William Eli Burt Barham Rank: Private Regiment: 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards Parents: Mr Edward & Maud Barham Brother: H Barham Address: 5 St Mary’s Road, Hastings Other Info: Died from a scalp wound received in action on August 26th 1914. According to the CWGC,…
Charles W Lynch Rank: Private Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment Parents: Mr E C J & Mrs A C Lynch Brother: Percy Alexander Lynch Brother-in-Law: Thomas William Veness Address: 95a Hughenden Road, Hastings Other Info: Shot in the leg at the Battle of…
Charles Beartup Ship: HMS Hogue Address: 172 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings Other Info: Charles was formerly in the local postal service. Was one of the men saved from HMS Hogue when it was sunk, along with sister ships HMS Cressy and HMS Aboukir, by German submarine…
Thomas Walter Oxley Rank: Sergeant Regiment: 2nd Home Counties, Royal Field Artillery Parents: Mr William Henry & Mrs Betsy Oxley Brothers: T H Oxley & William Henry Oxley Address: 2 York Road, Silverhill Other Info: According to CWGC, Thomas died aged 32 on 25th October 1918…
Frank H Pomphrey Rank: Bandsman Regiment: 20th Hussars Address: 40 St Thomas’s Road, Hastings Published: October 1914 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.
Joseph (Joe) Herbert Gale Rank: Corporal Regiment: Canadian Naval Reserve / 39th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Parents: Mr & Mrs Joseph Gale Wife: Mrs Ada Mary Ann Gale Brothers: A Gale , Frank Gale & G Jones Brothers-in-Law: Frederick John Henry…
Joseph Swaine Rank: Private Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment Parents: Mr Frederick & Mrs Rose Swaine Address: Beaconsfield Road, Hastings Other Info: Member of the Blacklands Church Lads’ Brigade. Now at Dover Castle learning to be good soldiers. In the preliminary training…
James R Spilsted Rank: Private Regiment: ‘B’ Company, 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment Address: Robertsbridge Other Info: Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website. James sent a couple of letters home, which were published in the Hastings and St…
Kerol Edward Wrenn Rank: Lance Corporal Regiment: ‘D’ Company, 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment Address: 8 Hughenden Place, Hastings Parents: Mr & Mrs Edwin Wrenn Brother: Alexander Wrenn Other Info: According to CWGC, Kerol died on 20th October 1914. He is remembered at Le Touret Memorial, panels 34…
William Bannister Rank: Private Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards Parents: Mr A & Mrs Harriet Banister Address: 78 Old Lane, Hollington Published: October 1914 & January 1915 Other Information: Killed in action According to CWGC, William died aged 18 on 25th December 1914 and is buried at…
Robert Horace Abraham Rank: Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant Regiment: 1st / 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment Parents: Mr Robert & Mrs Annie Abraham Address: St Neot’s, 17 Old London Road, Hastings Other Info: According to CWGC, Robert died aged 32 on 28th August 1917. He…
Thomas J Carlton Rank: Private Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment Cousins: George Carlton, M Carlton, H Collins & William Ernest Carlton Brother-in-Law: W Buchanan Address: 83 Hughenden Road, Hastings Other Info: Member of the Blacklands Church Lads’ Brigade. Now at Dover Castle learning…