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The War Memorial for Hastings
The War Memorial for Hastings
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Hasting's main War Memorial is in Alexandra Park, near to the Bethune Way entrance.

The memorial was first designed by Margaret Winser (a pupil of Rodin) in 1922. It consists of a bronze winged figure at the top of a limestone column and bronze panels depicting soldiers in action.

The memorial carries a number of bronze plaques containing the names of those who died in action in both the First World War and Second World War. 743 names are commemorated for those who died in the First World War, and a transcription of these names can be found on the Memorial Transcripts website. 423 names are commemorated for the Second World War.

The names of those who died in the First World War are also displayed on panels at the top of the main staircase in the Town Hall, Queens Road.

Two soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment are commemorated on this memorial.

Private Arthur Aylmer Jenkins. 235438. 8th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 241535 Northumberland Fus. Husband of Edith Ethel Leah (formerly Jenkins), of 6, Cobourg Flats, Cobourg Place, Hastings. Killed 27 October 1918. Aged 36.
Born Hastings, Enlisted Woolwich, Resided Hastings.
Commemorated on the GIAVERA MEMORIAL.
(Shown as "A Jemkins" in the transcript mentioned above)

2nd Lieutenant Edgar Temple. West Yorkshire Regiment, attached to the 12th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of R. Botham Temple and Julia Temple, of 82, Braybrooke Rd., Hastings. Killed 10 September 1917. Aged 24.
Buried HARGICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY.
(from the 12th Battalion War Diary Lieutenant Temple was killed on 8 September 1917. There were 9 casualties that day, and 2 other soldiers of the Yorkshire Regiment are buried in the same cemetery, - also "killed 10 September 1917".
Lieutenant Temple had served with the Yorkshire Regiment from May 1916, when it first arrived in France. Ref. GH Gazette database.)

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