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Navy

Groombridge, Victor Albert

29th December 201514th February 2018
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Victor Albert Groombridge

Rank: 1st Class Petty Officer

Ship: HMS Hampshire

Parents: Mr Joseph & Mrs Mary Groombridge

Sister: Mrs G A Dunk

Brother-in-Law: George Alfred Dunk

Address: Old Town, Hastings

Other Info: Recently promoted (as of October 1914). Victor was one of 650 lost when HMS Hampshire was sunk by a mine on 5th June 1916. Field Marshall Lord Kitchener and his staff were also on board and lost. Victor is remembered on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial, on panel 11.

Published: October 1914, July 1916 & May 1917

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Army

Sutton, John Wisdom Paige

28th December 201528th September 2016
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John Wisdom Paige Sutton

Rank: Lance Corporal

Regiment: 5th Company, 3rd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Later with the 2nd Battalion.

Parents: Mr John & Mrs Phoebe Sutton

Address: 71 Vale Road, St Leonards

Other Info: Died of wounds on 9th May 1915. According to CWGC, John was 20 when he died. He is remembered at Le Touret Memorial, on Panel 20 & 21.

Published: October 1914 & June 1915

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Army

Noakes, Albert Frank

28th December 201515th September 2016
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Albert Frank Noakes

Rank: Corporal

Regiment: Royal West Kent Regiment

Parents: Mr George Henry and Mary Ann Noakes

Brothers: Percy Noakes & A Noakes

Address: 18 High Bank, Ore

Other Info: Wounded at Mons. Killed in Action aged 22 on 23rd April 1915. Albert is remembered at the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial on panel 45 and 47.

Published: October 1914

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Army

Stevens, George Frederick

28th December 201515th February 2017
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George Frederick Stevens

Regiment: 2nd King’s Royal Rifles

Grandfather: Stephen Stevens

Parents: Mr William Stevens & Eliza Stevens

Uncle: Charles Stevens

Brothers: William Stevens & Charles Stevens

Cousins: Stephen Stephens & W F Love

Address: 6 St Georges Road, Hastings

Other Info: Wounded, now with his mother in Hastings (October 1914). Killed in action in France. According to CWGC, George died aged 21 on 25th September 1915, He is remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial on panel 51 and 53.

Published: October 1914 & October 1915.

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Navy

Kirkby, Bertram James

28th December 20155th July 2018
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Bertram James Kirkby

Rank: 1st Class Writer

Ship: HMS Hawke

Parents: Mr Charles & Mrs Mary Kirkby

Address: 27 St Georges 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. He was 27 years old with 12 years service in the Navy. Frederick is remembered at the Chatham Naval Memorial on panel 6.

Bertram appears to be recorded on Hastings War memorial as ‘E T Kirby’ – no one of that name appears on the CWGC website.

Published: October 1914

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Navy

Foster, Frederick

28th December 201529th July 2017
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Frederick Foster

Rank: Petty Officer 1st Class

Ship: HMS Hawke

Parents: Mr John Belcher & Ellen Eliza Foster

Address: 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. He was 32 years old. Employed before the war as second assistant clerk to the Guardians. His father was for many years a tax collector. Frederick is remembered at the Portsmouth Naval Memorial on panel 6.

Published: October 1914

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Navy

Crouch, John William

28th December 20155th July 2018
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John William Crouch

Rank: Ordinary Seaman

Ship: HMS Hawke

Parents: Mr & Mrs Crouch

Address: 146 Mount Pleasant 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. He was 19 years old. Before the war he was a butcher at Messrs Hickman’s shop in Robertson Street. His Great Grandfather was Mayor of Hastings 8 times. John is remembered at the Portsmouth Naval Memorial on panel 7.

Published: October 1914

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Army

Harvey, Henry William

28th December 20155th July 2018
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Henry William Harvey

Rank: Lance Corporal

Regiment: 2nd Home Counties Field Company, Royal Engineers

Parents: Mr Henry Cornelius and Mrs Emily Harvey

Wife: Mabel Harvey

Address: 1 Lower South Road, St Leonards

Other Info: Stationed at Canterbury. According to CWGC, Henry died aged 23 on 2nd June 1915. He is remembered at Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm), grave reference I.C.9.

Published: October 1914

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Army

Whiteman, George Boston

27th December 201520th March 2021
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George Boston Whiteman

Rank: Gunner / Sergeant

Regiment: 5th Sussex Service Battery, Royal Field Artillery / 47th Engineers Field Park, Royal Engineers

Parents: Mr Albert & Mrs Katherine Mary Whiteman

Brothers: L A Whiteman & B Whiteman

Address: 14 St John’s Road, St Leonards

Other Info: According to CWGC, George died aged 32 on 24th September 1919. He is remembered at Hastings Cemetery, grave reference L.D.M14.

Published: October 1914

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Army

Poole, Harry Walter

27th December 201518th December 2022
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Harry Walter Poole

Rank: Private

Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment

Parents: Mr & Mrs H Poole

Wife: Mrs Poole

Brother: Alfred Poole

Address: 4 Duke Road, Silverhill

Other Info: He was killed in action on 4th October 1914. His parents lived at 16 Battle Road, St Leonards. According to CWCG, Harry is remembered at La Ferte Sous Jouarre Memorial, on Panel 16a.

The letter mentioned, published in the Hastings & St Leonards Observer on 31st October 1914, forms part of an article that reads: “We regret that information has been received that Private H. W. Poole, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, has been killed in action. He is a member of an old Silverhill family, and his wife resides at 4, Duke Road. An expression of sorrow from the King, signed by Lord Kitchener, has been received by his wife and parents.

In a letter to his wife on the 30th September, Poole expressed satisfaction that his wife and all at home were keeping brave and having faith that he would again be home with them. He continued ‘There is one thing you can be certain of, if the worst comes to the worst. You can say that your husband was never a coward, because you know yourself that I need not have joined the Colours, having had a certificate from Dr. Richardson the day before mobilisation, but it becomes every British Solider to stand by Old England in the time of need, so once again I give you our motto of the Regiment I am pround to belong to: “Be Brave, Fear God, Honour the King”.

Harry is not listed on Hastings War memorial.

Published: October 1914

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