Army
Frank Robinson
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: ‘B’ Company, 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr James & Mrs Alice Robinson
Address: George Hill, Robertsbridge
Other Info: According to CWGC, Frank died aged 20 on 9th May 1915. He is remembered at Chocques Military Cemetery, grave reference I.A.98.
Published: October 1914
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A Howard
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: ‘B’ Company, 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Address: Robertsbridge
Published: October 1914
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R Jones
Rank: Private
Regiment: ‘B’ Company, 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Address: Robertsbridge
Published: October 1914
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R Carley
Rank: Private
Regiment: ‘B’ Company, 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Address: Robertsbridge
Published: October 1914
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James R Spilsted
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.
James sent a couple of letters home, which were published in the Hastings and St Leonards Observer in March 1915. They read; “Letters from the Front – Private J. R. Silstead, of ‘B’ Company of the 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, son of Mr Spilstead of the Post Office, Whatlington, in a letter from the Front, dated 20th March stated:
“We have had another cold snap, with a slight fall of snow, but this morning the sun is shining beautifully. People at home are much better off than some of the poor homeless ones out here. It is terrible to see the havoc wrought by the bombardments. I never saw destruction more complete.”
Published: October 1914
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W Jones
Rank: Private
Regiment: ‘B’ Company, 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Address: Robertsbridge
Published: October 1914
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Alfred Saunter
Rank: Private / Corporal
Regiment: ‘B’ Company, 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Address: Robertsbridge
Other Info: Additional information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: October 1914
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M Williams
Rank: Private
Regiment: ‘B’ Company, 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Address: Robertsbridge
Published: October 1914
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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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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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