Shoreham to mark 10 years since airshow disaster with memorial events

Shoreham will mark the 10th anniversary of the airshow disaster this week with services and gatherings to remember the 11 men who lost their lives when a vintage aircraft crashed onto the A27 in 2015.

The victims of the tragedy, which happened on 22 August 2015, included men aged between 23 and 76, many of them from Sussex. Their names are Maurice Abrahams, Tony Brightwell, Matthew Grimstone, Jacob Schilt, Daniele Polito, Matt Jones, Graham Mallinson, Mark Reeves, Dylan Archer, Richard Smith and Mark Trussler.

A short service will take place at St Nicolas Church in Shoreham on Friday, followed by a gathering at the Shoreham Toll Bridge at 1pm. A two-minute silence will be observed at 1.22pm, and flowers will be laid by family, friends and emergency service representatives. Members of the public are invited to attend and lay their own tributes at the memorial site, which features individually designed arches in honour of the victims.

Earlier this month, a charity football match was held at the Sussex County Football Association in Lancing to remember victims Matthew Grimstone and Jacob Schilt, who were due to play for Worthing United on the day of the crash. The annual memorial game raised more than £3,000 this year through donations, a raffle, cake sales and a blind auction, with funds going to the Brighton and Hove Albion Foundation.