Lest we forget’ Remembrance Sunday, November 8th 2015 Ion Castro was in Hastings’ beautiful Alexandra Park with his camera.
Category: World War I
First World War stories from Rye, Hastings and the surrounding district, including service on land and sea, life on the home front, remembrance and the families changed by the conflict of 1914–1918. The archive combines researched history with letters, photographs and personal testimony, keeping local names beside the larger events.
The Great Sacrifice of a Rye Family
November is the month we remember those that fell in two World Wars and other Wars and Conflicts The Great Sacrifice of a Rye Family By Roland Jempson In the June 2003 edition of Rye’s Own. There was an article entitled “The Tiltman’s of Rye”, about the sacrifice of nine members of the “Tiltman” family, … Continue reading The Great Sacrifice of a Rye Family
Billeting of Troops WW1
By Brian Lawes Early in the War billeting troops was a contentious issue in Hastings. In a survey of rate payers it showed that of the replies received, only 2,024 ratepayers were in favour of the billeting of troops, six against, and six were neutral.
Anzac Day
SOLDIERS FROM SUSSEX AT GALLIPOLI The 100th Anniversary By Richard Holdsworth While Australian and New Zealand troops (ANZACS) are usually associated with the bravery and deaths suffered at Gallipoli, troops from the county of Sussex also fought and died in this terrible and, ultimately, fruitless campaign during WWl.
Rye Old Scholars
MANY RYE OLD SCHOLARS MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE IN WORLD WAR 1. By John Breeds. I’m sure that readers will remember the two boards commemorating Rye Old Scholars who died as a result of fighting during WWI.The one on the left, from Rye Grammar School, has 24 names on it and the rather grander one, … Continue reading Rye Old Scholars
Hastings & The Great War
By Tony May With 2014 being the 100th anniversary of the beginning of The First World War and having recently watched the ‘The Great War’ boxed-set on DVD, I felt compelled to write something about civilized mans lowest moment in history.
100 Years have Passed Since The War To End All Wars Began
BY JIM HOLLANDS 28 July 1914 was a beautiful summer day, but by the time the sun had set a terrible war had started that would not end for over four years. By 11am on the 11 November 1918, when the armistice brought silence to the battlefields of France and Flanders, in excess of nine … Continue reading 100 Years have Passed Since The War To End All Wars Began
Between the Zeppelin and the Doodle Bug
By Arthur Woodgate On 16 October 1917, I was taken to the Lion Street School and settled in a class taught by a Miss Jordon. Miss Longley was the Headmistress and with a long wooden corridor she could be heard coming with loud creaks all over our infant school.
Rye and the Great War
It is difficult to recapture the atmosphere of the terrible 1914—18 war years. Ninety-Seven years is a long period in time, and memories fade and soften.
German U-Boat on Hastings Beach
“There’s a U-Boat on the Beach” Helen Davies looked out of her window at The Queens” on Hastings Seafront and saw a submarine washed up on the beach. It was the morning of 15 April 1919. The Great War had been over for five months and the people of Hastings were beginning to come to … Continue reading German U-Boat on Hastings Beach