Men from Hastings and St. Leonards who fought in and survived the war received honourary scrolls upon their return. I would like to share with everyone what little I know about my Granddad Albert Gordon Wilkinson and his brothers’ incredible contribution to their country during the First World War. Albert was born on the 23rd […]

When war was declared in 1914, Britain found itself short of soldiers. Men would have to be found and motivated all across the country, and East Sussex was no different. This is the story of how Claude Lowther recruited hundreds of men and sent them off to war. Many would not return home. The sight of […]

With the war intensifying, desperate attempts were made to grasp victory. British soldiers were sent across the seas in search of a breakthrough, and East Sussex men were amongst them. As it became apparent in early 1915 that the Western Front had descended into trenches and stalemate. Allied leaders began to look further afield for locations where […]

The battlefields of the First World War are filled with tragedies and lost lives. This is the story of the worst moment in Sussex’s military history and the day its men died. The sound of artillery at the outbreak of the Battle of the Somme could be clearly heard on the Sussex coast. The noise of the […]