Army
Ada Lindridge
Rank: Cook
Service: British Army
Parents: Mr & Mrs George Lindridge
Cousin: James E Hammond
Address: 78 St Georges Road, West Hill, Hastings
Other Info: A cook in the officers’ mess
Published: October 1917
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Other
Frederick (Freddy) Holmes
Rank: Nursing Orderly
Regiment: St John Ambulance
Address: Hastings
Other Info: At Devonport Military Hospital.
Published: October 1914
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Other
F J Wells
Rank: Nursing Orderly / Private
Regiment: St John Ambulance / Royal Army Medical Corps
Address: Hastings
Other Info: At Devonport Military Hospital. The poem below by Private Wells was found in the diary of nurse Daisy Bettison who lived at 5 Clarence Place, North Road, Plymouth:
When the evening sun is setting
and from care your thoughts are free
When of people you are thinking
will you sometimes think of those at M.H.D.
M.H.D. presumably meaning Military Hospital, Devonport.
Published: October 1914
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Army
Herbert Quick
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: King’s Own Scottish Borderers
Father: Mr F Quick
Address: 19 Albion Street, Halton, Hastings
Other Info: He was in five engagements, and was shot in both feet. He is a noted footballer, being captain of the Regimental team. He is now in hospital in Brighton.
Additional information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: October 1914
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Army
Arthur E Amies
Rank: Provost Sergeant
Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Address: Hastings
Other Info: Orderly room staff.
Additional information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: October 1914
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Army
W Bourne
Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Other Info: Member of the Blacklands Church Lads’ Brigade. Now at Dover Castle learning to be good soldiers. In the preliminary training they found the work they had done in the C.L.B. of the utmost value.
Published: October 1914
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Army
Edward Bruce Poole
Rank: Private
Regiment: 1st / 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr Frederick & Francis Ann Poole
Address: 9 Hill Street, Hastings
Other Info: According to CWGC, Edward died aged 30 on 9th May 1915. He is remembered at Le Touret Memorial, on Panel 20 and 21.
Published: October 1914
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Army
Arthur W Winter
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
Wife: Mrs Winter
Address: 8 Russell Street, Hastings
Other Info: Enlisted at the outbreak of war. Now in Mesopotamia. He is a well known local football player. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: March 1918
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Army
W E Stretton
Rank: Private
Service: British Army
Wife: Mrs Stretton
Address: 21 South Terrace, Halton, Hastings
Other Info: Invalided home. Now in a convalescent home at Witham, Essex.
Published: March 1918
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Royal Air Force
T C McMillan
Regiment: Royal Flying Corps
Sent by: Mrs McMillan
Address: 52 St Georges Road, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front. Was a grocer at 127 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings.
Published: March 1918
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