Service Personnel
Name: Alfred William Richardson
Rank: Driver
Regiment: Royal Army Service Corps
Parents: Alfred Henry & Mary Richardson
Address: Hastings
Additional Information: Alfred Richardson died aged 20 0n 16th June 1940. The inscription on his grave reads “Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends”.
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Service Personnel
Name: Rex Proctor
Rank: Sapper
Regiment: 47 Bomb Disposal Section, Royal Engineers
Parents: Alfred Henry & Freda Clare Proctor
Address: Hastings
Additional Information: Rex Proctor died aged 21 on 13th September 1944. The inscription on his grave reads “Also in memory of his friend Sapper Reg Playford R.E., killed in Italy 11th August 1944 aged 23.
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Service Personnel
Name: John Herbert Povey
Rank: Flying Officer
Regiment: Royal Air Force
Parents: Charles Herbert & Elsie Marion Povey
Address: St Leonards-on-Sea
Additional Information: John Povey, a Bomb Aimer, died aged 20 on 24th November 1944. More information about him can be read in the Sussex History Forum here.
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Service Personnel
Name: Ernest Neville Pitt
Rank: Aircraftman 1st Class
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves
Wife: Winifred Esther Pitt
Parents: Ernest Jasper & Charlotte Elizabeth Pitt
Address: Sedlescombe
Additional Information: Ernest Pitt died aged 30 on 16th August 1940. The inscription on his grave reads “With tender love and deep regret, those who love him will never forget “.
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Service Personnel
Name: James Phillips
Rank: Fisherman
Regiment: Fishing Fleet
Wife: Catherine Agnes Phillips
Address: Hastings
Additional Information: Ronald Paine died aged 69 on 1st January 1942. James served in the Royal Sussex Regiment during WW1. The inscription on his grave reads ‘O hear us when we cry to thee, for those in peril on the sea’
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Service Personnel
Name: Ronald Frank Paine
Rank: Driver
Regiment: Royal Corps of Signals
Parents: Alexander & Kathleen Paine
Wife: Iris May Paine
Address: Hastings
Additional Information: Ronald Paine died aged 22 on 30th August 1947. The inscription on his grave reads ‘Thou art with Christ, and Christ is with me.’
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Service Personnel
Name: Herbert John Nethercott
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment: Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Parents: William & Sarah Jane Nethercott
Address: Binfield Heath, Oxfordshire
Additional Information: Herbert Nethercott died aged 32 on 17th April 1946. He is named on Hastings War Memorial. The inscription on his grave reads ‘Deep in our hearts his memory is kept, we loved him too dearly to ever forget.’
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Service Personnel
Name: George Henry McLean
Rank: Stoker 2nd Class
Regiment: Royal Navy Patrol Service
Station: HMS Europa (a shore establishment)
Address: Lived in Hastings or St Leonards
Additional Information: George McLean died on 8th March 1945.
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Service Personnel
Name: Edward Arthur Marchant
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves
Wife: Betty Marjorie Marchant
Parents: Edward Arthur & Mercy Merchant
Address: Lived in Hastings
Additional Information: Edward Marchant died aged 30 on 30th November 1942. The inscription on his grave reads “Gone but not forgotten. Always in our thoughts”. More information about Edward can be read on the Sussex History Forum here.
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Service Personnel
Name: Frederick Herbert Lyon
Rank: Sapper
Regiment: Royal Engineers
Address: Lived in the Hastings area.
Additional Information: Frederick Lyon died aged 20 on 9th December 1940.
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