As a topic of ongoing research, I am interested in the so-called Seaford Mutiny of 1795 and the subsequent public executions of two soldiers at Goldstone Bottom, Hove, on June 13 that year.

This little-known incident is seen by many as a poignant landmark in the social history of the nation and confusing accounts have evolved since the time.

I have been able to verify facts via facilities such as county record offices and museum sources.

A neighbour recalls from the Twenties that there was some kind of commemoration of Edward Cooke and Henry Parish of the Oxford Militia, who many see as martyrs as they were shot by a firing squad of their own troops.

My contact says the plaque was where the Druids Stones are now in Hove Park.

I am keen to collate material on this sequence of incidents and welcome further information.

Is the time now appropriate to install a fitting memorial to this intriguing episode in county history?

-Peter Longstaff-Tyrrell, Albert Road, Polegate