Army
H E Osborne
Rank: Trooper
Regiment: Hampshire Yeomanry (Carabiniers)
Mother: Mrs Osborne
Address: 60 Vicarge Road, Hastings
Other Info: Formerly in St Leonards Amateur Football team.
Published: March 1915
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Army
Leslie Long
Regiment: 8th Cyclist Battalion, Essex Regiment
Mother: Mrs Long
Cousins: George Frederick Goldsmith, Thomas Goldsmith & A C Goldsmith
Address: 88 Norman Road, St Leonards
Published: March 1915
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Army
A C Goldsmith
Rank: Sapper
Regiment: 2nd Home Counties, Royal Engineers
Parents: Mr & Mrs Goldsmith
Brothers: George Frederick Goldsmith & Thomas Goldsmith
Cousin: Leslie Long
Address: 2 Shepherd Street, St Leonards
Published: March 1915
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Navy
Thomas Goldsmith
Regiment: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves
Ship: HMS Cyclops
Parents: Mr & Mrs Goldsmith
Brothers: George Frederick Goldsmith & A C Goldsmith
Cousin: Leslie Long
Address: 2 Shepherd Street, St Leonards
Published: March 1915
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Army
George Frederick Goldsmith
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: No 3 Battery, New Zealand Royal Field Artillery
Parents: Mr & Mrs Goldsmith
Brothers: Thomas Goldsmith & A C Goldsmith
Cousin: Leslie Long
Address: 2 Shepherd Street, St Leonards
Other Info: Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: March 1915
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Army
P E White
Rank: Corporal
Regiment: National Reserve, Royal Sussex Regiment
Other Info: Solo Bassoon with the Hastings Summer Band last season
Published: March 1915
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Navy
P E Grisbrook
Rank: Petty Officer
Ship: HMS Royal Arthur
Father: Mr E Grisbrook
Address: West Hill, Hastings
Wife: Mrs Grisbrook
Home Address: Southwick Coastguard Station
Other Info: Youngest of six sons all at the Front.
Published: March 1915
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Army
E Dyer
Rank: Sapper
Regiment: Australian Engineers, Australian Imperial Force
Father: Mr S Dyer
Address: 3 Priory Mews, Hastings
Other Info: Took part in the fighting in Egypt and was mentioned in dispatches. The news clipping reads “Lance Corporal Ernest Dyer, Australian Engineers who has been awarded the DCM for conspicuous bravery in carrying his wounded comrades in safety under fire at Kabra Tepe, Gallipoli. He is a Hastings lad, but left this town for Australia in 1909. He enlisted in August 1914 from Broken Hill, New South Wales, where he was inspector of gas lighting. He is now in hospital, suffering from the effects of concussion. He was totally blind for eight days, but is recovering, and expects to be sent to England shortly to recuperate, and to meet his parents.”
Ernest’s enlistment papers can be read here.
Published: March 1915 & September 1915
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Army
Bert Garrow
Rank: Driver
Regiment: Overseas Contingent, Loyal Canadians, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Sister: Mrs Branson
Address: Golden Cross Hotel, Hastings
Other Info: Formerly in St Leonards Amateur Football team.
Published: March 1915
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Army
Stuart Hanlon
Rank: Private
Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Mother: Mrs O’Hanlon
Brothers: William John Patrick Hanlon, Albert James Hanlon, Cyril Rupert Henry Hanlon, Percy John Hanlon, Raymond Wilfred Elthbert Hanlon
Address: 55 Priory Road, Hastings
Other Info: Youngest of six sons all at the Front. His father served in the 58th Northamptonshire Regiment and went to the Zulu War of 1879, and fought at the Battle of Ulundi.
Wounded twice. In hospital in France.
Published: December 1914, March 1915 & December 1916
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