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Hobbs, Herbert H
Herbert H Hobbs
Rank: Private
Regiment: 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Mother: Mrs Mary Ann Hobbs
Address: 36 Perth Road, Silverhill
Other Info: Killed on 29th June 1916. According to CWGC, Herbert was serving the the 11th Battalion, RSR and died aged 21. He is remembered at St Vaast Post Military Cemetery, Richebourg L’Avoue, grave reference III.0.2.
Published: February 1915 & September 1916
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Rummery, Joseph
Joseph Rummery
Rank: Private
Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs Rummery
Address: 33 School Road, Ore
Other Info: On Active Service. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: January 1915, September 1916 & February 1918
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Cornelius, J
J Cornelius
Rank: Private
Regiment: 2nd / 3rd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs Cornelius
Brothers: Frederick Cornelius, W Cornelius & George Cornelius
Address: 417 Old London Road, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front. Wounded, now in hospital in Liverpool.
Published: December 1914, August 1915 & September 1916
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Huggett, Ernest
Ernest Huggett
Rank: Signalman
Ship: HMS Queen Mary
Parents: Mr & Mrs Spencer Huggett
Brothers: Charles Huggett & Frederick Spencer Huggett
Address: 22 Strood Road, Silverhill
Other Info: Ernest was on board HMS Queen Mary when it took part in the Battle of Heligoland. He went on to serve aboard HMS Fortune, and was among the 68 lost when it was sunk on 1st June 1916 during the Battle of Jutland. He is remembered at the Portsmouth Naval Memorial, on panel 14
Published: November 1914, September 1916 & December 1917
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Burton, Hedley John
Hedley John Burton
Rank: Private / Corporal
Regiment: 11th Battalion (Southdowns), Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr John B & Mrs Mary Burton
Address: Wilting Farm, St Leonards
Other Info: At Cooden.
Killed in Action. According to CWGC, Hedley died aged 24 on 3rd September 1916. He is remembered at Ancre British Cemetery, Beaumont Hamel, grave reference V.F.45.
Published: November 1914 & September 1916
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Thomas, H
H Thomas
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: 19th Battery, Royal Field Artillery
Parents: Mr & Mrs C Thomas
Brother: Percy Thomas
Address: French Gardens, Westfield
Other Info: At the Front
Published: November 1914 & September 1916
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Moon, H
H Moon
Rank: Rifleman
Regiment: 4th Battalion, Rifle Brigade
Brothers: W Moon & G R Moon
Brother-in-Law: Edgar Lepper
Address: 54 Bourne Walk, Hastings
Other Info: At Salonika
Published: November 1914 & September 1916
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Riggulsford, Harold Thomas
Harold Thomas Riggulsford
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal West Kent Regiment
Mother: Mrs Riggulsford
Brother: George Wilfred E Riggulsford
Brother-in-Law: Arthur George Crockford
Address: 141 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings
Other Info: Killed in action on 20th September 1914. According to CWCG, Harold was 26 when he died. He is remembered at La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial, panel 22a.
On CWGC and Lives of the First World War website, Harold’s surname is spelt “Riggulsford”, and on Hastings war memorial it is spelt “Riggalsford”. The September 1916 article spells the surname as Rigglesford.
Published: November 1914 & September 1916
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Hallett, Ernest
Ernest Hallett
Rank: Private
Regiment: 1st Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
Mother: Mrs Gutsell
Address: 67 Stonefield Road, Hastings
Sister: Miss Beatrice Hallett
Brothers: H George Hallett & Albert Gutsell
Other Info: At the Front
Published: October 1914, September 1916 & November 1917
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