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F Brown
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: 2nd Home Counties, Royal Field Artillery
Parents: Mr William & Mrs Emily Brown
Brothers: Albert Edward Brown, G H Brown & Ernest James Brown
Address: 20 Emmanuel Road, Hastings
Published: September 1915 & October 1916
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Ernest James Brown
Rank: Private
Regiment: Trench Mortar Battery, 12th Battalion (Southdowns), Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr William & Mrs Emily Brown
Wife: Annie B Brown
Brothers: Albert Edward Brown, G H Brown & F Brown
Mother’s Address: 20 Emmanuel Road, Hastings
Home Address: 4 Portland Terrace, Burwash
Other Info: According to CWGC, Ernest died aged 27 on 12th October 1916. He was serving as a Lance Corporal in the 11th Battalion at the time and was a recipient of the Military Medal. Ernest is remembered at Hamel Military Cemetery, Beaumont Hamel, grave reference II.B.II. Additional name information from here.
The top group photograph is courtesy of Paul Reed, via his Twitter page @sommecourt
Published: September 1915, October 1916 & May 1917.
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George B Thwaites
Rank: Sapper
Regiment: 2nd Home Counties Field Company, Royal Engineers
Parents: Mr & Mrs Thwaites
Uncle: E T Smith
Address: 9 Halton Crescent, Halton, Hastings
Other Info: Invalided home with rheumatic fever. Additional name info from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: August 1915, September 1915 & October 1916
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Joseph James Harlott
Rank: Private
Regiment: 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards
Parents: Mr Samuel Silstead & Barbara Ellen Harlott
Sent by: Miss E Hoyler, 393 Priory Road, Hastings
Address: 38 Hardwicke Road, Halton, Hastings
Other Info: Wounded at the Battle of Aisne, now back in the trenches. Killed in action. According to CWGC, Joseph died aged 23 on 15th October 1915. He is remembered at the Loos Memorial on Panel 7 & 8.
Published: August 1915 & October 1916
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Albert Henry Swain
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: 11th Battalion (Southdowns), Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs Swain
Brother: A E Swain
Brothers-in-Law: George Henry Wallace, William A Thompsett, George Thompsett & Alfred E Thompsett
Address: 86a Beaconsfield Road, Hastings
Other Info: Additional name information from the Royal Sussex – Southdowns website.
Published: August 1915 & October 1916
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Francis James Bissenden
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: 12th Battalion (Southdowns), Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr T F & Mrs E Bissenden
Wife: Mrs Bissenden
Brother: Charles Ernest Bissenden
Home Address: 6 Broomgrove Road, Hastings
Parent’s Address: 136 Hughenden Road, Hastings
Other Info: For Active Service. According CWGC, Francis died on 17th October 1916. He is remembered at the Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 7c. His parents later lived at 103 Beaconsfield Road, Hastings.
Francis Bissenden was my mother’s father. She, Gladys Gertrude Bissenden (Wright) was born in April 30, 1916 and never met her father. Mom’s mother Caroline Ellen Bissenden (nee Lepper) remarried a William Wright. When mom was about 8, she along with older brother Frank and parents emigrated to Canada and settled in Thunder Bay (then Fort William) Ontario. (Thank you to Michelle Sim for this information).
Published: June 1915 & October 1916
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Victor S Diamond
Rank: Private
Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Mother: Mrs A B Diamond
Address: 50 Braybrooke Road, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front. A well known Hastings Pier boy.
Published: June 1915 & October 1916
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Edwin Roger Wilson
Rank: Private
Regiment: 3rd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Wife: Mrs Wilson
Brothers: A Wilson, G Wilson & F Wilson
Brothers-in-Law: Sydney Wadman & J Wadman
Address: 101 Queen’s Road, Hastings
Other Info: For Active Service. Saw active service in India fourteen years ago and is now on service again. Pictured are his two children; Gladys and Ronald. Wounded in the left shoulder. A Hastings postman.
Published: May 1915 & October 1916
*I have assumed that these are the same individuals, there is record of only one E R Wilson on the Lives of the First World War website.
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Thomas James Goodsell
Rank: Private
Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Mother: Mrs E Goodsell
Address: 3a Tamerisk Steps, Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings
Other Info: According to CWGC, Thomas died aged 20 on 29th September 1916. He is remembered at Contay British Cemetery, grave reference I.E.31.
Published: February 1915 & October 1916
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Frederick P Solly
Rank: Private, Signaller
Regiment: 9th Battalion (Service), Royal Sussex Regiment
Mother: Mrs Solly
Father: Frederick Solly
Brother: James H Solly
Address: 74 Emmanuel Road, Hastings
Other Info: Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: February 1915 & October 1916
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