Shoreham Fort

Peter, one of our volunteers, has made a model of the artillery train that was produced by the 1st Sussex Artillery Volunteers in 1894. The first ever artillery train that could fire a full 360 degrees without falling off the rails.

The model will be shown for the first time at the Sompting & District Model Railway club exhibition which is being held at Sompting Village Hall, Saturday 11th May (10:00 – 17:00) & Sunday 12th May (10:00 – 16:30).

Please come along to show your support (and of course see some brilliant rail layouts).

Great day by all at the Easter Fun Day – many many thanks to all who turned up and to the volunteers who made this day a great success. We raised over £400 which will help fund our next big event – Military History Weekend!

Egg and spoon races, sack races & the Easter Hunt were enjoyed by all, including some adults! The airsoft shooting range and gun display was out for the first time in 2013, and it was nice to see so many people interested in the history of the fort, and enjoying the tours.

It seemed like we even managed to coax the sunshine out for the first time this year too!

Craig has put together a video which really manage to capture the atmosphere of what a super day it was:

A hearty congratulations goes to the winners of the raffle:

Also massive congratulations to both Mia Salvage and Lizzie MacMillan for winning the best-decorated-egg competition!

Again, many thanks to all who came and supported us, and to all who helped!

Its nearly that time of year again for our Military History Weekend!

This year it will be the 1st and 2nd June.

We Need Your Help

We are looking for sponsorship for the event, we also need marshalls on the days and general help with the planning of the event. If you, or you know of someone that can help, either finacially or by donating their time, then please contact us on

Info@shorehamfort.co.uk

Well what a huge success our agm was! It was very well attended and the presentation, Shoreham Fort – Past, Present and Future by Gary Baines was very well recieved by all.

What a year of ups and downs we have had!

• Down came the old-coastguard tower that covered the magazine.
• Down we dug to discover the footings of the barrack block.
• Up has gone the number of volunteer joining us.
• Up have gone the number of those following our Facebook page.
• Our iPhone and Android apps have gone up on sale.
• Up has gone our redesigned website.

Our very own Craig has made two videos – one summarising the whole year, and one of the last volunteer day of 2012.

What an enjoyable day it has been, mince pies, Christmas cake, and a touch of mulled wine – and a lot of work!

None of what we are doing could be done with out the support of our friends and volunteers. From all of us at Shoreham Fort:

The Friends of Shoreham Fort will be holding their Annual General Meeting on

Thursday 10th January 2013 at 7pm

At The Sussex Yacht Club in their Restaurant Room.

Members Welcome

ITV Meridian visited the fort today, and filmed a piece about our 2012 Heritage lottery bid which is being made this year. It features the volunteers doing work, plus Sharon, Pete and Wayne talking about the fort.

On the 11th November, we held a very emotional remembrance service, which was greatly received. Thank you to James Watts who gave us search lights during our two minutes silence, turned the fort into a rainbow of colours and supplied the PA. A big thank you to the band 168 No Sleep who did a great job, Derek who did the service, Liz Coward for her reading, the Royal Sussex Living History Group and all the Friends of Shoreham Fort for making it possible. What a great event, that we hope you all had chance to reflect upon your lost loved ones. Thank you to all who attended.

Many thanks to 2 Dog Imaging, we have a video of the event for those that were unable to be with us:

You can view photos of the service, and how the fort looked, upon the Remembrance Service event page.

On the evening of the 11th November we are holding our community remembrance event.

This is a chance for the community to remember anyone they have lost, not just those in the armed forces but for people that have lost a battle with illness or that have left us.

Starting at 6pm we invite you to come along for a service and light a candle for your loved one. Candles and jam jars will be available for a small donation on the night and can be reserved by emailing info@shorehamfort.co.uk with the quantity you require.

Once all the candles are lit we will light our beacon fire Basket.

Hotdogs, soup and hot and cold drinks will be available from food for fort.

All monies donated will go towards a memorial bench to have at the fort

Please come along, to what was a very moving event last year and remember those that we have lost, together