Army
Harold Smith
Regiment: 5th Sussex Reserve Battery, Royal Field Artillery
Parents: Mr & Mrs Smith
Brothers: Reginald Smith & Arthur Smith
Address: 17 St Paul’s Road, St Leonards
Published: February 1915
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Army
Reginald Smith
Regiment: 5th Sussex Reserve Battery, Royal Field Artillery
Parents: Mr & Mrs Smith
Brothers: Harold Smith & Arthur Smith
Address: 17 St Paul’s Road, St Leonards
Published: February 1915
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Navy
Fred Mepham
Rank: Able Seaman
Ship: HMS Vernon
Wife: Mrs F Mepham
Address: 1 Coastguard Station, St Leonards
Other Info: HMS Vernon was a shore establishment.
Published: February 1915
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Army
J A Wright
Rank: Private
Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs J A Wright
Address: 48 Gensing Road, St Leonards
Other Info: Foreign Service. Twice wounded, now in hospital in Bristol.
Published: February 1915 & August 1916
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Army
Frederick John Isted
Rank: Trooper
Regiment: Australian Light Horse, Australian Imperial Force
Sent by: His brother in Sydney
Mother’s Address: 8 Cornfield Terrace, Bohemia, St Leonards
Other Info: Wounded at Gallipoli and invalided home in July 1915. Frederick’s AIF service papers can be viewed for free by searching here.
Published: February 1915
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Army
H J Bannister
Rank: Trooper
Regiment: Sussex Yeomanry
Parents: Mr & Mrs J Bannister
Address: 8 Woodside Cottages, Baldslow, St Leonards
Other Info: Active Service
Published: February 1915
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Army
W Bedwell
Rank: Driver / Gunner
Regiment: Trench Mortar Battery, Royal Field Artillery
Parents: Mr & Mrs Bedwell
Address: 3 Cliftonville Road / 243 Bexhill Road, St Leonards
Other Info: With the Ammunition Column. Reported missing, now wounded prisoner in Germany.
Published: February 1915 & October 1917
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Army
William John Sudds
Regiment: 16th Sussex Yeomanry Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr Henry & Mrs Mary Sudds
Address: The Lodge, Magadelen Road, St Leonards
Other Info: Active Service. According to CWGC, William died aged 31 at the rank of Sergeant on 18th September 1918. He is remembered at Ste Emilie Valley Cemetery, Villers Faucon, grave reference I.B.17.
William’s photograph was also published in the Hastings & St Leonards Observer on 2nd November 1918 reporting that he had been killed in action.
Published: February 1915 & November 1918
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Army
T Herriett
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
Parents: Mr & Mrs Smith
Address: 62 Bulverhythe Road, St Leonards
Other Info: At the Front
Published: February 1915
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Army
H Gates
Rank: Driver
Regiment: Headquarters Staff, Royal Field Artillery
Father: Mr Fred Gates
Address: 8 Charles Road, St Leonards
Other Info: In India
Published: February 1915
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