Army
Alfred Jacobs
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
Wife: Mrs Jacobs
Brothers: Arthur Ernest Jacobs & Edward William Jacobs
Address: 129 Cornfield Terrace, St Leonards
Other Info: In India. Late Secretary of East Hastings Angling Association.
Published: January 1917 & April 1917
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Army
W Hill
Rank: Private
Regiment: Essex Regiment
Sister: Mrs Hawes
Sister’s Address: 55 St Mary’s Road, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front.
Published: January 1917
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Army
Edwin Hatcher
Regiment: Canadian Expeditionary Force
Wife: Ida Hatcher
Address: Locust Street, Saint Thomas, Ontario, Canada
Other Info: Born in Ticehurst.
Edwin’s CEF Enlistment papers can be viewed here.
Published: January 1917
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Royal Air Force
George Archibald Cheshire
Rank: 2nd Air Mechanic
Regiment: Royal Flying Corps
Mother: Mrs G Cheshire
Brother: Thomas B Cheshire
Address: 68 Queens Road, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: January 1917
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Army
Albert Victor Brunton
Rank: Private
Regiment: 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Parents: Mr George Edward & Mrs Mary Jane Brunton
Brother: George William Brunton
Cousin: Miss M Cornwall of Alma Villas, Silverhill
Address: 171 Perth Avenue, Toronto, Canada
Other Info: Born in Hastings. At the Front.
Alberts’s CEF Enlistment papers can be viewed here.
Published: January 1917
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Army
George William Brunton
Rank: Private / Lance Corporal
Regiment: 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Parents: Mr George Edward & Mrs Mary Jane Brunton
Brother: Albert Victor Brunton
Wife: Mrs Sarah Jane Brunton
Cousin: Miss M Cornwall of Alma Villas, Silverhill
Address: 291 St Helen’s Avenue, Toronto, Canada
Other Info: Born in Hastings. Killed in action on 20th November 1916. According to CWGC, George died aged 24 and is remembered at Louez Military Cemetery, Duisans, grave reference II.G.14.
George’s CEF Enlistment papers can be viewed here.
Published: January 1917
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Army
Mr Beaney
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment
Wife: Mrs Beaney
Address: 8 Humphrey Avenue, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front
Published: January 1917
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Army
E Skinner
Rank: Private
Regiment: Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
Sister: Mrs Bean
Brother-in-Law: F W Bean
Sister’s Address: 20 Middle Street, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front
Published: January 1917
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Army
Army
G Wareham
Rank: Driver
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
Sister-in-Law: Mrs Barham
Brother-in-Law: W A Barham
Father-in-Law: T Barham
Son’s Address: 23 Western Road, St Leonards
Published: January 1917
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