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.
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The Great War returns to life in this selection from the Rye’s Own archive, bringing together the people, atmosphere and stories that made it memorable. The trail includes “German U-Boat on Hastings Beach” and “Hastings & The Great War”, offering several ways into the subject rather than a single potted account.
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