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J A R Armitage
Rank: Captain
Regiment: 15th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own)
Father: Mr J A Armitage
Address: Netherwood, St Helens Park, Hastings
Other Info: Captain Armitage died on 19th July 1919 and is remembered at Hastings Cemetery, screen wall K.C.J3.
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John Gander
Rank: Private
Regiment: 12th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’ Own)
Mother: Mrs Gander
Brother: Charles Edward Gander
Uncles: J H Foord, Charles Foord & H Foord
Address: 7 Middle Road, Ore / 156 Priory Road, Hastings
Other Info: Killed in action on 3rd May 1917. According to CWGC, John is remembered at the Arras Memorial, in Bay 4.
Published: July 1917
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Edgar H May
Rank: Private
Regiment: West Yorkshire Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs May
Brothers: George M May, Alfred B May & Arthur May
Brother-in-Law: A Hunnisett
Address: Masonic Hall, St Leonards
Other Info: At the Front.
Published: June 1917
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Joseph J Crouch
Rank: Corporal
Regiment: 10th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment
Wife: Mrs Crouch
Address: Old London Road, Ore
Other Info: Wounded on 1st July 1916. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: August 1916
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Ronald E Carpenter
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment: 14th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment
Father: Mr W E Carpenter
Address: 55 Hughenden Road, Hastings
Other Info: Text reads: “… Lieutenant Carpenter enlisted as a Private in the 4th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment at the outbreak of war, August 1914 and has just received a commission. After five weeks at a school of instruction in Yorkshire, he has now proceeded to join his regiment at Cannock Chase in Staffordshire.
Published: December 1915
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Richard Henry (Dick) Moon
Rank: Private
Regiment: 3rd Southdown Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment / 11th Battalion,
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own)
Parents: Mr & Mrs C Moon
Brothers: George Moon, Fred Moon, Charles Moon, Bert Moon & William Moon
Brother-in-Law: Jack Adams
Address: 4a Bourne Street, Hastings.
Other Info: Killed in action on 20th October 1917. According to CWGC, Richard is remembered at Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 42 to 47 and 162.
Published: March 1915 & December 1917
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