Army
Sidney Edward Greengrass
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: 41st Royal Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps
Parents: Mr & Mrs John A Greengrass
Address: Calders, Ashburnham Road, Hastings
Other Info: Active Service. In Mesopotamia.
Published: February 1915 & January 1917
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Navy
Lawrence Glyde
Rank: Able Seaman
Ship: HMS Ariadne & HMS Castor
Sister: Mrs Rumsey
Brothers-in-Law: William Rumsey & R Rumsey
Brothers: Gunner Glyde & E H E Glyde
Nephews: R Rumsey & W P Rumsey
Address: 2 Temperance Cottages, Shepherd Street, St Leonards / 14 Hardwicke Road, St Leonards
Published: December 1914 & January 1918
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Army
William G Glyde
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: 112th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
Sister: Mrs Rumsey
Brothers-in-Law: William Rumsey & R Rumsey
Brothers: Lawrence Glyde & E H E Glyde
Nephews: R Rumsey & W P Rumsey
Address: 2 Temperance Cottages, Shepherd Street, St Leonards / 14 Hardwicke Road, St Leonards
Other Info: At the Front. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: December 1914 & January 1918
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Navy
Charles Kent
Rank: Able Seaman
Ship: HMS Dreadnought
Mother: Mrs Kent
Brothers: George Kent, Joseph Kent, Allen Kent & S Kent
Brother-in-Law: Richard Burchett
Address: 19 Earl Street, Hastings
Published: November 1914, July 1916 & January 1918
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Army
Joseph Kent
Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Mother: Mrs Kent
Brothers: George Kent, Charles Kent, Allen Kent & S Kent
Brother-in-Law: Richard Burchett
Address: 19 Earl Street, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front
Published: November 1914 & January 1918
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Army
George Kent
Rank: Driver
Regiment: Motor Transport, Army Service Corps
Mother: Mrs Kent
Brothers: Joseph Kent, Charles Kent, Allen Kent & S Kent
Brother-in-Law: Richard Burchett
Address: 19 Earl Street, Hastings
Other Info: In France.
Published: November 1914 & January 1918
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Army
Ernest Philcox
Rank: Private
Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Mother: Mrs Philcox
Brother: Frank Sidney Philcox
Address: 65 Hughenden Road, Hastings
Other Info: Member of the Blacklands Church Lads’ Brigade. Has been gassed.
Published: October 1914 & January 1918
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Army
Frank S Philcox
Rank: Private
Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs Frank Philcox
Brother: Ernest Philcox
Address: 65 Hughenden Road, Hastings
Other Info: Member of the Blacklands Church Lads’ Brigade. Wounded. Now again at the Front.
Published: October 1914, May 1915 & January 1918
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Army
Frank E Vidler
Rank: Private
Regiment: ‘C’ Company, Royal Army Medical Corps / 4th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Address: Caroline House, Old Lane, Hollington
Parents: Mr & Mrs G Vidler
Other Info: With the Expeditionary Force.
Some of the friends who attended the marriage of Private F. E. Vidler, R.A.M.C., and Miss Amy Bannister, at Hollington Church-in-the-Wood on 22nd December 1917. The bridegroom was a member of the British Red Cross, V.A.D. and joined the R.A.M.C. on 10th August 1914. He left home on the 12th August, and was on duty in France on the 24th of that month, serving through Mons, etc, fortunately without receiving any injury, for three years and six weeks. A fortnight after returning from leave he was wounded, but happily recovered. Attending the bride are her two sisters, Ivy and Elsie, and Private C. F. Glazier, 42nd Canadian Black Watch, acted as best man.
According to CWGC, Frank died on 29th July 1918. He is remembered at Soissons Memorial, Aisne, France.
Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: October 1914 & January 1918
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Army
Rudolph Muscat
Rank: Corporal
Regiment: Army Service Corps / Lancashire Fusiliers
Father: Otto Muscat
Brother: Paul Emil Muscat
Address: Hastings
Other Info: Formerly of Hastings Pier Orchestra. Killed in action.
Rudolph was born 1888 the eldest son of Otto Muscat and Elsa Bitsch. He married Ethel Clifford in Farnham, Hampshire in 1912 and joined the army in August 1914. He served first in the Royal Army Service Corps and later transferred to the Lancashire Fusiliers. In 1915 Ethel had given birth to a son, Clifford Rudolph, but sadly the child died within month. Rudolph was killed on 22nd October 1917.
Rudolph Muscat, Lance Corporal 46543. Lancashire Fusiliers 20th Battalion. Mobilised for war and landed at Havre and engaged in various action on the Western Front including in 1916: The Battle of Bazentin Ridge, The fighting for Arrow Head Copse, Maltz Horn Farm and Falfemont Farm. In 1917: The pursuit of the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, the fighting in Houthulst Forest and the Second Battle of Passchendaele.
Rudolph was killed in action on 22nd October 1917, during the fighting in France and Flanders, Western Europe. His body was buried on the battlefield and marked with a small wooden cross. In 1920 his burial place was found and his body was transferred to the official War Grave site in the Cement House War Graves Cemetery at Langemark – Poelkapelle. Belgium.
Rudolph was posthumously awarded the British War Medal, the British Star and the Victory Medal [These medals have not survived in the family, but may have been given to his widow].
According to CWGC, Rudolph is buried in Cement House Cemetery, Langemark, grave reference XIII.D.45.
With thanks to Jo Coulson for this information
Published: January 1915 & January 1918
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