SearchCurrently displaying: 44 results. Clear the search. You can also search our Questions and Answers.You've searched for:"first world war" xCategories: "Topics" x Search term Filter by Categories City Insights (7)People (7)Local folk (7)Military (5)Tours (1)Personal Tours (1)Andy Grant: Local Historian (1)Roy Grant: Local Historian (1) Sort by: RelevanceTitleOldestNewest Special Royal British Legion event End of the First World War Centenary Harvey’s Brewery Dray Horses visited The Royal British Legion Pop-In Centre in Brighton as ... 90th anniversary of the end of WWI These are just a few of the many Remembrance Services held throughout the city this week, on the 90th anniversary of the end ... A First World War soldier? Does anybody know where this picture might have been taken or what it related to? One suggestion is that it is ... Where was this photo taken? Can anyone identify where this photograph was taken? The main subject matter is probably an outing of a Brighton boy’s ... Letters from Arthur Jolly, 1948 Arthur Jolly (1892-1983) grew up in Eastbourne and moved to Hove with his mother shortly before the First World War. ... Letters from the trenches In this lesson, the students carry out an interactive interview with the grandson of a First World War soldier and ... Wounded Indian Soldiers in Brighton Click on the photograph to open a large version in a new window. I recently came across this postcard depicting wounded ... Royal Sussex Regiment Cycle Section on parade on Madeira Drive 1913 On the outbreak of the First World War the cyclist battalions were employed on Coastal Defences in the United Kingdom. ... Letter from the Trenches In this lesson, the students study four letters relating to a Brighton soldier in the First World War and piece ... Postcards of William Brooman, 1909-1920 During the First World War, William (Billy) Brooman sent over 100 postcards to his wife, Mrs Grace Brooman, of Cliftonville, ... Postcard from Annie Ross, 1917 Sergeant Victor Lawrence Ross (born 1887) was a regular soldier in The Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry during the First ... Letter from Jack Bethell, 1915 Llwelyn Slingsby Bethell (known as Jack) was born in London in 1889 but was brought up in Brighton. He was ... Remembrance Sunday: WWI Centenary Year Hundreds turned out today in the city, thinking that they would have to brave the wet weather to pay their ... Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Celebrating centenary year The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom is celebrating its centenary this year. To mark the occasion ... Indian Gate Remembrance Ceremony A gesture of thanks In 1921 The Maharaja of Patiala dedicated The Indian Gate as a gesture of thanks from the ... WWI hidden histories Heritage Lottery Fund Fabrica, a visual arts organisation based in the former Holy Trinity Church in Ship Street, in partnership with ... Remembrance Day thoughts A birthday book The rather tattered Birthday Book shown in the photograph was a present to a young Brighton woman of ... Pack & Sons: Sussex Coach Works Moved to Brighton from London Around about 1880, Job Pack moved his existing London based coach building business to Brighton, taking ... Brighton largely unaffected by the conflict Please note that this text is an extract from a reference work written in 1990. As a result, some of ... Letters of Jack Leech, 1915-1918 John (‘Jack’) Leech was born in Hastings on 20th August 1892 and first came to Brighton around 1910. He worked as ... Sounds of War: Instruments of Peace concert Click on the first thumbnail to open the photo gallery All images copyright protected ©Tony Mould: MyBrightonAndHove Musical talent from local groups The ... Shoreham Airport An Illustrated History: Peter C. Brown Shoreham is the oldest airport in the UK, aviator Harold Piffard first flying from there in 1910, although the aerodrome ... Papers related to the Smart family (1917-90) Frederick Harry Smart (1871-1973) was born in Arundel in 1871 and moved to Hove in 1914, buying a newly-built house ... Clay roof tiles 1. Clay roof tiles are traditional The traditional form of building material in Sussex is the clay roof tile. This is ... Leonard Devereux: WWI conscientious objector Major Edward "Mick" Mannock, (1887-1918) Commemorative ceremony A ceremony was held this week at the Old Steine War Memorial to unveil a commemorative stone honouring a World ... 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 ... A long tradition of market trading Please note that this text is an extract from a reference work written in 1990. As a result, some of ... Memoir of a Moulsecoomb widow, 1915-1941 Florence Elphick was left a widow when her husband, a self-employed delivery man with a horse and cart, died in ... Ernest Edward Thomas:famous WWI soldier A 14 year old drummer boy Ernest Edward Thomas was born at the Tower of London on 16th December 1884, one ... A very brief history of allotments The beginnings The notion of the allotment in the UK has its beginnings at the time of increasing industrialisation and population ... The James Gray Collection 7.500 topographical photographs James Gray (1904-1998) was a local man whose passion for the streets of Brighton and Hove led him ... William and Mabel Nicholsons' Studio Re-opened Re-opened by artists’ descendant In lovely Autumn sunshine, the Mayor of Brighton and Hove, Councillor Mo Marsh officially reopened the refurbished ... The Messerschmitt Incident! My family moved to Brighton from the Sheffield area in the late 20’s as my father (Daniel Bailey) was a ... John James Crowe: Brighton's second VC Awarded in 1918 In late June 1918, a little over a week after a meeting of Brighton Council at which the ... Kathleen Maud Bailey in the Land Army In 1943 on my seventeenth birthday it was suggested by my father (recently pensioned out of the British Army) that ... Brighton Boozers: History of pubs in Brighton In 1800, Brighton had one inn for every thirty houses. Local inns served many purposes; they were used for markets, ... The War In and Over Sussex My mother’s memories Like many children born during or just after the War, my mother used to regale us with stories ... A potted history Brighton, despite being a major resort, was slow to provide parks and gardens for public use during the nineteenth century. ... One page list of all the contributions Below is a simple list of links to all the contributions to the Letter in the Attic project. Before 1900 Men take ... History of the early picturehouses The story of cinema in Brighton began on 1 July 1896 when Robert Paul presented a programme of short films ... A new form of entertainment Grand balls were the earliest recorded dances that took place in Brighton. Wealthy visitors to the town would assemble not ... A potted history Please note that this text is an extract from a reference work written in 1990. As a result, some of ... Encyclopaedia of Brighton: sources and bibliography The list of sources and bibliography below comes from Tim Carder’s Encyclopaedia of Brighton. The list provides an excellent general bibliography ...