Canadians in & around Eastbourne (Sussex) in WW2

[Michael Ockenden]

17 March 2003

Thank you, Judy + John for the helpful posts.

I hope, Judy, that you will be able to find out more about your father’s service and look forward to hearing from you again. The casualties suffered by 9 Field Ambulance were the most severe of any unit in the town throughout the war.

John: the information about HAA is interesting because I didn’t know there were Canadian HAA units in the area, although I had heard that Newhaven was defended by HAA. There were no operational HAA batteries in Eastbourne until 1944, when some were moved from London to combat the V-1s.

The extract from the history about 11 Battery will enable me to investigate further; I wonder if they were rotated with the crews in the other locations.

Renewed thanks.

Mike