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Royal Sussex Regiment - 12th (2nd South Downs) Battalion
Royal Sussex Regiment - 12th (2nd 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 12th 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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British Army SD/4869 Private Royal Sussex Regiment
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British Army SD/1418 Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Sussex Regiment
More about Gerald A Nicholas -
Born 1897
Died 1916
British Army SD/1913 Private Royal Sussex Regiment
British Army SD/1913 Lance Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment 12th Battalion
British Army 1913 Lance Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment 12th Battalion
More about Harold Titchener -
Born 1892
Died 1916
British Army SD/3022 Private Royal Sussex Regiment
More about George Shore -
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Died 1916
British Army SD/4853 Private Royal Sussex Regiment
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British Army 1469 Private Royal Sussex Regiment
British Army 155354 Private Labour Corps
More about Henry J Stevens -
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Born 1897
Died 1916
British Army SD/1434 Private Royal Sussex Regiment
More about Edwin Benjamin Phipps -
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British Army 10372 Private Wiltshire Regiment
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment
British Army Captain Royal Sussex Regiment
More about Harold Charles T Robinson -
Born 1880
Died 1916
British Army SD/1203 Private Royal Sussex Regiment
More about William Frederick Smith -
Born 1893
Died 1916
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment
More about Kenneth Overend Howard Smith-Howard -
Born 1885
Died 1916
British Army SD/3040 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 12th Battalion
More about William Randolph Walker -
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British Army 1595 Private Royal Sussex Regiment
British Army 60062 Private Royal Scots
British Army GS/91101 Private Royal Fusiliers
More about Thomas Hambleton -
British Army 1696 Private Royal Sussex Regiment
British Army G/58648 Private Middlesex Regiment
More about Reginald E Henson -
Died 1916
British Army SD/1623 Private Royal Sussex Regiment
More about Arthur Edgar Virgo -
British Army 1385 Private Royal Sussex Regiment
British Army 86337 Private Northumberland Fusiliers
More about John F King -
Born 1895
Died 1918
British Army SD/1359 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 3rd Battalion
British Army SD/1359 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 11th Battalion
More about Cyril Henry