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'Mission Accomplished' - Bomber Command memorial Posted: 28 April 2013 17:59 A large crowd gathered on Beachy Head this afternoon to witness the first annual Bomber Command 'Mission Accomplished' Memorial Service. Read the full story...
Bomb craters (10) - shell craters Posted: 14 April 2013 10:31 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. Read the full story...
Some of our Lobster Pots are missing Posted: 12 April 2013 20:12 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. Read the full story...
Safety first! Posted: 06 April 2013 20:26 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. Read the full story...
Who shot at the Chattri memorial? Posted: 15 March 2013 20:01 The Chattri is an unusual war memorial. Situated on the South Downs, it commemorates Indian soldiers who died in Brighton during WW1 and were cremated at this isolated spot. During WW2 the memorial suffered some damage. Read the full story...
A loophole in the law? Posted: 11 March 2013 22:06 Driving through Lewes last week, I was held up in a long tailback by the traffic lights near the prison. Glancing out my window I happened to notice what looked like a loophole cut in the prison wall. Read the full story...
Seven years on Posted: 11 March 2013 20:12 This week marks the seventh anniversary of The Defence of East Sussex Project and another year of progress! Read the full story...
Canadian TEWT, German roadblock, British trenches Posted: 26 February 2013 18:42 A Canadian TEWT exercise held in 1944 posed problems for reconnaissance units running into a German roadblock. The scenario was imaginary, but a visit to the site yielded unexpected results. Read the full story...
Bomb craters (9) - another cemetery hit Posted: 27 December 2012 21:28 A few months ago I posted a detailed analysis of bomb damage in Ocklynge Cemetery in Eastbourne. Hove Cemetery also suffered bomb damage, some of which is still evident today. Read the full story...
Digital Meccano - the Stock Span Bridge Posted: 18 December 2012 11:49 One of the things I love about Google Sketchup is the ability to model pretty much anything you care to measure up. Using some scale drawings I recreated a lesser-known bridge in use by the British Army in WW2. Read the full story...
Bomb craters (8) - Camouflet crater Posted: 14 December 2012 21:29 Not all bombs exploded when they hit the ground; an underground explosion would cause a cavity known as a 'camouflet'. Amazingly, landscape evidence of a camouflet still exists today. Read the full story...
Another anti-tank ditch exercise Posted: 07 December 2012 21:53 Following on from the anti-tank ditch I wrote about last month, some documentary evidence combined with a trip into a soggy landscape locates speculative evidence of a similar training exercise. Read the full story...
Stop the Pigeon! Posted: 23 November 2012 20:04 There has been a frenzy of media speculation about the content of a message with the remains of a wartime carrier pigeon discovered in a chimney in Surrey. I have nothing to say about the message itself, but do have an unsubstantiated theory about the bird's origin. Read the full story...
RE Training Area (1) - Roads and anti-tank ditch Posted: 16 November 2012 09:49 Documents recently lead me to locate a training area used by the Royal Engineers (RE) in 1939-40. Part 1 of this series examines road-making and an anti-tank ditch in this area. Read the full story...
In Remembrance Posted: 11 November 2012 15:02 I've been spending quite a bit of time in two cemeteries in recent months, most notably Ocklynge Cemetery in Eastbourne, but Hove Cemetery has also been subject to scrutiny. Read the full story...
Bomb craters (7) - 'bouncing' bomb scars cemetery Posted: 16 August 2012 12:18 Although the term 'bouncing bomb' is synonymous with the Dambusters, ordinary bombs were sometimes known to bounce long distances before exploding. Although there's no crater left, we find other evidence at the scene of an bomb incident. Read the full story...
Beachy Head Bomber Command memorial Posted: 14 August 2012 13:57 Anyone who knows about the Allied bomber offensive against Germany during WW2 will also know of the sorry turn of affairs that robbed thousands of brave men of proper recognition of their heroism until recently. A memorial has been erected in London, and another was unveiled on Beachy Head last month. Read the full story...
Wartime sport in East Sussex Posted: 08 August 2012 20:59 As Olympic fever has well and truly gripped the country following the recent flurry of Team GB medals, I thought some wartime sports reports might be of interest. Read the full story...
Bomb craters (6) - mystery bunker identified! Posted: 26 July 2012 19:32 Several years ago I stumbled across an unusual underground bunker on a steep hillside on the Downs near Eastbourne. The structure remained a mystery until I began writing this series of blog entries about bomb craters. Read the full story...
What future for Newhaven Fort? Posted: 12 July 2012 22:34 It has been announced that Newhaven Fort is to be leased out by Lewes District Council, thereby threatening the future of an important piece of British Heritage. Read the full story...

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