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 13th 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 1916
British Army SD/2717 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Battalion
Born 1881
Died 1916
British Army SD/3643 Private Royal Sussex Regiment
British Army 3643 Private Royal Sussex 13th Btn.
Born 1896
Died 1916
British Army SD/3140 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Battalion
Born 1892
Died 1916
British Army SD/2677 Serjeant Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 1916
British Army 28896 Private Canadian Infantry
British Army 28896 Captain and Adjutant Royal Sussex Regiment
British Army Captain Royal Sussex Regiment
Born 1880
British Army SD/3117 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 13th(3rd South Downs) Battalion
Born 1888
Died 1916
British Army SD/3034 Private Royal Sussex Regiment
British Army SD/3034 Lance Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Bn.
Born 1893
Died 1916
British Army SD/2781 Private Royal Sussex Regiment
British Army SD/4175 Private Royal Sussex Regiment
Born 1892
Died 1916
British Army SD/2604 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Battalion
British Army 2604 Lance Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Battalion
British Army Captain Royal Sussex Regiment
British Army Major Reserve of Officers
Born 1885
Died 1916
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 1916
British Army SD/2838 Acting Serjeant Royal Sussex Regiment
British Army SD/2838 Serjeant Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Battalion
Died 1916
British Army SD/3296 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Battalion
British Army SD/5121 Private Royal Sussex Regiment
Born 1874
Died 1916
British Army SD/3364 Private Royal Sussex Regiment