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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 1895
Died 1917
British Army 44216 Private North Staffordshire Regiment
British Army 23322 Private North Staffordshire Regiment
British Army 15151 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 11th Battalion
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Died 1916
British Army SD/930 Private Royal Sussex Regiment
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Died 1916
British Army SD/819 Private Royal Sussex Regiment
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Born 1895
Died 1916
British Army SD/1077 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 11th Battalion
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Born 1895
Died 1918
British Army SD/581 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 3rd Battalion
British Army SD/581 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 11th Bn.
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Born 1895
Died 1916
British Army 2nd Lt Royal Sussex Regiment 11th Battalion
British Army 3256 Private Honourable Artillery Company
British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment 11th Battalion
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More about Aylett Cameron Cushen -
Born 1888
British Army SD/898 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 11th (1st South Downs) Battalion
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Born 1884
Died 1916
British Army 4916 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 14th Battalion
British Army SD/4916 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 11th Battalion
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Born 1892
Died 1916
British Army SD/901 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 11th (1st South Downs) Battalion
British Army SD/901 Lance Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd 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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Born 1895
Died 1916
British Army SD/874 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Sussex Regiment 11th Battalion
British Army 874 Serjeant Royal Sussex Regiment 11th Battalion
British Army SD/874 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 11th Battalion
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More about Edwin James Green -
British Army Major Royal Sussex Regiment
British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment
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Died 1918
British Army SD/438 Private Royal Sussex Regiment
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Born 1889
Died 1916
British Army Captain Royal Sussex Regiment 14th Reserve Battalion, attached Royal Flying Corps, 46th Squadron
British Army Royal Sussex Regiment 11th Battalion
Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain Royal Flying Corps
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More about John William Washington Nason -
Born 1890
Died 1918
British Army SD/1199 Private Royal Sussex Regiment
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Born 1896
British Army SD/605 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 11th (1st Southdowns) Battalion
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Born 1894
Died 1917
British Army SD/806 Serjeant Royal Sussex Regiment 11th Battalion
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