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Godfrey Allen
Rank: Rifleman
Regiment: 4th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps
Parents: Mr Charles Alexander & Charlotte F Allen
Address: 11 Carisbrooke Road, St Leonards
Other Info: Godrey died aged 29 on 8th January 1915. He is remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, panel 51 and 53.
Published: March 1915
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Frank Albert Vidler
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs F Vidler
Cousins: Edward Francis Smith, A Smith, Alfred Smith & Ernest Sellens
Address: 12 Old Church Road, Hollington
Published: February 1915, May 1916 & January 1918
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Edward T Chainey
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: ‘G’ Company, 3rd Battalion, King’s Royal Rifles
Wife: Mrs J Chainey (nee Johnstone)
Address: 55 St Mary’s Road, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front. Married at St Clement’s Church Hastings.
Published: January 1915 & August 1917
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Fred T Pagham
Rank: Rifleman
Regiment: 16th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps
Father: Mr D Padgham
Sent by: Mrs P Russell
Address: Hollington
Published: December 1914 & March 1915
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J Murdoch
Rank: Private / Bugle Major
Regiment: 9th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifles
Father: Mr William Murdoch
Aunt: Mrs Thomas Till
Brothers: A J Murdoch, C A Murdoch, William Henry Murdoch, Frank Murdoch & Frederick Murdoch
Cousins: Thomas Archibald Till, William H Till & Frederick G Till
Aunt’s Address: 7 Paynton Road, Silverhill
Other Info: Winner of the Military Medal.
Published: December 1914 & October 1917
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Fredrick Stewart Swain
Rank: Private
Regiment: 1st King’s Royal Rifle Corps
Parents: Mr George & Mrs E Swain
Brother: Gilbert Charles Swain & G Swain
Address: 9 Emmanuel Road, Hastings
Other Info: Killed in action aged 23 on October 26th 1914. He is remembered at the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial on panel 51 and 53.
Published: December 1914
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Reginald A Dunk
Rank: Lance Corporal / Sergeant
Regiment: King’s Royal Rifles
Parents: Mr & Mrs H Dunk
Brother: Sidney P Dunk
Address: 111 Bohemia Road, St Leonards
Other Info: Foreign Service. Additional name and rank information from the Lives of the First World War Website.
Published: December 1914.
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L N Wells
Rank: Musician
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, King’s Royal Rifles
Parents: Mr & Mrs J Wells
Address: 114 Milward Road, Hastings
Other Info: Wounded at Vendresse. Now in hospital in Versailles
Published: December 1914
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A Phillips
Rank: Rifleman / Sergeant
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, King’s Royal Rifles
Mother: Mrs Phillips
Address: 85 St Thomas’s Road, Hastings
Other Info: Wounded at Ypres, now in Hospital in Liverpool. Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for gallant and conspicuous bravery during the Battle of the Somme. He has been three times wounded.
Published: December 1914 & March 1917
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Thomas Edmund Bishop
Rank: Private
Regiment: 1st Battalion, King’s Royal Rifles
Parents: Mr William & Mrs Annie Bishop
Brother: James Ernest Bishop & William Bishop
Address: 6 Bourne Walk, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front. According to CWGC, Thomas died aged 28 on 28th October 1918. He is remembered at Etaples Military Cemetery, grave reference LXXI.F.3. An article published in the Hastings & St Leonards Observer on 23rd November 1918 reads; “died from bronchial pnuemonia on October 28th after being in France all through the war”
Published: December 1914 & November 1918
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