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Category Archives: Sussex East
Rye Harbour War Memorial & Church of the Holy Spirit Churchyard
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
A Pevensey Pillbox
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
Berwick – St. Michael & All Angels Church, Churchyard & War Memorial
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
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
Ashdown Forest – The Airmen’s Grave
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