What happened in Rustington and Littlehampton during WW2?

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http://www.rustington-rifleclub.org/html/home_guard.html

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I think the link above will be of use great for you class, on the photo at the bottom with the machine gun my dad is 3rd from the left B/Row
Mary Taylor is the person to contact for all your info on Rustington History, my sister Jean went to school with her, 
Hope this is ok and will be of interest to you .
Regards Tweet,   Rustington born bread now living in Derbyshire

[alllegs]

Excellent Tweet, thank you again.  I have read one of Mary Taylors books abaout Rustington - very informative.

Thank you again
Legs
xxxx
(Nottingham born and bred but now living in Ferring!)

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If you go to    westsussexpast.org.uk      and look for past pictures you MAY find photos the area in Wartime.

The site does take some searching to get to the coreect photoss

[alllegs]

Thank you Binge, will have a look.

Legs
xxxx

[binge]

I fear you may not have much luck: I looked at the site myself & found very little.(0r simply nothing 1939-45 re war time Rustington! )
Perhaps the WSCC archives may be able to assist

[IMBER]

There are references to defences at Littlehampton on this site:

http://www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk/ukfcdatabaselpage.htm

There are also war graves in local cemeteries, including one German.  Also some civilian war dead which may relate to a local incident.  More info at www.cwgc.org.  Search under cemetery rather than surname.

[IMBER]

This site may give you a few ideas:

http://www.ddaymuseum.co.uk/schools.htm

There is also a specific reference to landings at Littlehampton in preparation for D-Day.

[alllegs]

Thank you Binger and Imber,

My class are hooked and determined to fine out as much as possible.

Legs
xxx

[Baldie]

I lived in Rustington during the war and went to the local primary school.
We lived in Broadmark Lane and had Canadian soldiers stationed in hotels opposite our house.  There were air raids and I can remember the postman coming one day and warning my mother to make sure I went inside as he could hear something coming.  A bomb dropped on a house just a few doors away.  I remember my father collecting the shrapnel from out of the garden.
Most nights my sister and I slept under the big dining room table.
Good luck with you students, lovely to hear they are so interested.

Baldie now in Australia