Service Personnel
Name: Albert Alfred Wenman
Rank: Trooper
Regiment: 4th Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps
Address: Hastings
Additional Information: Albert Wenman died on 3rd November 1942. More information about Albert can be read on the Sussex History Forum here.
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Service Personnel
Name: Kenneth Charles Albert Watson
Rank: Signalman
Regiment: Royal Corps of Signals
Parents: William Henry & Emma S Watson
Address: Hastings
Additional Information: Kenneth Watson died aged 19 on 13th January 1942. The inscription on his grave reads “Weep not my brethren, for I go to my Father who is in heaven.”
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Service Personnel
Name: James Venables
Rank: Captain
Regiment: Royal Army Pay Corps
Parents: Mr & Mrs Thomas Venables
Wife: Maude Venables
Address: St Leonards
Additional Information: James Venables died aged 59 on 8th May 1941. He was a recipient of the Meritorious Service Medal. The inscription on his grave reads “Faithful through all things to all things.”
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Service Personnel
Name: Thomas F K Stanley
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: 17th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
Parents: William and Elizabeth Stanley
Address: Hastings
Additional Information: Thomas Stanley died aged 28 on 27th October 1942. The inscription on his grave reads “Not just today, but every day in silence we remember. Some day we will understand.”
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Service Personnel
Name: Albert Victor Sellens
Rank: Sapper
Regiment: Royal Engineers
Address: St Leonards
Additional Information: Albert Sellens died on 31st August 1941.
More information about Robert can be read on the Sussex History Forum here. He also served in the Royal Engineers during WW1, a photograph and more information is here.
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Service Personnel
Name: William Horace Richman
Rank: Private
Regiment: 6th Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment
Address: Hastings or St Leonards
Additional Information: William Richman died on 12th September 1940.
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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: 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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