BBC Sussex & Surrey
Places in Sussex & Surrey that tell a story of World War One
Aldershot: The Home Of The British Army in WW1
Where a fifth of the home British Army was based
Crawley, West Sussex: Cottage Hospital
Where women were eager to contribute to the war effort
Farnborough Aircraft Factory, Hampshire: British Military Aviation
Where military aviation changed forever
Herstmonceux Castle, Hailsham: The Colonel who Created his own Battalion
Home to Colonel Claude Lowther; an eccentric MP and Boer War veteran
Newdigate, Surrey: Village at War
Where men of all classes had to unite for the war effort
Seaford, Sussex: Men with a Conscience
The men who resisted participating in combat
Peacehaven, Sussex: Pack Up Your Troubles
The darker side to the song for the troops
Seaford, Sussex: First British West Indian Soldiers
More than 16,000 West Indians served in World War One
Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex: Training Kitchener’s Volunteer Army
Once one of the largest coastal training camp in the country
Warnham, Sussex: The Village Army
The village that was united by war
Burgess Hill, West Sussex: First Airman Killed in Action
The Royal Flying Corps first combat loss in the Great War
Windlesham House, Portslade: Training Cooks for the Trenches
Prep school transformed to army cookery school
Peacehaven, Sussex: Birth of a Coastal Town
Why Peacehaven is the only English town named after peace
Balcombe, Haywards Heath: In Search of Uncle Percy
One family’s quest to unravel the mystery of a relative lost at war
Seaford, East Sussex: Training Soldiers for the Front
The camp where troops were trained for the front lines
Newhaven, Sussex: Passenger Ferries Transformed into Hospital Ships
Vessels that transported the wounded from battlefields back across the Channel
Horsell Common, Surrey: Burial Rite for Muslim Soldiers
An honourable resting ground for colonial Indian soldiers
Balcombe, West Sussex: The Painted Memorials
Painted mural of soldiers commissioned by the founder of the Women's Land Army
Queen Alexandra Hospital Home, Worthing: Pioneering Healthcare
Medical and social care before the welfare state
Goldstone Ground, Brighton: From the Football Field to the Battlefield
The footballer who deserted with his pregnant wife
Brookwood, Surrey: Britain’s Largest Military Cemetery
Honouring the fallen with a fitting resting place
Polegate, Sussex: Britain’s Most Prolific Airship Station
Combating German sea invasion
Burwash, Sussex: Rudyard Kipling’s War
During WW1, Kipling's writing was driven by political discomfort and personal stress
Wadhurst, Sussex: A Village Changed Forever by War
Twelve families lost two sons, two families lost three, changing this village forever.
