This is Findon - Wartime - Napoleonic

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

WARTIME — Napoleonic and First World War

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This is a photograph of a torpedo washed up on the nearby shore at Worthing in December 1910. No more data on this one.

Articles in chronological date order —

NAPOLEONIC

1800/1815 — How Napoleon Helped Change the Character of Findon

Downs Edge .....with Napoloenic Thoughts

First World War —

Military Camps in Our Area Over the Years

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

1918 — Hot Potatoes — The Women's Village Council

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

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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.

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