Army
C Milham
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment
Address: 11 Silverdale, Hollington
Father: Mr S F Milham
Other Info: Wounded at the Front.
Published: October 1914
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Army
George Hesmer
Rank: Private
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Address: 30 Stonefield Road, Hastings
Parents: Mr & Mrs Hesmer
Brother in Law: Fred Stubberfield
Other Info: Now lying in the Boscombe General Hospital suffering from a wound in his right lung received on September 14th. According to CWGC George died on 25th September 1915 at the rank of Corporal and is remembered at the Loos Memorial on panel 69 to 73.
Published: October 1914
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Army
Fred Stubberfield
Rank: Private
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Address: 30 Stonefield Road, Hastings
Mother: Mrs Stubberfield
Sister: Mrs Elizabeth Hesmer
Brother in Law: G Hesmer
Other Info: Is now lying wounded in Herbert Hospital, Woolwich suffering from a very bad wound in the neck and a broken jaw.
Published: October 1914
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Army
N Harmer
Rank: Private
Regiment: ‘B’ Company, 2nd, Royal Sussex Regiment
Address: 25 Duke Road, Silverhill
Other Info: At the Front. Wounded at the Battle of the Aisne, Now in East Sussex Hospital.
Published: October 1914 & November 1914
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Army
William Thomas Bridgeland
Rank: Private / Lance Corporal
Regiment: 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr Charles & Mrs Elizabeth Ann Bridgeland
Address: 4 Oakfield Road, Ore
Father: Mr C Bridgeland
Other Info: Mr C Bridgeland saw considerable fighting in India. Wounded, now in hospital at Epsom. According to CWGC, William died aged 29 on 13th August 1918. He is remembered at Vis-en-Artois Memorial on Panel 6.
Published: October 1914, February 1916 & March 1916
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Army
William Ambrose
Rank: Private / Bombardier
Regiment: Royal Horse Artillery
Parents: Former Police Sergeant & Mrs W Ambrose
Brothers: Edward P Ambrose, Albert A Ambrose, Edgar Ambrose
Cousins: Albert Gerard Ambrose, Philip John Ambrose & E Edwards
Address: Langley Heath, Maidstone
Other Info: Formerly of Hastings. Invalided from Mesopotamia with fever and dysentery, now in India. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: October 1914 & March 1918
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Frank E Vidler
Rank: Private
Regiment: ‘C’ Company, Royal Army Medical Corps / 4th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Address: Caroline House, Old Lane, Hollington
Parents: Mr & Mrs G Vidler
Other Info: With the Expeditionary Force.
Some of the friends who attended the marriage of Private F. E. Vidler, R.A.M.C., and Miss Amy Bannister, at Hollington Church-in-the-Wood on 22nd December 1917. The bridegroom was a member of the British Red Cross, V.A.D. and joined the R.A.M.C. on 10th August 1914. He left home on the 12th August, and was on duty in France on the 24th of that month, serving through Mons, etc, fortunately without receiving any injury, for three years and six weeks. A fortnight after returning from leave he was wounded, but happily recovered. Attending the bride are her two sisters, Ivy and Elsie, and Private C. F. Glazier, 42nd Canadian Black Watch, acted as best man.
According to CWGC, Frank died on 29th July 1918. He is remembered at Soissons Memorial, Aisne, France.
Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: October 1914 & January 1918
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W J Amos
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: 9th Lancers
Parents: Mr & Mrs Amos
Address: 25 Shepherd Street, St Leonards
Brother: Albert Amos
Other Info: Wounded at Mons
Published: October 1914
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Onslow Gasson
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Irish Rifles
Parents: Mr & Mrs H Gasson
Brothers: H J Gasson, George Gasson & Thomas V Gasson
Cousins: Thomas Gasson, Sergeant Ferrell, William Gasson & Sergeant Collins
Brother-in-Law: Fred Crouch
Address: 160 Old Church Road, Hollington
Other Info: Fought at Mons and wounded in the Battle of the Aisne, Now in a London hospital. Wounded at Hooge, now discharged.
Published: October 1914 & December 1917
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Army
Ernest W Buckland
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: Royal Irish Dragoon Guards
Father: Mr H Buckland
Brother: Edward J Buckland
Father’s Address: 23 Alexandra Road, St Leonards
Other Info: Reported wounded and missing. Prisoner of war in Boeberitz, Germany.
Published: October 1914 & November 1915
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