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Royal Sussex Regiment - 11th (1st South Downs) Battalion
Royal Sussex Regiment - 11th (1st South Downs) Battalion
The 11th, 12th and 13th Battalions of the Royal Sussex Regiment, consisting of approximately 4,500 men, were known colloquially as “Lowther’s Lambs”. This was a reference to local MP Claude Lowther, who had taken personal responsibility for raising the battalions. The 12th and 13th Battalions, supported by the 11th, were sacrificed in a diversionary raid on the Boar’s Head salient at Richebourg on 30th June 1916 in an attempt to draw German attention away from the main Somme battle area further south. The Battle at Boar’s Head lasted less than five hours, but the Southdowns Brigade lost 17 officers and 349 other ranks. Over 1,000 men were wounded or taken prisoner, and the 13th Battalion was all but wiped out. June 30th 1916 was subsequently known as “The Day Sussex Died”. This community remembers the lives of men who served with the 11th Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment, whether they took part in the battle at Boar's Head or not, and includes all those who died, were wounded, or somehow survived relatively unscathed.
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Born 1890
Died 1918
British Army SD/1199 Private Royal Sussex Regiment
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British Army 1181 Private Royal Sussex Regiment
British Army 156401 Private Labour Corps
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British Army 1179 Private Royal Sussex Regiment
British Army TR/10/118839 Private Middlesex Regiment
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Born 1891
Died 1915
British Army SD/1076 Lance Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment 11th Battalion
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Born 1891
Died 1916
British Army SD/913 Private Royal Sussex Regiment
British Army SD/913 Lance Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment 11th (1st South Downs) Battalion
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British Army G/10073 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 11th Battalion
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Died 1916
British Army SD/5033 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 11th Battalion
British Army 5033 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 11th Battalion
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Born 1888
Died 1918
British Army SD/643 Serjeant Royal Sussex Regiment 11th Battalion
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment 11th Battalion
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment
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Died 1916
British Army SD/410 Private Royal Sussex Regiment
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Born 1896
Died 1916
British Army SD/799 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 11th Battalion
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Born 1894
Died 1918
British Army SD/470 Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment 11th Battalion
British Army SD/470 Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment 9th Battalion
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Born 1873
Died 1918
British Army SD/164 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 11th (1st South Downs) Battalion
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British Army SD/339 Serjeant Royal Sussex Regiment 11th Battalion
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Born 1891
Died 1916
British Army SD/490 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 11th (1st South Downs) Battalion
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