The Defence of East Sussex Project
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Today is day 2630 of the project; 436 days longer than World War 2!
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National Archives Research
No. of visits: 93
War diaries: 1340
Total files: 1885
Concrete Evidence Database
| Top 3 features | |
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| V1 impact | 765 |
| Roadblock | 588 |
| Pillbox | 523 |
Records:
4134 sites with 4506 functions 4949 features
Roadblock recce Project
Roadblock sites visited: 321
Still to visit: 152
Downsforce Project
Defence works recorded: 382
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The Battlefield beneath your feet
The Defence of East Sussex Project is the most comprehensive post-war survey of military activity in the county 1939-45 using original Allied and German sources.
There is a lot of evidence of wartime activity still remaining in the UK landscape - but did you know that there's a battlefield beneath your feet?
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'Mission Accomplished' - Bomber Command memorial
Posted: 28 Apr 2013
A large crowd gathered on Beachy Head this afternoon to witness the first annual Bomber Command 'Mission Accomplished' Memorial Service.
I wrote a short piece on the new monument last August, shortly after its unveiling. Today's ceremony comprised a brief service followed by a flypast of 35 aircraft.
Bomb craters (10) - shell craters
14 Apr 2013
A landscape feature that I've not yet covered in this series is what would have been the most numerous type of crater in Sussex - those made by artillery shells. A visit to the site of a live-fire exercise reveals some interesting evidence.
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Some of our Lobster Pots are missing
12 Apr 2013
Since I was young I have been fascinated by the Luftwaffe's Rettungsbojen, which were floating refuges anchored in the English Channel for downed aircrew. The British nicknamed them Lobster Pots.
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Safety first!
06 Apr 2013
It is often said that perhaps a million unexploded shells still lie beneath the WW1 battlefields of France and Belgium, but today I experienced an unexploded device in Sussex.
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