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Kent, F
F Kent
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr William Henry & Mrs Mary Ellen Kent
Brother: William Ernest Kent
Address: 17 North Street, St Leonards
Other Info: At the Front.
Published: August 1916
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Cramp, Albert
Albert Cramp
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr James & Mrs Frances Cramp
Address: Brede
Brother: Leonard Cramp
Sister: Miss Cramp
Other Info: At the Front.
Published: August 1916
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Cramp, Leonard
Leonard Cramp
Rank: Private
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr James & Mrs Frances Cramp
Address: Brede
Brother: Albert Cramp
Sister: Miss Cramp
Other Info: Killed on 7th August 1916. According to CWGC, Leonard was aged 31 when he died and he is remembered at Brewery Orchard Cemetery, Bois-Grenier, grave reference IV.E.16.
Published: August 1916
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Sands, J C
J C Sands
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs J Sands
Address: St Leonards
Other Info: At the Front
Published: August 1916
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Crowhurst, T
T Crowhurst
Rank: Private
Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Mother: Mrs Crowhurst
Brothers: George Henry Crowhurst & Frank Crowhurst
Address: 15 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front.
Published: August 1916
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Boulter, William Henry
William H Boulter
Rank: Private
Regiment: 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs Boulter
Brother: Victor George Boulter
Address: 27 / 69 Castle Hill Road, Hastings
Other Info: Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: August 1916 & October 1917
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Wenham, Walter Henry
Walter Henry Wenham
Rank: Private
Regiment: 8th Battalion (Pioneers), Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs J Wenham
Wife: Mrs Mary Wenham
Home Address: 19 The Broadway, Ore
Other Info: Killed in action on 1st July 1916. According to CWGC, Walter died aged 32 and is remembered at the Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 7d.
Published: August 1916
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Richford, Frederick George
Frederick George Richford
Rank: Private
Regiment: 12th Battalion (Southdowns) Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr Henry Blaxland & Mrs Thomasin Ellen Richford
Sent by: Mr Henry Thomas Richford (Brother)
Brother: Arthur E Richford
Nephew: Charles Henry Palmer
Address: 16 High Street, Hastings
Other Info: Wounded and missing since 30th June 1916.
Taken prisoner and died of wounds. According to CWGC, Charles died on 30th June 1916. He is remembered at the Loos Memorial, on Panel 69 to 73.
Additional information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: August 1916 & September 1916
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Howell, Frederick William
Frederick William Howell
Rank: Private
Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr Frederick William & Mrs Susannah Howell
Address: 2 Zuriel Place, Old London Road, Hastings
Other Info: Killed in action on 28th July 1916 aged 21. According to CWGC, Frederick is remembered at Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L’Avoue, grave reference III.K.12.
An article published in the Hastings & St Leonards Observer on 19th August reads: “Mr & Mrs F. W. Howell, 2, Zuriel Place, Old London Road, Hastings, have lost their son in the recent fighting. He was in the Royal Sussex Regiment, and was only 21 years of age. He joined up last November, went to the Front on July 1st and was killed on 28th July, the first day of his going into the firing line. Just before he was killed he had written a letter to his parents. Before joining the Army he assisted his father in a dairyman’s business which he carries on. He was an old Clive Vale School boy, and later joined the Scouts.”
Published: August 1916
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