A 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
AN archive centre which holds a treasure trove of artefacts from East Sussex history is throwing its doors open to the public.
The Keep, in Moulsecoomb, is holding an Open Day on Saturday, September 15 2018 from 10am to 3.30pm, as part of the Brighton & Hove Heritage Open Days weekend. Continue reading
THE bravery of a First World War solider has been marked with a permanent memorial a century after he was wounded in battle.
Claude Nunney died shortly after he was injured during an attack on a heavily fortified German defensive trench system, known as the Drocourt-Quéant Line, at Dury on September 1 and 2, 1918. Continue reading
A ‘FEARLESS’ soldier who bravely charged through a barrage of gunfire during a First World War battle will be commemorated with a permanent memorial.
Hastings-born Claude Nunney was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross – the highest decoration for valour from the British Army, for his actions in battle on September 1 and 2, 1918. Continue reading
