Publications
Frontline Sussex: the defence lines of West Sussex, 1939-1945, by Martin Mace, published 1996 (booklet, Historic Military Press) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13320] & West Sussex Libraries
Sussex Wartime Relics and Memorials, Wrecks, Relics & Memorials From Sussex at War 1939-1945, by Martin F. Mace, published 1 December 1997 (198 pp., Historic Military Press, ISBN-10: 1901313018 & ISBN-13: 9781901313017) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13730] & The Keep [LIB/502113] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Chanctonbury Crashes, the Story of Five German Aircraft That Never Returned from the Battle of Britain,, by Martin F. Mace, published June 1998 (32 pp., Historic Military Press, ISBN-10: 1901313026 & ISBN-13: 9781901313024) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
Sussex Defenses in the Second World War, by Kim Leslie and Martin Mace, published 1 January 1999 in An Historical Atlas of Sussex (pp.118-119, Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd, ISBN-10: 1860771122 & ISBN-13: 9781860771125) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14026][Lib 18777] & The Keep [LIB/501686][LIB/508903] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
They Also Served: The Story of Sussex Lifeboats at War 1939-1945, by Martin F. Mace, published 2001 (72 pp., Historic Military Press, ISBN-10: 1901313034 & ISBN-13: 9781901313031) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Battle Ground Sussex: A Military History of Sussex from the Iron Age to the present day, by John Grehan and Martin Mace, with a foreward by Dame Vera Lynn, O.B.E., D.B.E., published 14 February 2012 (222 pp., Pen and Sword Books, ISBN-10: 1848846614 & ISBN-13: 9781848846616) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:From its south-eastern tip Sussex is little more than sixty miles from continental Europe and the county's coastline, some seventy-six miles long, occupies a large part of Britain's southern frontier. Before the days of Macadam and the Turnpike, water travel could prove more certain than land transportation and the seas that define the borders of our nation aided, rather than deterred, the invader. Though the last successful invasion of Britain took place almost 1,000 years ago, the gently shelving beaches of Sussex have tempted the prospective invader with the promise of both an easy disembarkation and a short and direct route to London - the last time being just seven decades ago. As the authors demonstrate, the repeated threat of invasion from the Continent has shaped the very landscape of the county. The rounded tops of the Iron Age hill forts, the sheer walls of the medieval castles, the squat stumps of Martello towers, the moulded Vaubanesque contours of the Palmerstone redoubts and the crouched concrete blocks and bricks of the Second World War pillboxes constitute the visible evidence of Sussex's position on Britain's front line.
The Battle of Hastings 1066: The Uncomfortable Truth - revealing the true location of England's most famous battle, by John Grehan and Martin Mace, with a foreward by Dame Vera Lynn, O.B.E., D.B.E., published 29 October 2012 (192 pp., Pen and Sword Books, ISBN-10: 1848848277 & ISBN-13: 9781848848276) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:The Battle of Hastings is the most defining event in English history. As such, its every detail has been analysed by scholars and interpreted by historians. Yet one of the most fundamental aspect of the battle - the place upon which it was fought - has never been seriously questioned, until now. Could it really be the case that for almost 1,000 years everyone has been studying the wrong location? In this in-depth study, the authors examine the early sources and the modern interpretations to unravel the compulsive evidence that historians have chosen to ignore because it does not fit the traditional view of where the battle was fought. Most importantly, the authors investigate the terrain of the battlefield and the archaeological data to reveal exactly where history was made.