Army
A G Champion
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: 4th Sussex Battalion, Home Counties Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
Mother: Mrs Champion
Brother: Walter S Champion
Address: 71 Priory Road, Hastings
Other Info: Now at Sheerness
Published: October 1914
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Army
Henry William Harvey
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: 2nd Home Counties Field Company, Royal Engineers
Parents: Mr Henry Cornelius and Mrs Emily Harvey
Wife: Mabel Harvey
Address: 1 Lower South Road, St Leonards
Other Info: Stationed at Canterbury. According to CWGC, Henry died aged 23 on 2nd June 1915. He is remembered at Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm), grave reference I.C.9.
Published: October 1914
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Army
B Whiteman
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: Divisional Headquarters Staff, Royal Field Artillery
Parents: Mr Albert & Mrs Katherine Mary Whiteman
Brothers: L A Whiteman & George Boston Whiteman
Address: 14 St John’s Road, St Leonards
Published: October 1914
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Army
L A Whiteman
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: 5th Sussex Service Battery, Royal Field Artillery
Parents: Mr Albert & Mrs Katherine Mary Whiteman
Brothers: George Boston Whiteman & B Whiteman
Address: 14 St John’s Road, St Leonards
Published: October 1914
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Army
George Boston Whiteman
Rank: Gunner / Sergeant
Regiment: 5th Sussex Service Battery, Royal Field Artillery / 47th Engineers Field Park, Royal Engineers
Parents: Mr Albert & Mrs Katherine Mary Whiteman
Brothers: L A Whiteman & B Whiteman
Address: 14 St John’s Road, St Leonards
Other Info: According to CWGC, George died aged 32 on 24th September 1919. He is remembered at Hastings Cemetery, grave reference L.D.M14.
Published: October 1914
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Army
F N Trible
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: 5th Sussex Service Battery, Royal Field Artillery
Published: October 1914
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Army
A Clarke
Regiment: 3rd Worcestershire Regiment
Mother: Mrs Clarke
Address: Wellington Square, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front
Published: October 1914
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Army
Charles Brignall
Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr Stephen Burgess Brignall & Mrs Harriet Brignall
Brother: Ernest Brignall
Address: 16 Salisbury Road, St Leonards
Other Info: A well known local Runner. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: October 1914
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Army
Harry Glazier
Rank: Private
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Published: October 1914
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Navy
James Newington
Regiment: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves
Ship: HMS Neptune
Sister: Mrs Martin
Sister’s Address: 44 All Saints Street, Hastings
Address: 2 Providence Row, All Saints Street, Hastings
Other Info: HMS Excellent was a land based gunnery school based in Portsmouth.
The text for ‘A Winning Crew’ reads: A crew on board HMS Neptune, winners of the RNR and RNVR race at the squadron regatta, 1915. The man on the left, sitting on the ground is James Newington, brother of Mrs Martin…. Another Hastings man, W Larkins, is third from the left in the second row from the back.
Published: October 1914 & March 1916
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