Army
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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Frederick Cornelius
Rank: Driver
Regiment: Army Service Corps
Wife: Mrs Cornelius
Address: 21 Percy Terrace
Mother: Mrs Cornelius
Mother’s Address: 417 Old London Road, Hastings
Brothers: J Cornelius, W Cornelius & George Cornelius
Other Info: At the Front. Ambulance Driver, Salonika. Additional rank info from Lives of the First World War website.
Published: August 1915 & September 1916
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W A Thomson
Rank: Private
Regiment: 3rd Battalion, Black Watch, Royal Highlanders
Mother: Mrs Thomson
Brothers: T A Thomson, E G Thomson & J N Thomson
Nephew: C Thomson
Address: Craig-Esk, 100 Queens Road, Hastings
Other Info: He was employed for some years at the office of the Bexhill Observer. Wounded.
Published: August 1915 & September 1916
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Army
Frank D Toye
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: Manchester Regiment / Royal Garrison Artillery
Parents: Mr & Mrs A E Toye
Brothers: Claude Leonard Toye & Alfred Richard Toye
Brothers-in-Law: Ferdinand J Monfort & J Davies
Parent’s Address: 5 Hughenden Road, Hastings
Other Info: Additional name and rank information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: July 1915 & September 1916
Army
Claude Leonard Toye
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: 13th Battalion (Southdowns), Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs A E Toye
Brothers: Frank D Toye & Alfred Richard Toye
Brothers-in-Law: Ferdinand J Monfort & J Davies
Parent’s Address: 5 Hughenden Road, Hastings
Wife: Ms C M Moody (was Toye)
Home Address: 17 Henderson Avenue, Scunthorpe
Other Info: According to CWGC, Claude died aged 27 on 30th June 1916. He is remembered at Cabaret Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, grave reference XV.N.29. Additional name information from the Royal Sussex-Southdowns website.
Published: July 1915 & September 1916
Army
George William Puttick
Rank: Private
Regiment: 1st Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Parents: Mr George W & Mrs Ruth Puttick
Brother: Edward Richard Puttick
Sister: Mrs A Rummery
Address: 10 North Terrace, Halton, Hastings
Other Info: According to CWGC, George died aged 23 on 1st January 1916. He is remembered at Herne Bay Cemetery, grave reference T.38. This webpage provides the following information about his death: “Private Puttick was severely wounded by shrapnel and injured in the spine on the 7th December at Messines, in cutting barbed wire. He had since been in hospital at Herne Bay, where he had received every kindness, and had borne his illness with great fortitude. He succumbed to heart-failure and paralysis consequent on the injury to the spinal cords”.
Published: June 1915, August 1915, January 1916, September 1916 & February 1918
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Edward Richard Puttick
Rank: Private
Regiment: 10th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders
Parents: Mr George W & Mrs R Puttick
Brother: George William Puttick
Sister: Mrs A Rummery
Address: 10 North Terrace, Halton, Hastings
Other Info: According to CWGC, Edward died aged 19 on 7th July 1916. He was serving with the 58th Company, Machine Gun Corps. Edward is remembered at the Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 5c and 12c.
This webpage provides the following quote about Edward: “It is with regret that we announce that Private Puttick, second son of Mr. W. Puttick, of North-terrace, has been killed in action. The young soldier, who was only 19 years of age, enlisted twelve months ago last November, in the Seaforth Highlanders, and then transferred to the Machine Gun Corps. In a letter received from the officer of the young man’s company, the parents are informed that their son was killed by a shell in the early days of this last great battle, while he was calling for stretcher bearers for a wounded comrade. In the letter the officer says:— “He has been with me ever since the Company was formed, and I always found him a trustworthy and willing soldier. The loss is indeed great, but don’t forget he died fighting for the right.”
Published: June 1915, September 1916 & January 1918
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John A Day
Rank: Sapper
Regiment: 2nd Home Counties Field Company, Royal Engineers
Mother: Mrs Day
Address: 1 Harold Mews, East Ascent, St Leonards
Other Info: Active Service
Published: April 1915, September 1916 & November 1917
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Thomas W Towner
Rank: Private / Lance Corporal
Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Father: Mr F E Towner
Brother: Frank G Towner
Address: 9 Alfred Street, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front. Wounded, now in hospital in Nottingham. Awarded the Military Medal.
Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: April 1915 & September 1916
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Frank G Towner
Rank: Private
Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Father: Mr F E Towner
Brother: Thomas W Towner
Address: 9 Alfred Street, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front. Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: April 1915 & September 1916
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