Navy
W R Swift
Rank: Stoker / Leading Stoker
Ship: HMS Velox / HMS Bristol
Mother: Mrs Golding
Address: 44 Old London Road, Hastings
Published: December 1914 & August 1917
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Navy
F J Standen
Rank: Signalman
Regiment: Royal Navy Volunteer Reserves
Ship: HMS Kent
Father: Mr W Standen
Address: 15 Alpine Road, Hastings
Published: December 1914
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Navy
Albert J Newman
Ship: HMS Minotaur
Brother: F Newman
Address: 7 Southwater Road, St Leonards
Other Info: The text of ‘Three Jolly Sailors’ reads: “Photograph of three local sailors taken in China whilst serving on HMS Minotaur. They travelled 38,750 miles since the commencement of War up to January 1915, when they were sent to different ships.
Published: December 1914 & April 1916
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Navy
James Wilfred Bowden
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Marine Light Infantry
Ship: HMS Chatham
Brother-in-Law: James Whiteman
Address: St Leonards
Published: December 1914
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Navy
Lawrence Glyde
Rank: Able Seaman
Ship: HMS Ariadne & HMS Castor
Sister: Mrs Rumsey
Brothers-in-Law: William Rumsey & R Rumsey
Brothers: Gunner Glyde & E H E Glyde
Nephews: R Rumsey & W P Rumsey
Address: 2 Temperance Cottages, Shepherd Street, St Leonards / 14 Hardwicke Road, St Leonards
Published: December 1914 & January 1918
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Navy
Alfred Denis McCarthy
Rank: 1st Class Stoker
Ship: HMS Dido & HMS Lightfoot
Parents: Mr & Mrs Dan McCarthy
Brothers: Norman McCarthy & Neville McCarthy
Address: 46 All Saints Street, Hastings / 1 Trafalgar Cottages, Hastings
Published: December 1914 & August 1917
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Frank Norman
Ship: HMS Hyacinth
Mother: Mrs Norman
Brothers: William Norman & Charles Norman
Brother in Law: J H Bennett
Address: 5 Woods Row, All Saints Street, Hastings
Published: December 1914 & April 1915
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Navy
James Baker-Burt
Rank: Leading Seaman
Regiment: Royal Naval Battalion
Mother: Mrs F Baker
Brothers: G Baker-Burt, Frank Baker & Fred Baker
Brother-in-Law: W Cramp
Address: Sea View Cottage, Baldslow, Hastings
Other Info: Royal Navy. Now interned in Holland.
Published: December 1914 & July 1917
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Navy
Thomas Edward Funnell
Rank: Leading Stoker
Ship: HMS Aboukir
Brother: Mr A Funnell
Address: Wilting Farm Cottages, Hollington
Other Info: Lost his life on HMS Aboukir when it was sunk, along with sister ships HMS Hogue and HMS Cressy, by German submarine U-9 on 22nd September 1914. He was one of 1,459 seamen lost in the incident. He is remembered on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial, on panel 4.
Published: December 1914
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Navy
Samuel Price
Rank: Ship’s Corporal
Ship: HMS St Vincent
Wife: Mrs S Price
Address: 45 Salisbury Road, Bohemia, St Leonards
Published: December 1914
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