On this day (June 28) in 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand Carl Ludwig Joseph Maria of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, was on a trip through Sarajevo, the provincial capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, formally annexed by Austria-Hungary in 1908.
Both were assassinated by teenager Bosnian Serb student Gavrilo Princip – an act that sparked the world into conflict!
Move on a year and the photo below shows troops marching through Horsham.
In fact, Horsham was a popular stopping-off point for soldiers and a welcome source of income for the townsfolk.
‘Lodging and attendance’ for an officer was costed at 3s a night while lodgings plus a meal for a soldier was 9d a night.
Horsham also had Roffey Camp, with up to 1,250 young men, including several Canadians, being readied for war.
A full history of that time can be found on this website as part of our Horsham History section. The first world war is covered in Volume 4.
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