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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.
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Born 1887
Died 1916
British Army SD/3525 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Battalion
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Born 1892
Died 1916
British Army SD/4216 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Battalion
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Born 1891
Died 1916
British Army SD/2864 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 13th (3rd South Downs) Battalion
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Born 1893
Died 1916
British Army Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment
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Born 1896
Died 1915
British Army SD4183 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Battalion
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Born 1893
Died 1917
British Army 3606 Private Royal Sussex Regiment
British Army G/15891 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Battalion
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British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment
More about Harry Percy Greenwood Oliver -
Born 1894
Died 1916
British Army SD/2913 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Battalion
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Born 1873
Died 1916
British Army SD/2993 Acting Serjeant Royal Sussex Regiment
British Army SD/2993 Serjeant Royal Sussex Regiment
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Born 1896
Died 1916
British Army SD/2951 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Battalion
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British Army SD/2603 Serjeant Royal Sussex Regiment
British Army G/6400 Serjeant Royal Sussex Regiment
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Born 1898
Died 1916
British Army SD/3184 Private Royal Sussex Regiment
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Died 1916
British Army SD/5107 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Battalion
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British Army SD/2924 Private Royal Sussex Regiment
British Army G/6317 Private Royal Sussex Regiment
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Born 1889
Died 1916
British Army SD/3150 Lance Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Battalion
British Army SD/3150 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Battalion
British Army SD/3150 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Battalion
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Born 1891
Died 1916
British Army SD/3301 Private Royal Sussex Regiment
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