belsey & Robert Harry Belsey

Other Info: Aged 32 years, he gave up a good post in the Chinese Customs and came home to enlist on hearing of the death of his brother.

Born Hastings
1889, Death of mother
1899, Death of father in Union Workhouse, Ore
1901, Border at Pelham House, Home for Working Boys, Stepney
1902, Sep 19 Joined Royal Navy, Portsmouth, Boy 2nd Class, HMS Impregnable
1903, Jul 23 Boy 1st Class, HMS Impregnable
1905, Feb 27 Signed on for 12 year, Ordinary Seaman, HMS Prince of Wales
1906, Sep 06 Able Bodies Seaman, HMS Victory
1912, Dec 18 Purchased discharge from Royal Navy
1913, Joined the Chinese Customs Service
1916, Lance Corporal, Royal Sussex Regiment, unknown battalion, France

Additional information with thanks to Ian Mantel

Published: October 1916

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Bailey, Arthur George

20th August 2017
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Arthur George Bailey

Rank: Private

Regiment: 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment

Mother: Mrs Chapman

Wife: Mrs Bailey

Address: 95 St Thomas’ Road, Hastings

Other Info: Wounded on 30th June 1916. According to CWGC, Arthur died on 13th August 1918. He is remembered at Vis-en-Artois Memorial on Panel 6.

Published: October 1916

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Tassell, Ernest Victor

19th August 2017
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Ernest Victor Tassell

Rank: Private

Regiment: County of London Cyclists / 21st Entrenching Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

Parents: Mr Edward & Mrs Mary Tassell

Wife: Caroline M Tassell

Brother: George T Tassell

Parent’s Address: 24 Old Humphrey Avenue, Hastings

Home Address: 57 Milward Road, Hastings

Other Info: According to CWGC, Ernest died aged 28 on 27th March 1918. He is remembered at the Pozieres Memorial on Panel 38 to 40.

Published: September 1916

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Riggulsford, George Wilfred E

18th August 20177th May 2022
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George Wilfred E Riggulsford

Rank: Private

Regiment: Royal Fusiliers

Mother: Mrs Riggulsford

Brother: Harold Thomas Riggulsford

Brother-in-Law: Arthur George Crockford

Address: 141 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings

Other Info: I have chosen the spelling of the surname based on the information about his brother recorded on CWGC and an earlier newspaper article. I cannot find a match for G Rigglesford serving with the Royal Fusiliers on the Lives of the First World War

Published: September 1916

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Payne, Arthur

16th August 2017
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Arthur Payne

Rank: Private

Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment

Parents: Mr William & Mrs Sarah Payne

Address: 146 St George’s Road, Hastings (later 5 Nelson Road, Whitstable, Kent)

Other Info: Formerly with Mr R Dengate, St Leonards. Killed on August 6th. According to CWGC, Arthur died on 7th August 1916 aged 29. He is remembered at Brewery Orchard Cemetery, Bois-Grenier, grave reference IV.E.12.

Published: September 1916

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Moon, W

15th August 2017
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W Moon

Rank: Driver

Regiment: Royal Field Artillery

Wife: Mrs Moon

Brothers: G Moon & H Moon

Brother-in-Law: Edgar Lepper

Address: 14 Waldegrave Street, Hastings

Published: September 1916

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Kent, H G

14th August 2017
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H G Kent

Rank: Driver

Regiment: Royal Field Artillery

Wife: Mrs Kent

Address: 53 Milward Road, Hastings

Other Info: At Salonkia.

Published: September 1916

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Hastings, Victor Lionel

13th August 2017
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Victor Lionel Hastings

Rank: Lance Corporal

Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment

Wife: Mrs Hastings

Address: 34 Hardwicke Road, Hastings

Other Info: Wounded. Now at Chichester.

Published: September 1916

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Grensted, Charles H

13th August 2017
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Charles H Grensted

Rank: Private / Lance Corporal

Regiment: 2nd / 5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment

Father: Mr C Grensted

Address: 70 Manor Road, Hastings

Other Info: According to CWGC, Charles died aged 34 on 2nd November 1918. He is remembered at Cross Roads Cemetery, Fontaine-Au-Bois, grave reference III.A.4.

Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website, where his surname is spelt ‘Grenstead’

Published: September 1916

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Elgar, Cyril A

13th August 2017
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Cyril A Elgar

Rank: Private

Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment

Parents: Mr & Mrs H T Elgar

Address: St Helier, Cornwallis Gardens, Hastings

Other Info: Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War Website.

Published: September 1916

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