I don't know if anyone here is aware of this, and I did do a search to see if this has been posted before but could not find anything

If you do a search on Access to Archives (A2A) for 'Military Hospital' - just that, singular, not plural

Here

Access to Archives

Hits then come up on a page, click on 'East Sussex Record Office: Records of the Coroner for Eastern Sussex [COR/3/3/1901 - COR/3/12/8]'

Extracts from Coroners reports come up for , listing injuries and causes of death for the following soldiers, most of whom died at the Kitchener's Military Hospital, Brighton WW1.

TUFFEN John, private, C Company, 9th Royal West Surrey Regiment

MacLACHLAN D, sergeant, 58th Battalion AIF

CHAPMAN Mosely Summerville, sergeant, 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles

MOSS Percy Barrow, corporal, 'Drake' Battalion, Royal Nay Division;

HOLLANDS Frederick Harold, private, 8th Battalion AIF;

CAINE Harold Mervyn, private, 11th Battalion AIF

PERRY George Thomas, private, 7th Battalion KORL

MacLEOD Murdoch Nicholson, private 31725

RICHARDSON Harry, lance corporal, 19th Welsh Pioneers;

YARDLEY Eric Barnes, lieutenant, 10th King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

MOWAT William, private, 7th Gordons

BALDOCK Clifford, private, 8th Royal West Kents

GASH Frederick of Norwell, Newark, farm labourer, private, 8th Durham Light Infantry Labour Company

JOHNSON William Dixon, rifleman, 12th City of London Rifles (Post Office Rifles);

BUTLER Henry W, private, 7th Northants Regiment

FORBES James, sapper, 8th Advanced Park, Royal Engineers

MADGE Fred, private, 1st Grenadier Guards;

WILSON Charles, private, 11th Northumberland Fusiliers

FREEBURGH S V, private, 2nd Battalion, the Essex Regiment

SCOTT W George, gunner, RGA 328 Siege Battery

COLWELL George E F, private, 11th Sussex, A Company

SCOTT Edward Cyril, private, 7th Royal West Kents, 'B' Company;

TRIMBY Archibald, sapper, 22nd Light Railway Company, Royal Engineers

................................................................................
...

Caryl

Caryl
how did you get those extracts?
Followed the link but could not find out how to do the rest?
Mandy the thick one!!!!

Mandy

The search page should come up if you click the link above 'Access to Archives', or Click Here if it doesn't and another page comes up or an error page, click on the 'Search A2A' link, top left hand side of the page and the search feature comes up, enter 'Military Hospital' in the keywords box, leave all the choices as 'All' and a number of 'hits' come up, then click the one that says 'East Sussex Record Office: Records of the Coroner for Eastern Sussex [COR/3/3/1901 - COR/3/12/8]' and they are all on that page

HTH

Caryl

Alternatively if you just put - Kitchener's Military Hospital - exactly as it is there in the keywords box only two pages of coroners reports come up for that record office and this chap is on the second page

WILSON Leslie Wallace, lance corporal, 2nd Battallion, Australian Imperial Force

Caryl

For anyone interested in the above:
The Coroners extracts listing dates, injuries and causes of death do show up in the pages of search results, I haven't posted those here because I'm worried about copyright issues (there are copyright notices on each page)

For photocopies and possibly more info on these cases

Contact details for East Sussex Record Office

East Sussex Record Office
The Maltings
Castle Precincts
Lewes
East Sussex BN7 1YT
Tel: 01273 482349
Fax: 01273 482341
Email: archives@eastsussexcc.gov.uk

There are forms available on this page

Click Here for ordering photocopies

From the site:

"There is a charge for copies. We will advise you of the amount when we have received your request. Payment may be made by:

sterling cheque, drawn on a UK bank account, made payable to 'East Sussex County Council'
credit card over the phone. UK callers phone 01273 482349. Overseas callers phone 00 44 1273 482349."

The form comes up in Adobe PDF to print and send back to them

Or their research service details are listed here:


Click Here

"We charge £23.50 per hour for research and require payment for at least one hour. If you are unsure how long your research is likely to take, we recommend you initially pay for one hour only"

On the Access to Archive result page it does state:
[Access Conditions]
Closed for 75 years from the last date of a document, but if my poor Maths is correct these records should be able to be accessed now

These Coroners record extracts may be new additions to Access to Archives as all the record offices taking part do update and add more records.
There may be more Coroners reports to be added, unless these are the ones that have survived, many Coroners records were destroyed in other areas, and this area is not one I'm familiar with, so e-mail the record office to see if there are more if interested, although it does state in their list of collections that they have records for "Coroner of the Borough of Brighton, 1854-1974"



Caryl

caryl,
thinks got it now. DER!!!!!!

I'm not blonde never have been but sontimes I think I must have been in another life!!!!!!

Mandy

Caryl,
found three more

Pte David simpson 3599 Black Watch

Pte Lachman Rai 'C' coy 1/9 Gurkhas

and L/Cpl Leslie Wallace Wilson 2nd Bn AIF


Mandy

Mandy I AM blonde and I have problems with search engines, especially the LG one! still haven't cracked that one. I'm waiting for Steve's Master Class

Found those late last night but was too tired to post them, then when I tried to find them again this morning - no joy, forgot what search term I'd used!

You found more? Oh good show!

Where d'ya find those?

I must look and see if there are more for other areas of the country
Found those above by accident - serendipity. It's amazing what you find when searching for something else!
Hope they are helpful to someone

Caryl

Caryl,
i checked through four more pages but found no more.

Apologies for the blond bit! Daughter is an honary blonde!!!! Won't say she acts like it sometimes or you might just come round here and beat me up!!!!

Mandy LOL

Mandy

No, I'm a reformed character these days!! Besides I think you live too far away...lol

I've just realised that by just doing a search for Kitchener's Military Hospital
This poor chap in St Mark's Schools Military Hospital, Brighton doesn't show up on the search result page - TUFFEN John, private, C Company, 9th Royal West Surrey Regiment

So the first one I posted, just 'Military Hospital' works for the soldiers listed in my first post


Caryl

Found more Coroners report extracts for East Sussex by doing a search using 'bullet' or 'wound' - OR found a much easier way of bringing up East Sussex coroners reports pages by just using the reference COR in the keyword search box at A2A, there maybe lots more



I haven't posted the details of the Coroners reports, use the search for the full pages that do list injuries and causes of death if interested

Here

WARDEN - Francis, private, King's Own Scottish Borderers; at the 2nd Eastern General Hospital, Brighton;

FOWLE - William Meade, captain, RE

OVERTON - William Arthur of 124 Osborne Road, Preston, Brighton, late private, 4th Battalion Coldstream Guards, invalided out of service,


DELANEY - Thomas, private, 1st Lancashire Fusiliers

SCOTT - Edward Cyril, private, 7th Royal West Kents, 'B' Company

GEE - Harry Charles, Pte 2314, A Company, 33rd Australian Infantry

FRASER - Percival Victor, Warrant Officer (2nd grade) RNAS

KITCHEN - John Frederick Raymond, Flight Lt RAF

COLE - George, Flight Lt RAF,

SANDERS - Reginald Horace, 2nd Lt RAF

POSSOLO - Eugenio da Silva, Lt Brazilian Navy

By the way doing a search for 'bullet' or 'wound' also bring up some rather grisly details of murders and suicides, some of them post war, can't help but wondering if they are people or ex-servicemen traumatised by the war




Caryl

Caryl,
how many more can we find between us? i'll try other ways tomorrow.

MANDY

Thanks Mandy

We might crack it between us

Found more. I noticed last night that one or more of the RAF men had drowned, so did a search for 'drowned'
and these came up, also in the Essex Coroners reports

COWIE William of 46 Craigh Avenue, Edinburgh, steward on SS Prosper

LESOT - Eugene Senateur, boatswain of the SS Bordeaux

GLOVER - John Alfred of Meanly Road, East Ham, Essex, chief mate of cargo steamer Seven Seas,

POLLOCK - Thomas, Driver, 253rd Company of the Army Service Corps

STONE - Charles William, Driver, 35th Divisional Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery

TOPLEY - Joseph of Laurel Vale, Tandragee, Co Armagh, Ireland, Private, 9th Royal Irish Fusiliers

RILEY - Daniel of 13 Colley Street, Oldham Road, Rochdale, Private, D Company, 2/6th Lancashire Fusiliers

McKENZIE - James, seaman in the Royal Naval Reserve attached to Portsmouth Patrol

WENMAN - Ernest, private in the Army Ordnance Corps

KING - Ernest John, Private no. 1840, 3rd Reserve Btn, The Buffs East Kent Regt

SHARMAN - Harry, Private, Royal Defence Corps

DONALDSON - William, captain, SS Vasco

WATSON - Robert Leonard, sapper, Canadian Engineer Training Depot

BAIN - John, RNVR deck hand on minesweeper SS Grenadier

SYMONDS - John Gordon, Acting Leading Seaman RNVR, gunlayer on collier transport SS River Crake,


TUNSTALL - George, corporal, signals, Royal Engineers


I'd better amend the title, since there are soldiers, sailors, airmen & Merchant Navy listed here
and of course not all of these died at Kitchener's Military Hospital, or in a military hospital, so will take that off too

Caryl

Caryl,
a very interesting site, thanks for posting it.

Mandy

Using the search term 'amputation' brought these up

All in the Essex Coroners records

MURRAY - Michael, private, 1st KOSB

LOCKLIN - Joseph of Wormill Street, Ashton New Road, Manchester, electrician, Private, National Reserve, 8th Battalion, Manchester Regiment,

'Wounds' (plural) brought these up

HAMMOND - A, private, 2nd York and Lancaster Regiment

CHAMBERLAIN - Henry, private, 2nd Leicester Regiment

SMITH - Charles, rifleman in the Rifle Brigade

RICHARDSON - Arthur, private, 1st York and Lancaster Regiment

HEMMING - Harry, private, 3rd Coldstream Guards

AFFORD - Jack, private, Royal Berkshire Regiment

MURRAY - Michael, private, 1st KOSB;

HOLLANDS - Frederick Harold, private, 8th Battalion AIF

DAVEY - Percy Frank, private, 6th King's Own Scottish Borderers

PERRY - George Thomas, private, 7th Battalion KORL

MacLEOD - Murdoch Nicholson, private 31725

YARDLEY - Eric Barnes, lieutenant, 10th King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

BALDOCK - Clifford, private, 8th Royal West Kents

MIRFIN - J C, second lieutenant, 6th York and Lancaster Regiment

JOHNSON - William Dixon, rifleman, 12th City of London Rifles (Post Office Rifles);

SCOTT - W George, gunner, RGA 328 Siege Battery

ROGERS - C W, lieutenant; at the Herbert Samuelson Hospital

Apologies if any names appear more than once. Some of the men's names appear on more than one result page using one or more of the search criteria keywords above. I'll go through them and delete multiples later


Caryl

Trying "shot" brings these up

FILE - WILD - ref. COR/1/3/558 - date: 29 Aug 1917
[from Scope and Content] Joseph Plant, Pte 75887, 29th Btn Canadian Regt, British Columbia Regimental Depot, Seaford, of Vancouver, 37; shot in back in depot, murder by Stanko Jovan Layovitch

FILE - ELSON - ref. COR/1/3/677 - date: 8 Apr 1918
[from Scope and Content] Ernest Leonard, Private 2030210, 1st Canadian Reserve Btn, G Company, Hut 23, 10 Lines, South Camp, Seaford, from 1451 6th Avenue West, Vancouver, British Columbia, 24; shot in head by rifle; suicide

FILE - PEEVER - ref. COR/1/3/703 - date: 18 May 1918
[from Scope and Content] Leonard, Private 6th Canadian Reserve Btn, No 9 Lines, Seaford, from Eastern Ontario, 22; shot himself in chest and abdomen; suicide

Chris

those three above might be buried here in Seaford I'll have a look to see if they CWGC graves.

mandy

Under manslaughter

FILE - LEACY - ref. COR/1/3/708 - date: 5 Jun 1918
[from Scope and Content] James, Corp 467394, CSME of the CETC, North Camp, Seaford, 30; haemorrhage from fractured spine, hit by James Matheson MacDonald; manslaughter

FILE - SIMPSON - ref. COR/3/2/1915/136 - date: 5 Jul 1915
[from Scope and Content] David, private 3599 of the Black Watch Royal Highlanders, 48; at the Military Hospital, 16 Lewes Crescent, Brighton, a branch of the 2nd Eastern General Hospital; fracture of the skull and cerebral haemorrhage caused by his having been violently assaulted and knocked down by one James Wardlaw in Sheep Street on 2 Jul; manslaughter. Fragile: fungal damage. For warrant see 135 above. Copy inquisition; no notes

Chris

Also, try "accident". At least one Canadian was accidently killed in Brighton. IIRC he had "had a skinfull" and decided to go for a swim. Sadly for him the tide was out and he broke his neck diving in.

Shell shock brings these up


KELLS - ref. COR/1/3/375 - date: 19 Sep 1916
[from Scope and Content] Albert Edward, former postman, Sapper No 30548 Royal Engineers, Summerdown Camp, Eastbourne, 34; found dying from cut throat, suffering shell shock; suicide

PACKHAM - ref. COR/1/3/2159 - date: 6 Jan 1926
[from Scope and Content] Frank Henry, 2 Albion Villas, Leylands Road, Burgess Hill, 36; heart failure probably the result of shell-shock and gassing during the war

Caryl

Under ACCIDENT

FILE - LOCKLIN - ref. COR/1/3/64 - date: 22 Feb 1915
[from Scope and Content] Joseph of Wormill Street, Ashton New Road, Manchester, electrician, Private, National Reserve, 8th Battalion, Manchester Regiment, 60; accident, pneumonia following amputation of both feet after being knocked down and run over by a goods train at Three Bridges whilst patrolling the line, 11 Feb

NO CWGC ENTRY - APPEARS ON SDGW


FILE - TURTON - ref. COR/1/3/259 - date: 7 Feb 1916
[from Scope and Content] Cecil William, Lieutenant 6th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, 23; fractured skull after crash on a motor bike on the Brighton Road near Roedean, Rottingdean; no real evidence to suggest how the accident occurred, possibly hit by a lorry; accidental death


FILE - CLIFTON - ref. COR/1/3/306 - date: 22 Apr 1916
[from Scope and Content] Cecil, Private, 3rd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, Military Hospital, 20; fractured skull in bicycle accident

FILE - SCOTT - ref. COR/1/3/764 - date: 18 Sep 1918
[from Scope and Content] Charles Darracott, Colonel of the Royal Artillery (retired), The Cottage, Pevensey Bay, previously at Moore Croft Private Mental Establishment, Hillingdon, 56; found drowned in the sea, insufficient evidence to say whether suicide or an accident but presumption of suicide

from glocestershire under war wounds

FILE - Burials - ref. P100 IN 1/7 - date: 1813-1996
[from Scope and Content] Includes the burial of Lewis Hopkins, who died from war wounds in Rochester, 1915

Mandy

'Injuries' brings these up (and a few others already listed above)

ROACH - Timothy of 3 Mandeville Terrace, Bandon Rd, Kinsale, Ireland, seaman; 33; at the Royal Sussex County Hospital; concussion of the brain the result of fracture of the skull and other injuries caused by the SS 'Luceston' on board which deceased was a seaman having been torpedoed by an enemy war vessel in the English Channel

This one is 1919

SCHOLEY - Annie of 22 William Street, Highgate, Rotherham, Yorkshire, cook in Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps stationed at Crowborough Camp, Sussex


Caryl

Everyone is chipping in now - good - my eyes are going funny with it all


This came up also under 'injuries' also, but for 1932

WILLIAMS - John Montague of 8 Hartfield Terrace, Seaford, Sussex, retired major in HM Forces; 55; at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton; fibrous effusion into the pericardium with pressure on the heart accelerated by a collapsed right lung following operations for emphysema after a bullet wound in the chest sustained during the War; [no verdict]



Caryl

Under KILLED

FILE - BISHOP - ref. COR/1/3/210 - date: 16 Nov 1915
[from Scope and Content] Herbert Sidney, Petty Officer First Class, Royal Navy, 40; found dead on the beach at Rottingdean, killed by the steam trawler Erin striking a mine and sinking off the Isle of Wight on the 19 Oct, no evidence of how the mine came to be where it was

FILE - BURKE - ref. COR/1/3/140 - date: 15 Jun 1915
[from Scope and Content] Thomas of 26 Worth Street, Rochdale Road, Manchester, corporal, 4th Supernumerary Company, 2/8th Manchester Regiment, stationed at Balcombe, 45; killed by a train; accidental death

NOT ON CWGC - ENTRY ON SDGW

FILE - ARCHER - ref. COR/1/3/294 - date: 6 Apr 1916
[from Scope and Content] Frederick John, National Reservist Royal Sussex Regiment stationed at Glynde, 7 Paddock Road, Lewes, 52; killed by a train near Southerham Bridge; accidental death

FILE - BRITTON - ref. COR/1/3/326 - date: 9 Jun 1916
[from Scope and Content] Arthur James, soldier, 15th Battalion King's Royal Rifles, Seaford, 34 Nelson Street, East Ham, Essex, 21; accidentally killed by exploding of hand-grenade during bombing practice in the trenches at Hobbs Hawth, Alfriston

FILE - HOLLIS - ref. COR/1/3/343 - date: 25 Jul 1916
[from Scope and Content] Walter Henry, Lieutenant, No 8 Protection Company, Lewes, Royal Defence Corps, 41; killed by train while patrolling between Lewes and Southerham, misadventure

FILE - MOSER - ref. COR/1/3/345 - date: 25 Jul 1916
[from Scope and Content] Harold Wynn, 2nd Lieutenant, 3/6 East Surrey Regiment at Crowborough Camp, 43, killed in collision between his motor-cycle and a car near the camp; death from clot of blood or fat in lungs; accidental death

FILE - MANSFIELD - ref. COR/1/3/468 - date: 16 Mar 1917
[from Scope and Content] Thomas Henry, former gas fitter, Gunner 180775, RFA, 75 Barnfield Road, Plumstead, Kent, 32; killed by train at Hove; suicide

FILE - HOPKINS - ref. COR/1/3/624 - date: 9 Jan 1918
[from Scope and Content] Albert, sergeant 201128 bombing instructor, A Company, 4th Reserve Btn Buffs Regt, No 1 Lines, Crowborough Camp, former bargeman, 22 Lower Munston, Sittingbourne, Kent, 48; killed by premature hand-grenade explosion during practice, misadventure

FILE - DUKE - ref. COR/1/3/240 - date: 12 Jan 1916
[from Scope and Content] Gordon Ezra, Probationary Flight Sub-lieutenant in the RNAS, Sydney House, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 20; killed when the aeroplane he was flying crashed possibly due to a control wire slipping

FILE - FRASER - ref. COR/1/3/241 - date: 12 Jan 1916
[from Scope and Content] Percival Victor, Warrant Officer (2nd grade) RNAS, Eastbourne, 30; killed when aeroplane flown by G Duke (see COR/1/3/240 ) crashed in a field near Hampden Park

'Pulmonary' brings these up

MOWAT - ref. COR/3/3/1917/32 - date: 25 Jul 1917
William, private, 7th Gordons; at the Kitchener Military Hospital, Brighton; cardiac dyspnoea due to acute pulmonary phthisis

SHIRLEY - ref. COR/1/3/39 - date: 19 Jan 1915
Benjamin Stephen of 20 St Andrews Terrace, Dover, quartermaster of the SS Canterbury at Newhaven, 46; pulmonary tuberculosis

Caryl

Under KILLED


FILE - FOX - ref. COR/1/3/93 - date: 30 Mar 1915
[from Scope and Content] Anthony, Private, 12th Company, 9th Middlesex Reserves, 50; accidentally killed by a train at Haywards Heath station

NO CWGC OR SDGW RECORD

FILE - BISHOP - ref. COR/1/3/210 - date: 16 Nov 1915
[from Scope and Content] Herbert Sidney, Petty Officer First Class, Royal Navy, 40; found dead on the beach at Rottingdean, killed by the steam trawler Erin striking a mine and sinking off the Isle of Wight on the 19 Oct, no evidence of how the mine came to be where it was

Under Eastbourne

FILE - SHEPHERD - ref. COR/1/3/79 - date: 12 Mar 1915
[from Scope and Content] Arthur Gelston, Flight Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Naval Air Service, son of Arthur Mutrie Shepherd of 'White Lodge' Foxcombe Hill, near Oxford, 20; fell into the sea with his aeroplane, 200 yards from the foreshore, 1/4 mile east of the Fishing Station, Eastbourne; misadventure

FILE - WATSON - ref. COR/1/3/149 - date: 1 Jul 1915
[from Scope and Content] Preston Albert of Dundee, Flight Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Naval Air Service, stationed at Eastchurch, 34; fall with his aeroplane while flying between Eastchurch and Eastbourne, crashing in Dunlye Field, Cross-in-Hand; accidental death

FILE - WILLIAMS - ref. COR/1/3/324 - date: 7 Jun 1916
[from Scope and Content] Alfred, Able Seaman of HMS Flirt, about 23; accidental drowning going aboard ship by capsizing of whaler at Eastbourne, night being squally

FILE - GODFREY - ref. COR/1/3/325 - date: 7 Jun 1916
[from Scope and Content] Joseph, Able Seaman of HMS Flirt, about 38; accidental drowning going aboard ship by capsizing of whaler at Eastbourne, night being squally

FILE - MORRIS - ref. COR/1/3/390 - date: 26 Oct 1916
[from Scope and Content] Charles Frederick, 56 Mowbrey Street, Liverpool, ship's steward, 43; washed ashore near Wish Tower, Eastbourne; injuries probably caused by explosion when SS Alaunia hit mine

FILE - ROURKE - ref. COR/1/3/415 - date: 6 Dec 1916
[from Scope and Content] Walter Watson, gunner, 2nd Warwickshire Battery, RFA, 84 Osborne Road, Sparkbrook, Birmingham, 19; died in Fairfield Court VAD Hospital, Eastbourne from heart failure and dilation of abdomen from unknown causes

NO CWGC OR SDGW RECORD

FILE - GEE - ref. COR/1/3/526 - date: 25 Jun 1917
[from Scope and Content] Harry Charles, Pte 2314, A Company, 33rd Australian Infantry, 23; respiratory and heart failure while under anaesthetic for operation in Fairfield Court Hospital, Eastbourne, for war wound; accidental death

FILE - GARVER - ref. COR/1/3/640 - date: 31 Jan 1918
[from Scope and Content] Ray O, cadet of United States Air Service attached to RFC Shoreham, of Mortinsville, Illinois, USA, 25; aeroplane crashed after taking off from Eastbourne Aerodrome; accidental death

The above is listed here

FILE - MANZETTI - ref. COR/1/3/742 - date: 23 Aug 1918
[from Scope and Content] Charles Albert, Lt RAF, 16 Ringwood Road, Eastbourne, from 72 Crescent Lane, Clapham Park, London SW4, 23/5; crashed aeroplane; misadventure

FILE - GALLOWAY - ref. COR/1/3/746 - date: 26 Aug 1918
[from Scope and Content] Robert Kirkwood, former printer, Flight Cadet RAF, Eastbourne Aerodrome, from 7 Letham Place, Dunbar, 23; injuries from aeroplane crash; accidental death

The above is listed here

FILE - WINCHESTER - ref. COR/1/3/748 - date: 31 Aug 1918
[from Scope and Content] Philip George Dalton, Flight Cadet, RAF, of 182 Seaside, Eastbourne, 24; aeroplane crash; accidental death

FILE - SANDERS - ref. COR/1/3/753 - date: 7 Sep 1918
[from Scope and Content] Reginald Horace, 2nd Lt RAF, Valetta, Kings Drive, Hampden Park, Eastbourne, 24; fractured skull when aeroplane crashed after colliding with another in formation; accidental death; see also COR/1/3/754

FILE - POSSOLO - ref. COR/1/3/754 - date: 7 Sep 1918
[from Scope and Content] Eugenio da Silva, Lt Brazilian Navy, 17 Sunnydean, Bedford Well [Road], Eastbourne, 24; fractured skull when aeroplane crashed after colliding with another in formation; accidental death; most papers with COR/1/3/753

FILE - BARNETT - ref. COR/1/3/755 - date: 7 Sep 1918
[from Scope and Content] William Rose, 2nd Lt RAF, Eastbourne Aerodrome, from 2 Long Row, Ditherington, Shrewsbury, 27; crashed aeroplane when control lost during manoeuvre over Hailsham, no evidence of cause; accidental death

FILE - CHAPMAN - ref. COR/1/3/774 - date: 15 Oct 1918
[from Scope and Content] Charles Robert, no fixed address, lieutenant RAF and instructor at Eastbourne Aerodrome, 19, son of CFTH Chapman, in prison; crashed plane while 'stunting'; misadventure

Under SEAFORD

FILE - POLLOCK - ref. COR/1/3/154 - date: Jul 1915
[from Scope and Content] Thomas, Driver, 253rd Company of the Army Service Corps, stationed at Seaford, formerly a fireman on board ship, 36; drowned in the sea at Seaford whilst trying to rescue Robert Wilson; accidental death; same papers include: WILSON Robert, Driver, 254th Company of the Army Service Corps, stationed at Seaford, formerly a waiter, 19; drowned in the sea at Seaford; accidental death

FILE - JAMES - ref. COR/1/3/193 - date: 22 Oct 1915
[from Scope and Content] John, Private, B Company, 11th Battalion, Gloster Regiment, stationed at South Camp, Seaford, 29; natural causes

FILE - PHILLIPS - ref. COR/1/3/206 - date: 11 Nov 1915
[from Scope and Content] Nathaniel of The Smith, Goodwood, Tobago, Private, British West Indies Regiment, stationed at North Camp, Seaford, 27; natural causes

FILE - BROWNE - ref. COR/1/3/213 - date: 24 Nov 1915
[from Scope and Content] James Lawrence of St Vincent, Corporal, British West Indies Regiment, stationed at North Camp, Seaford, (age unknown); sudden death by striking his head against a tree at the side of the road near Exceat Farm, East Dean, after losing control of the bicycle he was riding down Exceat Hill in the dark; accidental death

FILE - CURRAH - ref. COR/1/3/288 - date: 3 Apr 1916
[from Scope and Content] Fred, private in the 10th (Reserve) Battalion Border Regiment, South Camp, Seaford, 23; recommended for discharge as mentally deficient, found with his throat cut; suicide during temporary insanity

FILE - BRITTON - ref. COR/1/3/326 - date: 9 Jun 1916
[from Scope and Content] Arthur James, soldier, 15th Battalion King's Royal Rifles, Seaford, 34 Nelson Street, East Ham, Essex, 21; accidentally killed by exploding of hand-grenade during bombing practice in the trenches at Hobbs Hawth, Alfriston

FILE - BOWLBY - ref. COR/1/3/404 - date: 14 Nov 1916
[from Scope and Content] George Herbert, Captain, Deputy Assistant Director of Medical Supplies, Canadian Forces, London Area at Seaford, 52; seen to fall off Seaford Head, had felt severe head pains for previous fortnight; accidental death

FILE - BANKS - ref. COR/1/3/509 - date: 26 May 1917
[from Scope and Content] John Charles, Pte 180812 1st Canadian Rescue Btn, South Camp, Seaford, 18; cerebral haemorrhage from brain tumour; natural causes

FILE - GUPPY - ref. COR/1/3/548 - date: 11 Aug 1917
[from Scope and Content] Robert William, invalided seaman gunner RN, 6 Croft Terrace, Seaford, 34; suicide by hanging

NO CWGC RECORD

FILE - DICKSON - ref. COR/1/3/572 - date: 25 Sep 1917
[from Scope and Content] James John, pte 447060, P[rincess] P[atricia's] C[anadian] L[ight] I[nfantry] 7th Reserve Btn, South Camp, Seaford, 38; found dead in bed, rupture of aneurism of aorta; natural causes

FILE - HODDELL - ref. COR/1/3/576 - date: 1 Oct 1917
[from Scope and Content] William, former painter, Victoria BC, sergeant 77210, British Columbian Regt, 3rd Canadian Command Depot, Seaford, 39; cerebral haemorrhage from rupture of meningeal artery in fall down steps; accidental death

FILE - DRANSFIELD - ref. COR/1/3/646 - date: 18 Feb 1918
[from Scope and Content] Ernest, Sapper 502561, Canadian Engineers, North Camp, Seaford, former plumber, Calgary, Alberta, NW Canada, 33; haemorrhage from cut throat while imprisoned for absence; suicide

FILE - MORRIS - ref. COR/1/3/661 - date: 15 Mar 1918
[from Scope and Content] Norman Roger, L-Corp 2204424, 1st Reserve Btn, Canadian Army, 39 Hut, South Camp, Seaford, from Lochater, Autigruish, Nova Scotia, 25; myocarditis and dilation of heart, cause not ascertained; natural causes


FILE - SCANES - ref. COR/1/3/695 - date: 8 May 1918
[from Scope and Content] John, former carpenter, Lance-Corporal, 6th Canadian Reserve Btn, Seaford, 42; thrown out of side-car and fractured skull; accidental death

More under SEAFORD

FILE - BUIST - ref. COR/1/3/728 - date: 16 Jul 1918
[from Scope and Content] Kenneth Watson, former clerk, Sapper, 1st Canadian Engineers Reserve Btn, Seaford Camp, from 17 Howland Avenue, Toronto, Canada, 24; concussed brain when thrown from motor-cycle near Golden Cross, Chiddingly; accidental death

FILE - TIPPER - ref. COR/1/3/732 - date: 22 Jul 1918
[from Scope and Content] George Henry, Sgt 406414, 18th Reserve Btn, Canadian HQ, Seaford Camp, shock and septic absorption from injuries in premature explosion of bomb he was demonstrating; accidental death

FILE - BERRY - ref. COR/1/3/737 - date: 29 Jul 1918
[from Scope and Content] Jack, former lumberman, Sapper 2503939, Canadian Engineers, Segregation Camp near North Camp, Seaford, enlisted at Detuth, Minnesota, USA, 32; burns and other severe injuries when struck by lightning

FILE - TOWLER - ref. COR/1/3/752 - date: 6 Sep 1918
[from Scope and Content] Cyril John, 2nd Lt RAF, 41 Training Depot Station, St Albans, from St Mildreds, Seaford, 22; aeroplane crashed when stagger-wire broke; accidental death

FILE - MALPASS - ref. COR/1/3/793 - date: 9 Nov 1918
[from Scope and Content] Edwin, Canadian Engineer, North Camp, Seaford, 36; syncope; natural causes

FILE - LENIHEN - ref. COR/1/3/800 - date: 18 Nov 1918
[from Scope and Content] John Harold Thomas, North Camp, Seaford, 23; aeroplane crash; accidental death

FILE - STANLEY - ref. COR/1/3/813 - date: 30 Dec 1918
[from Scope and Content] Ray Harry, Machine Gun Depot, South Camp, Seaford; run over by lorry; accidental death

FILE - TEDESCHI - ref. COR/1/3/870 - date: 17 Apr 1919
[from Scope and Content] Leo Bernard, Private, Canadian Depot, Seaford, 40; found dead on railway line near Bishopstone station; suicide

Under Newhaven

FILE - WATSON - ref. COR/1/4/228 - date: 8 Apr 1918
[from Scope and Content] David Robertson, leading seaman, picked up in sea off Newhaven, parents address 2 Allanton Terrace, Ferniegair, Lanark, 22

FILE - JAY - ref. COR/3/2/1915/166 - date: 20 Aug 1915
[from Scope and Content] Herbert Charles, private in the 3rd Royal Sussex Regiment, Newhaven; 18; at St Mark's School Branch of the 2nd Eastern Hospital; exhaustion following general paralysis caused by a fall at Newhaven on 28 May(The War Office made inquiries about this death in 1917)

and still they come, I'm writting up the 2nd bn roysl Sussex so not got time to look at the moment but enjoying the reading of what you boys have found.

mandy

Under LEWES

FILE - HARDS - ref. COR/1/3/104 - date: 15 Apr 1915
[from Scope and Content] John Frederick Stanley of East Sheen, Surrey, Lance- Corporal, 2nd/25th County of London Regiment (Cyclist Battalion), 36; head injuries after fall from motor cycle near Lewes Prison; accidental death

FILE - SMITH - ref. COR/1/3/147 - date: 26 Jun 1915
[from Scope and Content] James, Bombadier in D battery, 100th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, 30; septicemia after falling from his horse on the Lewes Downs while on duty in the 2nd Eastern General Hospital, Brighton; accidental death

FILE - FORD - ref. COR/1/3/238 - date: 8 Jan 1916
[from Scope and Content] Charles Walter, Corporal in the National Reserve, 32 Morris Road, Lewes, 49; heart failure; natural causes

NO CWGC OR SDGW ENTRY

FILE - ARCHER - ref. COR/1/3/294 - date: 6 Apr 1916
[from Scope and Content] Frederick John, National Reservist Royal Sussex Regiment stationed at Glynde, 7 Paddock Road, Lewes, 52; killed by a train near Southerham Bridge; accidental death

FILE - HOLLIS - ref. COR/1/3/343 - date: 25 Jul 1916
[from Scope and Content] Walter Henry, Lieutenant, No 8 Protection Company, Lewes, Royal Defence Corps, 41; killed by train while patrolling between Lewes and Southerham, misadventure

FILE - SHARMAN - ref. COR/1/3/388 - date: 13 Oct 1916
[from Scope and Content] Harry, Private, Royal Defence Corps, Grimsbury, Banbury, Oxfordshire, 41; found drowned in river Ouse between Lewes and Hamsey; suicide induced by postponing of leave and forthcoming transfer

FILE - WING - ref. COR/3/2/1914/105 - date: 11 Aug 1914
[from Scope and Content] Reginald Tacy William Ingram, sergeant, 47th Battalion, Royal Field Artillery; 31; at the Royal Sussex County Hospital; fracture of the skull and laceration of the brain caused by his having been kicked by a horse in a field adjoining the Barracks in Lewes Road; misadventure

FILE - DONALDSON - ref. COR/3/2/1917/155 - date: 30 Oct 1917
[from Scope and Content] William, private, 13th Reserve Canadian Regiment stationed at Shoreham; 22; at 16 Lewes Crescent; died from the effects of a certain poisonous substance the origin and nature of which cannot be ascertained; misadventure. (Bundle includes the Registrar General's 'Suggestions to Medical Practitioners Respecting Certificates of Causes of Death' of October 1911)

Under EAST DEAN

FILE - BROWNE - ref. COR/1/3/213 - date: 24 Nov 1915
[from Scope and Content] James Lawrence of St Vincent, Corporal, British West Indies Regiment, stationed at North Camp, Seaford, (age unknown); sudden death by striking his head against a tree at the side of the road near Exceat Farm, East Dean, after losing control of the bicycle he was riding down Exceat Hill in the dark; accidental death

FILE - TSHABANA - ref. COR/1/3/555 - date: 25 Aug 1917
[from Scope and Content] Willie Willie, Pte 9555, C Company, 5th Btn South African Native Labour Corps; washed ashore at Birling Gap, East Dean, no evidence of cause, missing from transport Mehdi in Feb

drowning (as opposed to 'drowned' above)

RAWLE - ref. COR/1/3/313 - date: 9 May 1916
[from Scope and Content] Lewis St Barbe, captain of the examination steamer Empress, Rodwell, Weymouth, 54; drowning by falling into Newhaven Harbour when going aboard at night; misadventure

KITCHEN - ref. COR/1/3/719 - date: 22 Jun 1918
[from Scope and Content] John Frederick Raymond, Flight Lt RAF, Bishopstone Seaplane Station, from Holmwood, Boars Hill, Oxford, 19; burns and drowning through seaplane he was piloting striking Newhaven breakwater, misadventure (see COR/1/3/720)




FILE - COLE - ref. COR/1/3/720 - date: 22 Jun 1918
[from Scope and Content] George, Flight Lt RAF, Monksdown, Bishopstone, 26; burns and drowning through seaplane he was observer in striking Newhaven breakwater, misadventure; papers with COR/1/3/719

DOUGHTY - ref. COR/3/2/1917/40 - date: 28 Feb 1917
[from Scope and Content] Harry Dyer of 34 Portland Terrace, Southampton, captain in mercantile marine; 58; killed himself by drowning himself in the sea off the east side of the Palace Pier, Brighton, insufficient evidence as state of mind; suicide



Murder

WILD - ref. COR/1/3/558 - date: 29 Aug 1917
[from Scope and Content] Joseph Plant, Pte 75887, 29th Btn Canadian Regt, British Columbia Regimental Depot, Seaford, of Vancouver, 37; shot in back in depot, murder by Stanko Jovan Layovitch

WILSON - ref. COR/1/3/706 - date: 2-29 May 1918
[from Scope and Content] Isaac John, Chief Engineer, SS Ryckett, 37 Everton Valley, Kirkdale, Liverpool, 44; while on board in English Channel, injuries to skull and brain, murder by person or persons unknown [enquiry letter filed with 694]. 2, 18, 29 May 1918

Caryl

Under Brighton


FILE - GRACEY - ref. COR/3/2/1918/63 - date: 7 May 1918
[from Scope and Content] Alexander, gunner, No 1 Battery, 1st Siege Artillery Reserve Brigade, stationed at Shoreham, Sussex (Durham coal miner); at the Royal Sussex County Hospital; haemorrhage in the lungs the result of fracture of the ribs caused by his having been knocked down and run over by a motor omnibus driven by Harold Archibald John Bridger in Western Road, Brighton; accidental death

FILE - DUNMILL - ref. COR/3/2/1918/66 - date: 21 May 1918
[from Scope and Content] Courtney, corporal, 212th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, Preston Barracks, Brighton (home furnisher's traveller); at St Marks Schools Military Hospital; meningitis following fracture of the skull caused by a fall from his horse in Abbey Road on 23 Apr; natural causes

FILE - SHEERWOOD - ref. COR/3/2/1918/103 - date: 23 Aug 1918
[from Scope and Content] John, bombardier in the 211th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, stationed at Preston Barracks, Brighton (Bolton coal miner); 36; at 2 Bear Road, found dead in bed, valvular disease of the heart; natural causes

FILE - WARDEN - ref. COR/3/3/1914/43 - date: 17 Oct 1914
[from Scope and Content] Francis, private, King's Own Scottish Borderers; at the 2nd Eastern General Hospital, Brighton; septic meningitis caused by a bullet wound in the head received whilst fighting at Arras

FILE - McNICOL - ref. COR/3/3/1914/48 - date: 2 Nov 1914
[from Scope and Content] Douglas, private, Sherwood Foresters, stationed at Shoreham Camp; 29; at Stanford Road [branch of the 2nd Eastern General] Hospital, Brighton; collapse due to acute gastro-enteritis

FILE - HAMMOND - ref. COR/3/3/1914/52 - date: 10 Dec 1914
[from Scope and Content] A, private, 2nd York and Lancaster Regiment; in the Stanford Road Branch of the 2nd Eastern General Hospital, Brighton; death resulting from wounds received whilst on active service in France

FILE - CHAMBERLAIN - ref. COR/3/3/1914/53 - date: 10 Dec 1914
[from Scope and Content] Henry, private, 2nd Leicester Regiment; 22; at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton; death resulting from wounds received whilst on active service in France

FILE - SMITH - ref. COR/3/3/1915/11 - date: 9 May 1915
[from Scope and Content] Charles, rifleman in the Rifle Brigade; at No 2 Eastern General Hospital, Brighton; death the result of wounds received whilst on active service in France

FILE - RICHARDSON - ref. COR/3/3/1915/12 - date: 15 May 1915
[from Scope and Content] Arthur, private, 1st York and Lancaster Regiment; at No 2 Eastern General Hospital, Brighton; death the result of wounds received whilst on active service in Flanders

FILE - SMITH - ref. COR/3/3/1915/14 - date: 28 May 1915
[from Scope and Content] Joseph, 3rd Worcestershire Regiment; at No 2 Eastern General Hospital, Brighton; [no cause given]

FILE - FOWLE - ref. COR/3/3/1916/16 - date: Mar 1916
[from Scope and Content] William Meade, captain, RE; 24; at Lady Dudley's Home, 4 Percival Terrace, Brighton; septicaemia and necrosis due to a gunshot wound to the face incurred whilst in action in France on 19 Jul 1915

FILE - TUFFEN - ref. COR/3/3/1916/17 - date: 4 Apr 1916
[from Scope and Content] John, private, C Company, 9th Royal West Surrey Regiment, stationed at Shoreham Camp, Sussex; 37; at St Mark's Schools Military Hospital, Brighton; ruptured kidney

FILE - MacLACHLAN - ref. COR/3/3/1917/4 - date: 4 Mar 1917
[from Scope and Content] D, sergeant, 58th Battalion AIF; at Kitchener's Military Hospital, Brighton; multiple gunshot wounds, amputation of thigh and septic infection

FILE - HEMMING - ref. COR/3/3/1917/5 - date: 22 Feb 1917
[from Scope and Content] Harry, private, 3rd Coldstream Guards; at the Pavilion Hospital, Brighton; gunshot wounds received in action

FILE - CHAPMAN - ref. COR/3/3/1917/11 - date: 2 Apr 1917
[from Scope and Content] Mosely Summerville, sergaent, 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles; at Kitchener Military Hospital, Brighton; septicaemia following gunshot wound in the leg received in action

FILE - MOSS - ref. COR/3/3/1917/16 - date: 12 May 1917
[from Scope and Content] Percy Barrow, corporal, 'Drake' Battalion, Royal Nay Division; 23; at the Kitchener Military Hospital, Brighton; primary septic pneumonia, secondary septic shell wounds (right forearm, right and left thigh) received in action

FILE - HOLLANDS - ref. COR/3/3/1917/21 - date: 29 May 1917
[from Scope and Content] Frederick Harold, private, 8th Battalion AIF; at the Kitchener Military Hospital, Brighton; primary septicaemia, secondary shell wounds, right leg, received in action

SHOULD BE SPELT HOLLONDS

FILE - DAVEY - ref. COR/3/3/1917/24 - date: 25 Jun 1917
[from Scope and Content] Percy Frank, private, 6th King's Own Scottish Borderers; 39; at York Place Division of Pavilion General Hospital, Brighton; primary gunshot wounds, right leg, secondary septicaemia

FILE - CAINE - ref. COR/3/3/1917/25 - date: 27 Jun 1917
[from Scope and Content] Harold Mervyn, private, 11th Battalion AIF; at the Kitchener Military Hospital, Brighton; primary cerebro abscess, meningitis, secondary gunshot wound to the brain received in action


FILE - OVERTON - ref. COR/3/3/1917/26 - date: 28 Jun 1917
[from Scope and Content] William Arthur of 124 Osborne Road, Preston, Brighton, late private, 4th Battalion Coldstream Guards, invalided out of service, former baker; 20; syncope due to epilepsy following a gunshot wound to the head received in action in France

NO CWGC RECORD - MIC EXISTS


FILE - PERRY - ref. COR/3/3/1917/28 - date: 6 Jul 1917
[from Scope and Content] George Thomas, private, 7th Battalion KORL; at the Kitchener Military Hospital, Brighton; primary myelomaticia of upper cervical segments of spinal cord, secondary gunshot wounds to the spine received in action

FILE - MacLEOD - ref. COR/3/3/1917/29 - date: 7 Jul 1917
[from Scope and Content] Murdoch Nicholson, private 31725; at the Kitchener Military Hospital, Brighton; primary septicaemia, secondary gunshot wounds to the abdomen received in action

FILE - RICHARDSON - ref. COR/3/3/1917/30 - date: 11 Jul 1917
[from Scope and Content] Harry, lance corporal, 19th Welsh Pioneers; at the Kitchener Military Hospital, Brighton; primary hernia cerebri, left herniplegia infection, secondary gunshot wound to the head received in action

FILE - YARDLEY - ref. COR/3/3/1917/31 - date: 20 Jul 1917
[from Scope and Content] Eric Barnes, lieutenant, 10th King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry; at the Kitchener Military Hospital, Brighton; gunshot wounds in the back, nephritis, endocarditis, dilatation of the stomach

FILE - GASH - ref. COR/3/3/1917/35 - date: 9 Aug 1917
[from Scope and Content] Frederick of Norwell, Newark, farm labourer, private, 8th Durham Light Infantry Labour Company; at the Kitchener Military Hospital, Brighton; cancer

FILE - MIRFIN - ref. COR/3/3/1917/38 - date: 17 Aug 1917
[from Scope and Content] J C, second lieutenant, 6th York and Lancaster Regiment; at the Red Cross Hospital for Officers, 7 Chichester Terrace, Brighton; death the result of wounds received in action in France

FILE - JOHNSON - ref. COR/3/3/1917/41 - date: 28 Aug 1917
[from Scope and Content] William Dixon, rifleman, 12th City of London Rifles (Post Office Rifles); at the Kitchener Military Hospital, Brighton; haemorrhage due to gunshot wounds to the face

FILE - BUTLER - ref. COR/3/3/1917/44 - date: 12 Sep 1917
[from Scope and Content] Henry W, private, 7th Northants Regiment; at the Kitchener Military Hospital, Brighton; cerebral abscess following a gunshot wound to the head with compound fracture

FILE - FORBES - ref. COR/3/3/1917/46 - date: 18 Sep 1917
[from Scope and Content] James, sapper, 8th Advanced Park, Royal Engineers; at the Kitchener Military Hospital, Brighton; bronchial asthma

FILE - MADGE - ref. COR/3/3/1917/50 - date: 8 Oct 1917
[from Scope and Content] Fred, private, 1st Grenadier Guards; at No 10 Canadian General Hospital, Kitchener Military Hospital, Brighton; gunshot wound right leg, amputation thigh, septic arthritis right hip, shock following excision hip joint

FILE - WILSON - ref. COR/3/3/1917/54 - date: 1917
[from Scope and Content] Charles, private, 11th Northumberland Fusiliers; at No 10 Canadian General Hospital, Kitchener Military Hospital, Brighton; pneumonia following gunshot wounds to the back and spine;

FILE - FREEBURGH - ref. COR/3/3/1917/55 - date: 19 Oct 1917
[from Scope and Content] S V, private, 2nd Battalion, the Essex Regiment; at No 10 Canadian General Hospital, Kitchener Military Hospital, Brighton; speticaemia following shell wound to the buttock, penetrating rectum

FILE - SCOTT - ref. COR/3/3/1917/57 - date: 28 Oct 1917
[from Scope and Content] W George, gunner, RGA 328 Siege Battery; at the Kitchener Military Hospital, Brighton; pneumonia following shell wounds to right arm, shoulder and side

FILE - COLWELL - ref. COR/3/3/1917/68 - date: 28 Nov 1917
[from Scope and Content] George E F, private, 11th Sussex, A Company; at the Kitchener Military Hospital, Brighton; pneumonia due to being gassed (burns, mustard)

FILE - SCOTT - ref. COR/3/3/1917/70 - date: 6 Dec 1917
[from Scope and Content] Edward Cyril, private, 7th Royal West Kents, 'B' Company; at the Kitchener Military Hospital, Brighton; haemorrhage due to a shell wound in the lumbar region

FILE - MOWAT - ref. COR/3/3/1917/32 - date: 25 Jul 1917
[from Scope and Content] William, private, 7th Gordons; at the Kitchener Military Hospital, Brighton; cardiac dyspnoea due to acute pulmonary phthisis

FILE - BALDOCK - ref. COR/3/3/1917/33 - date: 1 Aug 1917
[from Scope and Content] Clifford, private, 8th Royal West Kents; at the Kitchener Military Hospital, Brighton; gunshot wounds to the spine, cystitis

Under ROTTINGDEAN

FILE - BISHOP - ref. COR/1/3/210 - date: 16 Nov 1915
[from Scope and Content] Herbert Sidney, Petty Officer First Class, Royal Navy, 40; found dead on the beach at Rottingdean, killed by the steam trawler Erin striking a mine and sinking off the Isle of Wight on the 19 Oct, no evidence of how the mine came to be where it was

FILE - TURTON - ref. COR/1/3/259 - date: 7 Feb 1916
[from Scope and Content] Cecil William, Lieutenant 6th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, 23; fractured skull after crash on a motor bike on the Brighton Road near Roedean, Rottingdean; no real evidence to suggest how the accident occurred, possibly hit by a lorry; accidental death

FILE - FOWLER - ref. COR/1/3/469 - date: 19 Mar 1917
[from Scope and Content] David Dennys, 2nd Lieut, 78 H D Squadron, RFC stationed at Telscombe Aerodrome, from Dyxcroft, Rottingdean, 19; burns and other injuries in night flight crash; accidental death

FILE - UNKNOWN - ref. COR/1/3/512 - date: 5 Jun 1917
[from Scope and Content] crewman of SS Tycho, found dead on beach at Rottingdean after being torpedoed by submarine [most papers with 513]

FILE - SHORT - ref. COR/1/3/513 - date: 5 Jun 1917
[from Scope and Content] James, 1st Class Engineer, SS Tycho, 13 King's Bench Street, Hull, 58; found dead on beach at Rottingdean after being torpedoed by submarine

Under HAILSHAM

FILE - BARNETT - ref. COR/1/3/755 - date: 7 Sep 1918
[from Scope and Content] William Rose, 2nd Lt RAF, Eastbourne Aerodrome, from 2 Long Row, Ditherington, Shrewsbury, 27; crashed aeroplane when control lost during manoeuvre over Hailsham, no evidence of cause; accidental death

Chris,
have you got the map out of my area?

Keep going lad!

Mandy

Under UCKFIELD

FILE - STEPHENS - ref. COR/1/3/129 - date: 24 May 1915
[from Scope and Content] John of Woolwich, driver, Army Service Corps, 1st London Division, 48; haemorrhage of the brain after falling on the road when marching with a convoy from Uckfield to Buxted; accidental death

FILE - WILKINSON - ref. COR/1/3/293 - date: 5 Apr 1916
[from Scope and Content] Frank, private soldier 13th Reserve Cavalry Regiment, Maresfield Camp, Uckfield, 26; fractured skull in fall from horse on a routine ride towards Piltdown Common; accidental death

Mandy

I know the area pretty well having been on holiday there several times

Chris

I recognise many of the casualties so far listed.

If anyone wants photos of the graves of those buried in Sussex just give me a shout.

Under CROWBOROUGH

FILE - BRADWELL - ref. COR/1/3/148 - date: 29 Jun 1915
[from Scope and Content] Herbert, Private in 2/8th Manchester Regiment, stationed at Crowborough Camp, 20; suicide by shooting with a revolver during temporary insanity

FILE - MOSER - ref. COR/1/3/345 - date: 25 Jul 1916
[from Scope and Content] Harold Wynn, 2nd Lieutenant, 3/6 East Surrey Regiment at Crowborough Camp, 43, killed in collision between his motor-cycle and a car near the camp; death from clot of blood or fat in lungs; accidental death

FILE - KING - ref. COR/1/3/348 - date: 2 Aug 1916
[from Scope and Content] Ernest John, Private no. 1840, 3rd Reserve Btn, The Buffs East Kent Regt, Crowborough Camp, 17; drowned bathing in the New Mill Pond; accidental death

FILE - SMITH - ref. COR/1/3/451 - date: 5 Feb 1917
[from Scope and Content] Lee, former shipper, Pte 174389, Canadian Machine Gun Depot, Crowborough Camp, home 27 First Avenue, Barton Street, East Hamilton, Ontario, 41; hit by motor-cycle while walking, fractured base of skull; accidental death

FILE - WATSON - ref. COR/1/3/519 - date: 14 Jun 1917
[from Scope and Content] Robert Leonard, sapper, Canadian Engineer Training Depot, St Johns Common, Crowborough, from 776 Steele Street, Toronto, 18; drowned; accidental death

FILE - HOPKINS - ref. COR/1/3/624 - date: 9 Jan 1918
[from Scope and Content] Albert, sergeant 201128 bombing instructor, A Company, 4th Reserve Btn Buffs Regt, No 1 Lines, Crowborough Camp, former bargeman, 22 Lower Munston, Sittingbourne, Kent, 48; killed by premature hand-grenade explosion during practice, misadventure

FILE - TURLEY - ref. COR/1/3/644 - date: 11 Feb 1918
[from Scope and Content] Cecil Gerald, Pte 36754 D Company, 4th Reserve Btn, Norfolk Regt, No 9 Lines, Crowborough Camp, of Lower Farm, Speldhurst, Kent, 18; found dead beside bed, acute suppurative meningitis; natural causes

FILE - TRAVILL - ref. COR/1/3/693 - date: 6 May 1918
[from Scope and Content] Francis, Private 200012, 4th Reserve Btn, Northamptonshire Regt, Crowborough Camp, of 54 Abbey Road, St James End, Northampton, 43; haemorrhage from ruptured aortic aneurysm; natural causes

FILE - BUNN - ref. COR/1/3/717 - date: 14, 20 Jun 1918
[from Scope and Content] Ernest Walton, 2nd Lt, 4th Suffolk Regt, Crowborough Camp, from 6 Hospital Road, Bury St Edmunds, 20; brain compressed by haemorrhage when dummy bomb exploded during throwing training; accidental death

Terry

It appears that this chap is not on CWGC - any advice

FILE - OVERTON - ref. COR/3/3/1917/26 - date: 28 Jun 1917
[from Scope and Content] William Arthur of 124 Osborne Road, Preston, Brighton, late private, 4th Battalion Coldstream Guards, invalided out of service, former baker; 20; syncope due to epilepsy following a gunshot wound to the head received in action in France

Chris

As he had been discharged, he would only qualify if it could be proven that his death before the cut-off date was due to his service.

Perhaps the authorities did not believe this or they were never informed.

You could try to make out a case using the coronor's report and his death certificate.

I'll give it a go Terry

Chris

If you want any help, email me.

Under HOVE

FILE - McKINLEY - ref. COR/1/4/293 - date: 8 Feb 1919
[from Scope and Content] Samuel Brown, captain 12th Royal Scots Regt, 38 Adelaide Crescent, Hove, 25

FILE - ROBERTS - ref. COR/1/3/46 - date: 28 Jan 1915
[from Scope and Content] Charles Benjamin, Driver with D Company, A Battery, 106th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, stationed at Hove, 35; accidental death after falling from his horse during riding drill

FILE - BURCHELL - ref. COR/1/3/402 - date: 13 Nov 1916
[from Scope and Content] George, discharged wounded soldier, former butcher, lately transport worker, 45 Wordsworth Street, Hove, 22; epileptic fit resulting from severe war injuries to brain

FILE - CRAPP - ref. COR/1/3/507 - date: 24 May 1917
[from Scope and Content] Cyril Frederick, 2nd Lieut, 78 Squadron RFC at Telscombe, from Brightside, Nandy Road, Great Malvern, 22; collided with another aeroplane in flight over Hove; accidental death (see COR/1/3/508)

FILE - VINCE - ref. COR/1/3/508 - date: 24 May 1917
[from Scope and Content] William John Douglas, 2nd Lieut, 78 Squadron RFC at Telscombe, from 17 Clarendon Road, Norwich, 22; collided with another aeroplane in flight over Hove; accidental [most papers with 507]

FILE - QUANTICK - ref. COR/1/3/689 - date: 29 Apr 1918
[from Scope and Content] Oscar Vernon Winter, Private M2/226701 MT Army Service Corps, former motor-cab proprietor, 2 Devonshire Villas, Pennycumquick, Plymouth, 37; crushed between his lorry and a steam waggon in goods yard in Sackville Road, Hove; misadventure

FILE - RICH - ref. COR/1/3/770 - date: 8 Oct 1918
[from Scope and Content] Sapper Herbert William, Royal Marine Engineer, 117 St Leonards Road, Hove, stationed at Southwick, 26; accidental death due to being crushed by waggons he was coupling

FILE - COLLINGWOOD - ref. COR/1/3/857 - date: 15 Mar 1919
[from Scope and Content] Francis, gunner in the Royal Garrison Artillery, 8 Rock Mount South, Old Swan, Liverpool, 36; run over by train at Aldrington, Hove; suicide

FILE - BROWN - ref. COR/1/3/1000 - date: 6 Jan 1920
[from Scope and Content] George, 34 Elder Street, Brighton, 42; heart failure due to dilated heart and bronchial lung conditions result of shell gas poisoning at Paschendael in France in March 1918; died at Goldstone Football Ground, Hove; war injuries

Under BISHOPSTONE

FILE - WENMAN - ref. COR/1/3/341 - date: 22 Jul 1916
[from Scope and Content] Ernest, private in the Army Ordnance Corps, Newhaven, 141 Thorold Road, Chatham, 29; drowned while sea-bathing off Bishopstone; accidental death

FILE - OOMER - ref. COR/1/4/229 - date: 13 Apr 1918
[from Scope and Content] Carramdad, 32, and ABBAS, Nawas, about 32, deceased both greasers on SS Nyanza, torpedoed off Brighton Light Vessel and beached off Bishopstone, bodies too decomposed to identify

FILE - MOLLISON - ref. COR/1/4/232 - date: 15 Apr 1918
[from Scope and Content] Gilbert Alexander, 4th engineer, Fallside, Drumlithe, Kincardine, 30, body recovered from SS Nyanza off Bishopstone

FILE - GREENWELL - ref. COR/1/4/254 - date: 17 Jul 1918
[from Scope and Content] John Edward, RAF seaplane station, Bishopstone, home address Veregrew, Vere Hill Villas, West Stanley, Durham, 23

Under PIDDINGHOE

FILE - SEAR - ref. COR/1/3/484 - date: 10 Apr 1917
[from Scope and Content] William, former milkman, Pte 36345 12th Bedfordshire Regiment Transport Btn, Newhaven, from Orchard End, Northchurch, Great Berkhampstead, 39; suicide by hanging at Piddinghoe