The Queen's Commendation was awarded posthumously to Lieutenant Martin Warren Winfield, R.N. of No. 806 Sqn., F.A.A., who lost his life at Kingston Gorse, Sussex, after his Sea Hawk suffered engine failure
Read MoreKingston Gorse had become popular with stage people. The Knox's were building their own house (Porchways - now the Coast House). The Nervos already had their house (Durban - just outside the gates of Kingston Gorse) which they bought from Bud Flanagan who had just moved to Ferring.
Read MoreKingston was still a small village at the time of the Great War. Despite this, the men of Kingston Parish did their duty and signed up for their country. Some paid the ultimate price.
Read MoreTheyβre not as beguiling as Wild West ghost towns with tumbleweed blowing down the main street, rickety boardwalks and swing doors on lost saloons creaking in the wind.
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