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The Great War and March Casualities from Lewes, East Sussex
During the early years of the war, March on the Western Front was a time of preparation for the s...
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Lewes and the Great War : February Casualites
February’s Lewes casualties provide a glimpse of the contrasting life experiences and backgrounds...
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Lewes and the Great War : January Casualties
By the end of autumn 1914 the German advance on Paris had been halted and both sides had dug in f...
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The Battle of the Somme - A Royal Flying Corps perspective
On 1st July 1916, the Battle of the Somme opened. With 60,000 casualties (including 20,000 dead)...
Read More![Götterdämerung – June 1919 The End of the German High Seas Fleet by Robin Brodhurst](/media/6626/14-hindenburg.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=132043700000270000)
Götterdämerung – June 1919 The End of the German High Seas Fleet by Ro...
The surrender and scuttling of the Kaiser’s High Seas Fleet at Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands i...
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Victoria Crosses awarded on the Western Front
The Victoria Cross (VC) is awarded for 'conspicuous bravery in the presence of the enemy'. For a...
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The Liverpool Scottish at Bellewaarde
This article is intended to briefly tell the story of one not particularly well known action that...
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Rex Warneford and the downing of LZ37
Zeppelin raids on London had started as early as January 1915 when towns in North Norfolk came un...
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A Policeman on board : When Lord Kitchener drowned 6 June 1916
Lord Kitchener, Secretary of State for War, was drowned in HMS Hampshire on 5 June 1916, when it...
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‘Kitchener of Khartoum’ and HMS Hampshire : 5 June 1916
Within Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery, on the Island of Hoy on the Orkney Islands, is a memorial to...
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Lewes War Memorial by Dr Graham Mayhew
Erected in 1922, following a design competition judged by the Slade Professor of Fine Art at Cam...
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Free access to the ‘Australian Anzacs in the Great War 1914-1918’ and ‘N...
The ‘Australian Anzacs in the Great War 1914-1918’ and ‘New Zealand Anzacs in the Great War 1914...
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