Sussex Military History Society
Researching & exploring the military past of Sussex & beyond since 1998
Luke writes: “The talk will describe the development of the North and South Camps at Seaford during the Great War, looking at their fabric and the life and training of […]
Hosted by Shoreham Fort: As part of England’s largest festival of history and culture, Shoreham Fort is open to all. Admission is free.
In this presentation Geoffrey will look at the myths and legends of the Normandy Campaign from D-Day to the end of the Battle of Falaise on 21 August 1944. These […]
Richard writes: “Basically taking in my interests in Battlefields and combining it with my professional knowledge as a Tourist Guide to give an outline, but not exhaustive, picture of what […]
The second of the year. As mentioned before, please bring in any military artefacts if you have them and talk for a few minutes about them, and pass them around […]
John has led the volunteer group which cares for the remains of RAF Wartling near Pevensey for the past 23 years since he first organised the effort to pump out […]
The Battle of Dorking (1871) by George Tomkyns Chesney is one of the most influential works of early invasion literature—a vivid and unsettling fictional account of Britain’s sudden defeat by […]