Welcome to the Sussex Branch of The Western Front Association

All meetings held on the 2nd Friday of each month in The Lecture Room, Lewes Town Hall, Lewes:

Lecture Room

1st Floor (Fisher Street Entrance)

Lewes Town Hall

Lewes

East Sussex

  

We meet at 7.30pm and finish at approximately 9:30pm.

A donation of £5.00 which includes refreshments is requested to help cover expenses. 

The Town Hall from Fisher Street with the ground floor entrance to the first floor Lecture Room

Lewes Town Hall is a short walk from Lewes Station, with bus stops along the High Street.

There is usually ample street parking in the vicinity on a Friday evening, as well as car parks north of the Town Hall at The Needlemakers. (Free parking after 5pm) 

Location of the entrance to the Lecture Room, on Fisher Street around the left hand side of Lewes Tourist Office and the Town Hall (CC Open Street Map)

Upcoming Branch Events

Lt Col John Sherwood Kelly VC CMG DSO ‘The Bravest Man in the British Army’ with Philip Bujak
21 Apr

Lt Col John Sherwood Kelly VC CMG DSO ‘The Bravest Man in the British Army’ with Philip Bujak

1st Floor Lecture Room, Lewes Town Hall, Lewes Town Hall, High St, Lewes, BN7 2QS
21 Apr 2023 19:30

Author and Historian Philip Bujak will be talking about Lt Col John Sherwood Kelly VC CMG DSO ‘The Bravest Man in the British Army’. A former Army officer with the Anglian Regiment who has written on many aspects of the First and Second World Wars.

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'Lt Richard Charles Legge. The Lead Tank Commander at Flers' with Matt Taylor
09 Jun

'Lt Richard Charles Legge. The Lead Tank Commander at Flers' with Matt Taylor

1st Floor Lecture Room, Lewes Town Hall, Lewes Town Hall, High St, Lewes, BN7 2QS
09 Jun 2023 19:00

We welcome Historian and Former Police Officer Matt Taylor to our Branch.  He has a keen interest in the First World War and the Second World War.  He will be speaking about a Sussex man from Lindfield and his story. This will be a great insight to a tank commander's role in the Great War.

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'Sending Parcels, Salting Pigs and Side Stepping Busybodies' with Maggie Andrews
12 Aug

'Sending Parcels, Salting Pigs and Side Stepping Busybodies' with Maggie Andrews

1st Floor Lecture Room, Lewes Town Hall, Lewes Town Hall, High St, Lewes, BN7 2QS
12 Aug 2023 19:00

We welcome to the branch for the first time Professor Maggie Andrews. She is the Professor Emerita of Cultural History at Worcester University.   She will be speaking about The story of the challenges and changes on the home front that would affect everyone.  She was historical consultant on BBC Radio’s 4 Home Front series and is a published Auth…

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