SearchCurrently displaying: 14 results. Clear the search. You can also search our Questions and Answers.You've searched for:Categories: "Armed Forces" xCategories: "Local folk" x Search term Sort by: RelevanceTitleOldestNewest Victor Richardson M.C. Featured in ‘Testament of Youth‘ I am currently researching the life of Hove officer Lieutenant Victor Richardson, who died of wounds ... Territorial Army Joined in 1960 In 1960, I enlisted in the Territorial Army, and for the following six years, made regular attendances at ... Territorial Army II Surplus artefacts When I initially joined (1960) elements of the TA were still using hand me down surplus artefacts rather than ... Territorial Army III Mostly part-time volunteers Whilst senior officials like the Colonel, PSI (permanent staff instructor) and Whittington the regimental clerk were fully employed ... Do you know these soldiers? Remembering the fallen I am a member of Brighton Unitarian Church and have been researching the men whose names appear on ... Alfred W N Langrish, Sussex Division RNVR When war broke out in 1914 Alf was in his late twenties. Being a member of the RNVR he was ... Charles George Laker My Grand-dad, Charles George Laker,was born in 1895 at Newhaven. He was in the Navy during WWI and served at Scarpa ... Remembrance Day thoughts A birthday book The rather tattered Birthday Book shown in the photograph was a present to a young Brighton woman of ... 176 (Hove) Squadron, Air Training Corps Young people interested in aviation The Air Training Corps has had a Squadron in Hove since the Second World War. Originally ... WWI Commemorative Avenue of Trees The avenue of Fagus Sylvatica Dawyck beech trees in Hove Cemetery (South) was planted by Brighton and Hove City Council ... Brighton SeaCadets/GNTC Brighton SeaCadets/GNTC Brighton Girls Nautical Training Corps was launched at Brighton Sea Cadet unit at the Benson Memorial Hall – Tuesday ... Wartime enemies peacetime friends In the Wrens in WWII Introduction Sadly, Miss Laurie Hollands died in June 2006. She was the last of the ‘old village’ community. Although Laurie had humble ... Roy Carmine Fontana Amerena Born in 1923 Roy Amerena was born in 1923 into one of the oldest Italian families in Brighton. He was actually ...