Army
T W Eldridge
Rank: Private
Regiment: 3rd Royal Sussex
Mother: Mrs Eldridge
Address: 268 Priory Road, Hastings
Other Info: Formally a Lieutenant in St Peter’s Church Lads Brigade. On Active Service.
Published: January 1915
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Army
Edward Wagner
Rank: Private
Regiment: 10th Company, Royal Army Medical Corps
Parents: Mr & Mrs Wagner
Brothers: A W Wagner & F Wagner
Address: 58 Priory Road, Hastings
Other Info: Brother of a former member of the Hastings Observer reporting staff.
Published: January 1915 & October 1915
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Army
Edward Ling
Rank: Private
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Berkshires
Parents: Mr & Mrs George R Ling
Address: Abbey Hotel, Battle
Other Info: In France. According to CWGC, Private Ling died aged 18 on 26th June 1916. He had achieved the rank of Lance Corporal at the time. He is remembered at Caberet Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, grave reference IA 5/16.
His father George is listed as living at Downside Farm, Cobham, Surrey when the graves were registered in 1921.
Published: January 1915 – twice
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Navy
J Ross
Ship: HMAC Calyx
Parents: Mr & Mrs Ross
Address: 4 St Thomas’s Road, West Hill, Hastings
Published: January 1915
Other Info: HMAC refers to His Majesty’s Armed Cruiser. HMAC Calyx’s history is as follows: Calypso SS was a 2,876grt British Merchantship built in 1904 by Earle’s SB. & Eng. Co., Ltd., Hull and owned by T. Wilson, Sons & Co., Ltd., Hull . There was accommodation for 57-1st, 44-2nd and 863-3rd class passengers.
Taken up by the Admiralty in November 1914, she was renamed HMS CALYX and armed with 8 x 4.7inch and 2 x 3pounder guns. She served with the 10th Cruiser Squadron until 26.6.1915 when she was returned to the Wilson Line.
On the 10th July 1916, in the North Sea when about 15 miles west of Listafjorden, Norway she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by German submarine U-53 when on route from London for Christiania carrying a general cargo. 30 lives lost, including Master. (From this website)
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Army
W Marchant
Rank: Driver
Regiment: Royal Horse Artillery
Parents: Mr & Mrs Lester Marchant
Address: Old Lane, Hollington
Other Info: At the Front
Published: January 1915
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Army
T G Phillips
Rank: Private
Regiment: 1st Canadian Division
Photo sent in by: Miss Griffin
Address: Winchelsea Road, Rye
Other Info: Transport Driver, Canadian Contingent
Published: January 1915
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Army
F G Brann
Rank: Trooper
Regiment: 1st Life Guards
Parents: Police Pensioner George E Brann & Mrs Brann
Address: 4 Salisbury Road, Bohemia, Hastings
Published: January 1915
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Army
P Martin
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: Royal Engineers
Mother: Mrs Martin
Brother: B H Martin
Address: 13 Burry Terrace, Silverhill
Other Info: At the Front, was in the retreat from Mons
Published: January 1915
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Army
B H Martin
Rank: Private
Regiment: 3rd, Royal Sussex Regiment
Wife: Mrs Martin
Mother: Mrs Martin
Brother in Law: F G Swain
Mother’s Address: 13 Burry Terrace, Silverhill
Home Address: 224 Harold Road, Clive Vale, Hastings
Other Info: Wounded, recovering in hospital in Birmingham.
A German Trophy reads: “Mr B H Martin, of 7 Station Road, Hastings, now engaged as collector in the sorting room of the Hastings Post Office was formerly in the Royal Sussex but was discharged because of wounds he received at La Bassee on December 23rd 1914, he () the German eagle shown in the () a German Officer’s arm at Ypres. Mr Martin is wearing the South African medal, having served through that war. He has also seen service in India.”
Published: January 1915, April 1915 & September 1916
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Army
William John Bevis
Rank: Private
Regiment: 1st Battalion, Dorset Regiment
Parents: Mr Charles Bevis & Emily Mary Kemp
Brothers: Frederick Bevis & Alfred Bevis
Address: 267 Bexhill Road, St Leonards
Other Info: Died in Germany on 4th September 1914 of wounds received during the Battle of Mons. According to CWGC William Bevis is remembered at the La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial, no grave or panel reference is listed.
William is not listed on Hastings War memorial.
Published: January 1915
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