Army
Charles Smith
Rank: Private
Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Address: 150 Church Street, Ore
Other Info: Invalided home and died on 25th August 1915, leaving a widow and five children. According to CWGC, Charles is remembered at Hastings Cemetery, grave reference L.D.L27
Published: August 1915
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Army
W H V Rodmell
Rank: Private
Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Address: 11 Milward Road, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front.
Published: August 1915
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Army
Arthur Owen
Rank: Private
Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs Owen
Brother: F Owen
Address: 20 Gladstone Terrace, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front.
Published: August 1915 & March 1917
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Army
Albert Vincent Osborne
Rank: Private
Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr Albert & Mrs Kate Osborne
Brother: John Osborne
Address: Water Mill, Guestling
Other Info: Died of wounds received on 24th May 1915. Aged 21 years. According to CWGC, Albert is remembered at Manchester Southern Cemetery, screen wall reference Q.398.
Published: August 1915
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Army
Charles William Oakman
Rank: Private
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Wife: Mrs Sarah Ann Oakman
Brothers: William S Oakman & Sidney Oakman
Brothers-in-Law: Alf Dawkins & H Dawkins
Address: 1 North Street, Lewes
Other Info: According to CWGC, Charles died aged 43 on 6th June 1920 to an illness contracted whilst on war service. He had moved to the 7th Battalion and achieved the rank of Lance Corporal when invalided out of the army in September 1917. Information from here. Charles is remembered at Lewes Cemetery, grave reference Western II.YQ.18.
Published: August 1915
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Sidney Oakman
Rank: Private
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment – attached to 107th Field Company, Royal Engineers
Wife: Mrs Phillis Oakman
Brothers: William S Oakman & Charles William Oakman
Brothers-in-Law: Alf Dawkins & H Dawkins
Address: 63 London Road, Bognor
Other Info: At the Front. According to CWGC, Sidney died on 18th August 1916. He is remembered at Maroc British Cemetery, Grenay, grave reference I.JA.4.
Published: August 1915
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Luther Martin
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: 8th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr William & Eliza Martin
Address: Ewhurst
Sister’s Address: Cleveland House, Dane Road, St Leonards
Other Info: According to CWGC, Luther died aged 30 on 20th November 1916. He is remembered at Stump Road Cemetery, Grandcourt, grave reference A24. This webpage provides the following further info: Born and bred in Ewhurst Luther was another pioneer killed in no-mans-land on the Somme battlefield. His company was tasked with digging a communications trench between Regina Trench and Desire Trench both of which were former German trenches. Killed along with 4 others by shellfire just as winter forced a halt to operations on the Somme Luther’s body lay out in no-mans-land for a number of months. He was finally recovered in the spring of 1917 and buried in Stump Road Cemetery within 100 yards of where he was found. At the time the burials were made in a former German trench and Luther shares a headstone with another fallen comrade.
Published: August 1915
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Arthur Lloyd
Rank: Private
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr Ernest Ludger & Mrs Elizabeth Ann Lloyd
Address: 22 Norman Road, St Leonards
Other Info: Wounded and missing since 9th May 1915. Now reported killed in action on that date. According to CWGC, Arthur was 23 when he died and is remembered at Le Touret Memorial on Panel 20 & 21.
Arthur was an tailor assistant to his father, and the family previously lived at 55 King’s Road, St Leonards as per the 1901 and 1911 census.
Additional information provided by David Gosling.
Published: August 1915
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Army
A Jones
Rank: Private
Regiment: 2nd / 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs Jones
Brothers: F W Jones, B Jones & Walter Jones
Address: 18 Old London Road, Hastings
Other Info: Foreign Service
Published: August 1915
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J Foster
Rank: Private
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Wife: Mrs Foster
Brother-in-Law: Frederick E Apps
Address: 58 Priory Road, Ore
Other Info: At the Front. Time expired, rejoined, has been wounded, gassed and poisoned by bad water.
Published: August 1915 & September 1916
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