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Website project marking life in WW1 comes to a close

Composite pictures by Kieron Pelling merge scenes of the 1917 Hastings Pier fire with modern viewsA PROJECT memorialising the role East Sussex played during the First World War has come to a close at the end of the centenary.

Since its launch in August 2014, photographs and stories of valour, sacrifice and wartime life have been published on the East Sussex World War One website, attracting more than 188,000 visitors from countries across the world. Continue reading