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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 1896
Died 1917
British Army 241477 Private Royal Sussex Regiment
British Army TF/241477 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 11th Battalion
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Born 1896
Died 1916
British Army SD/799 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 11th Battalion
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Born 1893
Died 1916
British Army SD/322 Private Royal Sussex Regiment
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Born 1891
Died 1916
British Army Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment
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British Army SD/952 Private Royal Sussex Regiment
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Died 1916
British Army SD/795 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 11th Battalion
British Army SD/7959 Lance Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment 11th Battalion
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Born 1894
Died 1916
British Army SD/5026 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 11th Battalion (1st South Downs)
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Born 1890
Died 1916
British Army SD/659 Private Royal Sussex Regiment
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Born 1896
Died 1917
British Army SD/676 Private Royal Sussex Regiment
British Army SD/676 Lance Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment
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British Army G/15163 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 11th Battalion
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Born 1888
Died 1916
British Army SD/890 Private Royal Sussex Regiment
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Born 1895
Died 1916
British Army Private Royal Sussex Regiment 5th Battalion
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment 11th Battalion
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