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Alfred Maynard
Rank: Private
Regiment: 1st Battalion, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Sent by: His Sister
Brother: E Maynard
Sister’s Address: 286 Priory Road, Hastings
Other Info: Killed in action on 3rd November 1916. According to CWGC, Alfred is remembered at the Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 5d & 6D.
Published: December 1916
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W Willard
Rank: Private
Regiment: Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment
Wife: Mrs Willard
Address: 1 Castle Cross Cottage, Hastings
Published: December 1916
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J Lamb
Rank: Private
Regiment: (The Queen’s) Royal West Surrey Regiment
Wife: Mrs Lamb
Address: 56 St George’s Road, Hastings
Published: November 1916
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Edward Walsgrove
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, The Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment
Parents: Mr William & Mrs Ann Walsgrove
Wife: Mrs Laura Helen Walsgrove
Brothers: Thomas J Walsgrove, Henry Walsgrove, Fred Walsgrove & William Walsgrove
Home Address: 75 Winchelsea Road, Ore
Other Info: Killed in action. According to CWGC, Edward died aged 28 on 2nd April 1917. He is remembered at Croisilles British Cemetery, grave reference I.A.12. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: November 1916 & May 1917
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George Jamieson
Regiment: Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment
Aunt: Mrs A Jamieson
Cousins: Albert E Jamieson & Wilfred John East
Aunt’s Address: 60 Paynton Road, Silverhill
Other Info: Twice wounded and gassed. Now in hospital in Birmingham.
Published: October 1916
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James Morgan Allen
Rank: Private
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Aunt & Uncle: Mr & Mrs Allen
Address: 62a Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings
Other Info: Killed in Action. According to CWGC, James died on 1st July 1916. He is remembered at Thiepval Memorial on panel and face 5d and 6d.
Published: July 1916
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W J Kemp
Rank: Private
Regiment: Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment
Father: Councillor J Kemp
Address: Old London Road, Hastings
Published: June 1916
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Thomas Archibald Till
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment / 7th Battalion, Royal West Surrey Regiment
Parents: Mr Thomas & Mrs Alice Till
Brothers: William H Till & Frederick G Till
Cousins: Archibald J Murdoch, C A Murdoch, William Henry Murdoch, J Murdoch & Frank Murdoch & Frederick Murdoch
Address: 7 Paynton Road, Silverhill
Other Info: According to CWGC, Thomas died aged 30 on 18th November 1916. He is remembered at Stump Road Cemetery, Grandcourt, grave reference A.83. He was educated at Tower Road Schools under Mr W Ray. He was a member of the Silverhill section of the Hastings Fire Brigade, and left the Brigade to join the Colours on March 2nd 1916. He leaves one sister and two brothers.
Published: May 1916, January 1917 & April 1917
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Walter Henry Morris
Rank: Signaller
Regiment: 24th Battalion, Royal West Surrey Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs W J Morris
Wife: Mrs Violet Morris (nee Paine)
Brother: Reginald F Morris
Address: Royal Sussex Arms, Ore
Other Info: For Foreign Service.
A quiet but pretty wedding took place at Holy Trinity Church on 19th December 1917, the Rev Canon T W Cook officiating. The bridegroom was Walter Henry Morris, whose father is licensee of the Royal Sussex Arms, Old London Road, and the bride, Violet, the only daughter of Mr & Mrs Paine. Town Hall, Hastings. As her father was serving in France, the bride was given away by her mother. The bride was attended by her cousin, Alice Morris, as bridesmaid and Master Leslie Paine as page. The were a very large number of presents, many of them considerable value, as both the happy pair as well known and much esteemed. The bridegroom is secretary to the Earl of Ashburnham and Sir Anchitel Ashburnham-Clement.
Published: May 1916 & January 1918
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Alan Morton Tweedie Smith
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment: 1st Battalion, The Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment
Parents: Mr Robert & Mrs Harriet Tweedie-Smith
Parent’s Address: Normanhurst, The Cliffs, Westcliffe-on-Sea
Other Info: The son of one time Liberal candidates at Hastings. But for the war, Lieutenant Tweedie-Smith would have joined his father in practice as a solicitor last June. Killed in action in France on 13th October 1915. According to CWGC, Alan is remembered at the Loos Memorial on panel 13 to 15. Name spelling taken from the CWGC website.
Published: November 1915
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