Army
H Anderson
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal East Kent Regiment (The Buffs)
Sent by: Miss Hankins
Miss Hankin’s Address: 122 Braybrooke Road, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front
Published: October 1915
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Army
Charles W Pound
Rank: Driver
Regiment: Motor Transport, Army Service Corps
Other Info: The text reads: “In the ‘Observer’ next Saturday will appear an interesting narrative which Driver C W Pound … has sent to his old school fellow W T Divall, a Hastings schoolmaster, giving some of his experiences at the Front. Driver Pound was some years ago employed at the ‘Hastings Chronicle” office in Havelock Road. The above photograph shows him with his wife and eight children. The ninth, his eldest daughter, is not shown. In his letter he mentioned that his youngest child, born during the battle of Ypres, has been named Robert Ypres Pound”. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: October 1915
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Royal Air Force
Arthur Winser
Regiment: Royal Naval Air Service
Grandfather: Mr Winser
Grandfather’s Address: 33 Horntye Road, St Leonards
Brother or Cousin: Arthur Sawyer Winser
Other Info: Foreign Service
Published: October 1915
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Army
William C Weekes
Rank: Private
Regiment: 13th Battalion (Southdowns), Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs W Weekes
Address: Guestling
Other Info: Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: October 1915
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Army
William Stunt
Rank: Private
Regiment: Australian Imperial Force
Parents: Mr & Mrs Edmund Stunt
Sisters: Daisy Stunt & Minnie Stunt
Address: Engine Cottage, Westfield
Other Info: In Egypt. William’s AIF enlistment and service documents can be viewed for free here.
Published: October 1915
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Army
C F Paine
Rank: Private
Regiment: Motor Transport, Army Service Corps
Wife: Mrs Paine
Address: Cranwells, Linton Road, Hastings
Published: October 1915
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Navy
Edward Kent
Rank: Stoker
Ship: HMS Indomitable
Sister-in-Law: Mrs Kent
Brother: James Kent
Address: 15 Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings
Published: October 1915
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Mercantile Marine
James Kent
Rank: Able Seaman
Service: Merchant Navy
Sister-in-Law: Mrs Kent
Brother: Edward Kent
Address: 15 Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings
Other Info: On HM Transport
Published: October 1915
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Army
F S Kemp
Rank: Private
Regiment: 2/5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Wife: Mrs Kemp
Address: 1 Claremont Road, Sidley
Published: October 1915
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Army
William Hyland
Rank: Private
Regiment: 6th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry
Parents: Mr Charles & Mrs Fanny Hyland
Address: 14 Windsor Road, Silverhill, St Leonards
Other Info: At the Front. According to CWGC, William died aged 23 on 18th August 1916. He is remembered at the Thiepval Memorial on Pier and Face 6B.
William is not named on Hastings War Memorial.
Published: October 1915
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