Category Archives: Sussex East

Rye Harbour War Memorial & Church of the Holy Spirit Churchyard

Posted on July 9, 2020 by Magicfingers

Down on the Sussex coast, about as far south as you can get, there’s a little church,… …unfortunately locked, as it turned out, on this particular day,… …although luckily for us,… …it’s the lych gate that we have primarily come … Continue reading →

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A Pevensey Pillbox

Posted on April 3, 2019 by Magicfingers

Not what you expect to find on a modern housing estate, really. We are in Stone Cross, about two miles west of Pevensey, and this is indeed a Second World War pillbox. Built in 1941 as part of a network … Continue reading →

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Ninfield (St. Mary) Churchyard Extension

Posted on February 23, 2019 by Magicfingers
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Berwick – St. Michael & All Angels Church, Churchyard & War Memorial

Posted on September 15, 2018 by Magicfingers

Welcome to Berwick.  Not Berwick up north, but Berwick down south, in East Sussex. Inside the quaint little church,… …a splendid mural entitled ‘Christ in Glory’ covers much of the interior, designed in 1943 by artist Duncan Grant (Grant was … Continue reading →

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Pevensey – St. Nicolas Church & Churchyard

Posted on September 6, 2018 by Magicfingers

And it all started with such promise. An easy to navigate churchyard. War graves, a decent day (in fact two days, four apart, as I had to persuade the churchwarden to open the place on my second visit). Actually 455 … Continue reading →

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Ashdown Forest – The Airmen’s Grave

Posted on February 15, 2016 by Magicfingers

A minute or so after midnight on the last day of July 1941, the peace of the Ashdown Forest in East Sussex was shattered as Wellington Mk II W5364 QT-H, returning from a bombing raid on Cologne, ended its homeward … Continue reading →

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Hartfield War Memorial

Posted on September 23, 2014 by Magicfingers
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