Navy
Alfred Moon
Service: Mine Sweeping, Royal Navy
Mother: Mrs Moon
Father: A Moon
Address: 117 All Saints Street, Hastings
Published: August 1916
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Army
Reginald H Marchant
Regiment: 20th Company, Royal Army Medical Corps
Address: Hastings
Other Info: For Active Service. Been in training on Salisbury Plain for many months.
Published: August 1916
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Army
A J Mann
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs F Mann
Address: 61 Sandown Road, Ore
Other Info: Wounded, in hospital in Norfolk.
Published: August 1916
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Army
G Lamkin
Rank: Wheeler
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
Sent by: Mrs Lamkin
Address: 19 Vicarage Road, Hastings
Published: August 1916
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Army
Sydney G Kent
Rank: Private
Regiment: 20th Company, Royal Army Medical Corps
Address: Hastings
Other Info: For Active Service. Been in training on Salisbury Plain for many months. Additional rank information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Was an assistant to Mr A Moule, Castle Street for many years. He was a member of the local St John’s Ambulance Service and was a well known racing cyclist.
Published: August 1916 & November 1917
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Army
A Howe
Rank: Private
Father: Mr J Howe
Address: 22 Old Church Road, Hollington
Published: August 1916
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Army
S Hoad
Rank: Lance Sergeant
Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Father: Mr G Hoad
Address: Battle
Other Info: Wounded
Published: August 1916
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Army
Eric John Harding
Rank: Company Sergeant Major
Regiment: 26th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
Parents: Mr & Mrs N A Harding
Address: 21 Linton Road, Hastings
Other Info: …He was killed on 19th July 1916 aged 22 years. He joined the staff of the (Westminster) Bank at St Leonards in 1911 and was held in high esteem by his colleagues. He will also be remembered as a member of the Hastings and St Leonards Amateur Football Club and the Hastings and St Leonards Tennis Club. He enlisted in August 1915, as a Private in the 26th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (Bankers) and obtained rapid promotion.
According to CWGC, Eric is remembered at Berks Cemetery Extension, grave reference I.F.6.
Published: August 1916
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Army
Frank Geary
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment: 3/2nd, Home Counties Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
Wife: Mrs Catherine Annie Geary (nee Thorpe)
Address: 189 London Road, St Leonards
Other Info: (January 1916) – Educated at Hastings Grammar School and St Mark’s College, Chelsea. Undergraduate of London University, assistant master at Silverhill Boy’s School. Gazetted on November 13th 1915.
(August 1916) – A pretty khaki wedding was celebrated at St John’s, Upper St Leonards on Wednesday last week. Lieutenant F Geary, Home Counties Brigade, Royal Field Artillery was married to Catherine Annie Thorpe of 23 St Peter’s Road, St Leonards. The ceremony was performed by the Rector, the Rev G Eden King. Among those present besides the relatives of the bride and bridegroom were Lieutenant Hocking also of the Home Counties Brigade, RFA and the staff of the Silverhill Council School, where Lieutenant Geary was assistant master before receiving his commission last November. Lieutenants Geary and Hocking are both under orders for India.
Published: January 1916 & August 1916
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Army
J M Benbow
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment
Father: Mr C O Benbow
Address: 26 Grand Parade, St Leonards
Other Info: Wounded on 15th July 1915.
Published: August 1916
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