Army
M Williams
Rank: Private
Regiment: ‘B’ Company, 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Address: Robertsbridge
Published: October 1914
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Army
Leonard Montague Carley
Rank: Private
Regiment: ‘B’ Company, 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr George & Mrs Ruth Carley
Address: Oxley Green, Brightling
Other Info: According to CWGC, Leonard died aged 19 on 9th May 1915. He is remembered at Le Touret Memorial on Panel 20 and 21.
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Published: October 1914
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Army
William Pont
Rank: Private
Regiment: ‘B’ Company, 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Address: Robertsbridge
Other Info: Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: October 1914
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Army
Samuel Hall
Regiment: Army Service Corps
Published: October 1914
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Army
Alfred Lennard
Regiment: British Army
Parents: Mr & Mrs Thomas Alfred Lennard
Brother: Ernest H Lennard
Brother-in-Law: Frederick Cruttenden
Address: 16 High Bank, Ore
Published: October 1914
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Army
Lytton Leonard Boyne
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment
Father: Mr Leonard Boyne
Other Info: Wounded at the Battle of the Marne. He is the son of the famous actor (pictured below). When his son was shot he received a postcard from Lieutenant-Colonel Montressor, who was killed in the next action. On the postcard was the following message; “Your son’s wound is in the right leg, and a severe one. We are debarred from giving particulars. Your son has done fine work for the Regiment, and we shall miss him badly.”
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Published: October 1914
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Other
Frederick (Freddy) Holmes
Rank: Nursing Orderly
Regiment: St John Ambulance
Address: Hastings
Other Info: At Devonport Military Hospital.
Published: October 1914
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Other
F J Wells
Rank: Nursing Orderly / Private
Regiment: St John Ambulance / Royal Army Medical Corps
Address: Hastings
Other Info: At Devonport Military Hospital. The poem below by Private Wells was found in the diary of nurse Daisy Bettison who lived at 5 Clarence Place, North Road, Plymouth:
When the evening sun is setting
and from care your thoughts are free
When of people you are thinking
will you sometimes think of those at M.H.D.
M.H.D. presumably meaning Military Hospital, Devonport.
Published: October 1914
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Army
H Plews
Rank: Acting Sergeant-Major
Regiment: ‘E’ Rye Company, 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Published: October 1914
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Army
Herbert Quick
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: King’s Own Scottish Borderers
Father: Mr F Quick
Address: 19 Albion Street, Halton, Hastings
Other Info: He was in five engagements, and was shot in both feet. He is a noted footballer, being captain of the Regimental team. He is now in hospital in Brighton.
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Published: October 1914
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