Army
O S West
Rank: Driver
Regiment: 2nd HC Field Company, Royal Engineers
Parents: Mr & Mrs Thomas West
Address: 68 St Mary’s Terrace, Hastings
Other Info: Foreign Service
Published: January 1915
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Army
W H Noble
Rank: Sapper
Regiment: 2 HC Field Company, Royal Engineers
Parents: Mr & Mrs H Noble
Brother: F S Noble
Address: 18 Clarence Road, Bohemia, Hastings
Published: January 1915
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Army
F S Noble
Rank: Driver
Regiment: 2 HC Field Company, Royal Engineers
Parents: Mr & Mrs H Noble
Brother: W H Noble
Address: 14 Clarence Road, Bohemia, Hastings
Other Info: Foreign Service
Published: January 1915
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Army
Reg J Smith
Regiment: Army Service Corps
Mother: Mrs Smith
Address: Cambridge Road, Hastings
Other Info: Formerly well known as a local Scoutmaster.
Published: January 1915
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Army
Herbert Charles Povey
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: Royal Engineers
Parents: Mr & Mrs Povey
Address: Norman Road and 61 Vale Road, St Leonards
Other Info: Active Service Section. Wounded in both hands at Ypres.
Published: January 1915 & May 1915
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Army
T W Eldridge
Rank: Private
Regiment: 3rd Royal Sussex
Mother: Mrs Eldridge
Address: 268 Priory Road, Hastings
Other Info: Formally a Lieutenant in St Peter’s Church Lads Brigade. On Active Service.
Published: January 1915
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Army
Edward Wagner
Rank: Private
Regiment: 10th Company, Royal Army Medical Corps
Parents: Mr & Mrs Wagner
Brothers: A W Wagner & F Wagner
Address: 58 Priory Road, Hastings
Other Info: Brother of a former member of the Hastings Observer reporting staff.
Published: January 1915 & October 1915
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Army
Edward Ling
Rank: Private
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Berkshires
Parents: Mr & Mrs George R Ling
Address: Abbey Hotel, Battle
Other Info: In France. According to CWGC, Private Ling died aged 18 on 26th June 1916. He had achieved the rank of Lance Corporal at the time. He is remembered at Caberet Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, grave reference IA 5/16.
His father George is listed as living at Downside Farm, Cobham, Surrey when the graves were registered in 1921.
Published: January 1915 – twice
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Navy
J Ross
Ship: HMAC Calyx
Parents: Mr & Mrs Ross
Address: 4 St Thomas’s Road, West Hill, Hastings
Published: January 1915
Other Info: HMAC refers to His Majesty’s Armed Cruiser. HMAC Calyx’s history is as follows: Calypso SS was a 2,876grt British Merchantship built in 1904 by Earle’s SB. & Eng. Co., Ltd., Hull and owned by T. Wilson, Sons & Co., Ltd., Hull . There was accommodation for 57-1st, 44-2nd and 863-3rd class passengers.
Taken up by the Admiralty in November 1914, she was renamed HMS CALYX and armed with 8 x 4.7inch and 2 x 3pounder guns. She served with the 10th Cruiser Squadron until 26.6.1915 when she was returned to the Wilson Line.
On the 10th July 1916, in the North Sea when about 15 miles west of Listafjorden, Norway she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by German submarine U-53 when on route from London for Christiania carrying a general cargo. 30 lives lost, including Master. (From this website)
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Army
W Marchant
Rank: Driver
Regiment: Royal Horse Artillery
Parents: Mr & Mrs Lester Marchant
Address: Old Lane, Hollington
Other Info: At the Front
Published: January 1915
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