Navy
H P Smith
Rank: Able Seaman
Regiment: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves
Sent by: His Mother
(Possible) Brother: Andrew Harry Smith
Address: 141 Stonefield Terrace, Hastings
Other Info: Was at the Dardanelles. Has been suffering from dysentery. Now in Rest Camp in Cairo.
Published: February 1916
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George Kennard
Rank: Able Seaman
Ship: HMS Virginian
Regiment: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves
Parents: Mr George & Mrs Naomi Kennard
Address: 46 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards
Other Info: According to CWGC, George died aged 23 on 16th December 1916. According to the ship log of HMS Virginian (linked above), George died whilst the ship was in dry dock in Liverpool. He is remembered at Liverpool (Anfield) Cemetery, on screen wall (South) V.C.61.
Published: February 1915 & January 1916
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Stephen Albert Tubbs
Rank: Able Seaman
Regiment: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves
Mother: Mrs Tubbs
Address: 265 Bexhill Road, St Leonards
Sent by: Miss M Harvey
Miss Harvey’s Address: 3 Trinity Street, Hastings
Other Info: At the Dardanelles
Published: December 1915
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Navy
Charles Arthur Todd
Rank: Able Seaman
Regiment: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves
Ship: HMS Defence
Parents: Mr & Mrs Todd
Wife: Mary Ann Todd
Brother: John Todd
Address: 38 North Terrace, Halton, Hastings
Other Info: HMS Defence sank during the Battle of Jutland on 31st May 1916 with the loss of 903 lives. Charles was one of those lost. He died aged 33 and is remembered at Portsmouth Naval Memorial on panel 24.
Published: November 1915
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Archibald Bernard Todman
Rank: Able Seaman
Regiment: Anson Division, Royal Naval Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves
Parents: Mr & Mrs Todman
Brothers: Francis Theodore Todman & Ernest Edward Walter Todman
Address: 23 Lower South Road, Bohemia, St Leonards
Other Info: According to CWGC, William died aged 26 on 6th November 1917. He is remembered at the Tyne Cot Memorial on Panel 2 to 3 and 162 to 162a. He is also remembered on a family grave at Hastings Cemetery.
Published: June 1915 & February 1918
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Fred Denman Bailey
Rank: Seaman
Regiment: Medical Staff, ‘D’ Company, Howe Battalion, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves
Wife: Mrs Bailey
Address: 285 London Road, St Leonards
Other Info: Wounded in the Dardanelles on May 12th.
Published: May 1915
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Frederick Charles Eastwood
Rank: Able Seaman
Regiment: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves
Sent by: Miss W Waters
Father: Alfred Eastwood
Address: 157 Bexhill Road, St Leonards
Other Info: Foreign Service. According to CWGC, Frederick died on 6th June 1915 whilst serving with the Howe Battalion during the third battle of Krithia at Gallipoli. He is remembered at the Helles Memorial, panel 8 to 15.
Additional information from ‘Medals of England‘ where his 1914 Star and Bar was up for auction.
Published: May 1915
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F Pilgrim
Rank: Able Seaman
Regiment: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves
Address: Formerly of Hastings
Other Info: In the Anti Aircraft Corps
Published: April 1915
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A Ingleton
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves
Ship: HMS Drake
Father: Mr Ingleton
Address: 89 Queens Road, Hastings
Published: April 1915
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F Clarke
Rank: Able Seaman
Ship: HMS Virginian
Parents: Mr & Mrs H Clarke
Sister: K Clarke
Address: 242 Harold Road, Clive Vale, Hastings
Other Info: Was at the Defence of Antwerp.
Published: February 1915 & January 1916
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