Army
Harry Edwards
Rank: Private
Regiment: 1st / 8th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers
Sister: Miss Edwards
Address: 8 Carlton Terrace, Halton, Hastings
Other Info: At Malta suffering from blood poisoning. Missing since 9th September 1916. Now reported killed. According to CWGC, Harry is remembered at the Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 16c.
Published: October 1915
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Army
William Hyland
Rank: Private
Regiment: 6th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry
Parents: Mr Charles & Mrs Fanny Hyland
Address: 14 Windsor Road, Silverhill, St Leonards
Other Info: At the Front. According to CWGC, William died aged 23 on 18th August 1916. He is remembered at the Thiepval Memorial on Pier and Face 6B.
William is not named on Hastings War Memorial.
Published: October 1915
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Army
Albert Edward Farrier
Rank: Private
Regiment: 8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
Parents: John Thomas Matthew Farrier and Sarah Ann Ramkin
Brother: Walter James Farrier, Thomas Frederic Farrier & Percy H Farrier
Brother-in-Law: G Pepper
Address: 21 St Georges Road, Hastings
Published: August 1916
Other Info: At the Front. According to CWGC, Albert died on 4th August 1916. He is remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 8C, 9A and 16A
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Frederick William Veness
Rank: Private
Regiment: 8th Battalion (Pioneers), Royal Sussex Regiment
Mother: Mrs Veness
Brother: Thomas Veness
Address: Vinehall Street, Robertsbridge
Other Info: In France. Killed in Action. According to CWGC, Frederick died on 8th September 1916. He is remembered at the Thiepval Memorial on pier and face 7C.
Published: October 1914, September 1915 & November 1916
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Arthur Penfold
Rank: Private
Regiment: 6th Battalion, Royal East Kent Regiment (The Buffs)
Parents: Mr & Mrs Penfold
Brothers: Ernest Penfold, Archibald Penfold & Bert Penfold
Address: 34 Old London Road, Hastings
Other Info: For the Front. Missing since 7th October 1916.
According to CWGC, Arthur died on 7th October 1916. He is remembered at Thiepval Memorial on Pier and Face 5D.
Published: August 1915 & November 1916
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Walter Lewis
Rank: Corporal
Regiment: 1st Battalion, Cameron Highlanders
Sent by: Mrs Lewis
Address: 18 Braybrook Road, Hastings
Additional Info: An article published in the Hastings & St Leonards Observer on 31st March 1917 reads; “We regret to learn that Walter Lewis (Son of our townsman, Mr J. J. Lewis, late R.S.M., 6th Dragoon Guards) is, after being missing for months, reported as killed.
According to CWGC, Walter died on 23rd July 1916. He is remembered at the Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 15B.
The photograph was sent in and perhaps the handwriting was misinterpreted, however the uniform matches that of the Cameron Highlanders.
Published: August 1915 & March 1917
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James Edward Drury
Rank: Private
Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Wife: Mrs Kate Drury
Address: 7 Priory Street, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front. Killed in action on 16th August.
According to CWGC, James died aged 34 on 16th August 1916. He is remembered at the Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 7C.
An article published in the Hastings & St Leonards Observer on 26th August 1916 reads: News has come to hand that Private J. Drury, Royal Sussex Regiment, was killed in action at the Front on August 15th. His wife, Mrs K. Drury, resides at 7 Priory Street, Hastings.
Lieut. P. W. Batten, Lewis gun officer, writing home to the widow says: – ‘Your husband was in my platoon and proved himself to be a sound and brave soldier. He was a general favourite with the men and his sergeant major told me yesterday that during the recent operations he was exceptionally cool and had done his work excellently.
Your husband was hit when right up in the front line and when he was assisting in work of the utmost importance.’
Lieut. Chittenden has also written Mrs. Drury a letter of sympathy.
Published: July 1915, February 1916 & August 1916
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John Vincent Young
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: Army Cycling Corps / 2nd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment
Brother: Harry D Young
Address: Chesterton House, Ashburnham Road, Clive Vale, Hastings
Other Info: According to CWGC, John died on 23rd October 1916. He is remembered at the Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 6c.
Published: July 1915
Army
Edward Richard Puttick
Rank: Private
Regiment: 10th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders
Parents: Mr George W & Mrs R Puttick
Brother: George William Puttick
Sister: Mrs A Rummery
Address: 10 North Terrace, Halton, Hastings
Other Info: According to CWGC, Edward died aged 19 on 7th July 1916. He was serving with the 58th Company, Machine Gun Corps. Edward is remembered at the Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 5c and 12c.
This webpage provides the following quote about Edward: “It is with regret that we announce that Private Puttick, second son of Mr. W. Puttick, of North-terrace, has been killed in action. The young soldier, who was only 19 years of age, enlisted twelve months ago last November, in the Seaforth Highlanders, and then transferred to the Machine Gun Corps. In a letter received from the officer of the young man’s company, the parents are informed that their son was killed by a shell in the early days of this last great battle, while he was calling for stretcher bearers for a wounded comrade. In the letter the officer says:— “He has been with me ever since the Company was formed, and I always found him a trustworthy and willing soldier. The loss is indeed great, but don’t forget he died fighting for the right.”
Published: June 1915, September 1916 & January 1918
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Francis James Bissenden
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: 12th Battalion (Southdowns), Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr T F & Mrs E Bissenden
Wife: Mrs Bissenden
Brother: Charles Ernest Bissenden
Home Address: 6 Broomgrove Road, Hastings
Parent’s Address: 136 Hughenden Road, Hastings
Other Info: For Active Service. According CWGC, Francis died on 17th October 1916. He is remembered at the Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 7c. His parents later lived at 103 Beaconsfield Road, Hastings.
Francis Bissenden was my mother’s father. She, Gladys Gertrude Bissenden (Wright) was born in April 30, 1916 and never met her father. Mom’s mother Caroline Ellen Bissenden (nee Lepper) remarried a William Wright. When mom was about 8, she along with older brother Frank and parents emigrated to Canada and settled in Thunder Bay (then Fort William) Ontario. (Thank you to Michelle Sim for this information).
Published: June 1915 & October 1916
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