Navy
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
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Army
S Thompson
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: 1st Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry
Parents: Mr & Mrs Thompson
Brother-in-Law: B Bailey
Cousins: J T Morgan, George Henry Vigar, C H Morgan & John William Hood Morgan
Address: 18 Waterworks Road, Hastings
Other Info: For the Front. Now prisoner of war in Turkish lands.
Published: December 1914 & August 1916
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Army
Frank Smale
Regiment: Northamptonshire Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs Smale
Brother: Alfred Mark Smale
Address: Middle Road, Ore
Other Info: Prisoner of War in Germany
Published: December 1914
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Army
W H Martin
Rank: Private
Regiment: 3rd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs Martin
Address: 33 Hardwicke Road, Halton, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front. An article published in the Hastings & St Leonards Observer on 20th July reports that Private Martin was taken prisoner on 22nd March 1918.
Published: December 1914 & July 1918
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Navy
James Baker-Burt
Rank: Leading Seaman
Regiment: Royal Naval Battalion
Mother: Mrs F Baker
Brothers: G Baker-Burt, Frank Baker & Fred Baker
Brother-in-Law: W Cramp
Address: Sea View Cottage, Baldslow, Hastings
Other Info: Royal Navy. Now interned in Holland.
Published: December 1914 & July 1917
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Other
Charles Ernest Streeter
Job: Trawlerman, Boston Fishing Fleet
Mother: Mrs Streeter
Brother: G H Streeter
Address: 13 School Road, Ore
Other Info: Eight trawlers from Boston, Lincolnshire were sunk by a German flotilla led by light cruisers Rostock and Strassburg on 21st August 1914. The fishing crew were all taken prisoner before the boats were sunk. More information can be read here.
Published: December 1914
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Army
Albert Whiteman
Rank: Private
Regiment: 3rd Worcestershire Regiment
Mother: Mrs Whiteman
Brother: Edward Whiteman
Address: 43 Western Road, St Leonards
Other Info: Prisoner of War in Germany
Published: December 1914
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Navy
Harry Benton
Rank: Able Seaman
Ship: HMS Edgar
Parents: Mr & Mrs Edward Benton
Brothers: Albert Edward Benton, Edward Dorrington Benton, William D Benton & George T Benton
Uncle: James Benton
Address: 29 Scriven’s Buildings, Crown Lane, Hastings
Other Info: 15 years service in the Royal Navy. Prisoner, not heard of since 29th April 1916.
According to CWGC, Harry died aged 35 on 16th August 1916. He was serving aboard HMS Alert, but I cannot find out what happened to the ship that led to Harry’s capture and death. The ship’s log, which can be viewed by clicking on the link, has had the records for the months of March to May removed. Harry is remembered at Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, grave reference XXI.B.19.
Published: November 1914 & October 1916
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Army
Sidney Smith
Rank: Private
Regiment: 3rd Battalion, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
Address: 64 Norman Road, St Leonards
Other Info: Prisoner of War in Germany.
The text from ‘Prisoners of War’ reads: The above is not a portrait of a couple of society entertainers. They are two soldiers, prisoners of war at Gottingen, and they are in the costumesthey wore at an entertainment given there entitled ‘Bink’s Dream’. The ‘Lady’ is Private Sidney Smith, of the 2nd Buffs, son of Mr & Mrs Smith, 64 Norman Road, St Leonards and the gentleman is Sergeant T S Moss. Private Smith appeared as a lady boarder, and it will be admitted that his make up was remarkably good. An account of the entertainment is published in “The Wooden City”, a journal for British Prisoners of War at Gottingen.
Published: November 1914, May 1915, March 1916 & April 1917
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Army
George C Stonham
Rank: Rifleman
Regiment: 1st Battalion, King’s Royal Rifles
Parents: Mr & Mrs J Stonham
Brother: H G Stonham
Sister: Winnie Stonham
Uncle: Charles Stonham
Address: 67 Greville Road, Ore
Other Info: Prisoner of war at Mecklenburgh, Germany. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: November 1914 & December 1916
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