Cromer Servicemen and Servicewomen in the First World War

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Name	Bertie Hastings
Ward	Cromer
Armed Force	Territorial Army
Notes	He was a drummer with the 1/5th Norfolk Regiment, reported wounded and missing at the second battle of Gaza, 19th April 1917. The 1911 census gives him as aged 20, and single, a clerk, the son of Herbert and Mary Anne Hastings of 14, Meadow Cottages, West Street, Cromer. The Second Battle of Gaza involved both the 4th and 5th Norfolks as part of the 54th (East Anglian) Division, with a high level of casualties.
Service Information	Private 240043. 1/5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action in Palestine on 19th April 1917. He was born and enlisted Cromer and is commemorated on the Jerusalem Memorial, Panels 12 to 15.
Date of Birth	1891
Date of Death	19/04/1917
Source	Cromer Post 15th Jan 1915, service records, War Roll Cromer
	Bertie Hastings, in the photograph in the War Roll