Navy
Charlie Clapson
Service: Trawler Section, Royal Navy
Sent by: Mrs Adams
Home Address: Rock-a-Nore, Hastings
Published: July 1916
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Navy
Teddy Adams
Service: Trawler Section, Royal Navy
Ship: HMS Cedar
Mother: Mrs Adams
Uncles: Charles Richard Adams & Sidney G Stevenson
Home Address: 6 East Hill Passage, All Saints Street, Hastings
Published: July 1916 (both photographs)
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Navy
Malcolm Mitchell
Service: Trawler Section, Royal Navy
Sent by: Mrs Adams
Home Address: Rock-a-Nore, Hastings
Published: July 1916
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Harry Ballard
Rank: Engine Fitter
Ship: HMS Reliance (a repair ship)
Father: Mr William A Ballard
Brothers: James Frank Ballard, George H Ballard, William A Ballard & Harold C Ballard
Address: 11 Grove Road, Ore
Published: July 1916
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Navy
Charles William Wheeler
Rank: First Class Boy
Ship: HMS Hampshire
Parents: Mr Charles William & Mrs Helen Wheeler
Address: 10 Winding Street, Hastings
Other Info: Lost his life on HMS Hampshire which was sunk by a mine on 5th June 1916. Field Marshall Lord Kitchener and his staff on board and among 737 lost. According to CWGC, Charles was 16 when he died and he is remembered at Portsmouth Naval Memorial on Panel 14.
Published: July 1916
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Navy
Leonard Dann
Rank: Able Seaman
Service: Royal Navy
Grandmother: Mrs Standing
Uncles: E Standing, Mark D Standing, H R Standing, Maurice Standing, Richard Standing & M Stephens
Brother: Fred Dann
Grandmother’s Address: 75 Clifton Road, Ore
Published: July 1916
Navy
Alfred Sargent
Rank: Able Seaman
Ship: HMS Ariel
Mother: Mrs Watson
Stepfather: C Watson
Brothers: C Watson, Albert Sargent & Henry Sargent
Address: 34 Meeching Road, Newhaven
Published: June 1916
Navy
William Thomas Harmer
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: Royal Marine Light Infantry
Ship: HMS Juno
Parents: Mr & Mrs Harmer
Brothers: Walter J Harmer, Albert V Harmer, Sidney Maurice Harmer & Bert Harmer
Address: 16 Fellbrigg Road, East Dulwich, London
Other Info: Born in Hastings. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: June 1916
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Walter J Harmer
Rank: Torpedo Instructor
Ship: HMS Chatham (a training establishment)
Parents: Mr & Mrs Harmer
Brothers: William Thomas Harmer, Albert V Harmer, Sidney Maurice Harmer & Bert Harmer
Address: 16 Fellbrigg Road, East Dulwich, London
Other Info: Born in Hastings. Has been awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal.
Published: June 1916
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Herbert (Bertie) Eldridge
Rank: Boy, 1st Class
Ship: HMS Queen Mary
parents: Mr Frederick & Mrs Florence V Eldridge
Cousins: Charles F Eldridge, Victor E Eldridge & Thomas Eldridge
Address: 9 Reginald Road, Bexhill
Other Info: Born in Hastings. Went down with the Queen Mary. According to CWGC, Bertie died aged 16 on 31st May 1916 when HMS Queen Mary was sunk during the Battle of Jutland, one of 1,266 men lost with the ship. He is remembered at Portsmouth Naval Memorial on panel 14.
Published: June 1916
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