Army
Ernest Martin
Rank: Driver
Regiment: 138th Battery, Royal Field Artillery
Mother: Mrs Martin
Address: 17 Duke Road, Silverhill
Other Info: At the Front. Died on 8th March of wounds received in Action. According to CWGC Ernest is remembered at Bailleul Communal Cemetery, Nord, grave reference J.21
Published: October 1914
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Navy
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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