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 […]
Over the 2015 August Bank Holiday weekend the Sussex Yeomanry Mounted Skill-at-Arms Group (along with a number of other groups) was invited to join the Royal Army Logistic Corps’ Horses in War display at the Edenbridge & Oxted Show. The display comprised a number of elements, one of which was a ‘parade’ of WW1 horse-drawn […]
During the First World War, the execution of the British nurse Edith Cavell by Germany proved to be one of the most controversial moments of the conflict. Born in 1865 near Norwich, Edith Cavell was the eldest of four children. Her father was a reverend and a vicar and the importance of charity played a key […]
‘Then and Now’ images Kieron Pelling has created a series of images especially for the East Sussex World War 1 website which overlay original photos taken during the period 1914 to 1919 with contemporary photos taken in the same place. The latest in this wonderful series, called ‘Then and Now’, can be seen in the […]
Participation in the 3rd International Open German Cavalry Championships at Boxberg, Gotha, East Germany 29th -31st May 2015 Early in the morning of Tuesday 26th May 2015 a convoy of three horse boxes boarded the ferry at Dover – bound for Calais. On these boxes was a team of four riders, four horses and ground […]
The Great War at Sea Poetry Project was established by Hove based researcher Michael Bully, and now has fellow researchers in the USA, Scotland and Australia. http://greatwaratseapoetry.weebly.com/ http://greatwaratsea.blogspot.co.uk/ The Great War at Sea Poetry aims to encourage research into the sea as a setting for war poetry of this era written by combatants and non-combatants […]
‘Then and Now’ images Kieron Pelling has created a series of images especially for the East Sussex World War 1 website which overlay original photos taken during the period 1914 to 1919 with contemporary photos taken in the same place. The latest in this wonderful series, called ‘Then and Now’, can be seen in the […]
East and West Sussex County Councils, along with Brighton and Hove City Council, have created a ‘Great War 1914-1918 Fiction Booklist’. The booklist includes a variety of books which are all accessible in local libraries. The list also specifies books which are available in audiobook format, large print format and which fiction is recommended for reading […]
A Unique local Exhibition at the Horam Centre Like many people, I only have a rudimentary knowledge of the political events leading up to the outbreak of ‘The War to end all Wars’ and the horrors of the actual events, for the men involved in the fighting, and their families back home. This small and […]
My wife, Kate, has an uncle from Guernsey who died during WW1. She had thought that he had died of flu and was buried ‘somewhere in France’. We decided to do some research and found that he had, in fact, been wounded, taken back to hospital in London but died ten days later. We also […]
