This year it’s the centenary of the Tontine Street Air Raid, 25 May 1917. We remember WW1’s largest incident of civilian casualties outside the capital.
Our online harbour canteen visitors’ books are already helping people find long-lost relatives who crossed to the Western Front from Folkestone between 1914 and 1919.
Years of planning, hard work and fund-raising came to fruition when the Step Short charity’s impressive commemorative arch on The Leas at Folkestone was craned into position.
Private TW Sweetheart has been created by the Step Short charity to help young people understand the enormous impact that the First World War had on so many lives.
