Army
Thomas John Selwood
Rank: Private
Regiment: 7th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
Mother: Mrs Selwood
Address: 99 Alfred Road, Clive Vale, Hastings
Other Info: According to CWGC, Thomas died on 23rd April 1917. He is remembered at the Arras Memorial in Bay 3.
Published: April 1917
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Army
Percy Larkin
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment
Wife: Mrs Margaret C Larkin
Brother-in-Law & Sister: Mr & Mrs J A Larkin
Brother: Philip Larkin
Nephew: Bert W Larkin
Address: 24 Church Square, Rye
Other Info: According to CWGC, Percy died aged 30 on 23rd April 1917. He is remembered at the Arras Memorial in Bay 6.
Published: February 1917
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Army
Frederick Hazelden
Rank: Private
Regiment: 6th Battalion, Royal East Kent Regiment (The Buffs)
Wife: Mrs Caroline Hazelden
Brothers: C Hazelden, Arthur J Hazelden & Traton Hazelden
Brothers-in-Law: William C Bellchambers, G Anderson, George Edward Pantry & Cecil W Maplesden
Address: 257 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front. According to CWGC, Frederick died aged 37 on 3rd May 1917. He is remembered at the Arras Memorial in Bay 2.
Published: January 1917, July 1917, January 1918 & March 1918
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Army
William John Philcox
Rank: Private
Regiment: 24th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
Parents: Mr John & Mrs Sarah Philcox
Brother: Alfred Philcox
Address: Granville House, West Hill, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front. According to CWGC, William died aged 27 on 28th March 1918. He is remembered at the Arras Memorial, bay 3.
William’s rank is stated at Sergeant on Hastings War Memorial.
Published: January 1917
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William Lovack-Land
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: 59th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Wife: Mrs Ivy E Lovack-Land
Address: 23 London Road, St Leonards
Other Info: According to CWGC, William died aged 32 on 24th March 1918. He is remembered at the Arras Memorial, bay 10.
William is on Hastings War Memorial as W L Land.
Published: January 1917
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John Cornwall
Rank: Private
Regiment: 4th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
Parents: Mr James & Mrs Ann Cornwall
Wife: Elizabeth Emma Cornwall
Brother: Charles Cornwall, David Cornwall & George Cornwall
Parent’s Address: 13 Aldborough Road, Bohemia, St Leonards
Home Address: 41 Alma Villas, Silverhill / 74 Willingdon Avenue, Hollington
Other Info: “He was killed in action at the Battle of Arras on 28th April 1917. By his side is the portrait of his daughter, May, found in his pocket on the battlefield. On the right is a photograph of the widow and her six children left to her to bring up. The youngest are twins.
According to CWGC, John died aged 39 on 28th April 1917. He is remembered at the Arras Memorial, Bay 7.
Published: November 1916 & November 1917
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Stanley James Horton
Rank: Rifleman
Regiment: 14th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps
Parents: Mr William and Mrs Emily Horton
Address: 8 St Mary’s Terrace, Hastings
Other Info: According to CWGC, Stanley died aged 23 on 10th April 1917. He is remembered at the Arras Memorial on panel reference Bay 7.
Published: May 1916
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Wallace F Kenward
Rank: Sapper
Regiment: 2nd Home Counties Field Company, Royal Engineers
Parents: Mr H C & Mrs A M Kenward
Brothers: Arthur C Kenward & F J Kenward
Uncle: Frank William Pocock
Address: 409 Bexhill Road, St Leonards
Other Info: According to CWGC, Wallace died aged 23 on 22nd March 1918 whilst serving with 518th Company, Royal Engineers. He is remembered at the Arras Memorial, panel reference Bay 1.
Published: October 1915 & August 1917
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Frederick George Carrick Flecknoe
Rank: Private
Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Mother: Mr William Hill & Mrs Margaret Flecknoe
Address: 15 Prospect Place, Hastings
Other Info: In France. According to CWGC Fred died aged 20 on 3rd May 1917 whilst with the 7th Battalion, RSR. He is remembered at the Arras Memorial, panel reference Bay 6.
Published: October 1915
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Charles Rummery
Rank: Private
Regiment: King’s Own Scottish Borderers
Parents: Mr William & Caroline Rummery (nee Blackford)
Grandmother: Mrs Rummery
Address: 2 Albion Street, Halton, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front. According to CWGC, Charles later was promoted to Sergeant and he served in the 12th Battalion, Royal Scots Regiment. He died on 3rd May 1917 and is remembered at the Arras Memorial, Bay 1 & 2.
An article published in the Hastings & St Leonards Observer on 21st November 1914 reads “Mrs Rummery, of 2 Albion Street, Halton, has just received a letter from her nephew, Private C. Rummery, ‘A’ Company, K.S.O.B (13th Brigade), with the British Expeditionary Force. He says:
“We are getting plenty of cigarettes and tobacco now, but at one time we could not get a smoke at all, and I was longing for one. We have had a lot of hard fighting, but, thank God, I am still alive and well, although we never know the minute. I have been hit four times with shrapnel shell, one piece knocked a hole in my boot.
Our regiment has taken part in all the leading battles; we have ; we have always been in the thick of it. I have lost nearly all my chums, and we have lost some of our officers, whom we all like.
Our officers have shown great bravery, but, thank God, we can still keep up the reputation of our forefathers, and I am sure a gamer lot of lads never went into battle.
It is pitiful to see the poor people here, who are sometimes amongst the shot and shell, and driven from their houses. It is a funny thing, but most of our great battles take place on Sundays. We have a lot of hardships to endure, such as long marches and digging trenches, and sometimes laying in dirty, muddy trenches for a week”.
Published: November 1914 and December 1914
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