Navy
Harry Funnell
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Marine Light Infantry
Mother: Mrs Funnel
Address: Clifton Road, Ore
Other Info: On HMS Hannibal
Published: October 1914
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Army
Albert John Wood
Ship: HMS Iron Duke
Brother: Harry Wood
Address: 214 Harold Road, Clive Vale, Hastings
Published: October 1914
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Navy
Frank Hughes
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves
Other Info: Officer commanding the Hastings Company.
Published: October 1914
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Navy
M Sargent
Rank: Petty Officer
Ship: HMS King Alfred
Address: Battle
Other Info: Licensee of the King’s Head, Battle. Was called out with the Royal Naval Reserves
Published: October 1914
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Navy
George Edward Bracey Stroud
Rank: Able Seaman
Regiment: HMS Albermarle
Sister: Miss G L Stroud
Mother: Mrs Stroud
Brothers: Ebenizer L Stroud & Frederick A Stroud
Address: 23 Alfred Street, St Leonards
Other Info: Gun Layer, First Class. With the First Battle Squadron in the North Sea. According to the ships log, George Stroud was lost overboard at 2.27am on 7th November 1915 when the ship was hit by two large waves due to it travelling too fast for the conditions. The waves smashed the bridge and chart room and wrecked the conning tower. Large quantities of water flooded the fore turret and decks below. Also swept overboard was Commander George Russell Nixon. Two other men were killed and fourteen injured in the same incident. George is remembered on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
Published: October 1914 & November 1915
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Navy
J Kyle
Rank: Able Seaman
Ship: HMS Dreadnought
Father: Mr J Kyle
Address: Emmanuel Road, Hastings
Published: October 1914
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Navy
W Allan Richardson
Regiment: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, 2nd Naval Brigade, Howe Battalion.
Other Info: At Eastry Camp. Formerly clerk on Mr Percy Idle’s staff at the National Health Insurance Office, Hastings
Published: October 1914
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Navy
James Albert Burton
Rank: First Class Stoker
Ship: HMS Aboukir
Address: 21 Rock-a-Nore, Hastings
Parents: Mr & Mrs Burton
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 Chatham Naval Memorial, on panel 4.
Published: October 1914
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Navy
William Vennall
Rank: Petty Officer
Regiment: Royal Fleet Reserve
Ship: HMS Mersey
Parents: Mr & Mrs W Vennall
Brother: Frederick Vennall
Address: 58 All Saints Street, Hastings
Published: December 1914 & August 1915
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Navy
Ernest Spray
Regiment: Collingwood Brigade, Royal Naval Division
Address: 41 Caves Road, St Leonards
Mother: Mrs E Spray
Other Info: Came from Canada to fight at the Front. For seven weeks he was training at Walmer in ‘Churchill’s Own’ Collingwood Brigade and left last Sunday for France.
Interned in Holland.
Published: October 1914 & April 1916
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