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.

 

Copyright Valerie Martin 2012

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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