| Throughout
Sussex there are various memorials
and rolls of honour dedicated to those men and
women who fell in various wars. These memorials and
rolls cover many centuries in some cases, most World
War One and Two.
During
any conflict there are certain acts of bravery or
defiance that are noticeable above others. For these
acts citations and medals have been awarded.
If
anybody has information for those of the Second World
War, Boer War, or the like similar to those supplied
for the First World War then I would gladly post these
as well. |
| The
various memorials
and cemeteries maintained by the War Graves Commission
for the Western Front are described and pictured on
the Internet. Details of Kranji War Cemetery and Taiping
can be found in the Overseas
section. |
Some
of the cap badges
are laid out, on a separate page.
Not
all memorials were to people; there are memorials to various
types of animal that served and fell in World War I for
example, dogs. |
Please
Note: Every attempt has been made to transcribe this information
accurately but there are occasions that the information
supplied is incorrect or errors occur during transcription.
We do not wish to cause offence to any families of the men
detailed here and will change the relevant information when
informed.
Also
note that places detailed on these memorials may appear
in the wrong county. This information has been transcribed
from the records given and, as the men were parochial, the
information supplied at enlistment was the view of the men
and the county they thought they resided in.
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These
pages are available for transcripts of these memorials
and rolls of honour. If you have a transcription of,
or you are willing to transcribe, a Sussex memorial
or roll of honour for these pages then please contact
me, the email address is below.
Current
acknowledgements for assistance with these pages must
go to Christopher Comber, Janet Graves, Alan Seymour,
Guy Voice and many others - thank you all.
Thank
you,
Martin
Edwards
email:webmaster@roll-of-honour.com |
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World
War 1 & 2 - Others Selection
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Pre-1914
- Memorial Selection |
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To
gain an overview of all the towns and parishes covered,
and
THAT ARE BEING COVERED, by this site there is an
alphabetical index.
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| There
is a separate statistical overview
for Sussex kindly provided by Alan Seymour. The
following locations have been visited and to the best of
our knowledge do not have war memorials. They are mainly
very old and very bare Churches with very plain featurless
interiors.
Binstead,
Botolphs, Coombes, Didling, Earnley, Egdean, Ford, Hardham,
North Stoke, South Stoke, Southease and Tortington. Warningcamp
has no churchand is included in Burpham. Middleton (Modern)
comes under Felpham. East Wittering is modern but proclaims
proudly that all its men returned. Tuxlith and Binderton
no longer exist.
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Links to other sites
that
you may find useful.
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| THE
THIN BLUE LINE
This
site is dedicated to all the men from the six
constituent Sussex Police Forces and the three
constituent Surrey Police Forces who fought
in the First World War. In particular it records
the details of those who paid the ultimate sacrifice
in the service of King and Country. |
| External
memorial
The
War Memorial at
St Paul’s Church, Brighton
The
memorial for for St Paul's Church, Brighton
is an early, simple wooden board that lists
those parishioners who died in the 1914-1918
war. On the church website there is a page detailing
the memorial then a page for Every
Man Remembered which includes a series of
letters from the Parish
Magazine (1915-1917) by the Vicar of St
Paul's, Fr J.E. Halliwell. |
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Learn about the
UNITED
KINGDOM NATIONAL INVENTORY
OF WAR MEMORIALS |
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There
are many volunteers working on the memorials listed here.
None is more hard working than Chris Comber the main contributor
and researcher of the Sussex pages who has now retired from
working on the memorials.
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| Much
information about soldiers who fell, were awarded
medals and more is to be found in old copies
of the London
Gazette. Here is a brief resume:
The
London Gazette, first published in 1665, is
the oldest, continuously published newspaper
in the United Kingdom and probably the world.
The London Gazette and its sister publications,
the Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes, have a
unique position in British publishing. They
are official newspapers of the Crown. The
London Gazette contains a wide range of office
notices including State, Parliamentary and
Ecclesiastical notices, Transport and Planning
notices as well as Corporate and Personal
Insolvency notices to name a few. In addition,
a number of Supplements are published covering
Honours and Awards, Premium Bonds, Armed Forces
Promotions and Re-gradings, Companies' information,
etc. and a Quarterly Index.
In
the 17th century, it was believed that National
efficiency depended on the intelligence received
by the Crown and that the reckless publishing
of news might endanger it. An embargo on the
printing of news other than reports of events
abroad, natural disasters, Royal declarations
and sensational crime continued until 1640.
This had the effect of delaying the development
of the press in the UK. Censorship was introduced
in 1643, followed by licensing of news publications.
The Gazette came about because of two momentous
events: the Great Plague and the decision
of King Charles II to remove his court - effectively
the government of the time - to Oxford. The
London Gazette started life as the Oxford
Gazette and after a few months changed to
its current title.
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The
Maple Leaf Legacy Project
A
Millennium Project in Remembrance of Canada's War
Dead
War
Memorials Trust
The
War Memorials Trust is a charity dedicated to promoting
awareness of the debt we owe to those who gave their
lives in the cause of freedom, by ensuring that their
memorials are properly maintained and preserved. |
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Last updated
1 November, 2026
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