Army
P Holewell
Rank: Private
Regiment: Coldstream Guards
Mother: Mrs E Holewell
Brothers: C Holewell, F Holewell & H Holewell
Address: 45 Mount Road, Clive Vale, Hastings
Other Info: Despatch Rider, wounded in the arm
Published: December 1914
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Army
F W Cave
Rank: Private
Regiment: 4th Dragoon Guards
Parents: Mr & Mrs Cave
Brother: Norman Lee Cave
Address: 21 Marina, St Leonards
Other Info: Wounded in the head at Messines.
Published: December 1914
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Army
Arthur Scott
Rank: Corporal
Regiment: 20th Hussars / 131st Battery, Royal Field Artillery
Parents: Mr & Mrs Scott
Brothers: Thomas Scott & John Scott
Address: 150 Old Lane, Hollington
Other Info: Wounded at Ypres, now at Scarborough. According to CWGC, Arthur died aged 29 on 29th April 1915. He is remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial on Panel 5 and 9. A notice of his death was published in the Hastings & St Leonards Observer on 5th June 1915.
Published: December 1914
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Navy
Reg Bashford
Regiment: Howe Battalion, Royal Navy Volunteer Reserves
Parents: Mr Bertram & Mrs Emily Jane Bashford
Brother: Bertram Charles Bashford
Address: 35 Horntye Road, St Leonards
Other Info: Was at the Defence of Antwerp. Wounded at the Dardanelles
Published: December 1914 & July 1915
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Army
W Blackford
Rank: Private
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Wife: Mrs Blackford
Address: 138 Beaconsfield Road, Hastings
Other Info: Stunned by shrapnel. Now in hospital in Cheshire.
Published: December 1914 & July 1917
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Army
Albert Mallion
Rank: Rifleman
Regiment: 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade
Sent in by: Miss Y Mallion
Nephews: E Medhurst, T Medhurst, John N Medhurst, Alexander Bishop , Jesse Bishop, T Bishop, James Bishop & J Medhurst
Address: Wadhurst, Sussex
Other Info: Wounded, now in hospital at Netley. Miss Y Mallion, presumably his sister, lived at the Bungalow, Filsham Road, St Leonards. According to CWGC he died on 9th August 1916 and is remembered at Essex Farm Cemetery, grave reference: III.B.25. Albert had won the Military Medal for bravery.
Published: December 1914 & February 1916
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Army
Albert Tester
Rank: Private
Regiment: 8th Battalion, Royal East Kent Regiment (The Buffs)
Parents: Mr & Mrs J Tester
Wife: Mrs Muriel Tester (nee Parks)
Brothers: William G Tester, John Tester & Leonard Tester
Address: 403 Battle Road, Hollington
Other Info: A Military Wedding reads “On June 5th 1916, at St Paul’s Church, St Leonards, the marriage was solemnised between Corporal Albert Tester … and Miss Muriel Parks. The bridegroom having been at the Front for ten months was home on leave. He returned to duty a week later. … Corporal Tester, before the war, was a motorman in the employ of the Hastings and St Leonards Tramway Company.”
Wounded. Now lying in hospital in France.
Published: December 1914, January 1915, July 1916 & July 1917
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Army
H G Wells
Rank: Private
Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs H Wells
Wife: Sarah Wells
Brother: Clifford O Wells
Cousin: Thomas George Wells
Address: 99 Beaconsfield Road, Hastings
Other Info: Wounded, now in Northampton General Hospital. Married at the Parish Church of Alciston. Victor Hallett gave the bride away and Gilbert Wren Acted as best man.
Published: December 1914, July 1915, February 1916 & February 1918
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Army
G Stanley French
Rank: Sapper / Lance Corporal
Regiment: 2nd Home Counties Brigade, Royal Engineers
Parents: Mr & Mrs E G French
Brother: H G French
Address: 55 Elphinstone Road, Hastings
Other Info: One of the Hastings Gas Company Staff.
DCM winner text reads: “An interesting presentation took place at ??gate last Sunday week, when Lance Corporal Stanley French … was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal by Brigadier General Martin C.B. … General Martin, after warmly congratulating Corporal French on the well deserved honour, referred to the action for which the coveted distinction was awared, viz., for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during the attack on Hill 60, 17th – 18th April 1915, when he assisted Lieutenant Challoner to carry on the wiring despite heavy losses. Lance Corporal French … has been wounded in the leg in no less than ten? places, which the result that the injured leg is three inches shorter than the other. He carries with him as a souvenir of the occurrence a piece of shrapnel about the size of a walnut which was extracted from his ankle. He joined the Territorial Force on its formation, having been previously a member of the 1st Sussex Royal Engineer Volunteers. He went abroad in December”.
Published: December 1914 & July 1916
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Army
W H Brasier
Rank: Private
Regiment: ‘H’ Company, 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment / Royal Fusiliers
Parents: Mr & Mrs R Brasier
Address: 31 High Bank, Ore / 75 Ashburnham Road, Clive Vale
Other Info: On Active Service. Wounded, now in hospital at Tavistock.
Published: December 1914, December 1916 & August 1917
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