Navy
William Sinden
Ship: HMS Illustrious
Parents: Mr & Mrs A Sinden
Brother: Albert Edward Sinden & Richard Curtis Sinden
Address: 43 Paynton Road, Silverhill
Published: November 1914
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Army
Albert Edward Sinden
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs A Sinden
Brother: William Sinden & Richard Curtis Sinden
Address: 43 Paynton Road, Silverhill
Other Info: Wounded, now in Versailles Hospital
Published: November 1914
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Army
Thomas Stretton
Rank: Private
Regiment: No 7 Bakery Section, Army Service Corps
Address: 51 Paynton Road, Silverhill
Published: October 1914
Other Info: At the Front
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Army
Ernest Martin
Rank: Driver
Regiment: 138th Battery, Royal Field Artillery
Mother: Mrs Martin
Address: 17 Duke Road, Silverhill
Other Info: At the Front. Died on 8th March of wounds received in Action. According to CWGC Ernest is remembered at Bailleul Communal Cemetery, Nord, grave reference J.21
Published: October 1914
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Navy
Harry George Gower
Rank: Seaman
Wife: Mrs Gower
Brother: William Gower
Brothers-in-Law: George William Goble, Alfred Albert Goble & Amos Goble
Address: 39 Paynton Road, Silverhill
Other Info: Was in the Heligoland Bight Engagement
Published: October 1914, May 1916 & September 1917
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Army
Harry Walter Poole
Rank: Private
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs H Poole
Wife: Mrs Poole
Brother: Alfred Poole
Address: 4 Duke Road, Silverhill
Other Info: He was killed in action on 4th October 1914. His parents lived at 16 Battle Road, St Leonards. According to CWCG, Harry is remembered at La Ferte Sous Jouarre Memorial, on Panel 16a.
The letter mentioned, published in the Hastings & St Leonards Observer on 31st October 1914, forms part of an article that reads: “We regret that information has been received that Private H. W. Poole, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, has been killed in action. He is a member of an old Silverhill family, and his wife resides at 4, Duke Road. An expression of sorrow from the King, signed by Lord Kitchener, has been received by his wife and parents.
In a letter to his wife on the 30th September, Poole expressed satisfaction that his wife and all at home were keeping brave and having faith that he would again be home with them. He continued ‘There is one thing you can be certain of, if the worst comes to the worst. You can say that your husband was never a coward, because you know yourself that I need not have joined the Colours, having had a certificate from Dr. Richardson the day before mobilisation, but it becomes every British Solider to stand by Old England in the time of need, so once again I give you our motto of the Regiment I am pround to belong to: “Be Brave, Fear God, Honour the King”.
Harry is not listed on Hastings War memorial.
Published: October 1914
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Navy
Ernest Arthur Beaney
Rank: Leading Seaman
Ship: HMS Commonwealth
Parents: Mr William James Beaney and Ellen Mary French
Address: 18 Windsor Road, Silverhill
Other Info: Not sure what R.N.B.R means. Date of Birth was 3rd June 1884 in Hollington. He died in 1971 aged 86 years. Ernest was married in 1919 to Dorothea Woodthorpe at Spilsby Registration District, Lincolnshire.
Published: October 1914
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Army
H Chapman
Rank: Private
Regiment: ‘A’ Company, 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Mother: Mrs T Chapman
Wife: Mrs H Chapman
Brothers-in-Law: William H Ticehurst & Sidney Lay
Mother’s Address: 5 North Road, Bohemia, Hastings
Address: 20 Duke Road, Silverhill
Other Info: Wounded in both legs on 30th November 1915. On Active service.
Published: October 1914, July 1916 & November 1916
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Army
Thomas Walter Oxley
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: 2nd Home Counties, Royal Field Artillery
Parents: Mr William Henry & Mrs Betsy Oxley
Brothers: T H Oxley & William Henry Oxley
Address: 2 York Road, Silverhill
Other Info: According to CWGC, Thomas died aged 32 on 25th October 1918 whilst serving with the 2nd Mounted Division, Royal Horse Artillery. He is remembered at Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, grave reference E.142. An article published in the Hastings & St Leonards Observer on 23rd November 1918 reads; “attached to R.H.A. Egyptian Expeditionary Forces, died of bronchial pneumonia at Alexandria on October 30th.”
Published: October 1914 & November 1918
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Army
Frederick Pringle
Rank: Driver
Regiment: 2nd Home Counties, Royal Engineers
Mother: Mrs Pringle
Brother: Charles John Pringle
Address: 3 Stevenson Road, Silverhill
Other Info: Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: October 1914 & August 1916
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