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the Powers militant
That stood for Heaven in mighty quadrate joined Of union irresistible moved on In silence their bright legions to the sound Of instrumental harmony that breathed Heroic ardour to adventurous deeds Under their godlike leaders in the cause
God and His Messiah
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For or
HAVE been asked to rite a Foreword to this book personally think the book speaks for itsel Representations have been
made from time to time that a record Hove s share in the Great War should be published and the idea having been put before the public meeting of the inhabitants called in April last to consider
the question of a War Memorial the publication became part although a very minor part of the scheme
should like to emphasize the fact that the
Roll of Honour is its keynote That Roll
contains the names Hove men and women who gave their lives for the Empire and whose memo y
m st never be allowed to fade Without their sacri ce and the sacri ce of thousands upon thousands of others not made in vain this book would never have been written for there would have been no history worth recording
The rest of the book besides the List
Distinctions gained contains an account of the town s endeavour to do its share worthily in those dark and trying years I have read through its pages and can testify to the care and trouble Mr Walbrook has taken to enumerate
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FOREWORD various phases of war work carried by the citizens at home faithfully and under the inspiration the highest ideals civic and national patriotism
Several names individuals are down but many more are omitted it may tr thfully be said that probably some of the most self work was done by men and women unknown to their fellows and away from the public eye
All that need be added is just this that no call was made the people Hove during those years that was cheerfully responded and the town can hand on this history to the judgment of its citizens who shall come after feeling that record in the Great War is one which it need be ashamed
A R SA EAN
T
Mayor s Parlour
Town Hall Hove
November st
Mayor
Fro ac to
N the opening days July a great flotilla lay Hove the First Battle Squadron the British Fleet stretching in two majestic lines from a point opposite The Drive to opposite the coastguard station At the head it
were such formidable battleships as
and each name an epitome power and thousands the residents and visitors g thered along the Front to admire them as they lay at rest in the sunshine and after dark to watch their searchlights flinging their beams in all directions or to behold the magical spectacle their illumination by myriads electric lights
England and the world were at peace but pride in
the Navy and the sense of its protecting power are inborn feelings of race and when considerably over a thousand bluejackets were entertained to dinner in the Town Hall the streets through which the men marched were gay with flags and lined with c eering crowds conversation with the Mayor then Alderman E H the Admiral
Sir Lewis Bayly expressed not o ly his grati cation
at the welcome extended to his and men but also his fairly con dent hope paying another such visit to the town in a couple years At
last after three days balls and dinners ashore and afloat the great squadron departed as silently and majestically as it had arrived In little more
FROM EACE TO WAR than a month it had taken up its station in the misty region Scapa Flow the Great War had burst upon the world and the British Fleet had settled down to the sternest and most triumphantly performed task in all its long and glo ious history
Within a week of the declaration war the town had begun organise itself to make the fullest possible contribution to the national strength The rst steps were taken during the Mayoralty
Alderman and when in November
he was succeeded by Alderman A R Sargeant
the work increased as the crisis deepened By the unanimous desire the Town Council Alderman
and Mrs Sargeant lled the mayoral positions during the remaining four years the war and presided over what became year after year a still more united and enthusiastic community In a very remarkable degree the Town Hall was the centre and heart the whole war the town
Hove had the honour making a worthy contribution own sons to the ghting forces of the Empire The lives of thousands more were
saved by the work done the wounded in the local military hospitals and by the War Hospital Supply Depot and its allied organisations A
great deal of munition making went and every patriotic fund the time was handsomely supported It was felt by all that in such a cause and such a crisis patriotism was not only a duty but a privilege and rich and poor displayed an equal generosi y A thousand unessential di erences of
party and class were obliterated and in the solemn
FROM PEACE TO WAR ix religious Obse ances held year a ter year in the Town the Church England and the
Nonconformist Churches participated in perfect harmony Alderman Sargeant said in his
war speeches these years are a testing time democracy The democracy of Hove proved good metal The best hearts are ever the bravest That is as true civilians as soldiers During those years trial the strong hearts Hove as of the ation were in a splendid majority
Side by side with all the war work the ordinary life and admi istration of the town went smoothly The education the children the care of the aged the administration justice the policing of the streets a work in which the Speci l Constables gave valuable assistance and the other civic responsibilities ordinary times were fully maintained with the result that when at last the long strain of the war ended the normal life the town was found to have suf ered
no irreparable dislocation
Thousands of Hove men and women of all classes who worked nobly during those years are not even mentioned by name in this book the simple reason that there is not the space for even splendid a list But their service is known
Theirs too is the consciousness duty done
and done not in vain Of them all the town is
proud and it is to be hoped that their spirit will animate and inspire civic life in the fut re as it animated national life in the past
ontents
Foreword From Peace to War
Roll Honour List of Distinctions The Call to Arms Military Hospitals Munition Making The Dep t
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The Prisoners Com orts Fund The Red Cross Collections for War Funds
The E ergency Committee War Pensions War Finance The Belgian Refugees
The Churches Food and Fuel
Police Work Miscellaneous Activities
Soldiers Sunday homes at the Town Hall Church of England Soldiers and Sailors Hostel Women s War time Club Billeting Hospitality to soldiers Drives for the wounded National Service Part time work on the land Women s Land Army Women in uniform War Distress Committee National Baby week
The Armistice Peace
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Illustrations
Re ding the King Proclamation at the Town
Hall Peace Day July
The Bandage Room Hove War Hospital Supply
- Dep t
- facing p
Packing Room Invalid Comforts Fund for
- Prisoners of War
- facing p
- Invasion Poster
- facing p
The Tank Hova arriving at Hove Pa k facing p The Memorial Wreaths Peace Day Celebrations Procession of ex service
Men passing Town Hall facing p
Peace Celebrations Children s Day at the
- Recreation Ground
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ECCLESIASTICUS
AUSTEN Pte Hubert R Sussex
Regt
ABBEY Lt No l Roland
Grenadier Guards
AUSTIN Pte Bertram R Sussex
Col Spencer
Regt
AND BAR M C Highland Lt
AUSTIN Pte Harry Manchester
ADAMS Pte William Thomas Regt
Corps
Av s Si George Oxford
Pte William Percy and Bucks Lt
Av s Sto Harry Reserve
Middlesex Regt
ALDOUS Ldg Signalman Ernest
George R N H M S
Invincible
Hope
R Sussex
Regt
ALEXANDER Cpl Frederick
Richard R Sussex Regt
ALLEN Pte Somerset
Cambridgeshire Regt
BACK Pte Albert John
R Sussex Regt
Sapper Douglas
Charles
ANDREWS Lt Eric Bernard
R A F
BAINES Sec Frederick
Athelstan Fanshawe
AND EWS Pte George John
Williams R Sussex Regt
ANDREWS
BAKER Pte Archibald John
R Sussex Regt
R Sussex Regt
BAKER Pte Ernest Edward
ANSELL Pte David Irvin
E Surrey Regt
Su olk Regt
BAKER Gunner Francis Edgar
ANSELL Trooper John William
David Hussars
ANSELL GunnerWilliam Henry
BAKER Sec FrederickGerald
W Yorkshire Regt
BANKEoRrthuPmteberFlarnedderFick John
ARMSTRONG DASH Lt Arthur
Lancashire Fusiliers
HONOUR
ROLL OF
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BECK Pte George John Percival
Driver Herbert James
R Sussex Regt
BELL Pte Percy Mackenzie
BANFIELD Cpl Marcus E
R Sussex Regt
R Sussex Regt
BANKS Albert James
R Sussex Regt
London Regt
BENHAM Maj Charles Henry
BANKS Pte Joseph R Sussex
M D
Regt
BENNETT Douglas
Brad ord London Regt
BANKS Pte Reginald BANKS Pte Robert Frank
BENTON Ord Sydney
R Sussex Regt
BARBER Pte Albert Henry
R Sussex Regt
Hugh B Canad M G
BARBER Pte Edward Frederick
Corps
R Sussex Regt
BICKFORD Maj Arthur Louis
C I E Khyber Rifles
BARBER Pte Edward John
R Sussex Regt
B ABER Pte Bernard John
R Sussex Regt
BARKER William
BLACKMAN cl Eng Rm Art
George Henry H M S
Mary
BLANCH Gunner David Henry
BARNATO Capt Jack Henry
Wool R A F
BARNETT Pte FrederickWilliam
James London Regt
BARNETT Sgt George Bernard
BLANN Pte Al red Percy
Aust Force
R Sussex Regt
BATCHELOR Sec Edward
BLOCK Maj Frederick James
London Regt
R Regt
BATEY Pte Jasper Matthews
BOAST Cpl Leonard Horace
Army Cyclist Corps
Cpl Harry John
Pte George Frederick
Chase R Sussex Regt
R Sussex Regt
BAXTER Pte H
E Surrey
Henry Albert
BOND Pte
Regt
BEARN Driver Harry Herbert
BONE Sec Harry Whitten
bury S Regt
HONOUR
ROLL OF
BROOK Pte James William
BOOKER Cpl Henry
R Sussex Regt
BOONE Maj Henry
BROOKS Pte Arthur Neil
Surrey Regt
BOSTOCK Pte Thomas Smith
BROOKS Pte George
Rifle Brigade
R Fusiliers
BOTTING Cpl Frederick
BROOMFIELD Driver Gordon
Charles R Sussex Regt
Cpl John
BROWN Sgt Albert
R Sussex Regt
BROWN Cpl Ernest
BOYCE Pte Al red George
Middlesex Regt
R Sussex Regt
BROWN Sgt Frank Bernard
R A F
BRADEN Sapper John William
BRUNTON Pte Robert R Sussex
BRANDON Wireless Teleg
Regt
Charles Henry Al red
BURCHELL Pte George
R Sussex Regt
Remarko
BURCHELL Pte William Ernest
Canad R Highlanders
BURDEN Pte Al red William
Percy R Sussex Regt
BURDEN Pte George Percy
R Sussex Regt
BREACH Pte Charles Frederick
London Regt
BREACH Pte Ernest London
Regt
BREACH Pte Harold Grenadier
Guards
BURGESS Pte William John
R Sussex Regt
BREWER Pte Guy
BURR Driver alter George
R Fusiliers
BRMIDGMER RPteSusPseexrcyRegWt illiam
Sec NorthLuemonbaerrdland
Fus liers
BUTCHER Gunner Edward John
Able Thomas
Edward Division
Boy Mech Robert
William R A F
BUTLAND cl Torpedoman
Albert Victor
BRIGHT Sec John Leslie
R Sussex Regt
H M S Princess Irene
BUTT Lt Francis Wil red
R A F
BRIGHT Sec Kenneth
Coldwell R Sussex Regt
HONOUR
ROLL OF
CATON Sec Frederic
William
BUTTERWORTH cl Engineer
John Wil red
H M S Vanguard
CAWOOD Capt William
Benjamin Crane
CADDY Hubert Mallett
CHADWELL Cpl Frederick
CHHADeWnrEyLL Signaller Herbert
Frederick R N V R
H M S Vivid
CAIN Sec Alan Victor
Hampshire Regt
CALLOW Pte Albert Edward
R Sussex Regt
CHAMBERLAIN Sec Lt Eric
CALLOW Pte William Cheslyn
Dunstan
Loyal N
R Fusiliers
Lancashire Regt
CAMERON Sec Hector
William Lovett Cameron Highlanders
CHAMBERLAIN Sec Rupert
Maurice Scots Guards
CHAPMAN Flight Lt Charles
CAMPBELL Cpl James
Douglas R Sussex Regt
CHAPMAN Cpl Gordon
Su olk Regt
CHAPMAN Lt Stephen James
CAPELIN Pte Albert Edward
Canad
CARD Able JosNepehlson
Driver Reuben
Batt
CARDEN Pte William Richard
CHEESMAN Lt George Leonard
M A Hampshire Regt
CLARE Pte Henrie Nugent
Middlesex Regt
CARN Pte Thomas Richard
CLARKE Pte Reginald London
CANRRorfLoltk RDeugdt ley Reed
Regt
CLEEVE Brevet Col Frederick
John Stewart
CARSON Sec Richard
Hartley
George
CARTER Cpl Joseph
R Fusiliers
Surrey Regt
CLIFFORD Sub Ernest
Alfred
CARTER Capt William Thomas
Sea orth Highlanders
Howe Batt
Pte Walter
Lt James Bruce North
R Sussex
M C Aust Force
Regt
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DETNYhEoRmas Al red Nathan ECCLES Lt MACrthuRr EJohn
EDWARDS Pte Charles Edwin
DEWAR BROWN Pte Ian Gracie
M M Aust Force
Sea orth Highlanders
DEXTER Pte Charles
EDWARDS Pte Walter Thomas
Middlesex Regt
Cheshire Regt
DICKINSON Lt John Malcolm
ELLIOTT Harry Alderton
R Sussex egt
ELLIOTT Cpl Wil red
Sgt Horace Reginald
M M R Sussex Regt
Pte Gordon W lliam
Doo Pte Reginald Herbert
R Sussex Regt
R Sussex Regt
EM LEN Pte Albert
DOR Trooper Frederick
R Sussex Regt
Lancers
DOSSETT Cpl Halbert Edwin
ETHERINGTON Pte Frederick
R Fusiliers
N Sta ordshire Regt
DOYLE Pte Alexander William
EVANS Sgt Arthur James M M
R Sussex Regt
R Sussex Regt
- DOYLE Pte Herbert James
- EVANS Bomber Cecil Johnson
R Sussex Regt
R Sussex Regt
DRURY Pte Fred R Sussex
Gunner William G H
Regt
George
Sgt Charles Ewen
R Sussex Regt
DUNCAN Sec Kenneth
FAULKNER Pte John Edward
Devonshire Regt
R Sussex Regt
DUNFORD Sgt Horace R
FIELD Col Kenneth
J
Inniskilling Dragoons
Douglas
DUNK Pte Albert Alma
FIFIELD Pte Harry
Ox ord and Bucks Lt
R Sussex Regt
FISH Pte George William
DUNK Pte Arthur Edward
- R Sussex Regt
- R Sussex Regt
FITCH Pte Frederick William
DYER Trooper Charles Robert
- R Sussex Regt
- Sussex Yeomanry
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GANDER Sapper John Henry
FLAVIN Ldg Thomas
Hubert
GAMRDMNER WPetlesh HReagrtry Victor
FLEET Thomas Francis
London Regt
Able
John H M S
Good Hope
FLOWERS Sec Herbert
Kent Regt
GEORGE Pte Arthur James
FLOWERS Sec John Arthur
R Sussex Regt
R Sussex Regt
GEORGE Pte Gordon Stanley
FOOT Pte Samuel Middle ex
Regt
- GEORGE Cpl Percy William
- FORD Pte Albe t William
R Sussex Regt
R Sussex Regt
GIBBS Cpl Al red
FORD John Henry
Hussars
GIBBS Cpl Leslie George
R Fusiliers
R Sussex Regt
FOREMAN Pte George Henry
R Sussex Regt
Cpl James Warwick
FOSTER Cpl LeonardArthur
Gloucestershire Regt
GLADWELL Douglas
FRANKLAND Capt Robert
Colville S Sta ordshire
Regt
Alexander Rifle Brigade
Lt Al red
Reserve Submarine E
FRANKLAND Bri Maj Thomas
Hugh Colville R Dublin Fusiliers
Pte William Edward
FRAPE Cpl Reginald David
GOAD Cpl Claude Louis
R Sussex Regt
Scottish
GOATCHER Pte Michael
FRASER Mate Jack Stewart
Mercantile Marine
Patani
GODDARD Pte Victor James
D Cornwall s Lt
FREEMAN Pte Frederick
W lliam Charles
William
Surrey Regt
CMhianrelsews eeper Erin s Isle
GOLDIE Sec Barré Herbert
FRENCH Edward John FROST Pte Alec H A C