How did the Great War affect Epsom and Ewell? Learn about the first men to leave for the Front, and how one of them became Epsom’s most decorated soldier. Discover the Grandstand War Hospital and its ghost, and the 5000 men who arrived from the University and Public Schools Battalion with nowhere to stay! Shiver at their ill-fated march on the Downs under Lord Kitchener’s eye, and their departure for France and the Somme where 75% would be killed or wounded. Find how the Manor and Horton War Hospitals took in thousands of wounded from all fronts, when the survivors of a sunken hospital ship caused an uproar. Join Lord Rosebery, devastated by the death of his son, and discover the strange goings-on in Ewell and how the end of the War led to the death of an Epsom policeman in scenes of riot.