The tag named Navy has been allocated to the individuals featured on this site that served in the Navy during WW1.
William Henry Wenham Baker Rank: Able Seaman Regiment: Howe Battalion, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Parents: Mr William Adams & Mrs Leonora Louisa Baker Address: 2 The Croft, Hastings Other Info: Died in hospital in Alexandria. According to CWGC, William is…
Alfred Henry Thomas Mugridge Rank: Signalman Regiment: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Address: Pickford’s Yard, Waldegrave Street, Hastings Other Info: Formerly of the Hastings Boys Brigade. Additional name and address information (including the spelling of the surname) from the Lives of the First…
Charles Edward Riddle Rank: Private Regiment: 1st Brigade, Benbow Battalion, Royal Naval Division Father: Mr George P Riddle Address: 8 Starrs Cottages, All Saints Street, Hastings Other Info: Now prisoner in Germany. Additional info from Lives of the First World War website. Published: December 1914 Please…
Henry Tomlin Rank: Able Seaman Ship: HMS Good Hope Wife: Mrs Gertrude Alice Tomlin (nee Mayhead) Address: 30 Horntye Road, Bohemia, St Leonards Other Info: Henry was born in Hastings in 1881. He was aboard HMS Good Hope when it was…
Samuel Horne Rank: Shipkeeper Regiment: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves Other Info: The text reads: “The photograph on the left shows Mr Samuel Horne and his three sons. He is a member of a remarkable family, a son of Mrs Jane…
Stephen Albert Tubbs Rank: Able Seaman Regiment: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves Mother: Mrs Tubbs Address: 265 Bexhill Road, St Leonards Sent by: Miss M Harvey Miss Harvey’s Address: 3 Trinity Street, Hastings Other Info: At the Dardanelles Published: December 1915 Please use the comments box below if…
George Miller Rank: Chief Petty Officer Ship: HMS Britannia Sister: Mrs Gillis Brothers-in-Law: Charles B Gillis & Frank Harold Cruttenden Nephew: B Gillis Address: 41 Vicarage Road, Hastings Other Info: HMS Britannia was torpedoed and sank with the loss of 50 men on 9th November 1918. Fortunately…
Frank Harold Cruttenden Regiment: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves Sister-in-Law: Mrs Gillis Brothers-in-Law: Charles B Gillis & George Miller Nephew: B Gillis Sister-in-Law’s Address: 41 Vicarage Road, Hastings Other Info: Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website. Published: December 1914 Please…
E Grant Rank: Steward Service: Royal Navy Ship: HMS Duchess of Devonshire Other Info: The article reads: ‘Officers’ Stewards and cooks on board HMS Duchess of Devonshire, somewhere at sea. The centre figure is the chief steward, MR E Grant,…
Archibald Bernard Todman Rank: Able Seaman Regiment: Anson Division, Royal Naval Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves Parents: Mr & Mrs Todman Brothers: Francis Theodore Todman & Ernest Edward Walter Todman Address: 23 Lower South Road, Bohemia, St Leonards Other Info: According to CWGC, William died aged…
Albert Catt Rank: Able Seaman Ship: HMS Sutlej Address: 32 Norman Road, St Leonards Published: October 1914 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.
Harry Funnell Rank: Private Regiment: Royal Marine Light Infantry Mother: Mrs Funnel Address: Clifton Road, Ore Other Info: On HMS Hannibal Published: October 1914 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.