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Bourn, Richard

25th February 2018
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Richard Bourn

Rank: Sapper

Regiment: Royal Engineers

Parents: Mr & Mrs Bourn

Address: 1 Wellington Road, Hastings

Other Info: Sapper Bourn enlisted two days after war was declared, giving up his post as an electrical engineer for the purpose. He has made the two vases shown in the picture out of the shell cases. One of these (bearing the Artillery badge) was given him by a friend in the French artillery, it being a shell with which that friend brought down a Taube aeroplane. On the front of the other shell is the R.E. cap badge worn by Sapper Bourn part of each day since he enlisted up to the time he made and sent home the shells.

Published: May 1917

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Marden, A

21st February 2018
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A Marden

Rank: Sapper

Regiment: Royal Engineers

Sent by: Miss L Streeter

Miss Streeter’s Address: 355 Battle Road, Hollington

Other Info: Egyptian Force

Published: May 1917

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Allsop, R C B

6th February 2018
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R C B Allsopp

Rank: Sapper

Regiment: Royal Engineers

Mother: Mrs C Allsopp

Brother: Hubert H Allsop

Address: 2 Brook Street, Hastings

Other Info: At the Front

Published: May 1917

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Allen, W L

6th February 2018
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W L Allen

Rank: Sapper

Regiment: Royal Engineers

Mother & Sister: Mrs & Miss Allen

Mother’s Address: 28 Magdalen Road, St Leonards

Home Address: Maida Hill, London

Published: May 1917

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Graham, H

20th January 2018
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H Graham

Rank: Sapper

Regiment: Royal Engineers

Father: Mr Graham

Address: 31 Bulverhythe Road, St Leonards

Other Info: At Gosport.

Published: October 1914

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Tingle, Archibald E

20th January 2018
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Archibald E Tingle

Rank: Sapper

Regiment: Royal Engineers

Sent by: Mrs A E Tingle

Address: 1 Salisbury Road, Bohemia, St Leonards

Other Info: At the Front. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.

Published: April 1917

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Swales, F

14th January 201815th January 2018
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F Swales

Rank: Drill Instructor

Regiment: Royal Engineers

Father-in-Law: Mr George Gain

Brothers-in-Law: Arthur Robert Gain & W Gain, George Albert Gain, Maurice Biddle, A Cruttenden, W Puxty & G Eldred

Father-in-Law’s Address: Park View, Westfield

Published: April 1917

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Hatton, Frederick William

6th January 201824th June 2018
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Frederick William Hatton

Rank: Lance Corporal

Regiment: Royal Engineers, attached 1st/4th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment

Parents: Mr Frederick George & Mrs Jane Hatton

Wife: Mrs Jessie Whitehead Hatton (nee Begbie)

Address: 15 Kenilworth Road, St Leonards

Other Info: At the Front. Served in the South African Campaign. Killed in action. According to CWGC, Lance Corporal Hatton died aged 36 on 11th June 1917. He is remembered at Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery, grave reference III.A.16.

Additional information from the Lives of the First World War website.

Published: April 1917, June 1917 & October 1917

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Castle, Frederick J

1st January 20186th March 2018
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Frederick J Castle

Rank: Sapper / Private

Regiment: Royal Engineers / 20th (Tyneside Scottish) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers

Parents: Mr James & Mrs Edith Castle

Sister: Mrs Bailey

Brother-in-Law: E J Bailey

Brother: Christopher Stephen Castle

Sister’s Address: 30 Southwater Road, St Leonards

Other Info: Attached to the Northumberland Fusiliers. At the Front.

Killed in action on 9th April 1917. According to CWGC, Frederick is remembered at Roclincourt Valley Cemetery, grave reference II.A.8.

Published: April 1917 & May 1917

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Phillips, A S

1st January 201818th July 2018
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A S Phillips

Rank: Pioneer

Regiment: Signal Section, Royal Engineers

Parents: Mr G W & Mrs Kate Phillips

Brother: Jonathan Phillips

Address: 39 Manor Road, Hastings

Other Info: Formerly of the Post Office Telephones. Invalided home from German East Africa. Now in hospital in Bristol.

Published: April 1917 & December 1917

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