Navy
H Field
Rank: Signalman
Ship: HMS Iron Duke / HMS Lucia
Parents: Mr & Mrs Field
Brother: Percy Frederick Field
Address: 68 Church Road, St Leonards
Published: October 1916 & February 1918
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Navy
Robert (Bob) Harry Belsey
Ship: HMS Britannia
Parents: Mr Edward & Mrs Edith Belsey, late of All Saints Street, Hastings
Sent by: Mr C Merryweather, late master of the Hastings Workhouse
Brothers Edward J Belsey, Alfred William Belsey & John Robert Belsey
Born 12 Sandown Cottages, Hastings
1896, Death of mother
1899, Death of father in Union Workhouse, Ore
1911, Dr Barnardo’s Home, Stepney Causeway, Tower Hamlets, London
1914, Jul 31 Joined Royal Portsmouth, Stoker 2nd Class HMS Victory II
1915, Aug 5 Stoker 1st Class, HMS Britannia
1921, Jun Married Ethel May Hubbard of Camberwell in Hastings
1925, Mar 5 Acting Leading Stoker, HMS Argus
1926, Mar 5 Leading Stoker, HMS Vernon
1928, Mar 5 Left Navy
1939, Sep 29 Does not appear on the War Census, had he joined up again, no record
1967, Mar 25 Died Catford, London
Additional information with thanks to Ian Mantel
Published: October 1916
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Navy
Miles Crosthwaite
Rank: Petty Officer
Service: Royal Navy
Wife: Mrs Crosthwaite
Address: 7 Gordon Road, Hastings
Published: September 1916
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Navy
Horace William Marsham
Rank: Able Seaman
Ship: HMS Queen Mary
Parents: Mr Harry & Mrs France Rowena Marsham
Address: 6 Brodrick Road, Hampden Park, Eastbourne
Sent by: Miss Huggett, Strood Road, Silverhill.
Other Info: Lost his Life in the Battle of Jutland. Horace was aboard HMS Queen Mary when she was sunk in the action off Jutland on 31st May 1915.
According to CWGC, Horace was 19 when he died. He is remembered at the Portsmouth Naval Memorial on panel 13.
Published: September 1916
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Navy
Frederick Gillam
Regiment: Royal Navy Air Service
Wife: Mrs Jessie E Gillam (nee Voller)
Parents-in-Law: Mr & Mrs H Voller
Brother-in-Law: Henry A Voller
Address: Brighton
Other Info: The ceremony was performed at Blacklands Church, Hastings on 16th August 1916.
Published: September 1916 & March 1917
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Navy
Ernest Pearson
Rank: Ship’s Corporal
Ship: HMS Kent
Sister: Mrs J Paine
Nephews: James Cecil Paine, R Paine & L Paine
Brother: A Pearson
Sister’s Address: Harold Nursery, Hastings
Published: September 1916
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Navy
Archibald Luck
Rank: Able Seaman
Ship: HMS Vanguard
Sister: Mrs Watson
Sister’s Address: 41 Emmanuel Road, Hastings
Other Info: Archibald was one of 843 crew lost when HMS Vanguard exploded whilst in port on 9th July 1917. According to CWGC, Archibald is remembered at the Chatham Naval Memorial, on panel 21.
Published: September 1916
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Navy
F Foard
Regiment: Royal Navy
Wife: Mrs Foard
Address: 43 Sidley Road, Eastbourne
Other Info: Formerly of Hastings
Published: September 1916
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Navy
George Cornelius
Regiment: Royal Naval Division
Parents: Mr & Mrs Cornelius
Brothers: Frederick Cornelius, J Cornelius & W Cornelius
Address: 11 Victoria Avenue, Ore
Other Info: Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: September 1916
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Navy
Wilfred Ellison Rogers
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment: Royal Navy Reserves
Wife: Mrs Hilda Maude Rogers
Address: Hampshire
Other Info: Text reads: “The wedding is to take place in the first week of October, at St Nicholas’ Church, Stoneham, Hampshire, of Hilda Maude, second daughter of Mr & Mrs C H Weller, of ‘Beechwood’, Chandlers Ford, Hampshire, late of St Paul’s House, St Leonards to Lieutenant Wilfred Ellison Rogers, son of Mr and Mrs A S Rogers, Royal Naval Reserve, of Nottingham. No invitations are being issued as, owing to the war, the exact day of the wedding cannot be ascertained till a day or two before the actual ceremony, which will be very quiet, takes place.”
Published: September 1916
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