Army
A H Mann
Rank: Sapper
Regiment: 52nd Home Counties Field Company, Royal Engineers
Parents: Mr & Mrs T H Mann
Address: 216 Harold Road, Clive Vale, Hastings
Additional Info: For Active Service.
Published: May 1915, January 1916 & June 1916
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Army
J W Adams
Rank: Private
Regiment: National Reserves, 5th Royal Sussex Regiment
Mother: Mrs Adams
Brother: F Adams
Brother-in-Law: C Towner
Address: 53 Manor Road, West Hill, Hastings
Published: April 1915 & January 1916
Navy
F Clarke
Rank: Able Seaman
Ship: HMS Virginian
Parents: Mr & Mrs H Clarke
Sister: K Clarke
Address: 242 Harold Road, Clive Vale, Hastings
Other Info: Was at the Defence of Antwerp.
Published: February 1915 & January 1916
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Army
Charles J Kilbey
Rank: Private
Regiment: 10th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge’s Own)
Parents: Mr & Mrs F T Kilbey
Address: 24 Horntye Road, St Leonards
Brother: Rowland J Kilbey
Other Info: In hospital in Malta suffering from dysentery. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: February 1915 & January 1916
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Army
H Fellows
Rank: Trooper
Regiment: Hastings Troop, Sussex Yeomanry
Parents: Mr & Mrs G H Fellows
Father-in-Law: M Winchester
Brother-in-Law: J Winchester & C Ferguson
Parent’s Address: Tollgate Farm, Sedlescombe
Brother & Sister-in-Law: Mr & Mrs Craddock
Nephew: Sergeant G Winchester
Brother’s Address: 130 St Georges Road, Hastings
Other Info: At the Dardanelles
Published: February 1915, January 1916 & February 1918
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Army
Henry Chainey
Rank: Corporal
Regiment: 5th Sussex Service Battery, Royal Field Artillery
Wife: Mrs Chainey
Address: 30 North Terrace, Halton, Hastings
Other Info: In India. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website. The top photo shows a view of Moltan where Henry’s regiment was based, and him on his horse.
August 1917 – At Salonika.
Published: January 1915, January 1916 & August 1917
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Army
Angus J White
Rank: Private / Lance Corporal
Regiment: Royal Army Medical Corps
Wife: Mrs White
Address: 117 All Saints Street, Hastings
Other Info: Also known as A K Kinslea. High diver and swimmer. Has won several prizes for boxing at the Front.
Published: November 1914, January 1916 & December 1916
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Army
Peter Mepham
Rank: Corporal
Regiment: Drill Instructor, Army Service Corps
Wife: Mrs Mepham
Son: John Mepham & Arthur Mepham
Address: 106 Saxon Road, Clive Vale, Hastings
Other Info: He is 63 years of age but has joined his old regiment as Instructor, in response to Lord Kitcheners’s appeal for ex NCO’s. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: November 1914 & January 1916
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Army
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 a bomb from an airplane. According to CWGC, Percy died aged 20 on 30th September 1917. He is remembered at Dozingham Military Cemetery, grave reference VII.F.4.
Published: November 1914, January 1916, October 1917 & November 1917
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Army
Archibald A Stunt
Rank: Lance Corporal / Sergeant
Regiment: 8th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Mother: Mrs F Foster
Cousin: A Foster
Address: Chapel Cottages, Westfield
Other Info: Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website. The text from ‘A Close Escape’ reads: The picture shows a tattered and torn knapsack. It was reduced to this conditional by a shell, which blew it off the back of Corporal A Stunt of the 8th Royal Sussex Pioneers as he was leaving the trenches about October 30th. He was not injured. The knapsack is now in the possession of Miss A Davis, 77 St Thomas’ Road, Hastings by whom it was brough to us to be photographed.
Awarded the Military Medal on 31st July 1917 for gallant conduct and devotion to duty in the field. He has been wounded twice, and has seen over two years active service.
Published: October 1914, January 1916, May 1916 & November 1917
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