News

We hold an archive of our past newsletters and we hope they may be of interest.

We are pleased to announce a members only visit to the Rotor radar bunker at RAF Wartling on Saturday 9th May. Tickets are limited and booking opens on Saturday 4th April at 9am. Further information has been sent out in the member’s newsletter.

We are please to announce the launch of our new, modernised website which is now being maintained as sussexmilitary.com – replacing the old domain name. The site features an up-to-date events listing and it is also possible to add subscribe your smartphone calendar so it is always up to date with the SMHS programme.

Shoreham Fort have a couple of Tin Hut Talks coming up which members may be interested in. The talks are held at Shoreham Fort in the last usable First World War Nissen Hut in the country.  General Tuker: The Most Successful General You Never Heard Of  Thursday 19th March, 6:30pm “This month’s Tin Hut Talk guest speaker is amateur historian Nigel Shearman. Join us to hear the story of General Francis Tuker, who conceived Operation… Read more: Shoreham Fort Upcoming Tin Hut Talks

Archaeology South-East are holding an open day on Saturday 21st February, at the Bexhill Drill Hall, focusing on their excavations at the First World War training camp at Cooden in East Sussex.  “Our archaeologists will be on hand to explain the story of the excavations; a selection of the many artefacts we found will be on display as well as the Royal Sussex Living History Group giving us a taste of how the soldiers would… Read more: WW1 Cooden Training Camp excavations open day

After six years or so at the helm, I will unfortunately be stepping down as newsletter editor in April. It’s been a blast producing this each month and sharing with you a huge variety of Sussex-related military history, most of which I had no prior knowledge of. However, a growing burden of work commitments and some new qualifications I’m studying for mean I no longer have the time to give this my full attention.  Hopefully… Read more: Call for a Newsletter Editor