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A Short History in English, Gurmukhi & Urdu of the Royal Pavilion, Brighton, and a Description of it as a hospital for Indian soldiers, edited by Henry David Roberts, published 1915 (120 pp., Brighton: Director of the Public Library, Brighton) accessible at: British Library

The Cinque Ports Gazette. An Active Service Magazine for All Ranks of the 5th Royal Sussex Regiment, published 1916 accessible at: W.S.R.O. [RSR/MSS/5/87] & British Library

What Sussex has done for the war, published October 1917 in Roussillon Gazette (vol. 8, no. 2, article, pp.51-53)

Reprinted from "Country Life." Concerns the activities of the Royal Sussex Regiment.

Brighton College War Record, 1914-1919. [With illustrations], published 1920 (Brighton) accessible at: British Library

A "Royal Sussex Hero" : memorials of Lieutenant Anson Lloyd Silvester (1888-1914) with extracts from his journals and letters, edited by James Silvester, published 1920 (vii + 137 pp., London: C. J. Thynee) accessible at: British Library

Hove and the Great War: a record and a review together with the Roll of Honour and List of Distinctions, by H. M. Walbrook, published 1920 (Hove: The Clifton Press)   View Online

Soldiers Died in the Great War Part 40: The Royal Sussex Regiment, published 1921 (London: H.M.S.O.)

Listing: By Battalion and then alphabetically, all soldiers from the Regiment who died during the Great War. Details given: Surname, Christian name/s. Where born, Where enlisted. Regimental number, Rank, How Died (Killed-in-Action, Died-of-Wounds etc.), Date of Death and Theatre of War.

Eastbourne College Roll of War Service, 1914-1918, by Eastbourne College, published 1921 (103 pp., Cambridge) accessible at: British Library

Sussex Yeomanry and 16th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment 1914-1919, edited by Lieutenant-Colonel Powell-Edwards, published 1921 (399 pp., republished in CD form by S&N Publishing in 2008, London: Andrew Melrose) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502116] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Undertones of War, by Edward Blunden, published 1929 (339 pp., New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co.)   View Online

The Cinque Ports Battalion in the Great War. Chapter I: Mobilisation, Dover Castle and the Tower of London, by E.A.C.F., published June 1930 in Cinque Ports Gazette (vol. 1, no. 1, article, pp.5-13)

Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment. Covers July 1914 to February 1915.

The Cinque Ports Battalion in the Great War. Chapter II: France -- 2nd Brigade -- 1st Division, by E.A.C.F., published December 1930 in Cinque Ports Gazette (vol. 1, no. 2, article, pp.40-46)

Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment. Covers February-May 1915.

The Story of the Royal Sussex Regiment. II - The Great War, by S.C.M. Contributor(s), published 1931 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. V no. 4, article, pp.281-286) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2310] & The Keep [LIB/500174]

The Call to Arms at Lewes. 1 - Mobilization, by G. E. Collins, published 1931 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. V no. 9, article, pp.629-632) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2310] & The Keep [LIB/500174]

The Call to Arms at Lewes. 2 - Kitchener's Men, by G. E. Collins, published 1931 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. V no. 10, article, pp.672-673) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2310] & The Keep [LIB/500174]

The Call to Arms at Lewes. 3 - The Divisional Riding Establishment, by G. E. Collins, published 1931 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. V no. 11, article, pp.738-741) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2310] & The Keep [LIB/500174]

The Call to Arms at Lewes. 4 - Under Canvas and Aldershot, by G. E. Collins, published 1931 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. V no. 12, article, pp.804-808) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2310] & The Keep [LIB/500174]

The Cinque Ports Battalion in the Great War. Chapter III: The Battle of Aubers (Sunday, 9th May, 1915), by E.A.C.F., published June 1931 in Cinque Ports Gazette (vol. 1, no. 3, article, pp.81-86)

Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment.

The Cinque Ports Battalion in the Great War. Chapter IV: The Cuinchy-Camabrin sector, May-July, 1915, by E.A.C.F., published December 1931 in Cinque Ports Gazette (vol. 1, no. 4, article, pp.124-131)

Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment.

A War-time Disaster on the Downs, by F. W. Jackson, published 1932 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VI no. 6, article, pp.360-363) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9325] & The Keep [LIB/500175]

The Cinque Ports Battalion in the Great War. Chapter V: Vermelles sector and Cambrin, July-August 1915, by E.A.C.F., published June 1932 in Cinque Ports Gazette (vol. 1, no. 5, article, pp.3-8)

Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment.

The Cinque Ports Battalion in the Great War. Chapter VI: Pioneer Battalion -- 48th Division, by E.A.C.F., published December 1932 in Cinque Ports Gazette (vol. 2, no. 6, article, pp.35-42)

Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment. Covers August-October 1915.

The Cinque Ports Battalion in the Great War. Chapter VII: Sailly au Bois area, 1st January-30th June 1916, by E.A.C.F., published June 1933 in Cinque Ports Gazette (vol. 2, no. 7, article, pp.84-93)

Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment.

Langham's Scouts: 48th Divisional Observers, by Captain G. Brunskill, published June 1933 in Cinque Ports Gazette (vol. 2, no. 7, article, pp.93-98)

Concerning the Scouts and Snipers Section of the 5th Bn., Royal Sussex Regiment, in France in 1916.

The first regimental band in France, published June 1933 in Cinque Ports Gazette (vol. 2, no. 7, article, pp.100-101)

In 1915. Cinque Ports Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment.

The Cinque Ports Battalion in the Great War. Chapter VIII: The Battle of the Somme, by E.A.C.F., published December 1933 in Cinque Ports Gazette (vol. 2, no. 9, article, pp.127-136)

Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment. Covers July-August 1916.

The History of the 7th (Service) Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment, 1914-1918, by Major Owen Rutter, F.R.G.S., published 1934 (Times Publishing) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502152] & West Sussex Libraries

Sussex War Memorials: "Pro rege et patria", by William F. Sellens, published 1934 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VIII no. 11, article, pp.694-697) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9329] & The Keep [LIB/500178]

The Cinque Ports Battalion in the Great War. Chapter IX: The Somme (continued), Bazentin le Grand, by E.A.C.F., published June 1934 in Cinque Ports Gazette (vol. 3, no. 9, article, pp.3-12)

Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment. Covers September-November 1916.

The Cinque Ports Battalion in the Great War. Chapter X: 1st January to 8th April, 1917, by E.A.C.F., published December 1934 in Cinque Ports Gazette (vol. 3, no. 10, article, pp.44-57)

Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment.

Obituary: Captain A.H.O. Streatfeild, published December 1934 in Cinque Ports Gazette (vol. 3, no. 10, article, pp.58-59)

Albert Harold Octavius Streatfeild (1878-1934), officer in WWI in France in the Cinque Ports Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment.

The Cinque Ports Battalion in the Great War. Chapter IX, Up against the Hindenburg Line, April to July 1917, by E.A.C.F., published June 1935 in Cinque Ports Gazette (vol. 3, no. 11, article, pp.91-98)

Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment.

The Cinque Ports Battalion in the Great War. Chapter XII: The Third Battle of Ypres, by E.A.C.F., published June 1936 in Cinque Ports Gazette (vol. 4, no. 13, article, pp.3-13)

5th Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment.

Undertones of War, by Edward Blunden, published 1937 (280 pp., Harmondsworth: Penguin) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

The Cinque Ports Battalion in the Great War. Chapter XIII: Good-bye salient, Vimy Ridge, Farewell France, by E.A.C.F., published June 1937 in Cinque Ports Gazette (vol. 4, no. 15, article, pp.78-85)

5th Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment. Covers October to November 1917.

The Cinque Ports Battalion in the Great War. Chapter XIV: Italy, November-December 1917, by E.A.C.F., published June 1938 in Cinque Ports Gazette (vol. 4, no. 17, article, pp.3-9)

Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment.

The Cinque Ports Battalion in the Great War. Chapter XV: Italy, January-March 1918, by E.A.C.F., published December 1938 in Cinque Ports Gazette (vol. 4, no. 18, article, pp.50-55)

Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment.

Settlement in Sussex, 1840-1940, by W.H. Parker, published March 1950 in Geography (vol. 35, no. 1, article, pp.9-20)

The 577 Sussex Army Troops Company R.E (1914-1918), by Herbert John Paine, published 1951 (19 pp., Ilfracombe: Stockwell)

Three Sussex ports, 1850-1950, by H.C. Brookfield, published 1955 in Journal of Transport History (vol. 2, no. 1, article, p.35)

Undertones of War, by Edward Blunden, published 1965 (reprint of the original publication in 1929, 255 pp., London: Collins, ISBN-10: 0002118491 & ISBN-13: 9780002118491) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries

In what is one of the finest autobiographies to come out of the First World War, the distinguished poet Edmund Blunden records his experiences as an infantry subaltern in France and Flanders. Blunden took part in the disastrous battles of the Somme, Ypres and Passchendaele, describing the latter as 'murder, not only to the troops, but to their singing faiths and hopes'. In his compassionate yet unsentimental prose, he tells of the heroism and despair found among the officers. Blunden's poems show how he found hope in the natural landscape; the only thing that survives the terrible betrayal enacted in the Flanders fields.

Hospital for the Indian war wounded at Brighton, by J. Wright, published November 1968 in Sussex Life (article)

Poverty - Hardship but Happiness: Those were the days 1903-1917, by Albert Paul, published December 1974 (66 pp., Brighton: QueenSpark Books, ISBN-10: 0904733009 & ISBN-13: 9780904733006) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502497][Lib/504090] & The Keep archive of QueenSpark Books & East Sussex Libraries

It tells the story of a working class boy's life in the years between 1903 and 1917, from his childhood through to adolescence. It looks at the hardships of life before and during the First World War and examines the ways that children's lives changed as a result of the Great War. Albert Paul was a retired carpenter who lived all his life in Brighton, and he describes in vivid detail the life of a boy brought up in poverty and his struggle against adversity.

Flanders 1912, by Richard Standing, published January 1984 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 27, article, p.20) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/27] & The Keep [LIB/500480]

The Great War: illustrated by documents from West Sussex Record Office - a guide for teachers, by Steve Johnson and Kim Leslie, published 1989 (booklet, Chichester: West Sussex County Council, ISBN-13: 9780862601478) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10532][Lib 16495] & West Sussex Libraries

Billeting, by Miss G. E. M. Relf, published December 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 8, article, pp.359-360) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Billeting arrangements for Army Personnel dated 1915

Two Sussex ANZACs, by P. B. Evershed, published September 1990 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 9 no. 3, article, pp.86-87) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11999] & The Keep [LIB/501261] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Allen and Daniel Evershed and their forefathers had lived in Shipley and Washington for three generations but, being adventurous, these two and their brother George had emigrated to Australia not long before the Great War. Their great-grandfather Samson Evershed had eight children and Job his only surviving son married Frances Tidy in 1838. They had 13 children and the eleventh child Daniel Tidy Evershed (1855-1928) married Sarah Jane Golds They had 8 children including Allen (1881-1918) who served in the Royal Sussex Regiment and the Australian Imperial Force and Daniel (1885-1918) who served in the Australian Imperial Force.

Brave Lads of Sunny Worthing. The Story of a Town and Its Residents During the Great War, by Paul Holden, published 1991 (64 pp., Wothing: Beckett Features, ISBN-10: 1871986036 & ISBN-13: 9781871986037) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Rolls of honour and war memorials in some East Sussex villages - vol. 1, compiled by L. Medhurst and E. Pitcher, published 1991 (Family Roots Family History Society Eastbourne & District) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501232] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Rolls of honour and war memorials in some East Sussex villages - vol. 2, compiled by L. Medhurst and E. Pitcher, published 1991 (Family Roots Family History Society Eastbourne & District) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501229] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Lewes men whose names are entered in Bronze on the Lewes War Memorial at School Hill, Lewes, Sussex, 1914-1918, compiled by A. V. C. Roberts, published 1991 (15 leaves, Roots Family History Society) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501234] & West Sussex Libraries

The influence of the agricultural executive committees in the first world war: some evidence from West Sussex, by J. Chapman and S. Seeliger, published 1991 in Southern History (vol. 13, no. 1, article, pp.105-122)

Blighty Brighton, published December 1991 (60 pp., Brighton: QueenSpark Books, ISBN-10: 0904733556 & ISBN-13: 9780904733556) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502551] & The Keep archive of QueenSpark Books & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

This book (produced in collaboration with the Lewis Cohen Urban Studies Centre), is all about memories of Brighton during the First World War. Through an examination of ephemera such as posters, photographs, pictures, songs and personal recollections, it portrays a collective memory of the city. Photographs are central to this work; for example Brighton Museum, Preston Manor and Brighton Reference Library are all featured pictorially. This book provides a valuable and important source of local history - a must for all those passionate about the city and its historical roots!

First World War graves in Sussex, by Peter J. Bilborough, published 1992 (pamphlet, 47 pp., Sussex Family History Group, ISBN-10: 0951358065 & ISBN-13: 9780951358061) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13375] & The Keep [LIB/501289] & British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Rolls of honour and war memorials in some East Sussex villages - vol. 3, compiled by L. Medhurst and E. Pitcher, published 1992 (Family Roots Family History Society Eastbourne & District) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501230] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Rolls of honour and war memorials in some East Sussex villages - vol. 4, compiled by L. Medhurst and E. Pitcher, published 1992 (Family Roots Family History Society Eastbourne & District) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501237] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

War memorials in Hastings, compiled by L. Medhurst and E. Pitcher, published 1992 (48 pp., Family Roots Family History Society Eastbourne & District) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501233] & British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Rolls of honour and war memorials in some East Sussex villages - vol. 5, compiled by L. Medhurst and E. Pitcher, published 1992 (42 pp., Family Roots Family History Society Eastbourne & District) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501235] & British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Patchings of Shipley: Another Episode, by R. J. Hoad, published March 1992 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 10 no. 1, article, pp.3-5) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14877] & The Keep [LIB/501262] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The diary of William Arthur Patching (1893-1970) and his experiences in Palestine during WWI

Clive Pearson: A Life, 1887-1965, by John Joliffe, published 1 October 1992 (160 pp., Michael Russell Publishing Ltd., ISBN-10: 0859551849 & ISBN-13: 9780859551847) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Valiant Hearts of Ringmer: Ringmer village war memorial, by Geoffrey Bridger, published 1993 (103 pp., Ammonite Press, ISBN-10: 1898626006 & ISBN-13: 9781898626008) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503477] & British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

This book is an excellent example of what patient and painstaking research can do to the benefit of the life and social history of an English village. The author has taken the fifty-three names on the War Memorial (forty-two of them are of the Great War) and traced their background, their military service, the circumstances of their deaths and their place of burial or commemoration thus providing a short biography of each man. By this Mr Bridger has ensured, in the words on the altar of sacrifice in every Commonwealth War Grave cemetery and repeated in Lord Callaghan's Foreword, that "their name liveth for evermore". The front of the book is a lovely colour photo of the War Memorial on the village green. A fine tribute to fifty-three men who might otherwise have been forgotten with the passing of time.

Rolls of honour and war memorials in Lewes, Peacehaven and Piddinghoe, compiled by L. Medhurst and E. Pitcher, published 1993 (21 pp., Family Roots Family History Society Eastbourne & District) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501236] & British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Rolls of honour and war memorials in some villages and towns in East & West Sussex, also some border villages of Kent and Surrey - volume 6, compiled by L. Medhurst and E. Pitcher, published 1993 (35 pp., Family Roots Family History Society Eastbourne & District) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501238] & British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Rolls of honour and war memorials in some villages and towns in East & West Sussex, also some border villages of Kent and Surrey - volume 7, compiled by L. Medhurst and E. Pitcher, published 1993 (35 pp., Family Roots Family History Society Eastbourne & District) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501239] & British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Life of a Country Carpenter: The Story of Harold Pelling's Early Life in Offham and His Service in the First World War, edited by Susan Rowland, published 1993 (48 pp., published by the editor, ISBN-10: 1898950008 & ISBN-13: 9781898950004) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Emsworth during the First World War, by David J Rudkin, published 1993 (Castle Communications) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Rolls of honour and war memorials in Eastbourne, compiled by L. Medhurst and E. Pitcher, published 1993 (Eastbourne Local History Society)

"Lowther's Lambs": Rural Paternalism and Voluntary Recruitment in the First World War, by Keith Grieves, published April 1993 in Rural History (vol. 4, issue 1, article, pp.55-75, ISSN: 0956-7933) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11924]   View Online

On the outbreak of war in August 1914 landowners in Sussex immediately started to employ their local leadership roles in the cause of voluntary recruiting and in doing so demonstrated the continuing utility of paternalistic social relations and the traditional rural structure to a nation preparing for war. The slow decline in social prestige provided by landownership was far from visible in the military sphere. As members of the military establishment - regular and territorial, past and present - landowners with clearly identifiable local economic, political and leisure interests attended to the search for recruits with the age old expectation that the deferential labourers would follow their 'betters' to war. As Alun Howkins has written,'men were urged to go as much as part of their duty to the social structure of rural areas as to King and Country'.

Rolls of honour and war memorials in some villages and towns in East & West Sussex, also some border villages of Kent and Surrey - volume 8, compiled by L. Medhurst and E. Pitcher, published 1994 (48 pp., Family Roots Family History Society Eastbourne & District) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501231] & British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Rolls of Honor and War Memorials in Eastbourne, compiled by L. Medhurst and E. Pitcher, published 1994 (Family Roots Family History Society Eastbourne & District) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Those magnificent men and Shoreham Aerodrome, published 1 July 1994 in Private Property, Government Requisition and the Constitution, 1914-1927 (by G. R. Rubin, chapter 4, pp.39-55, Bloomsbury, ISBN-10: 1852850981 & ISBN-13: 9781852850982)

On the taking over of Shoreham for aviation training during World War I

Her Story: Life of Phoebe Hessel, by Ruth Moorhouse and Chris Randall, published 1 August 1994 (28 pp., Brighton: Queenspark Books, ISBN-10: 0904733599 & ISBN-13: 9780904733594) accessible at: The Keep archive of QueenSpark Books & British Library & East Sussex Libraries

Phoebe Hessel nee Smith (1713-1821), born Stepney, disguised herself as a soldier in the British Army, probably to be with her lover Samuel Golding. She lived in Brighton in old age and is buried in St Nicholas churchyard.

A celebration of life, by Leonard Howell and compiled by Angela Currie, published c.1995 accessible at: British Library

Leonard Howell was born in Iford in 1895 and was one of the many thousand blinded servicemen who were given hope and the tools to rebuild their lives by St Dunstan's (now Blind Veterans UK), the charity founded by Sir Arthur Pearson in 1915.

Memorials of Wars 2: The Tuxlith Tracts, In Two World Wars, These Men from Rake, Milland, Lynch, Iping and Chithurst Died, Securing and Defending Freedom for others , by Leslie Lloyd, published 1995 (Friends of Tuxlith Chapel) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

War Memorials from Chichester, by Katherine Slay, published 1995 (pamphlet, Sussex Family History Group) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12239][Lib 13124] & West Sussex Libraries

The 7th Battalion East Surrey Regiment & Private Ernest Bulbeck, by Mary Bulbeck, published March 1995 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 11 no. 5, article, p.180) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14878] & The Keep [LIB/501263] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Ernest Percival Bulbeck, aged 21 years, was killed in action and it is name that lives on, inscribed on the War memorial in Quay meadow at Bosham.

A Remembrance of Men of the Parish of Worth, Sussex, 1914-1918, by R. C. W. Gore, published 1996 (booklet, published by the author) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13450] & West Sussex Libraries

The Queen Alexandra Hospital Home, by David S Farrant, published 1997 (144 pp., Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., ISBN-10: 186077055X & ISBN-13: 9781860770555) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14983] & West Sussex Libraries

The Queen Alexandra Hospital Home is a remarkable institution with an inspiring history. Casualties in the First World War reached appalling numbers and the Home cared for those who were permanently disabled. The vision of Gladys, Marchioness of Ripon, the Home was founded in 1919 in Roehampton through the generosity of the Charrington family. An outstanding story of voluntary effort, as people from all walks of life rallied round, including the royal family, and, in particular, Mrs. Verena Hay, who devoted over 30 years to bringing her friend Lady Ripon's vision to reality.

Men of Southover: The stories of those lost in two World Wars, and the families they left behind in Southover, Lewes, by Alison M. Benton, published 1998 (240 pp., Uckfield: Moira Publications, ISBN-10: 0953283305 & ISBN-13: 9780953283309) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503473] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Tyrrell's List: The Artefacts of Two Great Wars in Sussex, by Peter Longstaff-Tyrell, published 1998 (80 pp., Polegate: Gote House Publishing, ISBN-13: 9780952129738) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Southwick Men in the Great War, by Nigel F. Divers, published April 1998 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 61, article, p.2) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/61] & The Keep [LIB/500485]

Sussex in the First World War, by Keith Grieves, published 1 January 1999 in An Historical Atlas of Sussex (pp.116-117, 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

Sussex men of the Devonshire Regiment who died in the Great War 1914-1918, by William C. Aslett, published September 1999 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 13 no. 7, article, p.233) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14880] & The Keep [LIB/508822] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Common Meeting Places and the Brightening of Rural Life: Local Debates on Village Halls in Sussex after the First World War, by Keith Grieves, published October 1999 in Rural History (vol. 10, issue 2, article, pp.171-192, ISSN: 0956-7933)   View Online

In the burgeoning literature on war memorials and the commemoration of the war dead in Britain after 1918, the growth of village halls in rural areas has not been extensively analysed. K.S. Inglis has alerted us to the dichotomy of monuments to mourn the dead and amenities to serve the living. He noted that where a preference was made for utility over monumentality, local war memorial committees did not confine their attention to commemorating those who died on active service and made the Great Sacrifice, but also had in mind those who served and returned. The complex locally-determined processes of negotiating ways which would bring solace or comfort to the bereaved, through the creation of an object of mourning, has been examined with great care and detail, but analysis of urban-centred initiatives predominates.
Consequently, the linkage which might be made between the experience of war and the participation of ex-servicemen in village war memorial debates, the demise of old elites and the quest for improved social and material conditions in rural areas, the diminishing support for parish churches as the focal point of community life and the emergence of undenominational social centres, all point towards the need for further examination of the proceedings of local committees, where parish records allow. As British participation in the Great War contained the powerful rhetoric of a religious crusade and was not connected to the improvement of social conditions until the publication of war aims in January 1918, many committees gave priority to the creation of sacred objects of mourning, with much use of exhortatory moral language and Christian iconography.

Eastbourne's Great War, 1914-1918, by R. A. Elliston, published 1 November 1999 (186 pp., Seaford: S. B. Publications, ISBN-10: 1857701461 & ISBN-13: 9781857701463) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503810] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Investigating local war memorial committees: demobilised soldiers, the bereaved and expressions of local pride in Sussex villages, 1918-1921, by Keith Grieves, published 2000 in Local Historian (vol. 30, no. 1, article, pp.39-58)   View Online

Six case-studies: Slinfold, Warnham, Ashurst, Salehurst, East Chiltington and Angmering.

Corduroy Days: A Portrait of Life in the Women's Land Army, by Josephine Duggan Rees, published 31 January 2000 (226 pp., Woodfield Publishing, ISBN-10: 1873203489 & ISBN-13: 9781873203484)

Investigating Local War Memorial Committees: Demobilised Soldiers, The Bereaved And Expressions Of Local Pride In Sussex Villages, 1918 - 1921, by Keith Grieves, published February 2000 in The Local Historian (vol. 30, no. 1, article, pp.39-58)   View Online

In the last ten years the commemoration of the Great War through memorials and acts of remembrance has been the subject of writings at the intersection of cultural and military studies and local historians have been heavily involved in generating entries for the National Inventory of War Memorials. Much attention has naturally focused on the physical appearance of war memorials as objects for mourning, whether they be monumental or social amenity structures. Further investigation remains to be undertaken on local processes of commemorating the fallen in rural communities, especially in relation to the interplay of traditional social elites, ex-servicemen's organisations and the relatives of the Absent Dead.
The survival of proceedings of some war memorial committees in parochial records provide remarkable and diverse 'snapshots' of consensus and disunity in six Sussex villages after the First World War, particularly on the question of whether parish churches remained the physical focus and historic embodiment of village life. Evidence of the disruption of hierarchical social relations by the experience of mass soldiering emerges through the study of committees which organised the design, finance, site, inscription and unveiling of war memorials, but this was not always the case. In Slinfold, Warnham, Ashurst, East Chiltington and Angmering highly localised decision-making processes took varied form in relation to the matrices of continuity and change, coercion and consent, and privilege and obligation. These case studies highlight the value of studying commemorative processes for the local historian who wishes to reconstruct the impact of total war on rural communities in the early twentieth century.

Autographs of Wounded Soldiers 1914-1918, by M. F. Olive, published March 2000 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 14 no. 1, article, pp.20-21) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14881] & The Keep [LIB/508823] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Collected at the Eastern General Hospital at Dyke and Stanfords Roads, Brighton

We Will Remember Them: Dedicated to the Memory of the Men of Peacehaven and Telscombe Who Died in the Two World Wars, by Malcolm Troak, published 29 September 2000 (118 pp., New Anzac Publications, ISBN-10: 0953911500 & ISBN-13: 9780953911509) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502985] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

We Will Remember Them: Men from Our Parish Who Lost Their Lives in the Great World War 1914 -1918 & the Second World War 1939 - 1945, by Phil Lucas, published 2001 (64 pp., Danehill Parish Historical Society) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503201] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Their annus horribilis, by Linda Pugh, published December 2001 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 14 no. 8, article, pp.301-302) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14881] & The Keep [LIB/508823] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

When Leonard Pugh married Mildred Emily Cayley at Brighton on 2 August 1913 little did they know of the annus horribilis, which would face them three years later with the deaths of three close family members

Tyrrell's List: The Artefacts of Two Great Wars in Sussex, by Peter Longstaff-Tyrell, published 2002 (80 pp., Polegate: Gote House Publishing, ISBN-10: 0952129736 & ISBN-13: 9780952129738) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Journal of the Great War. From Sussex Shore to Flanders Fields, by Edward Heron-Allen and edited by Brian W. Harvey and Carol Fitzgerald, published 2002 (vol. 86, xxii + 282 pp., Sussex Record Society, ISBN-10: 085445053X & ISBN-13: 9780854450534) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15043] & The Keep [LIB/500463][Lib/507867] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

Edward Heron-Allen was a polymath; one of the most remarkable of his era. By profession a solicitor, he was also a distinguished zoologist (F.R.S.), historian, Persian scholar and translator, author of a classic book on violin-making studied worldwide, cheirosopher and writer of early science-fiction novels and stories, some of these being published pseudonymously and now much sought after. He left many beautifully bound unpublished manuscript volumes (carefully preserved by a grandson) and it was amongst these that the editors came across this fascinating Journal of the Great War, previously unknown outside the family.
In this personal Journal Heron-Allen chronicles the impact of the War on the lives of himself, his family in Selsey, West Sussex and on a wide range of friends, acquaintances and organisations nationally. With the observant and penetrating eye of an experienced author, lawyer and scientist, he describes in unsurpassed detail the day-to-day experiences of life under the increasingly stringent conditions of wartime Britain. He depicts the effects of conscription, spy scares and Zeppelin raids on the population, both in Sussex and in London, where he retained a town house.
Although well over age, he was determined to contribute actively to the war effort and the Journal recounts his military training with the Sussex Volunteer Regiment - a somewhat 'Dad's Army' process depicted with a touch of humour - then officer training in Tunbridge Wells. However, the final stages of the War find him making use of his linguistic abilities in the propaganda department of the War Office, working with colleagues who included the uncongenial H.G. Wells. As part of this work he visited the Western Front and saw for himself the terrible destruction of places he had known before the conflict. All of this is interwoven with his vivid account of the privations and near social breakdown of the local Sussex community.
In his unusually lively and controversial text, Heron-Allen does not disguise his criticism of a good many of the well-known characters he encounters - such as the novelist Ford Madox Ford, his tenant at Selsey. The importance of this previously unpublished Chronicle is, though, that it casts an exceptionally civilised and perceptive eye on the Home Front - and especially the Sussex Home Front, illuminating one of the defining moments of the 20th century and the irrevocable changes that the Great War inflicted on the structure of English life.

The Maple Leaf Army in Britain, by Peter Longstaff-Tyrell, published 2003 (124 pp., Polegate: Gote House Publishing, ISBN-10: 0952129779 & ISBN-13: 9780952129776) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

?There are times when we would all prefer the factory life?: letters from the trenches to the Shippam works in Chichester during the First World War, by K. Grieves, published 2003 in Journal of family and community history (vol. 6, no. 1, article, pp.59-70)

A Henfield 'Die Hard', by Robert A. Holder, published June 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 6, article, pp.259-261) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Daniel Caplin (1786-1828), the son of John and Mary Caplin of Woodmancote, married Ann Holder on 7 July 1813 at Woodmancote. Six years earlier Ann Holder had a baseborn son baptised with the name Daniel on 27 March 1808. The article covers the years between 1808 and 1813 from the enlistment of Daniel into the Company of the 2nd battalion of His Britannic Majesty's 57th Regiment of Foot, the West Middlesex Regiment, his service in WWI including being badly wounded on 25 May 1811, his return to Portsmouth and then Chichester Barracks where he married Ann.

Confessions of a fledgling family historian, by Lesley Yates, published December 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 8, article, pp.351-355) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Research into Richard Gentleman who was killed in action on 29th May 1917.

Sussex in the First World War, edited by Keith Grieves, published 2004 (vol. 84, lix + 394 pp., Sussex Record Society, ISBN-10: 0854450564 & ISBN-13: 9780854450565) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15171][Lib 15172] & The Keep [LIB/500461][Lib/507869] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

This volume draws on a wide range of sources to paint a vivid and comprehensive picture of Sussex attitudes and experiences in the Great War for Civilisation.
The landed gentry's assumption of responsibility for local recruiting, and the willingness of most volunteers, make a contrast to the proceedings of a tribunal dealing with a conscientious objector. Men from farms and factories found themselves in situations far removed from their normal lives. This is reflected in their letters home, some of which were published in their parish magazines. Whilst such local publications were careful to encourage a 'business as usual' impression, the threat of invasion was surprisingly strong - provoking a radical range of precautions. The logistics of wartime supply, for the forces and for the civilian population, made a major impact on the county. They included the monopolising of ports for transportation of supplies to the front and, at a local level, the control of rabbits to protect food crops. Comforts for the troops ranged from the practical to the fantastic - such as Lord Brassey's luxury yacht 'Sunbeam' in which, with a crew of 24 and the Dean of Hereford, he took a group of six wounded officers on a cruise. For some of the injured and disabled there would be care and retraining - in country houses or among crippled children at Chailey.
Any record of the Great War would seem incomplete without some mention of its poetry. The selection here ranges from 'The County Enlisting Championship' which epitomises the patriotism at the outbreak of war to nostalgic front-line memories of home and the Downs, and Blunden's enduring recollections of his comrades.
Finally, when the war was over, there were peace celebrations for those returning, and the question of how best to commemorate the dead. Formal memorials and more practical ideas such as community halls each had their supporters. A decade later Sergeant Boutwood of the Royal Sussex Regiment was among the first to revisit some of the French battle sites in 1930 and wrote an account for the Regimental Journal. Appendices give information on military matters, including the movements of each Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment.

Prisoner of the Kaiser, by Peter Cox, published December 2004 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 16 no. 4, article, pp.151-153) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508837] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The WWI story of Arthur Henry Fitt (1890-1954) of the 3rd battalion Royal Sussex Regiment who was the son of Gilbert Fitt (1858-1909) and Caroline Smith, and married Mary Ann Cooper (1887-1975) in 1912.

The story of an unnamed soldier, by Alan Hayward, published December 2004 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 16 no. 4, article, pp.182-183) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508837] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The search for Ted Stapley who was killed in WWI

Cuckfield Remembered, by Shirley Bond, published 1 June 2007 (392 pp., Meadow Books, ISBN-10: 184685492X & ISBN-13: 9781846854927) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

A detailed illustrated history of the men from the town of Cuckfield in Sussex who went to fight in the First World War. Includes many photos.

The Lynch Gate at St Mary's Church, Sompting 'Monument to the Glorious Dead', by Eileen Colwell, published September 2007 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 17 no. 7, article, pp.318-319) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508991] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Sussex Yeomanry & 16th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment 1914-1919, published c.2008 (CDROM, Originally published in 1921, 429 pp., S&N Genealogy Supplies, ISBN-13: 9781847274175) accessible at: British Library

This CD contains a roll of officers showing name, rank, unit, squadron or company, country and particulars of service. The history of the Sussex Yeomanry during the First World War is also documented and includes numerous maps and photographs.

The Lych Gate at St Mary's Church, Sompting, "Monument to the Glorious Dead", by Eileen Colwell, published 2008 (booklet, Lancing & Sompting Pastfinders History Group) accessible at: Lancing & Sompting Pastfinders Local History Group & West Sussex Libraries

The building of the War Memorial and information on the men inscribed.

The Queen Alexandra Hospital Home: A History, by David Farrant, published 1 February 2008 (160 pp., Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., ISBN-10: 1860775187 & ISBN-13: 9781860775185) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

The Queen Alexandra Hospital Home is a remarkable institution with an inspiring history. Casualties in the First World War reached appalling numbers and the Book tells how the home cared for those who were permanently disabled. The vision of Gladys Marchioness of Ripon, the Home was founded in 1919 in Roehampton through the generosity of the Charrington family. In an outstanding story of voluntary effort, people from all walks of life rallied round to help, including the royal family and, in particular, Mrs Verena Hay, who devoted over thirty years of her life to bringing her friend Lady Ripon's vision to reality. The Home pioneered medical and social care procedures which are taken for granted today. The first steps in physiotherapy and occupational therapy were followed by helping the patients to retrain and to find employment. There are wonderful stories of the courage and cheerfulness of individual patients, whose lives were restored and enriched by the devotion of many volunteers. The move to Worthing in 1933 was achieved in spite of bureaucratic obstacles and some local opposition, though the residents soon took 'the Boys' to their hearts. Vital support came from the British Red Cross Society, the Order of St John and the 8th Duke of Richmond as well as military and other charities. Operating with a deficit nearly every year of its existence led to energetic financial planning and the support of benefactors always made the difference between success and failure. This powerful story will appeal to many readers who have barely heard of 'Gifford House', as it is more usually called these days; while for all who knew the institution or whose relatives were cared for in the Home the story will be fascinating.

We'll Keep the Home Fires Burning: Horsham in World War One: An Anthology from the West Sussex County Times and Horsham Museum Poster Collection, edited by Julie Mitchell and Elizabeth Vaughan, published 14 March 2008 (ii + 205 pp., Horsham Museum Society, ISBN-10: 190248438X & ISBN-13: 9781902484389) accessible at: British Library & Horsham Museum Society & West Sussex Libraries

Cuckfield Remembered, by Shirley Bond, published 30 April 2008 (368 pp., Woodlands Publishing, ISBN-10: 0955891108 & ISBN-13: 9780955891106) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

The names of eighty one men from Cuckfield who gave their lives in World War 1 are inscribed around the base of The Cross of Sacrifice War Memorial in the churchyard of Holy Trinity Church, Cuckfield, Sussex. Using her knowledge of researching family history the author has discovered this information and to it has added the Regiment each man joined, letters they sent home describing the conditions they had to endure, and the injuries they suffered. There were times of great pride when men were promoted. Letters sent by the Chaplains to loved ones at home upon the death of their son describe the bravery shown, and the reference position of each foreign gave or memorial will help those who may wish to visit the site. This book is not just about the men who died, although their histories from the central part of it. It describes life in Cuckfield during the war, the valuable part the women played in the war effort, the hospital set up in the Queen s Hall, and the many Memorial Services held in the churches. Those who returned home after Peace was declared enjoyed great celebrations, and details of the welcome home dinners list all those who took part in the war. It is hoped that many people will be able to connect with the numerous names and places mentioned, and that the book will go some way towards ensuring that the men who gave their lives will never be forgotten.

The Tale of a Boy Soldier: Memories of the Great War, by George Parker and edited by Anne Morrison, published 25 September 2008 (72 pp., Brighton: QueenSpark Books, ISBN-10: 0904733432 & ISBN-13: 9780904733433) accessible at: The Keep archive of QueenSpark Books

George Parker was born into poverty in Brighton in 1898 and joined up to fight in the First World War at the age of just 15. He fought in the trenches in both Ypres and on the Somme and, although wounded, survived the horrors of the 'war to end all wars'. In 1969 George wrote this memoir which provides us with a first-hand account of life in Brighton before the First World War and, in particular, of life for a young soldier in the trenches.

20th Century War Memorials in Felpham and Middleton; Studies in the history of Felpham and Middleton no. 1, by Sheila Gould, published 16 September 2008 (40 pp., Felpham and Middleton Local History Workshop, ISBN-10: 0951648233 & ISBN-13: 9780951648230) accessible at: Felpham and Middleton Local History Workshop & West Sussex Libraries

Brothers in arms, by Barry Sims, published December 2008 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 18 no. 4, article, pp.171-175) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508971] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

My grandmother, Constance EVERSHED was born in Washington on 9 February 1897, the youngest daughter of Daniel Tidy and Sarah Jane EVERSHED née GOLDS. She married George Arthur SIMS in Washington on 2 September 1919. I have many memories of my grandparents, but knew very little of their early lives and practically nothing of the lives of their siblings. About a year ago, my father mentioned that he remembered a photo of his mother's brothers in Australian Army uniform and wondered why that was. This chance remark has led me on a fascinating and sometimes frustrating journey of discovery about my ancestors. The story of three of my great-uncles is intriguing, courageous, heart-warming and ultimately tragic, and probably echoes the lives of many young Sussex men who fought for their country in the First World War.

Great-uncles in the Great War, by Sue Martin, published December 2008 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 18 no. 4, article, pp.196-200) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508971] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

War 4 August 1914! The following day great-uncle Robert HILL reported for duty at the barracks of the Royal Sussex Regiment in Chichester. The Chichester Observer (12 August 1914) described: "It was nearly 10pm when at last they left the barracks but large crowds awaited them in North and South Streets and all the way down they were greeted with cheers. This batch numbered just 400. Another left on Thursday". Robert was a reservist so he had been mobilised immediately. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion.

John Galsworthy and disabled soldiers of the Great War, by Jeffrey S. Reznick, published 9 September 2009 (240 pp., Manchester University Press, ISBN-10: 0719077923 & ISBN-13: 9780719077920)

John Galsworthy - recipient of the 1932 Nobel Prize for literature - was one of the best-selling authors of the twentieth century. His literary reputation overshadows what he achieved during the Great War, which was his humanitarian support for and his compositions about soldiers disabled in the conflict. John Galsworthy and disabled soldiers of the Great War represents the most comprehensive study published to date about this literature of the 'war to end all wars.' It makes available for the first time in a single edition the most significant of his compositions about disabled soldiers, recovering them from scholarly neglect, examining their value as historical documents and connecting them to iconic images and artifacts of the period.
This study will be of interest to a wide academic audience, to readers interested in the history of the Great War, to policymakers associated with veterans' issues, and to medical professionals in the fields of physical medicine and rehabilitation.

Lambs to the slaughter, by Alan Hayward, published September 2009 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 18 no. 7, article, pp.336-341) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508974] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

At the beginning of the Great War, Col. Claude LOWTHER, who lived at Herstmonceux Castle, decided that he would form a battalion for the New Army from Sussex men.
He was so successful, and the men of Sussex came forward in such numbers, that he was able to supply time battalions to the Royal Sussex Regiment (RSR) and together with a Hampshire battalion they formed the 116th (Southdown) Brigade of the 39th Division of the New Army. They were the 11th, 12th and 13th battalions of the RSR and the 10th battalion acted as their reserve battalion. They were known in Sussex as 'Lowther's Lambs', as their mascot was a Southdown lamb, a name that was to be given prophetic significance as their war unfolded.

A photograph from my album, by Lesley Yates, published September 2010 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 19 no. 3, article, pp.134-135) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508844] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The photograph is old, sepia toned. The man in the picture wears a military uniform: smart battle-dress and trousers neatly tucked into polished, knee length boots. He wears a stiff military cap upon his head and tucked under his arm, a military staff, which gives him an air of authority. He looks nervous, as he stands in front of a white army tent, though there is a faint smile and hint of pride on his face. Closer inspection of the photograph reveals that it is a studio shot and not taken in front of a real military tent - the plume of smoke rising from an explosion in the background gives the game away. I don't know the exact date of the photograph, but I do know that it was taken in 1916 or 1917. The photograph is precious to me: it is the only picture I have, and as far as I am aware, it is the only image that exists, of my great-grandfather, my dad's grandfather - Arthur George SMITH.

In Memory of India's Fallen: Brighton's tribute to Indian soldiers, by Rosie Llewellyn-Jones, published October 2010 in History today (vol. 60, issue 10, article, pp.6-7)   View Online

This autumn sees the last act of remembrance for 53 Hindu and Sikh soldiers who were cremated on the Downs near Brighton during the First World War. Nearly a century after their deaths, the men's names have been inscribed in stone by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and unveiled in a simple ceremony, at a memorial erected in their honour.

The heroes of Hailsham: "lest we forget the men of Hailsham, in Sussex, who died fighting for King and Country" : --88 men in World War I : --35 men in World War II, by David M. Dyer, published November 2011 (iv + 172 pp., DMD Publishing, ISBN-10: 0956915507 & ISBN-13: 9780956915504) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508908] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

"British India on trial": Brighton Military Hospitals and the politics of empire in World War I, by Samuel Hyson and Alan Lester, published January 2012 in Journal of Historical Geography (vol. 38, no. 1, article, pp.18-34)

The Day Sussex Died: A History of Lowther's Lambs to the Boar's Head Massacre, by John A. Baines, published 1 June 2012 (300 pp., The Royal Sussex Living History Group, ISBN-10: 0957236611 & ISBN-13: 9780957236615) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/509253] & British Library & West Sussex Libraries

The Boar's Head is not a battle covered any history of the Great War. It occurred at an obscure salient in the German lines around the small village of Richebourg in northern France. The writing, is a result of twelve years work, providing a detailed account of the events of 30th of June 1916 created as one easily accessible document for the benefit of the relatives of all those men who served in, especially those who gave up their lives in the service of their King, Country, and the Southdown Battalions of the Royal Sussex Regiment, Lowther's Lambs. Lost after the infamous black day for the British Army as the Battle of the Somme began on 1st July. This battle has been described as 'The Day that Sussex Died' with the 13th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment suffering the lion's share of the casualties. Many of those who died were never identified in the aftermath of the war and are commemorated on the Loos Memorial at Dud Corner. John Baines records the events of that day, together with the history up to that time, of the Southdowners from the Royal Sussex Regiment. Thus ensuring that their exploits and sacrifices will always be remembered.

War Horse and the Survival of a Generation of Scrases, by Tony Scrase, published September 2012 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 3, article, pp.136-139) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508852] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The popularity of successively the novel, play and film War Horse and the various pieces it inspired, most notably the Channel 4 documentary War Horse: The True Story, suggested a partial answer to something that had always puzzled me.
My great-grandfather, Alfred SCRASE, had a long obituary in the Mid-Sussex Times of January 1925. While it stressed his public service in the Burgess Hill Local Board, the Urban District Council, the local board of guardians and rural sanitary authority, it treated as equally significant the fact that he had had six sons, four grandsons and three sons-in-law serving in World War I. The striking thing was that all 13 had survived the War. This defies the normal odds although it does not mean that all came through unscathed. One son, Alfred, junior, was severely wounded and most tragically the oldest grandson, Alfred Thomas Daynes SCRASE, was such an extreme case of 'shell-shock' that he spent the rest of his life in a nursing home (and he lived until 1977).
The Channel 4 documentary stressed that many of those who handled horses, driving two-horse wagons or leading packhorses up to the front, were town dwellers without previous experience. This was inevitable given the distribution of population and occupations by 1914 but it is also true that more skill was needed for veterinary care of horses and for handling larger teams of 4 or more horses initially used to haul heavier loads behind the line and move the artillery. These areas were appropriate for farmers' sons and it certainly influenced the fortunes of Alfred's sons (my grandfather's generation). However, it will become apparent that other factors were at work. One can be mentioned now. The family had become affected by the patriotism and militarism of the Imperial era. In 1914 Alfred's sons included an ex-soldier, a serving regular soldier and a member of the Territorial Army. This was to influence individual fortunes.

War Graves of Seaford Cemetery, by Kevin Gordon, published 2013 (Local History Booklet no. 11, 24 pp., Seaford Museum and Heritage Society, ISBN-13: 9781902170190) accessible at: Seaford Monumental Inscriptions Group & East Sussex Libraries   Download PDF

Graylingwell War Hospital, 1915-1919, by Katherine Slay, published 2013 (New Chichester papers, no. 5, 32 pp., Chichester Local History Society & printed at University of Chichester, ISBN-10: 1907852255 & ISBN-13: 9781907852251) accessible at: Chichester Local History Society & West Sussex Libraries

Willie Elijah Tshabana, by Lloyd Brunt and Mary Brunt, published 2013 (booklet no. 35, East Dean & Friston Local History Group) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/509212] & East Dean & Friston Local History Group

The tragic story of a soldier in a foreign land.

Crowborough's War 1914 - 1918, by Paul Adams, published 1 November 2013 (120 pp., Oak Moss Publications, ISBN-10: 0992641403 & ISBN-13: 9780992641405) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

Teenage Tommy: memoirs of a cavalryman in the First World War, edited by Richard Van Emden, published 18 November 2013 (xiii + 178 pp. and 24 pp. of plates, Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military, ISBN-10: 1783032871 & ISBN-13: 9781783032877) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

Benjamin Clouting was just sixteen years old when he embarked with the British Expeditionary Force for France in August 1914. The youngest man in the 4th Dragoon Guards, he took part in the BEF's celebrated first action at Casteau on August 22nd, and, two days later, had his horse shot from under him during the famous cavalry charge of the 4th Dragoon Guards and the 9th Lancers at Audregnies. Ben served on the Western front during every major engagement of the war except Loos, was wounded twice, and in 1919 went with the Army of Occupation to Cologne. The son of a stable groom, Ben was brought up in the beautiful Sussex countryside near Lewes and from his earliest years was, as he often said himself, "crazy to be a soldier". He worked briefly as a stable boy before joining up in 1913; his training was barely completed when war broke out. The Regiment, knowing Ben to be under age, tried to stop him embarking for France, but he flatly refused to be left behind. During the next four years, he served under officers immortalised in Great War history, including Major Tom Bridges, Captain Hornby, and Lieutenant-Colonel Adrien Carton de Wiart VC. Teenage Tommy is a detailed account of a trooper's life at the front, vividly recalling, for example, the privations suffered during the retreat from Mons. and later, the desperate fighting to hold back the German onslaught at 2nd Ypres. But this is more then just a memoir about trench warfare. Ben's lively sense of humour and healthy disrespect for petty restrictions make this an entertaining as well as a moving story of life at the front.

Men of Ashdown Forest Who Fell in the First World War and are Commemorated at Forest Row, Hartfield and Coleman's Hatch, by Ashdown Forest Research Group, published 2014 accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507953]   Download PDF

Lancelot Barrington Crofts Tristram 1882-1914, by Eileen Colwell, published 2014 (booklet, Lancing & Sompting Pastfinders History Group) accessible at: Lancing & Sompting Pastfinders Local History Group & West Sussex Libraries

In Their Own Words, by David Miller, published 2014 (48 pp., Christ's Hospital Museum) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

A 48 page booklet containing first hand reports of Old Blues serving in the various theatres during the Great War.
The reports are taken from contemporary editions of The Blue and other published sources, and from original letters and manuscripts held in the Christ's Hospital museum. It also contains an updated Roll of Honour, listing the details of all Old Blues known to have died as a result of the war, including their final resting place.

The East Dean & Friston War Memorial, by David M. Dyer, published 2014 (booklet no. 42, East Dean & Friston Local History Group) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/509219] & East Dean & Friston Local History Group

The history of the War Memorial and the lives of the people listed there.

Ninfield & District WWI Centenary Roll of Honour Casualties, by Kevin Regan, published c.2014 (Ninfield Local History Group)

Canadians in Bexhill-on-Sea during the First World War: a reflection of Canadian nationhood?, by L. Flanagan, published 2014 in British Journal of Canadian Studies (vol. 27, no. 2, article, pp.131-148) accessible at: British Library

A Mirror to Armageddon: The landscape of Sussex in the First World War: trench systems, defence plans and military training in Sussex 1914-1918, by Peter Chasseaud, published 2014 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 152, article) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18617] & The Keep [LIB/508097] & S.A.S. library   View Online

This paper developed from research undertaken for a joint paper by Martin Brown and Peter Chasseaud, presented by the former at the conference The Edge of Dark - Sussex During the Great War organised by the Sussex Archaeological Society in association with the University of Sussex Centre for Continuing Education, and held at the University of Sussex in 2001. Much historical work has been done on Sussex in the First World War, and some has been published on the wartime landscape; several studies (e.g. Curwen 1930; Longstaff-Tyrrell 2000, 2002; Grehan and Mace 2012) include much valuable visual material (Fig. 1). Fixed fortifications have long been the focus of serious attention (Saunders 1989, 1997). This study focuses on the changes in the landscape associated with the war, on the sources for these, and on visual representations of the wartime topography - photographs, maps, paintings, etc. It aims to establish a clearer visual image of the terrain during the war, and to aid future archaeological work by contextualising earthworks, artefacts and other material and documentary evidence. The rapid growth of conflict landscape archaeology in the UK and internationally (Freeman & Pollard 2001; Saunders et al. 2009) is creating a theoretical and methodological framework within which the investigation of Sussex sites clearly falls. This work includes a gazetteer of Sussex 1914-18 sites. The author is, among other things, a historian of military survey and mapping, and has acted as a consultant on First World War battlefields to the West Flanders Government and to the British All Party Group on War Graves and Battlefield Heritage. His most recent book, Mapping the First World War, was published by HarperCollins in November 2013. A list of abbreviations used can be found immediately before the References.

Landscapes of War and Peace: Sussex, the South Downs and the Western Front 1914-18, by John Godfrey, published 2014 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 152, article) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18617] & The Keep [LIB/508097] & S.A.S. library   View Online

This article explores how and to what extent an attachment to the localities and landscapes of the county of Sussex (and in particular the chalk landscapes of the South Downs) motivated and sustained soldiers of the Royal Sussex Regiment fighting on the Western Front during the First World War. It discusses the significance of locality and landscape as creations of the mind, and explores the origins and significance of the concept of 'the South Country' in the development of notions of England and Englishness in the years immediately before the First World War. The relevant history of the Royal Sussex Regiment is discussed, and 12 soldiers who fought with the Regiment on the Western Front, and whose letters, diaries or memoirs survive, are introduced. The article comments on the nature of these records and their reliability for historical research purposes. It analyses how, and to what extent, these men were motivated in their decisions to enlist in the Regiment and then to endure the conditions of 20th-century warfare by thoughts of their homes in Sussex and the localities and landscapes with which they were familiar in their civilian lives, and the significance of these motivating factors compared with others, such as patriotism, comradeship and ambition. The article concludes that considerations of locality and landscape were material in motivating these 12 soldiers to enlist and to endure, although other factors are probably equally important in understanding their motivations.

The Heroes of Hellingly: World War 1 51 people & World War 2 19 people, by David M. Dyer, published 1 February 2014 (120 pp., DMD Publishing, ISBN-10: 0956915515 & ISBN-13: 9780956915511) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508909] & British Library & East Sussex Libraries

An illustrated history of Hellingly Cemetery, the memorial tablet in Hellingley Church and other memorials in the area, together with details of the lives and mitary actions of the men and 1 woman, who died for 'King and Country' in either the First or the Second World Wars and whose names are recorded on the Memorials in Hellingly, Sussex.

A Lost Early WW1 Firing Range: Were controversial bullets fired at Newhaven?, by Ed & Biddy Jarzembowski, published April 2014 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 132, article, p.9, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507923] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Ever wondered why musket balls are round but rifle bullets are pointed? The answer is partly ballistic because technology advanced at an unprecedented rate in Victorian times, from the Brown Bess musket to the Lee-Enfield rifle in less than half a century. The answer is, however, also partly medical, as a pointed bullet is more likely to slice through flesh and bone, in contrast to a musket ball which smashed its way resulting in more damage and limb amputations. The typical twentieth century rifle bullet (the .303 Mk VII to give its technical name) appeared in 1910, replacing the older 'round nosed' 303, starting with front-line troops. Nevertheless, there was one infamous throwback in the adoption of the pointed bullet - the dum-dum developed in British India. The tip of the latter expanded on impact, but was banned internationally in 1899 under the Hague Convention.

Sussex in the Home Front: Impact of WW1 on Sussex to be explored in conference, by Sue Berry, published April 2014 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 132, article, p.12, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507923] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The theme of this year's Spring Conference is the impact of the First World War on Sussex as part of the 'Home Front'. Many of the issues were common to most of the country but some were probably unique to counties on the Home Front, such as the high concentration of soldiers stationed here waiting to join the fighting and the large numbers of wounded soldiers transported back needing medical care.

Hove and Portslade in the Great War, by Judy Middleton, published 19 June 2014 (208 pp., Pen & Sword Military, ISBN-10: 1783036435 & ISBN-13: 9781783036431)

Bognor in the Great War, by Clifford Mewett, published 3 September 2014 (176 pp., Pen & Sword Military, ISBN-10: 1783462825 & ISBN-13: 9781783462827) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Bognor at the time of the Great War was a small seaside town, quiet in winter but full of visitors in the summer. At that time it was barely one hundred and thirty years old, developed from a hamlet by Sir Richard Hotham, a hatter, who wanted to create his own purpose built bathing resort, to attract the nobility to take the sea air and as a rival to other towns along the Sussex coast. rnrnIn 1911 the population of Bognor had grown to a little over eight thousand, of whom around eleven hundred men answered the call in 1914, around a third of whom never returned. The book tells their stories, not in alphabetical Roll of Honour order, but in real time as it happened. It also takes a close look at those who fought and returned to Bognor, albeit with some badly injured, facing the future carrying the scars of four years fighting. Also included are the local villages of Aldwick, North and South Bersted and Felpham.rnrnWartime life in Bognor has also been included, how the town coped from the influx of Belgian refugees in 1914, a look at the various voluntary organisations, recruitment, invasion fears, conscientious objectors, tribunals, lighting restrictions, Zeppelins, food shortages and the victory celebrations. rnrnQueen Victoria, who stayed at Bognor as a child, once referred to it in later life as 'dear little Bognor'. Some eighty years later 'dear little Bognor' flexed her muscles as her young men marched to war.

This is a good example of what can emerge from newspapers, in this case The Bognor Observer and the West Sussex Gazette. The opening includes the way in which horses were requisitioned in large numbers, their owners sad to see them go and in some instances struggling to make a living. Bognor's summer season struggled along and as in Brighton and Eastbourne the visitors and the resort's role as a centre for the injured were both accommodated. Illustrated with over thirty contemporary black and white photographs.

Westbourne and the Great War, by Nigel Peake, published 1 September 2014 (Bygone Westbourne, no. 16, 120 pp., Westbourne Local History Group, ISBN-10: 0953655059 & ISBN-13: 9780953655052) accessible at: Westbourne Local History Group & West Sussex Libraries

This book identifies the impact the war had on a small community. Over three hundred men from the village served and the names of fifty-five men who died are listed on the war memorial. It explores how the village coped and includes information about where some of the men who served fought abroad. It is sad to learn how many young men died so soon once on active service. Well written and researched it is particularly good on the men's campaign experience.

Seaford and Eastbourne in the Great War, by Kevin Gordon, published 14 October 2014 (176 pp., Pen and Sword Books, ISBN-10: 1783036427 & ISBN-13: 9781783036424) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

How the experience of war impacted on the town, from the initial enthusiasm for sorting out the German kaiser in time for Christmas 1914, to the gradual realization of the enormity of human sacrifice the families of Seaforth and Eastbourne were committed to as the war stretched out over the next four years. A record of the growing disillusion of the people, their tragedies and hardships and a determination to see it through. The Sussex seaside towns of Seaford and Eastbourne were closer to the action than most places; the sound of naval battles could be heard from the coast (and sometimes witnessed by those with a good pair of binoculars). When the wind was in the right direction the rumble of artillery from France bought the frontline into the streets. At the start of the Great War, Eastbourne was an elegant and blossoming resort and did its best to maintain its tourist trade despite the arrival of soldiers, aeroplanes, refugees and the wounded. Seaford was a much smaller resort with a population of under 4,000 however thousands of troops from all over the Empire were billeted in the area either at private homes or in two massive camps. The Seaford camps were the venue for training, parades, fighting, murder and even rioting. Nearby Newhaven became an important port in which provisions were transported to the front. Conscientious Objectors, some under threat of the death penalty worked on the docks and the nearby roads.
In his book "Seaford and Eastbourne in the Great War" local historian, Kevin Gordon tells the story of how the conflict affected, not only these seaside towns but also of the soldiers (many of them teenagers) who answered the call to battle. It is a story of spies, schoolchildren and sacrifice; a story that, for many, ended in the cemetery at Seaford which today is one of the largest Commonwealth War Graves in the South of England.

Great War Britain West Sussex: Remembering 1914-18 , edited by Martin Hayes and Emma White in association with West Sussex County Council, published 1 October 2014 (272 pp., The History Press, ISBN-10: 0750960655 & ISBN-13: 9780750960656) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

The First World War claimed over 995,000 British lives, and its legacy continues to be remembered today. Great War Britain: West Sussex offers an intimate portrayal of the county and its people living in the shadow of the 'war to end all wars'. A beautifully illustrated and highly accessible volume, it describes local reaction to the outbreak of war; charts the experience of individuals who enlisted; the changing face of industry; the work of the many hospitals in the area; the effect of the conflict on local families; the women who defied convention to play a vital role on the home front; and concludes with a chapter dedicated to how the county and its people coped with the transition to life in peacetime once more. The Great War story of West Sussex is told through the testimony of those who were there and is vividly illustrated with evocative images from the archives of West Sussex County Council and local museums

This book is essentially a collaboration between WSRO and WSCC Library Service, using written documents and photos from their extensive archives as well as from private collections. It examines the impact of WW1 on the county from many perspectives; social, economic, the role of the Church as well as the military. It includes an excellent chapter about the Royal Sussex Regiment written by Alan Readman, former County Archivist at WSRO. The source of much the information comes from local newspapers, some now scanned on to DVDs thanks to a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. All sources are given in detail enabling readers to pursue their own searches through WSRO or libraries. The very important part played on the home front by women is highlighted and it mentions the first English WI meeting at Singleton in 1915.
This is a well-balanced publication and is a credit to all concerned with its production, including many library volunteers.

Uncle Stan's Conscientious Objector, by Gwen May, published December 2014 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 21 no. 4, article, p.159) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508854]

Stanley PHILCOX (1890-1974) was the eighth child and fourth son of the ten children born to George and Alice PHILCOX (my great grandparents). In 1916 he joined the army as a private in the Royal Fusiliers, going at first to Chichester and in September 1916 to France. Three of Stanley's brothers were also in the army and his eldest brother (my grandfather), already married and living away from the family home in Coleman's Hatch, was doing war work at Woolwich. Stan wrote many letters home to his mother and sisters, some of which I have been lucky to inherit. He first meets the conscientious objector, who is never named, when he joins up at Chichester. He is refusing to eat and is shut in the guard room.

A Military Coup!, by Sharon Paskins, published December 2014 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 21 no. 4, article, pp.160-163) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508854]

Several years ago a (non blood) relative of mine was having a clear out and, knowing my interest in family history, gave me a cardboard box "with some old family photos in". The box had been in the loft for years, and far from containing a few photos, it was full of family documents, memorabilia and photos dating back to the 1850s. I scanned all the carte de visits, family letters, wills, original birth marriage and death certificates and apprenticeship papers onto my PC and packed the box away in a safe place and forgot about it. With the WW1 centenary approaching, the box came to mind as a source of possible photographs so I dug it out and retrieved a pile of history that I had so carelessly dismissed all those years previously.
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From a Sussex perspective there were two entries in the autograph book that caught my eye; one from Norman BOURNE from the Royal Sussex Regiment and the other from R.T. OLIVER whose entry includes reference to St Leonards on Sea.

War Memories, by Rosie Ansell, published December 2014 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 21 no. 4, article, pp.175-178) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508854]

My grandfather, Cecil ANSELL, had a very short part to play in the First World War. He rarely spoke about it but two of my uncles got him to talk once near the end of his life when they had a tape recorder running. I have adapted this article from a transcript of the conversation.

British Red Cross - VAD Indexes Online, by Viv Bennett, published December 2014 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 21 no. 4, article, pp.184-185) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508854]

To mark the centenary of the First World War, the British Red Cross has received a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to digitise and make available an interactive database and website of the collection of 244,000 Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) personnel index cards of those who volunteered during the First World War. Working with Kingston University, volunteers are currently transcribing the record cards for the database. The database was launched on 20th October 2014 by the British Red Cross to mark the centenary of the establishment of the Joint War Committee.

Letters from the Front in 1917, by Susan C. Djabri, published December 2014 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 21 no. 4, article, pp.185-190) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508854]

I have some unpublished memoirs and a number of letters from my uncle, Norman WELTON, to my mother Marian - his younger sister - telling of his experiences at the Front during the First World War. Though many of the letters are written in a light-hearted tone, they reveal a good deal about the conditions in which the soldiers lived, the terror of heavy shelling and my uncle's feelings about his friend, Charles TREGLOWN, who had been killed. There is also a vivid account of his experiences in combat, as part of General Sandeman Carey's 'force', hastily assembled to plug a gap in the line in March 1918. Norman was posted to Sussex when the war ended. I have added some notes on useful websites that can be used to find further information about the First World War.

Wadhurst's Black Sunday: 9th May 1915, edited by Arthur Dewar, David James and Heather Woodward, published 2015 (142 pp., Wadhurst History Society) accessible at: Wadhurst History Society

A detailed account of the Battle of Aubers Ridge on 9th May 1915.  The book features a time line of world events between March and June 1915 and one of the Battle itself.  It touches briefly on the causes of the First World War and also deals with battles which lead up to the tragedy. There is a short biography of each of the 25 Wadhurst men killed on that awful day and the book goes on to analyse the effects on Wadhurst and its people.

Indians in Britain during the First World War, by Suzanne Bardgett, published March 2015 in History Today (vol. 65, issue 3, article, pp.41-47) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/509162]   View Online

The people of Brighton offered a warm welcome to the Indian soldiers sent to convalesce at the Sussex resort in the First World War. But the military authorities found much to be nervous about.

Salt Lake During WW1, by Susan Martin, published March 2015 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 21 no. 5, article, pp.209-215) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508855]

The story of the residents of Salt Lake during WW1 continues from page 173 of the last Historian. Serving in the Royal Navy by the end of 1914 was Henry Charles LOWER from 9 Salt Lake Cottages. He had been born 15 July 1899 in Burgess Hill but following the death of his father in 1902 he, his mother and sisters Emily and Ivy had been living with his grandfather Charles WINTON.

The Brave Remembered: Battle Men at War 1914-1918, by George Kiloh, published 25 June 2015 (256 pp., Battle & District Historical Society, ISBN-10: 1903099013 & ISBN-13: 9781903099018) accessible at: Battle & District Historical Society & East Sussex Libraries

Against a compelling account of the progress of the War, the book tells the story of some 500 Battle men who served in the Great War and explains what happened to the individual men. The stories include men from all walks of life, be they the heir to the last Webster baronet of Battle Abbey or a labourer who gave his address as 'in a barn'.

Brighton in the Great War, by Douglas D'Enno, published 30 November 2015 (176 pp., Pen & Sword Books ltd., ISBN-10: 1783032995 & ISBN-13: 9781783032990) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/509151] & West Sussex Libraries

Although the impact of the Great War on Brighton was profound, the seaside town was spared any direct attack by the enemy. The fear of spies and sabotage, however, was widespread at first and aliens were an issue which had to be swiftly resolved under new legislation. Allies, of course, were warmly welcomed, and accommodation was swiftly found for those fleeing the catastrophic events in Belgium.Between 1914 and 1918, Brighton made major contributions to the war effort in many ways: by responding readily to the call to arms, by caring for great numbers of wounded (the story of the exotic Royal Pavilion being used as a hospital for Indian casualties is widely known locally) and by simply being itself - an open and welcoming resort that offered sanctuary, respite and entertainment to besieged Londoners and to other visitors, from every stratum of society. The book looks at the fascinating wartime roles of Brighton's women, who quietly played a vital part in transport services, industrial output and food production. Non-combatant menfolk also kept the wheels turning under very trying circumstances. When the meat shortage became acute, the mayor himself took direct action, requisitioning ninety sheep at Brighton Station for the town which were destined for butchers' shops in London.The names of no fewer than 2,597 men and three women who made the supreme sacrifice were inscribed on the town's memorial, which was unveiled at the Old Steine on 7 October 1922 by Earl Beatty. At the ceremony, the earl acknowledged that 'it was by duty and self-sacrifice that the war was won.' It remained, he said, for those who had survived the conflict to ensure that the great sacrifices of the past, both by the dead and the living, should not have been made in vain. We remember them in this book.

Barns Green: A Local history of the Great War, by Mary Hallett, published 11 December 2015 (Honeybee Books, ISBN-10: 1910616443 & ISBN-13: 9781910616444) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Not Enough Food and Too Many Military Police: Discipline, Food, and the 23rd Reserve Battalion July - September 1917, by Ryan Barry Flavelle, published 2016 in War & Society (vol. 35, issue 2, article, pp.92-113)   View Online

Discusses the reasons for a mutiny that Canadian artist A.Y. Jackson took part in while stationed in Shoreham-by-Sea and serving with the Canadian Army's 23rd Reserve Battalion. The battalion was composed of convalescents who, having been wounded at the front, were on their way back to France. There was much discontent due to harsh discipline and poor food. The incident was concealed after a visit b.y senior staff

Salt Lake During WW1, by Susan Martin, published March 2016 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 22 no. 1, article, pp.20-24) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/509161]

Lancing seems to have been a relatively crime free village. Certain crimes were war related. There were several prosecutions for having an unobscured light, particularly on householders along the seafront. One of those was a JP caught with a light showing at 10.10pm.

Royal Naval Deaths in the First World War, by Dominic Harper, published March 2016 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 22 no. 1, article, pp.34-35) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/509161]

The primary source for Royal Navy deaths in the First World War is the Commonwealth War Graves Commission web site (CWGC). Another source is the War Graves Roll, a set of documents held at TNA, Kew, ref ADM 242/7 to 10. This set can provide information in addition to that available on the CWGC web site. These documents, although large, (16 inches by 14 inches) are easy to read and use, as they are typed and arranged in alphabetical order. In addition there are the individual service records. Also, for the loss of larger ships, there are separate casualty books (ADM 116 series).

Salt Lake During WW1, by Susan Martin, published June 2016 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 22 no. 2, article, pp.88-93) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/509232]

The story of the residents of Salt Lake during WW1 continues from page 20 of the last Historian.

Crowborough, Jarvis Brook and Rotherfield War Memorials, by Nigel Allison, published 1 July 2016 (163 pp., Nigel Allison Publishing, ISBN-10: 1526204134 & ISBN-13: 9781526204134) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/509248]

The People of Beeding and Bramber in the Great War, by Pat Nightingale and Ken Wilson-Wheeler, published 9 September 2016 (179 pp. + 110 illus., Beeding and Bamber Local History Society) accessible at: Henfield Museum & Steyning Museum

Covers the stories of soldiers who were killed in WW1, and those that survived, from the villages of Upper Beeding, Bramber, Botolphs, Small Dole, Edburton and Fulking.

The POW experience, by Rosie Ansell, published September 2016 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 22 no. 3, article, pp.115-119) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/509265]

The Somme, by Peter Trill, published September 2016 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 22 no. 3, article, pp.119-122) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/509265]

Salt Lake During WW1, by Susan Martin, published September 2016 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 22 no. 3, article, pp.125-129) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/509265]

Village Boys Still: Thirty One Men from the Parish of Tillington Who Gave Their Lives in the Great War, by Trevor Purnell, published 18 November 2016 (Tricorn Books, ISBN-10: 1909660698 & ISBN-13: 9781909660694)

Sidney Herbert Richards of the Royal Sussex Regiment, by Val Hyde, published December 2016 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 22 no. 4, article, pp.184-190) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/509472]

When West Grinstead went to War 1914 -1918, by West Grinstead Local History Group, published 2017 (West Grinstead Local History Group) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Never to Return: Brighton College's Fallen 1914-18, by Max Usher, published 12 January 2017 (112 pp., Bloomsbury Publishing, ISBN-10: 1784421588 & ISBN-13: 9781784421588) accessible at: British Library

In the early summer of 1914, the headmaster of Brighton College, Canon W. R. Dawson, spoke to the school in chapel. He called on every boy present to stand ready to sacrifice his life in defence of his country. No shot had yet been fired in anger, Austria's Archduke still lived, few anticipated a European war, and yet Brighton's headmaster seemed to sense the approaching clouds of conflict.
By November 1918, of the 280 boys in the Chapel that day, 149 of them lay dead, casualties of the Great War. Ten of them were still teenagers. This book presents mini biographies of the School's former students killed in the First World War and serves as a fitting tribute to their bravery and fortitude.

Military Voices Past & Present: West Sussex veterans in the 20^th century, by Emma Worall (née White), Amy Perry and Martin Hayes, published June 2017 (Chichester: West Sussex County Council, ISBN-13: 9780862605933) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

The current centenaries of First World War events, and 75th anniversaries of Second World War events, have given us an opportunity to remember, research, re-evaluate and appreciate military veterans. Military Voices Past and Present was an oral history project, organised by West Sussex County Council Library Service, to compare some recently discovered Great War veteran recordings with new interviews, of current military veterans, recorded for the project. This book is a record of over 90 detailed interviews covering the period 1914 to the 1990s.

Brothers in Arms, by Sharon Paskins, published September 2017 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 22 no. 7, article, pp.331-335) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860]