Army
Andrew Harry Smith
Rank: Corporal
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs W Smith
Address: Stonefield Road, Hastings
Other Info: Killed in action on 18th September. According to CWGC, Andrew Harry Smith is remembered at La Ferte Sous Jouarre Memorial.
Published: October 1914
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Navy
George Edward Bracey Stroud
Rank: Able Seaman
Regiment: HMS Albermarle
Sister: Miss G L Stroud
Mother: Mrs Stroud
Brothers: Ebenizer L Stroud & Frederick A Stroud
Address: 23 Alfred Street, St Leonards
Other Info: Gun Layer, First Class. With the First Battle Squadron in the North Sea. According to the ships log, George Stroud was lost overboard at 2.27am on 7th November 1915 when the ship was hit by two large waves due to it travelling too fast for the conditions. The waves smashed the bridge and chart room and wrecked the conning tower. Large quantities of water flooded the fore turret and decks below. Also swept overboard was Commander George Russell Nixon. Two other men were killed and fourteen injured in the same incident. George is remembered on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
Published: October 1914 & November 1915
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Army
Thomas Horton Hutchinson
Rank: Private
Regiment: ‘A’ Company, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr Horton & Mrs Anna Maria Hutchinson
Address: Plynlimmon Road, Hastings
Other Info: At Connaught Barracks, Dover. According to CWGC, Thomas died aged 25 on 9th May 1915. He is remembered at Le Touret Memorial on Panel 20 and 21.
Published: October 1914
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Army
William George Fuller
Rank: Rifleman
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade
Address: 30 Barrack Road, Bexhill
Mother: Mrs Esther Fuller
Brother: Henry Fuller
Cousins: Arthur Saunders, Fred Saunders & Richard Saunders
Other Info: According to CWGC, William died aged 22 on 14th March 1915. He is remembered at Le Touret Memorial on panel 44.
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Published: November 1914
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Army
George Hesmer
Rank: Private
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Address: 30 Stonefield Road, Hastings
Parents: Mr & Mrs Hesmer
Brother in Law: Fred Stubberfield
Other Info: Now lying in the Boscombe General Hospital suffering from a wound in his right lung received on September 14th. According to CWGC George died on 25th September 1915 at the rank of Corporal and is remembered at the Loos Memorial on panel 69 to 73.
Published: October 1914
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Navy
James Albert Burton
Rank: First Class Stoker
Ship: HMS Aboukir
Address: 21 Rock-a-Nore, Hastings
Parents: Mr & Mrs Burton
Other Info: Lost his life on HMS Aboukir when it was sunk, along with sister ships HMS Hogue and HMS Cressy, by German submarine U-9 on 22nd September 1914. He was one of 1,459 seamen lost in the incident. He is remembered on the Chatham Naval Memorial, on panel 4.
Published: October 1914
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Army
Kerol Edward Wrenn
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: ‘D’ Company, 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment
Address: 8 Hughenden Place, Hastings
Parents: Mr & Mrs Edwin Wrenn
Brother: Alexander Wrenn
Other Info: According to CWGC, Kerol died on 20th October 1914. He is remembered at Le Touret Memorial, panels 34 and 35.
Published: October 1914 & March 1915
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Army
John William Kember
Rank: Private
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Address: 45 Castle Hill Road, Hastings
Parents: Mr Arthur & Mrs Alice Maud Kember
Other Info: At the Front. According to CWGC, John died aged 22 on 14th September 1914. He is remembered at La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial.
Published: October 1914
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Army
William Thomas Bridgeland
Rank: Private / Lance Corporal
Regiment: 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr Charles & Mrs Elizabeth Ann Bridgeland
Address: 4 Oakfield Road, Ore
Father: Mr C Bridgeland
Other Info: Mr C Bridgeland saw considerable fighting in India. Wounded, now in hospital at Epsom. According to CWGC, William died aged 29 on 13th August 1918. He is remembered at Vis-en-Artois Memorial on Panel 6.
Published: October 1914, February 1916 & March 1916
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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.
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Published: October 1914 & January 1918
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