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Arnold Keith Maplesden
Rank: Rifleman
Regiment: 5th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps
Sent by: Miss P Hunnisett
Miss Hunnisett’s Address: 26 Gensing Road, St Leonards
Other Info: For Active Service. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: May 1916
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Army
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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Army
Mr Dennis
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: King’s Royal Rifles
Sent by: Miss Hobden
Miss Hobden’s Address: 283 Harold Road, Clive Vale, Hastings
Published: January 1916
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Army
G Vidler
Rank: Private
Regiment: King’s Royal Rifles
Parents: Mr & Mrs Samuel Vidler
Cousin: Miss K Puttick
Brother: Charles Samuel Vidler
Address: Burwash. Late of Hollington
Published: November 1915
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Albert Sinden
Rank: Rifleman
Regiment: 10th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifles
Parents: Mr & Mrs Sinden
Brother: Alfred Sinden
Address: 211 Railway Cottages, West Marina, St Leonards
Published: November 1915
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Stephen Stevens
Rank: Private
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps
Father: Mr G Stevens
Grandfather: Mr Stephen Stevens
Uncles: William Stevens & Charles Stevens
Cousins: George Frederick Stevens, William Stevens, Charles Stevens & W F Love
Grandfather’s Address: 98 Old London Road, Hastings
Other Info: Prisoner of War at Posen, Germany. Wounded and captured during the battle of Aisne.
Published: October 1915 & March 1917
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Army
Leonard Crouch
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: Kings Royal Rifles
Parents: Mr & Mrs Crouch
Brother: Fred Crouch
Address: 2 Oak Terrace, Hollington
Other Info: In France
Published: October 1915
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T J Norbury
Rank: Private
Regiment: King’s Royal Rifle Corps
Parents: Mr Thomas John & Mrs Sarah Jane Norbury
Sister: Mrs Rich
Brothers: Ernest Edward Norbury & John S Norbury
Brother-in-Law: Thomas H Rich
Address: 74, 1st Avenue, Queens Park, Paddington, London
Other Info: At the Front
Published: August 1915
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William J V Down
Rank: Rifleman
Regiment: 3rd Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps
Parents: Mr Alfred & Mrs Annie Down
Brother: Alfred Down
Address: 9 Earl Street, Hastings
Other Info: Died of wounds received in action on 31st May 1915 aged 28. According to CWGC, William died on 10th May 1915. He is remembered at the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, grave reference XXXI.D.15.
Published: July 1915
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Albert R Bevis
Rank: Rifleman
Regiment: 4th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifles
Parents: Mr & Mrs Albert Bevis
Parents Address: 12 Waterloo Place, Bourne Walk, Hastings
Wife: Annie Elizabeth Bevis
Address: 16 Scrivens Buildings, Crown Lane, Hastings
Brother: Frederick Percy Bevis
Other Info: Returned to the front after three months in hospital with frostbite. According to CWGC, Albert, by then a Lance Corporal, died aged 25 on 8th October 1918. He is remembered at Prospect Hill Cemetery, Gouy, grave reference IV.B.10.
An article published in the Hastings & St Leonards Observer on 30th November 1918 provided a second photograph and stated that Albert was killed in action.
Published: June 1915 & November 1918
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