Army
Arthur George Bailey
Rank: Private
Regiment: 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Mother: Mrs Chapman
Wife: Mrs Bailey
Address: 95 St Thomas’ Road, Hastings
Other Info: Wounded on 30th June 1916. According to CWGC, Arthur died on 13th August 1918. He is remembered at Vis-en-Artois Memorial on Panel 6.
Published: October 1916
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Army
Frederick Charles Walker
Rank: Private
Regiment: 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs Walker
Wife: Mrs Walker
Brothers: F Walker, B Walker & P Walker
Address: 8 Upper Park Road, St Leonards
Other Info: At the Front. Killed in Action. According to CWGC, Frederick died on 5th October 1916. He is remembered at the Thiepval Memorial on Pier and Face 7C.
Published: September 1916, October 1916 & November 1916
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Army
Harry Hall
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents-in-Law: Mr G Bailey & Mrs Bailey
Brothers-in-Law: George Edward Bailey & Arthur Frederick Bailey
Brothers: C Hall, W Hall, Arthur Hall & E Hall
Address: 17 Clarence Road, Bohemia, St Leonards
Other Info: Enlisted in the RFA and was transferred to the Royal Sussex Regiment.
Published: August 1916 & October 1916
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Army
Charles James Ballard
Rank: Private
Regiment: 11th Battalion (Southdowns), Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr Charles & Mrs Caroline Ballard
Wife: Mrs Ballard
Brother: A Ballard
Address: 13 Hardwicke Road, Hastings
Other Info: Died of wounds received in action on 3rd September 1916. According to CWGC, Charles died aged 26 and is remembered at Acheux British Cemetery, grave reference Plot 1, Row A, Grave 25.
Published: June 1916 & October 1916
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Army
Arthur Wheeler
Rank: Private / 2nd Lieutenant
Regiment: 3rd / 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Wife: Mrs Florence M J Wheeler (nee Brasier)
Father: Mr Edwin Wheeler (Contractor, Isle of Wight)
Parent’s-in-Law’s Address: South View, Croft Road, Hastings
Brother-in-Law: A E Brasier
Brother: George Wheeler
Other Info: Text reads: “… A very pretty wedding was solemnised on Wednesday last week (3rd May 1915) at St Mary-in-the-Castle Church by the Vicar Rev R Talbot. the contracting parties being …. The bridesmaids were Miss Dorothy Craddock, Miss Phillis Wheeler and Miss Dorothy Baker. Mr Charles Brasier acted as Best Man. The bride was given away by her father. The Choir, of which the bride is a member, attended and gave a fully choral service, Mr E Pattenden being at the organ. At the close of the service he played Mendelssohn’s “Wedding March”. A reception was held at “South View”.”
At the Front (Oct 1916)
Published: May 1916, October 1916 & June 1917
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Army
James Kent
Rank: Private
Regiment: 13th Battalion (Southdowns), Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr James & Mrs Elizabeth Kent
Wife: Mrs Annie Kent
Parents-in-Law: Mr & Mrs Edward Adams
Brother-in-Law: William Kingham
Address: 49 All Saints Street, Hastings
Parent’s in Law’s Address: 4 Crown Cottages, Crown Lane, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front. According to CWGC, James, a Lance Corporal by then, died aged 27 on 30th June 1916. He is remembered at Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, grave reference XV.P.26
Published: March 1916 & October 1916
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Army
Edward J Buckland
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Army Medical Corps
Wife: Mrs Buckland
Parents: Mr H Buckland
Brother: Ernest W Buckland
Address: Levetleigh Cottage, Tower Road, St Leonards
Other Info: Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: November 1915, March 1916 & October 1916
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Army
Thomas James Birmingham
Rank: Private
Regiment: Mechanical Transport, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Mother: Mrs Mary Jane Birmingham
Brothers: Frederick W Birmingham, David Henry Birmingham & Percival Arthur Birmingham.
Brother-in-Law: A James
Address: 84 St George’s Road, Hastings
Other Info: Now in France. Thomas is the first one sitting down in the right hand corner. You can view Thomas’s signing on papers for free here.
Published: February 1916 & October 1916
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Army
Tom H Hollands
Rank: Private
Regiment: 11th Battalion (Southdowns), Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs Hollands
Brother: Walter J Hollands
Parent’s Address: Fir Tree House, Netherfield
Other Info: Wounded on 15th August 1916. Now in hospital in Manchester
Additional name information from the Royal Sussex – Southdowns website.
Published: November 1915, October 1916 & January 1918
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Navy
Edgar James Dicker
Service: Royal Navy
Ship: HMS King George V
Parents: Mr & Mrs A J Dicker
Brother: Arthur Donald Dicker
Address: 162 Old London Road, Ore
Other Info: Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: October 1915 & October 1916
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