There are some really interesting connections with Littlehampton and Shoreham in particular, through entertainment, music, sport and politics.
13. Ian Fleming
James Bond and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang author Ian Fleming founded and commanded the Royal Marines 30 Assault Unit in Littlehampton during 1944. After training in Littlehampton and landing on Utah Beach on D-Day, the unit went on to seize the entire German naval archive, later used as evidence in the Nuremberg trials. The exploits of 30 Assault Unit later became the real-life inspiration for James Bond. Photo: Harry Benson/Express Newspapers/Getty Images
14. Mary Chater
Composer Mary Chater was music adviser to the Girl Guides Association and edited several Girl Guide songbooks. After her father retired in 1927, the family relocated to Littlehampton. Mary took charge of Rosemead School in Littlehampton during the war and later met Cicely Hale, a Girl Guide leader and suffragette. They lived together in Littlehampton from 1950 to 1965 and then lived next door to each other until Cicely died in 1981. Photo: Worthing Herald
15. Paul O'Grady
Comedian and former drag queen Paul O’Grady moved to the Littlehampton aged 21 to pursue a romance. He sold ice creams on the beach and after moving to London, he described the town as ‘a graveyard in the sun’. Photo: John Phillips / Stringer
16. Francis Lyndhurst
Film director Francis Lyndhurst, grandfather to actor Nicholas Lyndhurst, set up an early film studio on Shoreham Beach. His first film, The Showman’s Dream in 1914, seen here, was made at Shoreham Fort and the next year he set up the Glasshouse Studio in a nearby building. But the business failed, so he returned to scenery painting. Photo: Derek Martin / Friends of Shoreham Fort