The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Ian Everest
- Region:
- South East
- Notice Period:
- Emergency (maybe less than one week's notice)
- Type:
- Sussex Local Historian with an interest in Farming, the Countryside and the First World War
- Fee:
- Paid: £75 plus travel (for charitable and voluntary groups up to 100 people) and locations in Sussex.
- Category:
- History
- Updated:
- 13th August 2024
- Tagged:
- War | Remembrance | Cemeteries | Military History
An illustrated talk reflecting on the origins of the Commission and how it manages to inspire new generations to honour those who fell for their country. An extraordinary organisation created by extraordinary people – all blessed with extraordinary vision.
Views: 583 | Enquiries: 1About Ian Everest
I was bought up in a farm on the South Downs and after attending Agricultural College in the late 1960's, I worked on farms before joining the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food at an animal disease research centre.
My growing interest in family and military history led to a career change in 1987 when I was appointed manager of Newhaven Fort in Sussex, a scheduled monument which I prepared for public opening the following year and continued to manage for fifteen years.
Since retiring in 2011, I have developed a range of talks which I give to a wide variety of groups and organisations, including Family /Local History Groups, U3A, Royal British Legion, National Trust Associations, Horticultural Clubs, Probus Clubs, CPRE, National Farmer’s Union, Women's Institutes (accredited speaker for East and West Sussex) and Natural History groups.
My talks are regarded as being both informative and entertaining.
Other Talks on SpeakerNet by Ian Everest
- A Sussex farm during the 1950'S
- The Women's Land Army - Cinderellas of the Fields
- Shepherds of the South Downs - their lives and times
- From Sussex Ox to Fordson Major
- Flanders and the Somme - then and now
- Sussex during the First World War
- Newhaven Fort - then and now
- The Ouse Valley – past life and times
- Old South Heighton - a downland village with an industrial past
- Bishopstone in History
- Stories from the South Downs
- Tombstone Tourists
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