Army
J Wicks
Rank: Corporal
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr George & Mrs Jane Wicks
Address: 22 Park Field Road, Hollington
Other Info: Killed in action on 3rd October 1914. According to CWGC, Corporal Wicks was 19 when he died. He is remembered at Vendresse British Cemetery, grave reference III.K.3
Published: November 1914
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Army
Harold Thomas Riggulsford
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal West Kent Regiment
Mother: Mrs Riggulsford
Brother: George Wilfred E Riggulsford
Brother-in-Law: Arthur George Crockford
Address: 141 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings
Other Info: Killed in action on 20th September 1914. According to CWCG, Harold was 26 when he died. He is remembered at La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial, panel 22a.
On CWGC and Lives of the First World War website, Harold’s surname is spelt “Riggulsford”, and on Hastings war memorial it is spelt “Riggalsford”. The September 1916 article spells the surname as Rigglesford.
Published: November 1914 & September 1916
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Navy
John Beeching
Rank: Able Seaman
Ship: HMS Aboukir
Father: Mr Will Beeching
Address: Pett
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 2.
Published: November 1914
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Army
George Tomlin
Rank: Private
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr William John & Mrs Sarah Tomlin (Nee Game)
Cousins: Harry Tomlin, F Tomlin & Charles Tomlin
Address: 119 Athelstan Road, Clive Vale, Hastings
Other Info: Killed in action at Vendresse on 14th September 1914. According to CWGC, George is remembered at Terlincthun British Cemetery, grave reference VII. AE. 5
Published: November 1914
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Army
Peter Mepham
Rank: Corporal
Regiment: Drill Instructor, Army Service Corps
Wife: Mrs Mepham
Son: John Mepham & Arthur Mepham
Address: 106 Saxon Road, Clive Vale, Hastings
Other Info: He is 63 years of age but has joined his old regiment as Instructor, in response to Lord Kitcheners’s appeal for ex NCO’s. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: November 1914 & January 1916
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Army
C H F Bartholomew
Regiment: Canadian Transport
Father: Mr James Bartholomew
Address: 40 Carisbrook Road, St Leonards
Other Info: Left the reporting staff of the Hastings & St Leonards Observer to go to Canada, but has recently returned to do service for the old country. He stands 6ft 4in and is well made in proportion to his height.
Published: November 1914
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Army
Ronald Marchant
Rank: Transport Driver
Regiment: Royal Garrison Artillery
Wife: Mrs Marchant
Address: 123 Bohemia Road, St Leonards
Other Info: At the Front
Published: November 1914
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Army
Henry Matthews
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr William & Mrs Mary Matthews
Address: 143 Bulverhythe Road, St Leonards
Other Info: Reservist, at the Front. According to CWGC, Henry died aged 31 on 8th November 1914. He is remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial on Panel 20. Mary Matthews later lived in Vancouver, Canada
Published: November 1914
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Army
F Dutton
Rank: Private
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Sent in by: Mrs F Dutton
Address: 39 Croft Road, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front
Published: November 1914
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Army
V Milgate
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: 4th Dragoon Guards
Father: Mr J Milgate
Address: Highland Mews, St Leonards
Other Info: Returned from Canada for the Front
Published: November 1914
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