Army
Harry Edwards
Rank: Private
Regiment: 1st / 8th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers
Sister: Miss Edwards
Address: 8 Carlton Terrace, Halton, Hastings
Other Info: At Malta suffering from blood poisoning. Missing since 9th September 1916. Now reported killed. According to CWGC, Harry is remembered at the Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 16c.
Published: October 1915
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Army
Stephen Stevens
Rank: Private
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps
Father: Mr G Stevens
Grandfather: Mr Stephen Stevens
Uncles: William Stevens & Charles Stevens
Cousins: George Frederick Stevens, William Stevens, Charles Stevens & W F Love
Grandfather’s Address: 98 Old London Road, Hastings
Other Info: Prisoner of War at Posen, Germany. Wounded and captured during the battle of Aisne.
Published: October 1915 & March 1917
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Army
William J Marchant
Rank: Private
Regiment: 15th Labour Company (Havre), Army Service Corps
Wife: Eliza Marchant
Nephews: C J Rich, G Rich & Albert Rich
Address: 39 Hardwicke Road, Hastings
Other Info: According to CWGC, William died aged 43 on 8th June 1916. He is remembered at Hastings Cemetery, grave reference L.C.26. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: September 1915 & March 1917
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Army
W H Vidler
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
Sister: Miss A Vidler
Address: Borough Sanitorium, Frederick Road, Hastings
Other Info: In India
Published: September 1915 & March 1917
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Army
Bernard Dabson
Rank: Private
Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs W T Dabson
Former Address: ‘Wesley’, Bourne Street, Hastings
Other Info: Wounded for a second time. Now in hospital in Shropshire. Formerly of the Hastings Observer and Pictorial Advertiser.
“… has gained the Military Medal which was presented to him last Sunday morning after Church Parade at Tunbridge Wells, by the Colonel in Command. After Church Parade the Battalion was marched back to the Parade Ground, and Private Dabson called to the front. The Colonel then said that it gave him great pleasure to decorate one of the 5th, and complimented him on his deed. Prior to pinning on the medal he read out what gained it: ‘On several occasions Private Dabson showed great devotion to duty and bravery in rescuing wounded men from No Mans Land under heavy shell fire.’ The Colonel warmly shook hands with Private Dabson, as did all the other officers.
Published: September 1915, November 1916 & March 1917
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Army
Arthur Owen
Rank: Private
Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs Owen
Brother: F Owen
Address: 20 Gladstone Terrace, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front.
Published: August 1915 & March 1917
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Navy
John Griffin
Rank: Deck Hand
Regiment: Royal Naval Reserves
Ship: HMS Drake
Wife: Mrs Elizabeth Jane Griffin (nee Boxhall Hemmings)
Brother-in-Law: Emmanuel Gasson
Address: 4 York Gardens, Hastings
Other Info: Drowned at sea on 28th January 1917. According to CWGC, John was serving aboard HM Trawler Jacamar when he died. HM Jacamar was sunk in a collision in the English Channel off of Folkestone.
John is remembered at Portsmouth Naval Memorial, on panel 27.
Published: August 1915 & March 1917
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Army
Walter Lewis
Rank: Corporal
Regiment: 1st Battalion, Cameron Highlanders
Sent by: Mrs Lewis
Address: 18 Braybrook Road, Hastings
Additional Info: An article published in the Hastings & St Leonards Observer on 31st March 1917 reads; “We regret to learn that Walter Lewis (Son of our townsman, Mr J. J. Lewis, late R.S.M., 6th Dragoon Guards) is, after being missing for months, reported as killed.
According to CWGC, Walter died on 23rd July 1916. He is remembered at the Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 15B.
The photograph was sent in and perhaps the handwriting was misinterpreted, however the uniform matches that of the Cameron Highlanders.
Published: August 1915 & March 1917
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Army
Robert C Polhill
Rank: Private
Regiment: Army Veterinary Corps
Mother: Mrs C Polhill
Brothers: Frederick J Polhill, G E Polhill & Harold Polhill
Address: 13 Mercatoria, St Leonards
Other Info: At the Front. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: July 1915 & March 1917
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Army
J W Shoesmith
Rank: Private
Other Info: Army Veterinary Corps
Wife: Mrs J Shoesmith
Address: 263 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front.
Published: July 1915 & March 1917
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