The first ever English Heritage approved Blue Plaques in Seaford town were unveiled on Tuesday 10 November.
They commemorate the centenary of the formation of the British West Indies Regiment in 1915 by the War Office and King George 5th. A Blue Plaque was placed in Seaford Cemetery, Alfriston Road to remember the 19 Caribbean soldiers who are buried there.
The unveiling ceremony was followed by the annual 2 minute silence at 11 o’clock by the West Indian Association of Service Personnel. Guests then moved on to unveil a second plaque at Seaford railway station.
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- The plaque unveiling
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- The African and Caribbean Memorial Project who were involved in the ceremony
The Seaford Blue Plaque initiative was organised by the Nubian Jak Community Trust and the African and Caribbean Memorial Project in partnership with Seaford Museum and Heritage Society, Lewes Council, Sussex Community Rail Partnership, Seaford Town Council, East Susex Council, and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Living Memory Pilot Project.
