Tag Hastings

This tag refers to the town of Hastings in East Sussex where some of the people featured on this website lived.

Smith, L A

L A Smith

L A Smith Rank: Private Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment Mother: Mrs J Smith Uncle: Alfred Solomon Smith Address: 31 North Terrace, Halton, Hastings Published: March 1917 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.

Southerden, H

H Southerden

H Southerden Rank: Quartermaster Regiment: 7th Sussex Red Cross, Voluntary Aid Detachment Parents: Mr & Mrs L Southerden Brother: Albert Southerden Address: 33 St Pauls Road, St Leonards Published: March 1915 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this…

Dabson, Bernard

Bernard Dabson

Bernard Dabson Rank: Private Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment Parents: Mr & Mrs W T Dabson Former Address: ‘Wesley’, Bourne Street, Hastings Other Info: Wounded for a second time. Now in hospital in Shropshire. Formerly of the Hastings Observer and Pictorial Advertiser.…

Voller, Henry A

Voller & Gillam

Henry A Voller Rank: Gunner Regiment: Royal Field Artillery Parents: Mr & Mrs H Voller Counsin: Herbert William Voller Brother-in-Law: Frederick Gillam Address: Mount Pleasant, Hastings Other Info: In Mesopotamia. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website. Published: March 1917 Please use…

Vidler, W H

W Vidler

W H Vidler Rank: Gunner Regiment: Royal Field Artillery Sister: Miss A Vidler Address: Borough Sanitorium, Frederick Road, Hastings Other Info: In India Published: September 1915 & March 1917 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.

Sims, Ernest Harry

Sims & Beckett

Ernest Harry Sims Regiment: Royal Engineers Father: Mr J H Sims Brother: Percy William Sims Brother-in-Law: Robert Beckett Address: 50 All Saints Street, Hastings Published: March 1917 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.

Sims, Percy W

Percy W Sims

Percy W Sims Rank: Able Seaman Ship: HMS Laurel & HMS Magnolia Father: Mr J H Sims Brother: Ernest Harry Sims Brother-in-Law: Robert Beckett Address: 50 All Saints Street, Hastings Published: October 1914 & March 1917 Please use the comments box below if you can provide…

Marchant, William J

William J Marchant

William J Marchant Rank: Private Regiment: 15th Labour Company (Havre), Army Service Corps Wife: Eliza Marchant Nephews: C J Rich, G Rich & Albert Rich Address: 39 Hardwicke Road, Hastings Other Info: According to CWGC, William died aged 43 on 8th June 1916. He is…

Haddon, Richard George

Richard George Haddon

Richard (Dick) George Haddon Service: Royal Navy Parents: Mr & Mrs G Haddon Address: 22 Bourne Walk, Hastings Published: March 1917 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person

Hadaway, H

Hadaway & Maddex

H Hadaway Rank: Private Regiment: Royal West Surrey Regiment Parents: Mr & Mrs Hadaway Brother: Percy William Hadaway Brother-in-Law: Thomas F Maddex Address: The Landscape, Halton Crescent, Hastings Other Info: At the Front Published: March 1917 Please use the comments box below if you can provide…

Chambers, H

H Chambers

H Chambers Rank: Private Regiment: Suffolk Regiment Sent by: Mrs Chambers Address: 1 Elford Street, Queen’s Road, Hastings Other Info: At the Front Published: March 1917 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person

Cruttenden, Frank

Frank Cruttenden

Frank Cruttenden Rank: Trooper Regiment: Kent Yeomanry Mother: Mrs Cruttenden Address: 37 Emmanuel Road, West Hill, Hastings Other Info: One of the survivors of the Transport Invernia, which was torpedoed in the Mediterranean on New Year’s Day 1917. He is now at a rest…