THIS IS FINDON VILLAGE — these Findon Chronicles were created by Valerie Martin, contains scenes from her home village of Findon,
West Sussex, U.K.    Everyday stories about real people.

WARTIME

Copyright Valerie Martin 2010

Articles in chronological date order —

 1800/1815 — How Napoleon Helped Change the Character of Findon
Downs Edge .....with Napoloenic Thoughts
 

First World War —

    
      1914 — The Outbreak of the First World War Hits Findon
       Findon's War Horses
     1914 — Who was left in Findon during the Great War?
     1914 — Bob a Job in Findon
     1914 — The Constable Family of Findon
      1914/1918 — The Great War Years in Findon
     1915 — Richard Hollingdale Remembered
     1916 — Giants Code Named M-N Seen on the Move from Findon
     Hot Potatoes — The Women's Village Council — 1918
      The Fourth Year — 1918                                                       
     The Pratt Family at War
     1918 — Private Alwyn Langham
     1918 — The End of the Great War in Findon 

     Picnic at Long Furlong — Between the Wars

  Second World War —
 1939 — Preparation in Findon for the Second World War
1939 — An Evacuee Remembers (by Gladys Lambourne)
1939 — The Chalk Pit Tunnel on the Downland Above Findon
1940 In Findon
Gladys Labourne Remembers the War
Colonel Thynne's War
Was There a Findon Home Guard Auxiliary Unit?
1940 — Findon Was Nearly Targeted by the Wehrmacht
 
     Battle of Britain —
      1940 — The Battle of Britain in the Findon area in August
      The High Salvington Messerschmitt 109 — 14th August 1940
      The High Salvington Heinkel — 16th August 1940
      Derek Round's Dilemma — 16th August 1940
      The High Salvington Dornier That Wasn't
      1940 — The Battle of Britain in the Findon area in September
      The High Salvington Messerschmitt Bf-110 — 4th September 1940
      Secret Establishment at High Salvington Overlooking Findon
      Terry's War Over Findon
      Eric Masters    1940 — Eric Masters Remembers Eagle Tag Day
                               1940 — Eric Masters Recalls 4th September 1940
                               1953 — Field Trials at Findon
     Peter Shayler  (1929-2004)    Peter Shayler on Wartime Findon 
                                                    Peter Shayler Reminisces
                                                    Peter Shayler on Wartime Ammunition in Findon
1940 — Dad's Army in Findon
Dad's Army from 1941
1941 — Two Spitfires Downed in Findon — at Tolmare Farm and Mill House
Findon in the Daily Sketch — 1941
1941 — Harry's War
Bill Day's Rationing Memories
Supplementary Rabbit Rations
Wartime Schooldays
Adolf Hitler's Connection with Cissbury Ring
The Canadians    1941 — The Canadians in Findon
                          1941 — The Mystery of the Nearby Tin Castles
                           Findon Cricket and the Canadians
                           Operation Jubilee — 19th August 1942
                           1942 — The Last Tank
                           1942 — More On the Tank on our Downland
                           1942 — The Canadian Soldiers and the Jackdaw
                          1943 — Up the Glens
John Stepney's Story    Who Was My Father, Mum?
                                      The Hunt for Gerry
                                      Gerald Starnes of the Royal Canadian Artillery             
                          
1941 — Peter Sanderson is Posted to Sussex
1941 — A Teddy Bear Lives to Tell the Tale — Herbert Dieterle's Parachute
1941/42 — Second World War Years in Findon
1943 — Hawker Typhoon Crash on the Findon Downs
Typhoon Pilot and/or Artist?
1943 — Preparing for D-Day in Findon
1944 — Findon's Longest Day — 5th/6th June 1940
1944 — Billy Patience
1944 — Were the Mysterious  Mulberries Seen From Findon?
1944 — Findon's Concrete Blocks
The Danny Fernley Story — Including A Hug From Marilyn
Mike Cooksey Remembers
1945 — The End of the Second World War in Findon
1945 — Leonard Thomas Sheppard
1950s — The Long Furlong Connection With A Car Called the Swandean Spitfire Special
1974 —The Windlesham Mortar Bomb
1985 — The 2nd Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
2002 — Danger — Unexploded Bomb — Please Call the Police
2003 — Cissbury Ring Mortar Bomb
2005 — Cissbury Relics
2005 — Mortar on the Western Escarpment
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THIS IS FINDON VILLAGE — was launched by Valerie Martin in January 1999 and will grow to be a historical record of life in Findon, West Sussex, U.K.

E:mail: valeriemartin@findonvillage.com