This tag refers to the town of Hastings in East Sussex where some of the people featured on this website lived.
Joseph Swaine Rank: Private Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment Parents: Mr Frederick & Mrs Rose Swaine Address: Beaconsfield Road, Hastings Other Info: Member of the Blacklands Church Lads’ Brigade. Now at Dover Castle learning to be good soldiers. In the preliminary training…
Kerol Edward Wrenn Rank: Lance Corporal Regiment: ‘D’ Company, 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment Address: 8 Hughenden Place, Hastings Parents: Mr & Mrs Edwin Wrenn Brother: Alexander Wrenn Other Info: According to CWGC, Kerol died on 20th October 1914. He is remembered at Le Touret Memorial, panels 34…
Alfred Henry Thomas Mugridge Rank: Signalman Regiment: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Address: Pickford’s Yard, Waldegrave Street, Hastings Other Info: Formerly of the Hastings Boys Brigade. Additional name and address information (including the spelling of the surname) from the Lives of the First…
James J Playford Rank: Private Regiment: ‘B’ Company Royal East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) Brother: Harry Playford Sister: Mrs C Paine Address: Hastings Other Info: At the Front. Son of the Corporation employee whose funeral took place recently in Hastings. Additional name information from the…
Charles Edward Riddle Rank: Private Regiment: 1st Brigade, Benbow Battalion, Royal Naval Division Father: Mr George P Riddle Address: 8 Starrs Cottages, All Saints Street, Hastings Other Info: Now prisoner in Germany. Additional info from Lives of the First World War website. Published: December 1914 Please…
Alfred Henry Marsh Rank: Private Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment Mother: Mrs C Marsh Brother: W Marsh Address: 18 Trinity Mews, Dorset Place, Hastings Other Info: At the Front. According to CWGC, Alfred died on 30th October 1914. He is remembered at the…
W Marsh Rank: Driver Regiment: Army Service Corps Mother: Mrs C Marsh Brother: Alfred Henry Marsh Address: 18 Trinity Mews, Dorset Place, Hastings Other Info: At the Front Published: December 1914 Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person.
Sapper Killick Rank: Sapper Regiment: Royal Engineers Wife: Mrs Killick Address: 37 Stonefield Road, Hastings Other Info: Article text reads: “The above pictures show a group of local Engineers when they went to the Front. Sapper Killick in his goatskin,…
Frederick George Alexander Rank: Rifleman Regiment: ‘B’ Company, 4th Battalion, Rifle Brigate (Prince Consort’s Own) Parents: Mr William Henry & Mrs Kate Alexander Brother: Herbert Ernest Alexander Address: 34 St Georges Road, Hastings Additional Info: Invalided home with frozen feet. According to CWGC, Frederick died aged…
Herbert Ernest Alexander Rank: Private Regiment: Sportsman’s Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force Parents: Mr William Henry & Mrs Kate Alexander Brother: Frederick George Alexander Address: 34 St Georges Road, Hastings Additional Info: Aged 18. His brother was killed in action on 9th May 1915. You can view Herbert’s CEF…
James Arthur Aldridge Rank: Private Regiment: Number 1 Supernumerary Company, 2nd/5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment Wife: Mrs Florence Agnes Aldridge (nee Pinner) Address: Hastings Other Info: Miss Pinner lived in Sandbury near Hythe, Kent. The wedding took place at the…
Edwin Roger Wilson Rank: Private Regiment: 3rd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment Wife: Mrs Wilson Brothers: A Wilson, G Wilson & F Wilson Brothers-in-Law: Sydney Wadman & J Wadman Address: 101 Queen’s Road, Hastings Other Info: For Active Service. Saw active service in India fourteen years…