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The Baron and the Barmaid
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Sir John French, the commander-in-chief of the BEF until December 1915 was one of the many Anglo-Irish who served in the British Army in the Victorian and Edwardian period. Sir John's family was related to the French/De Freyne family which had settled in County Wexford in the fourteenth century. A distant cousin of Sir John's was Arthur, the 4th...
Lewes and the Great War : February Casualites
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February’s Lewes casualties provide a glimpse of the contrasting life experiences and backgrounds of residents of different Lewes streets, amongst whom three men’s very different stories stand out. Private Daniel Todman of the 9th Royal Sussex Regiment, who died of wounds at a field dressing station near Ypres on 18th February 1916, lived with h...
The Great War and March Casualities from Lewes, East Sussex
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During the early years of the war, March on the Western Front was a time of preparation for the spring offensives both sides knew would come as soon as the ground had dried out sufficiently to make a successful advance a real possibility. As a result there was only one Lewes casualty in March 1915 and two in 1916. March 1917 brought seven fatali...
29 January 1915: 2/Lt Sidney Barthropp
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Sidney Barthrop was born at Kensington Court 25 March 1892 the only son of Major Alfred Barthropp (a stockbroker) of Newport House and Ellen Barthropp (née Wentworth). At the 1901 Census, Sidney - along with his parents and domestic servants including a governess - were living at Newport House (an extensive property with 14 rooms), in Newport,...
Iris Hotblack and Alan ‘Balmy’ Morton : love letters from the Front
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At the outbreak of war in 1914, 20-year-old Miss Iris Mary Hotblack was at home with her family. They lived in a large, Edwardian, detached, seven-room house called The Boltons on King Henry’s Road, Lewes, in Sussex. Iris had been sent away to school in Cheltenham, so she was used to living away from home and writing letters to stay in touch. S...
19 March 1916: Pte Cecil Hugh Peckham
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Cecil Peckham was born in 1896 in Barcombe, East Sussex. His parents were Joseph (a domestic gardener) and Florence. Age 5, at the 1901 Census. Cecil was living at home, at Fern Cottage, High Street, Barcombe with his parents, older brother Charles and younger sister Florence and a lodger. Age 15, at the 1911 Census, Cecil was still living at h...
The Five Baldock-Apps brothers from Hurst Green
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Some people will know of the sacrifice of the Souls family from Great Rissington in the Cotswolds. The family's tragedy was recounted by Ian Hislop in the TV series 'Not Forgotten' on First World War memorials in 2005 and told again in a book that supported the series of the same name by Neil Oliver. Annie and William Souls of Hurst Green, East...
The Three Pannell Brothers - 'The Day Sussex Died'
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The Three Pannell Brothers - 'The Day Sussex Died' The story of the five Souls brothers, who were all killed during the First World War, is very well-known and, earlier this year, we published the similar story of the five Baldock-Apps brothers from Hurst Green. In looking through The Western Front Association pension records as part of Project...
An ‘Enthusiastic’ Response to War? British social responses to the outbreak of the First World War.
This is an MA Dissertation submitted to the University of Wolverhampton as part of their 'History of Britain and the First World War. It has been adapted slightly from the original for improved online reading, with links and illustrations added for greater enjoyment. TITLE: An ‘enthusiastic’ response to War? British social responses to the outb...
Just out! Stand To! No. 128
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In his introduction, the editor Matthew Leonard introduces the many articles featured in this issue about conflict, the aftermath of war, loss, mental trauma, homosexuality and much more. Members now receive a copy of Stand To! four times a year. Most are sent out in print form, while Digital Members elect to receive both Stand To! and Bulleti...
Sergeant George William Hutson: A talented distance runner, Olympian and casualty of the Great War
George was born on 22 December 1889 in Old Malling, Lewes, Sussex. He was the eldest of four children of George Huston, a journeyman butcher, and his wife. On leaving school, George worked as an outfitter’s assistant. On 5th March 1908, at age 18, George enlisted in the 2nd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment and was sent to Chichester for basic tra...