Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports was combined from 1267 with the office of Constable of Dover Castle. However, from 1708 Walmer Castle at Deal was to be preferred as the official residence of the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. The Lord Warden also holds the office of Admiral of the Cinque Ports with a maritime jurisdiction extending to the middle of the English Channel, from Redcliffe near Seaford, in Sussex to the shore underneath the Naze Tower, encompassing Brightlingsea in Essex, the only Cinque Port north of the Thames. In earlier centuries the northern limit was taken as the Shoe Beacon in Essex. The
2nd Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteers On officers' pouches the circlet carried the motto 'PRO ARIS ET FOCIS' ("For hearths and homes"); on later tunic buttons and belt clasps shared with the rifle volunteers the circlet was inscribed 'CINQUE PORTS VOLUNTEERS'. The following served as Honorary Colonel of the unit: There is a WWI memorial to the 2nd Home Counties Bde at Eastbourne Redoubt, and another to 4th (Sussex) Bty of the brigade at St Mary's Church, Eastbourne. Also in St Mary's is a WWII memorial to 58th and 114th (Sussex) Fd Rgts and 84th Med Rgt. 2nd Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteers The 2nd Cinque Ports