Navy
J Swaine
Rank: Private
Regiment: Medical Unit, Royal Naval Division
Mother: Mrs Swain
Brother: George W Swaine
Sisters: Mrs B Martin & Mrs J Winchester
Mother & Sister’s Address: 9 East Street, Hastings
Published: January 1916 & April 1916
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Army
Peter Phillips
Rank: Private / Corporal
Regiment: Canadian Expeditionary Force
Mother: Mrs P Phillips
Mother’s Address: 60 Harold Road, Hastings
Address: Formerly of the Old Town, Hastings
Other Info: Active Service. Peter’s CEF enlistment papers can be viewed for free here.
Published: December 1915 & April 1916
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Army
George W Swaine
Rank: Private
Regiment: 1st Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment
Mother: Mrs Swaine
Brother: J Swaine
Sisters: Mrs B Martin & Mrs J Winchester
Address: 9 East Street, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: October 1915, January 1916 & April 1916
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Army
W A Ross
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
Mother: Mrs J Ross
Brothers: W Morgan & Gordon Ross
Brothers-in-Law: W J Eldridge, T R Eldridge & R J Eldridge
Address: 4 St Thomas’s Road, Hastings
Published: September 1915 & April 1916
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Army
John D Fairbairn
Rank: Sapper
Regiment: Signal Depot, Royal Engineers
Parents: Mr & Mrs Fairbairn
Address: 8 Waterworks Road, Hastings
Other Info: The paper article reads: “… I am sending a photograph of myself and comrades, also two Indians who are attached to the Indian Cavalry Corps. I am the only son of Mr & Mrs Fairbairn … and am standing with the cycle on the extreme left of the photograph. My chum, also with a cycle is on the extreme right. My chum, Sapper A W Heath, and I were both employees of the G.P.O. Engineering Department in Hastings. We are in the Signal Service of the Royal Engineers doing linesman duties, sometimes on cycles and sometimes on horses, according to the state of the weather and roads. This is a very dangerous occupation under shell fire.”
Wounded on 30th November 1917.
Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: September 1915, April 1916 & December 1917
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Army
J M James
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: Royal Garrison Artillery
Parents: Mr David & Mrs Fanny M James
Brothers: William Morgan James, A M James & D M James
Other Info: At the Front
Published: July 1915 & April 1916
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Army
Hazell Christopher John Croft
Rank: Private
Regiment: 8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
Parents: Mr John & Mrs Martha Croft
Address: 6 Mercatoria, St Leonards
Other Info: At the Front. According to CWGC, Hazell died aged 19 on 11th March 1916. He is remembered at Le Treport Military Cemetery, grave reference Plot 2, Row J, Grave 7.
Top image text reads “… went to the Front on 1st May 1915 and was dangerously wounded on 2nd March 1916, and died on 11th March 1916. He was the son of Mrs Croft… who says the kind treatment she received from the Military Authorities greatly assisted her to bear her sad loss.”
Published: July 1915
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Army
John James Griffiths
Rank: Private
Regiment: 12th Battalion (Southdowns), Royal Sussex Regiment
Mother: Mrs Jane Griffiths
Brothers: William Thomas Griffiths & H Griffiths
Sister: Mrs S Kent
Address: All Saint’s Street, Hastings / South Lodge, St Leonards
Other Info: Additional name information from Royal Sussex Southdowns website.
Published: July 1915 & April 1916
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Army
William Thomas Griffiths
Rank: Private
Regiment: ‘C’ Company, 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Mother: Mrs Jane Griffiths
Brothers: John James Griffiths & H Griffiths
Sister: Mrs S Kent
Address: All Saint’s Street, Hastings / South Lodge, St Leonards
Other Info: Missing since 9th May 1915. According toCWGC, William died aged 22 on 9th May 1915. He is remembered at Le Touret Memorial, panel 20 & 21.
Published: July 1915 & April 1916
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Army
William H Braund
Rank: Private
Regiment: 8th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Wife: Mrs Braund
Parents: Mr & Mrs S Braund
Brothers: Ernest C Braund & Herbert S Braund
Brother-in-Law: W H Johnson
Address: 113 Hughenden Road, Hastings
Other Info: Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: July 1915, March 1916 & April 1916