Army
Percy George Creed
Rank: Private
Regiment: 13th Battalion (Southdowns), Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs G Creed
Address: 267 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front. The initials appear to be the wrong way round. Additional name information from the Royal Sussex Southdowns website.
Published: May 1916
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Minnie Webster
Service: Munitions
Parents: Mr Thomas & Mrs Eliza Webster
Address: 21 Winding Street, Hastings
Other Info: The text reads: “Nine Hastings girls now employed in munition works ‘somewhere in England’. The one on the right centre row is Miss Webster, daughter of Mr & Mrs Webster … they have a son in Egypt in the Royal Engineers, five nephews in the Army and one in the Navy.
Additional name information from Ancestry.com.
Published: May1916
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Army
T P Edwards
Rank: Private
Regiment: 4th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs Edwards
Brothers: G Edwards & W S Edwards
Address: 12 North Terrace, Halton, Hastings
Other Info: At Salonika.
Published: April 1916, May 1916 & July 1917
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Army
James Blyde
Rank: Driver
Regiment: 2nd Home Counties, Royal Field Artillery
Parents: Mr & Mrs Blyde
Address: 6 Upper South Road, St Leonards
Sent by: Miss R Carpenter
Miss Carpenter’s Address: 21 Chapel Park Road, St Leonards
Other Info: Foreign Service. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: January 1916 & May 1916
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Army
James A Coster
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Army Medical Corps
Father: Mr J Coster
Address: 29 Plynlimmon Road, Hastings
Other Info: In France. Of the British Red Cross Society. The two Hastings lads enlisted fifteen months ago and have been at the Front nearly twelve months, their ages being 19 and 18 years respectively.
Published: January 1915, July 1915 & May 1916
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Army
John Richard Fairey
Rank: Driver
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
Mother: Mrs Fairey
Brother: William H Fairey
Address: 67 St Mary’s Terrace, West Hill, Hastings
Other Info: For Foreign Service
Published: July 1915 & May 1916
Army
George F Tutt
Rank: Pioneer / Lance Corporal
Regiment: Royal Engineers
Parents: Mr & Mrs Tutt
Sister: Mrs Roffe
Address: 23 Battle Road, Silverhill
Other Info: At Salonika. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War Website.
Published: June 1915, May 1916 & September 1916
Army
Henry Stunt
Rank: Driver / Lance Corporal
Regiment: Indian Contingent / 8th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Mother: Mrs F Foster
Cousin: A Foster
Address: Chapel Cottages, Westfield
Other Info: Active Service. At the Front. Killed in action on 14th July 1916. According to CWGC, Henry is remembered at Ovillers Military Cemetery, grave reference XVII.P.3.
Published: October 1914, May 1916 & August 1916
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Army
Albert Beale
Rank: Private
Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Mother: Mrs Frances Beale
Mother’s Address: Tanyard House, West Cross, Tenterden
Sent by: Miss M Sinden
Miss Sinden’s Address: Hughenden, 4 De Cham Road, St Leonards
Other Info: In France. Killed at the Front. Formerly employed by Messrs Bryant & Sons, Hastings.
According to CWGC, Albert died aged 18 on 9th May 1915. He is remembered at the Le Touret Memorial on panel 20 and 21.
Published: May 1915 & May 1916
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Army
Edward Francis Smith
Rank: Sapper
Regiment: 2nd Home Counties Field Company, Royal Engineers
Mother: Mrs Esther Smith
Brothers: Albert Smith & Alfred Smith
Brother-in-Law: Percival Valentine Hobday
Nephew: Frank Albert Vidler
Cousin: Ernest Sellens
Address: 206 Battle Road, Hollington
Published: May 1915, May 1916 & January 1918
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