Navy
George J Seaman
Rank: Leading Seaman
Ship: HMS Lancaster
Parents: Mr James & Mrs Rebecca Hutchinson
Brother: Spencer Hutchinson
Address: 2 Halton Crescent, Hastings
Published: October 1914
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Army
F W Rowe
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Army Medical Corps, 12 Battery, Royal Field Artillery
Mother: Ms Rowe
Address: 16 Holmesdale Gardens, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front
Published: October 1914 & June 1917
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Army
G Crouch
Rank: Private
Regiment: 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs G Crouch
Brother: Harry Ernest Crouch
Address: Harold House, East Ascent, St Leonards
Published: October 1914
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Navy
Ernest Arthur Beaney
Rank: Leading Seaman
Ship: HMS Commonwealth
Parents: Mr William James Beaney and Ellen Mary French
Address: 18 Windsor Road, Silverhill
Other Info: Not sure what R.N.B.R means. Date of Birth was 3rd June 1884 in Hollington. He died in 1971 aged 86 years. Ernest was married in 1919 to Dorothea Woodthorpe at Spilsby Registration District, Lincolnshire.
Published: October 1914
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Navy
Thomas George Rolfe
Regiment: Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve
Ship: HMS Bayano
Address: Bourne Street, Hastings
Other Info: At Walmer. Was one of the survivors aboard HMS Bayano which was torpedoed on March 11th 1915. He was saved (after clinging to rafts for five hours with other members of the crew) by Captain J Foster and the crew of Balmarino. Mr Rolfe was taken to County Hospital, Ayr with three others. He was most kindly treated. Then he was taken to Portsmouth and from there sent home for 14 days leave. He has now returned to Portsmouth.
Published: October 1914 & April 1915
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Army
H Chapman
Rank: Private
Regiment: ‘A’ Company, 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Mother: Mrs T Chapman
Wife: Mrs H Chapman
Brothers-in-Law: William H Ticehurst & Sidney Lay
Mother’s Address: 5 North Road, Bohemia, Hastings
Address: 20 Duke Road, Silverhill
Other Info: Wounded in both legs on 30th November 1915. On Active service.
Published: October 1914, July 1916 & November 1916
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Navy
Frank Adams
Rank: Leading Stoker
Ship: HMS Victorious
Father: Mr Jas Adams
Address: Ashburnham Road, Hastings
Published: October 1914
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Army
E Bourne
Rank: Driver
Regiment: 5th Sussex Service, Royal Field Artillery
Address: 459 Old London Road, Ore
Published: October 1914
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Army
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 whilst serving with the 2nd Mounted Division, Royal Horse Artillery. He is remembered at Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, grave reference E.142. An article published in the Hastings & St Leonards Observer on 23rd November 1918 reads; “attached to R.H.A. Egyptian Expeditionary Forces, died of bronchial pneumonia at Alexandria on October 30th.”
Published: October 1914 & November 1918
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Army
Hubert H Allsopp
Rank: Private / Lance Corporal
Regiment: 5th / 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Mother: Mrs C Allsopp
Brother: R C B Allsop
Address: 2 Brook Street, Hastings
Other Info: Wounded on 8th June 1916. Now in the 1st General London Hospital. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War Website.
Published: October 1914 & July 1916
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