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H Bryant
Rank: Private
Regiment: Cyclists, Royal Sussex Regiment
Wife: Mrs Bryant
Address: 36 Paynton Road, St Leonards
Other Info: Formerly manager for Mr J Felton, Claremont, Hastings
Published: May 1917 & June 1917
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Frederick William Hatton
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: Royal Engineers, attached 1st/4th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment
Parents: Mr Frederick George & Mrs Jane Hatton
Wife: Mrs Jessie Whitehead Hatton (nee Begbie)
Address: 15 Kenilworth Road, St Leonards
Other Info: At the Front. Served in the South African Campaign. Killed in action. According to CWGC, Lance Corporal Hatton died aged 36 on 11th June 1917. He is remembered at Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery, grave reference III.A.16.
Additional information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: April 1917, June 1917 & October 1917
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Frederick Batstone
Rank: Private
Service: Royal West Kent Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs Batstone
Address: Church House, Hughenden Road, Hastings
Other Info: Severely wounded on 8th June 1917; now in hospital in Oxford. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: February 1917 & June 1917
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W Chapman
Regiment: Canadian Expeditionary Force
Mother: Mrs Georgina Chapman
Brothers: Joseph Chapman & H C Chapman
Cousins: W Crump, R Crump & George F S Fathers
Address: 38 Battle Road, Silverhill
Other Info: Wounded. Shell shock, now in hospital in Epsom.
Published: December 1916, June 1917 & November 1917
Army
William George Morfee
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: 22nd Battalion, Australian Imperial Force
Sisters: Mrs Clara Annie Trusler & Miss E Morfee
Brother: Henry James Morfee & Albert Edward Morfee
Brothers-in-Law: Frank George Trusler, Harry Trusler & B Overington
Sister’s Address: The Sycamore, 14 Hill Street, Hastings
Other Info: Killed in Action. According to CWGC, William died on 3rd May 1917. He is remembered at the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
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Published: November 1916 & June 1917
Army
W Harris
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
Other Info: Formerly of Hastings. Well known as Brooke Bond’s agent.
Published: October 1916 & June 1917
Army
F A Pain
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs Pain
Brother: V Pain
Brother-in-Law: Arnold Weldon Dykeman
Address: 113 Emmanuel Road, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front. Wounded on 3rd May 1917. Now in Charing Cross Hospital.
Published: October 1916 & June 1917
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Robert (Bob) Glazier
Rank: Private
Regiment: 15th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
Parents: Mr & Mrs E Glazier
Brother: Albert Glazier
Address: 6 Hurrell Road, Hastings
Other Info: Missing since 6th August 1916; now reported killed in action on that date. According to CWGC, Robert died aged 19 whilst in the 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. He is remembered at the Thiepval Memorial, panel reference Pier and Face 8C 9A and 16A.
Published: July 1916 & June 1917
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John Stredwick
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Army Medical Corps
Address: 46 Alma Terrace, Silverhill
Other Info: On Active Service. Wounded at Ypres in February 1917. Now in hospital in Peterborough. Mentioned in Sir Douglas Haig’s dispatch.
Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: June 1916 & June 1917
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Arthur Wheeler
Rank: Private / 2nd Lieutenant
Regiment: 3rd / 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Wife: Mrs Florence M J Wheeler (nee Brasier)
Father: Mr Edwin Wheeler (Contractor, Isle of Wight)
Parent’s-in-Law’s Address: South View, Croft Road, Hastings
Brother-in-Law: A E Brasier
Brother: George Wheeler
Other Info: Text reads: “… A very pretty wedding was solemnised on Wednesday last week (3rd May 1915) at St Mary-in-the-Castle Church by the Vicar Rev R Talbot. the contracting parties being …. The bridesmaids were Miss Dorothy Craddock, Miss Phillis Wheeler and Miss Dorothy Baker. Mr Charles Brasier acted as Best Man. The bride was given away by her father. The Choir, of which the bride is a member, attended and gave a fully choral service, Mr E Pattenden being at the organ. At the close of the service he played Mendelssohn’s “Wedding March”. A reception was held at “South View”.”
At the Front (Oct 1916)
Published: May 1916, October 1916 & June 1917
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