Edmund Blunden

Visit to the Eastbourne Redoubt, an old fort and military museum on the seafront. Like the Martello Towers it was part of the defence against invasion by Napoleon's troops.

I'm not keen on militaria, and gung-ho imperialism, but I was surprised to find this museum displayed a softer side with material about the effect of war on Sussex, and about this war poet, Edmund Blunden.

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"My experiences in the First World War have haunted me all my life and for many days I have, it seemed, lived in that world rather than in this."

Edmund Blunden 1973