SS Sussex
SS Sussex was built by William Denny & Bros Ltd for the LBSCR. She was launched on 30 April 1896. She served on the Newhaven – Dieppe route. In 1913,…
The Nurse on the SS Sussex
The British Nursing Journal on 1st April 1916 published this story of an unnamed British nurse and her actions on the SS Sussex. The risks run in the Channel crossing…
Charles II Close Shave at Edgehill
Charles II Close Shave at Edgehill During the first battle of the English Civil war, at Edgehill, the parliamentarians came very close to capturing and taking prisoner, the Prince of…
At The Battle of Hessy Moor
During the English Civil War, Sir Phillip Monckton gives a good description of what it was like: “At the battle of Hessy Moor I had my horse shot under me…
Charles II Close Shave at Edgehill
Charles II Close Shave at Edgehill During the first battle of the English Civil war, at Edgehill, the parliamentarians came very close to capturing and taking prisoner, the Prince of…
At The Battle of Hessy Moor
During the English Civil War, Sir Phillip Monckton gives a good description of what it was like: “At the battle of Hessy Moor I had my horse shot under me…
The Storming of Badajoz
At the storming of Badajoz in 1812, George Hennell was attached to the 94thFoot as a volunteer. Here he describes his baptism of fire: “The dead and wounded lay so…
Desperte Fighting at the Battle of Inkermann
This account of the Battle of Inkermann comes from Private Bancroft of the Grenadiers. He describes the desperate fighting around the Sandbag Battery, “I bayoneted the first Russian in the…
The Bombardment of Constantinople
The bombardment of Constantinople In 1452, when Urban, a Hungarian engineer was turned away by Constantine, the Byzantine Emperor, he was employed by Mehmet II to construct a cannon 27ft…
The Storming of Badajoz
At the storming of Badajoz in 1812, George Hennell was attached to the 94thFoot as a volunteer. Here he describes his baptism of fire: “The dead and wounded lay so…