West Sussex town, village and thematic events
The event indexes below list significant happenings in towns and
villages as recorded in local newspapers. If you want to find out
more about the events and people listed in the indexes then you can
view digital copies of the newspapers along with the indexes and
the relevant articles at
Worthing Library.
West Sussex County Times
Coverage: Horsham and places within 15 miles
Supporting documents
West Sussex Gazette
Coverage: whole county, but less strong on eastern
part, (Burgess Hill, Crawley, East Grinstead, Haywards Heath
and Horsham areas).
Supporting documents
People index
The index below lists people who had a significant involvement
in the war, either here, in West Sussex or abroad. The
newspapers included to date are the West Sussex County Times and
the West Sussex Gazette. More titles will be added as the work is
completed. (see *further information below)
Supporting document
*People index further information
Those included either had responsible roles locally in the war
or were involved in interesting incidents or serious crimes. People
involved in overseas campaigns are included if they were involved
in significant achievements or incidents (for
example Prisoners of war (POWs) in notorious camps, receiving
major gallantry medals, key part in battles). For definitions of
major gallantry awards, we have provided a selection that can be
accessed by the quick links to the right of this page.
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