This tag refers to the town of Hastings in East Sussex where some of the people featured on this website lived.
Mr Hill Rank: Corporal Regiment: Coldstream Guards Wife: Mrs Hill Address: 15 Station Road, Hastings Other Info: On active service. An article printed in the Hastings & St Leonards Observer on 5th December 1914 states: “Corporal Hill, of the Coldstream Guards, in a letter from…
William P Stuteley Rank: Private Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment Address: 104 Milward Road, Hastings Other Info: Wounded. An article published in the Hastings & St Leonards Observer reads: “Private W. P. Stuteley, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, is now at his…
Charles Rummery Rank: Private Regiment: King’s Own Scottish Borderers Parents: Mr William & Caroline Rummery (nee Blackford) Grandmother: Mrs Rummery Address: 2 Albion Street, Halton, Hastings Other Info: At the Front. According to CWGC, Charles later was promoted to Sergeant and he served in the 12th…
Thomas Mepham Rank: Private Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Address: 3 Mann Street, Hastings Other Info: Wounded at the Aisne on 14th September 1914. The first wounded soldier received at East Sussex Hospital. Additional name information from the Lives of the First…
Harold Norman Atter Rank: Private Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment Mother: Mrs Elizabeth Ann Harmer Address: 3 Carlton Terrace, Halton, Hastings Other Info: According to CWGC, Harold died aged 29 on 18th August 1916. He is remembered at the Thiepval Memorial,…
J A R Armitage Rank: Captain Regiment: 15th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own) Father: Mr J A Armitage Address: Netherwood, St Helens Park, Hastings Other Info: Captain Armitage died on 19th July 1919 and is remembered at…
Charles W Lynch Rank: Private Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment Parents: Mr E C J & Mrs A C Lynch Brother: Percy Alexander Lynch Brother-in-Law: Thomas William Veness Address: 95a Hughenden Road, Hastings Other Info: Shot in the leg at the Battle of…
Arthur Burgess Regiment: 5th Dragoon Guards Parents: Mr & Mrs Burgess Brothers: William Burgess & Albert Victor Burgess Cousins: Fred Humphrey & Harry Humphrey Address: 10 Hurrell Road, Mount Pleasant, Hastings Other Info: Wounded, now in Scotland. An article published in the Hastings & St Leonards…
Percy Alexander Lynch Rank: Private Regiment: Despatch Rider, ‘D’ Company, 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment Parents: Mr E C J & Mrs A C Lynch Brother: Charles W Lynch Address: 95a Hughenden Road, Hastings Other Info: Died of wounds on 22nd September caused by…
Ernest Wellerd Rank: Sergeant Regiment: Royal Field Artillery Parents: Mr & Mrs Wellerd Address: 4 Halton Crescent, Hastings Parents-in-Law: Mr & Mrs Gower Brother-in-Law: H C Gower Other Info: In Mesopotamia. An article published in the Hastings & St Leonards Observer on 3rd October…
Charles Beartup Ship: HMS Hogue Address: 172 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings Other Info: Charles was formerly in the local postal service. Was one of the men saved from HMS Hogue when it was sunk, along with sister ships HMS Cressy and HMS Aboukir, by German submarine…
Richard Robert Tedham Rank: Private Regiment: 7th Battalion, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) Parents: Mr William & Mrs Ellen Tedham Address: 8 Lennox Street, Halton, Hastings Other Info: An article published in the Hastings & St Leonards Observer on…