Lives of the First World War
Discover, explore and remember millions of personal stories from the First World War
Royal Sussex Regiment - 13th (3rd South Downs) Battalion
Royal Sussex Regiment - 13th (3rd 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 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.
Created by: , Yvonne27542
-
Died 1916
British Army Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment
British Army Acting Captain Royal Sussex Regiment
British Army Captain Royal Sussex Regiment
More about Martin Charles Diggens -
-
Born 1887
Died 1916
British Army SD/4087 Serjeant Royal Sussex Regiment
More about Leonard Slaughter -
Born 1897
Died 1916
British Army SD/4231 Private Royal Sussex Regiment
More about Harold Herbert Pavey -
Died 1916
British Army SD/3358 Private Royal Sussex Regiment
More about Frederick Henry Greenfield -
Born 1893
Died 1916
British Army SD/3313 Lance Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Battalion
British Army SD/3313 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Battalion
More about Samuel Ernest Mitchell Charman -
British Army SD/3229 Serjeant Royal Sussex Regiment
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force
More about A Sheppard -
-
Born 1894
Died 1916
British Army SD/2820 Lance Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Battalion
More about Alfred Victor Whibley -
Died 1916
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment
More about Lewis Atkins Prior -
Born 1895
Died 1916
British Army SD/5039 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Battalion
More about Harry Playford -
Born 1897
Died 1916
British Army 3547 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 13th
More about Edward Albert Clout -
British Army G/5163 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 7th Battalion
British Army G/5163 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Battalion
British Army G/5163 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Battalion
…
More about William Davis -
Born 1896
Died 1916
British Army SD/4029 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Battalion
More about James Curtis Jenner -
Born 1893
Died 1916
British Army 664 Acting Serjeant Honourable Artillery Company
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment
British Army Captain Royal Sussex Regiment
More about Arthur Stanley Fabian -
-
British Army SD/2640 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Battalion
More about Stanley Chalcroft -
-
Born 1879
British Army SD/3006 Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment 13th (3rd South Downs) Battalion
More about George Frederick Rowsell -
British Army 2627 Private Royal Sussex Regiment
British Army 418066 Private Labour Corps
More about Albert Barton