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H S Stanham
Rank: Captain
Regiment: Royal Horse Artillery
Parents: Mr John Belcher & Ellen Eliza Foster
Address: St Leonards
Other Info: Mentioned in despatches. Captain Stanham was formerly well known as a member of the Rowing Club.
Published: October 1914
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Henry William Harvey
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: 2nd Home Counties Field Company, Royal Engineers
Parents: Mr Henry Cornelius and Mrs Emily Harvey
Wife: Mabel Harvey
Address: 1 Lower South Road, St Leonards
Other Info: Stationed at Canterbury. According to CWGC, Henry died aged 23 on 2nd June 1915. He is remembered at Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm), grave reference I.C.9.
Published: October 1914
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B Whiteman
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: Divisional Headquarters Staff, Royal Field Artillery
Parents: Mr Albert & Mrs Katherine Mary Whiteman
Brothers: L A Whiteman & George Boston Whiteman
Address: 14 St John’s Road, St Leonards
Published: October 1914
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L A Whiteman
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: 5th Sussex Service Battery, Royal Field Artillery
Parents: Mr Albert & Mrs Katherine Mary Whiteman
Brothers: George Boston Whiteman & B Whiteman
Address: 14 St John’s Road, St Leonards
Published: October 1914
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George Boston Whiteman
Rank: Gunner / Sergeant
Regiment: 5th Sussex Service Battery, Royal Field Artillery / 47th Engineers Field Park, Royal Engineers
Parents: Mr Albert & Mrs Katherine Mary Whiteman
Brothers: L A Whiteman & B Whiteman
Address: 14 St John’s Road, St Leonards
Other Info: According to CWGC, George died aged 32 on 24th September 1919. He is remembered at Hastings Cemetery, grave reference L.D.M14.
Published: October 1914
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Charles Brignall
Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr Stephen Burgess Brignall & Mrs Harriet Brignall
Brother: Ernest Brignall
Address: 16 Salisbury Road, St Leonards
Other Info: A well known local Runner. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: October 1914
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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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G Crouch
Rank: Private
Regiment: 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs G Crouch
Brother: Harry Ernest Crouch
Address: Harold House, East Ascent, St Leonards
Published: October 1914
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E Law
Rank: Trooper
Regiment: 12th Royal Lancers, 5th British Cavalry Brigade
Parents: Mr & Mrs E Law
Brother: D Law
Address: 516 Lower South Road, St Leonards
Published: October 1914
Other Info: At the Front.
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