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Army

Mays, Cecil Clarence

26th January 201827th January 2018
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Cecil Clarence Mays

Rank: Private / Second Lieutenant

Regiment: Duke of Cambridge Hussars, 1st County of London Yeomanry / 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards

Parents: Mr George & Mrs Clara Julia Marriott Mays

Brothers: Wilfred Mays, Sidney Mays, Stanley G Mays & George Mays

Address: Beaulieu, St Helen’s Road, Hastings

Other Info: Old Hastings Grammar School boys. According to CWGC, Cecil died aged 23 on 30th March 1918. He is remembered at Boisleux-au-Mont Communal Cemetery, grave reference 4.

Published: October 1914

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Army

Abraham, Robert Horace

24th January 201810th July 2021
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Robert Horace Abraham

Rank: Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant

Regiment: 1st / 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment

Parents: Mr Robert & Mrs Annie Abraham

Address: St Neot’s, 17 Old London Road, Hastings

Other Info: According to CWGC, Robert died aged 32 on 28th August 1917. He is remembered at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, grave reference XVIII.C.18.

Top image courtesy of The Orange Lily website, a pictorial roll of men who served in the Royal Sussex Regiment.

Published: October 1914, November 1914 & April 1915

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Army

Gutteridge, Richard Howard

21st January 2018
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Richard Howard Gutteridge

Rank: Second Lieutenant

Regiment: 9th Battalion, London Regiment (Queen Victoria’s Rifles)

Father: Mr Richard Gutteridge

Wife: Mrs Madge Gutteridge (nee Murray)

Father and Mother-in-Law: Mr & Mrs Charles Murray

In-Law’s Address: Briar Lees, Carisbrooke Road, St Leonards

Other Info: Born in Auckland and married in Holborn in October 1914. According to CWGC, Richard died on 2nd October 1916. He is remembered at the Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 9c.

Published: October 1914

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Navy

Bevis, Edward Alfred Frank

20th January 2018
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Edward Alfred Frank Bevis

Rank: Boy, 1st Class

Ship: HMS Hawke

Parents: Mr & Mrs Edward Alfred Bevis

Address: 25 Croft Road, Hastings

Other Info: Was one of 524 officers and men that went down with HMS Hawke when it was sunk by German submarine U9 on 15th October 1914. According to CWGC, Edward died aged 17 and is remembered at the Portsmouth Naval Memorial on panel 3.

Published: October 1914

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Army

White, Wallace Wynne

20th January 2018
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Wallace Wynne White

Rank: Private

Regiment: East Surrey Regiment

Parents: Mr G H & F C White

Wife: Alice Maud White

Home Address: 10 Earl Street, Hastings

Other Info: Killed in action on 14th March 1917. According to CWGC, Wallace died aged 27 and is remembered at Goore British and Indian Cemetery, grave reference I.J.8.

Published: April 1917

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Navy

Felton Smith, William

18th January 2018
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William Felton Smith

Rank: Chief Petty Officer

Regiment: Howe Battalion, Royal Naval Division

Wife: Mrs Annie E Felton-Smith

Address: 20a Milward Road, Hastings

Other Info: Councillor for St. Clements Ward, Hastings. Member of Education Committee, Lifeboat Committee, and Shipwrecked Mariners. According to CWGC, William died aged 51 on 20th February 1915. He is remembered at Hastings Cemetery, grave reference M.B.04.

Published: September 1914

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Navy

Bishop, James Ernest

18th January 201810th September 2022
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James Ernest Bishop

Rank: Able Seaman

Ship: HMS Pathfinder

Parents: Mr William & Mrs Annie Bishop

Brother: Thomas Edmund Bishop & William Bishop

Address: 6 Bourne Walk, Hastings

Other Info: Lost his life on HMS Pathfinder on 5th September 1914. According to CWGC, James was aged 27 when he died. HMS Pathfinder was torpedoed by German submarine U-21 and sank with the loss of 259 men. Albert is remembered at Chatham Naval Memorial on panel 2.

Published: September 1914 & November 1918

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Army

Gain, George Albert

14th January 201815th January 2018
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George Albert Gain

Rank: Private

Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment / 248th Company, Machine Gun Corps

Father: Mr George Gain

Brothers: Arthur Robert Gain & W Gain

Brothers-in-Law: F Swales, Maurice Biddle, A Cruttenden, W Puxty & G Eldred

Father’s Address: Park View, Westfield

Other Info: According to CWGC, George died on 20th September 1917. He is remembered at the Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 154 to 159 and 163A.

Published: April 1917

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Army

Gain, Arthur Robert

14th January 201815th January 2018
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Arthur Robert Gain

Rank: Private

Regiment: 7th Battalion, Royal East Kent Regiment (The Buffs)

Father: Mr George Gain

Wife: Edith Ida Gain (later Spice)

Brothers: W Gain & George Albert Gain

Brothers-in-Law: F Swales, Maurice Biddle, A Cruttenden, W Puxty & G Eldred

Address: Park View, Westfield

Other Info: At the Front. According to CWGC, Arthur died aged 30 on 24th October 1918. Arthur is remembered at Vis-en-Artois Memorial, on Panel 3.

Published: April 1917

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Army

Faulks, Walter James

13th January 201814th January 2018
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Walter James Faulks

Rank: Private

Regiment: 7th Battalion, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

Parents: Mr W W & Mrs A Faulks

Uncle & Aunt: Councillor & Mrs Tildesley

Cousins: A G Desmond & A C Bossey

Parents’ Address: Acacia, Islip, Oxford

Uncle & Aunt’s Address: 31 Clive Avenue, Hastings

Other Info: Killed in action at Salonika. According to CWGC, Walter died aged 21 on 18th August 1916. He is remembered at Karasouli Military Cemetery, grave reference F.1367.

Published: April 1917

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