Thank you from Alan Regin and Alan Seymour, to all the Tower Bands and Ringers who during 2017 arranged and rung to Commemorate the Great War Centenary deaths of the 15 known SCACR / Sussex Ringers who died while on service in His Majesty Forces in 1917.

Also further to the ‘Remembering Sussex Bell-ringers - Songs of Praise Service’ held in April 2017 at St. Swithuns, East Grinstead; a special thank you to Marisa Hayes, and to all those involved in arranging and carrying out this service. Thank you also to those who attended.

1918 would see 11 known SCACR / Sussex Bell-ringers from 9 towers lose their lives. They were in date order:

Date	Surname	First names	Tower
21/03/1918	GROOMBRIDGE	Arthur	MAYFIELD
22/03/1918	ATTWATER	Ernest	CUCKFIELD
27/03/1918	COOTE	Frank	WEST GRINSTEAD
27/04/1918	MOORE	George Walter	LEWES
01/05/1918	BURGESS	George	WESTHAM
30/05/1918	MINCHIN	Frank Hopkins	HENFIELD
01/06/1918	EDWARDS	Edwin Harold	SALEHURST
08/08/1918	BAUGH	William George	MAYFIELD
21/09/1918	TURRELL	Lawrence	WEST GRINSTEAD
16/10/1918	HOLLMAN	William Harold	PULBOROUGH
02/11/1918	JENNER	Harold	HEATHFIELD

Could I please ask the above Tower Bands to arrange for some Great War Centenary Commemorative ringing, to take place in 2018 on or near the Centenary of death of each ringer? Thank you. You will find the basic Military/Commemorative details on each of the above names on our Rolls of Honour page.

After each or any other Great War Centenary Commemorative ringing, could I please ask that the details of the ringing are forwarded to Alan Regin, C.C.C.B.R. Steward of the Roll of Honours, via email at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and cc: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. thank you.

Alan Seymour, Burgess Hill, January 2018