Navy
A Ballard
Rank: Chief Yeoman of Signals
Ship: HMS Highflyer
Address: 4 Croft Road, Hastings
Other Info: HMS Highflyer sank the German armed liner Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse on August 27th 1914. A Ballard has served 25 years in the Navy and eight years in the Reserve and was called up for active service on August 3rd.
Published: September 1914
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Frederick Crockford
Rank: Able Seaman
Ship: HMS Cedric
Sent in by: Ethel Crockford
Address: Holmwood, The Green, St Leonards
Other Info: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Published: November 1914 & January 1915
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Arthur Oak
Rank: 1st Class Petty Officer
Ship: HMS Venerable
Other Info: An old Hastings boy
Published: January 1915
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J Ross
Ship: HMAC Calyx
Parents: Mr & Mrs Ross
Address: 4 St Thomas’s Road, West Hill, Hastings
Published: January 1915
Other Info: HMAC refers to His Majesty’s Armed Cruiser. HMAC Calyx’s history is as follows: Calypso SS was a 2,876grt British Merchantship built in 1904 by Earle’s SB. & Eng. Co., Ltd., Hull and owned by T. Wilson, Sons & Co., Ltd., Hull . There was accommodation for 57-1st, 44-2nd and 863-3rd class passengers.
Taken up by the Admiralty in November 1914, she was renamed HMS CALYX and armed with 8 x 4.7inch and 2 x 3pounder guns. She served with the 10th Cruiser Squadron until 26.6.1915 when she was returned to the Wilson Line.
On the 10th July 1916, in the North Sea when about 15 miles west of Listafjorden, Norway she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by German submarine U-53 when on route from London for Christiania carrying a general cargo. 30 lives lost, including Master. (From this website)
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S F Robbins
Rank: Leading Mechanic
Regiment: Royal Naval Flying Corps
Published: January 1915
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W Bryant
Rank: Leading Seaman
Ship: HMS Greyhound
Published: January 1915
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George William Clarke
Ship: HMS Juno
Parents: Mr & Mrs Clarke
Brother: Edward John Clarke
Address: 139 Battle Road, St Leonards
Published: January 1915
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Stephen J Snaith
Ship: HMS Espiegle
Mother: Mrs Snaith
Address: 270 Priory Road, Hastings
Published: December 1914 & January 1915
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Charles Venner
Rank: 1st Class Petty Officer
Regiment: HMS King George V
Mother: Mrs J Venner
Address: 27 Salisbury Road, Bohemia, Hastings
Published: January 1915
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Alfred Stagg
Rank: Able Seaman
Regiment: HMS Swiftsure
Parents: Mr & Mrs Jane Stagg
Brothers: Charles Stagg, A Stagg & H Stagg
Address: 51a George Street, Hastings
Published: January 1915 & June 1917
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