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| The Royal Sussex Regiment |  | 1701 - 1966
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| | | | | | Titles | | pre 1881 | post 1881 | | 35th Regiment of Foot | 1st Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment | | 107th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Light Infantry) | 2nd Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment | | | | Earliest recognised formation: | 35th : 1701 when raised as the Earl of Donegal's Regiment | | 107th: 1854 as the Honourable East India Company's "3rd Bengal European Light Infantry" (107th in 1862) | | | | Motto: | | | | | Regimental Journal: | The Roussillon Gazette | | | | WWI: | Battle Honours; 69 | Victoria Crosses; 4 | Died; 7096 | | WWII: | Battle Honours; 29 | Victoria Crosses; 1 | Died; ???? | | | | Amalgamated: | 1966, with the Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment, Queens Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment and the Middlesex Regiment to form "The Queen's Regiment" | | |
| | | | | | | Napoleonic Wars, Battle of Maida, Italy 1806. | Military General Service Medal. 1793 - 1814 | | | | clasp: | | | number: | 46 | Two officers on the Staff Officer list also received medals; Major Sir George Berkley; (1 clasp , Talavera) and Captain Thomas Weare; ( 3 clasp, Vittoria, St. Sebastian, Nivelle). Private James Furlong also had an Egypt clasp for service with the Ancient Irish Fencibles, in addition to one of the Maida clasps counted above.
A Maida Gold Medal 1806 was issued to Major George D. Robinson in command of 35th Foot. | Battle Honour; Maida |
| | | | | | | India Mutiny 1857. Both regiments present. | India Mutiny Medal. 1857 -59 | | clasp: | ...none... | | regiment: | 35th | 3rd Bengal E.L.I. | | number: | 598 | 1005 | | | | |
| | | | New Zealand, 1864: A VC was awarded to Lieut-Col. John Carstairs McNeill, (serving as ADC to Sir Duncan Cameron. VC for 30th March 1864 near Ohanpu) | | The two regiments become1st & 2nd Battalions, The Royal Sussex Regiment, 1881 | | | Egypt & Sudan Campaigns 1882 and 1884-85 1st Battalion | Egypt and Sudan Medal 1882-89 | | 1882 Campaign | | clasp: | ....none.... | | total medals | | numbers: | 975 | 1* | 976 | | | * 1650 Pte. J. Ishwood | | | | The Nile Expedition 1884 - 85 | | | | clasp: | | | total medals | numbers: | ? | 282** | ? | | | **28 of these with the The Mounted Infantry Camel Regiment | Recipients also entitled to a Khedive's Star matching their first campaign, dated 1882 or 1884-6 as appropriate. | | | Battle Honours : Egypt 1882, Abu Klea; Nile 1884-5 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | North West Frontier Operations 1897-98 2nd Battalion | India Medal 1895 | | clasp: | | | | number: | ? | ? | | |
| | | | | | | South African War 1899 - 1902 or "Boer War" 1st Battalion. (April 1900 - end of the war) | Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902, with or without the King's South Africa Medal 1901 - 1902 | Frequently encountered clasps: Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902; also common: | | | | clasp; | | | | total medals | | numbers; | ? | ? | ? | ? | | | | | | Officers | NCOs and Men | | KIA & DOW | Wounded | Death from disease | KIA & DOW | Death from disease | Wounded | Missing / POW | | | | 2 | 7 | 1 | 31 | 65 | 94 | 4 | Battle Honour: South Africa 1900-02 |
| | | | | | | The Great War 1914 - 1918 (26 battalions; 12 served overseas:- ) | Generally awarded the British War Medal & Victory Medal, men overseas prior to 1/1/1916 also a 1914 or 1914-15 Star. | | Battalion → | 1* | 2 | 1/4 | 1/5 | 2/6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 16** | 17*** | | Pioneers | date of first overseas service.
(first theatre red x ) | | 13/8
1914 | 9/8
1915 | ?/1
1915 | ?/2
1916 | 1/6
1915 | 28/7
1915 | 1/9
1915 | ?/3
1916 | ?/3
1916 | 3/1
1917 | 26/5
1918 | | France & Flanders | | x | x | x | | x | x | x | x | x | | x | | Gallipoli | | | x | | | | | | | | | | | Egypt & Palestine | | | x | | | | | | | | x | | | Italy | | | | x | | | | | | | | | | India | x | | | | x | | | | | | | | Star
possible ? | 1914 or 1914-15 | | x | | | | | | | | | | | | or 1914-15 only | ? | | x | x | | x | x | x | | | | | | VC? (surname/date) | | Wells
25/9/15
Johnson
4/11/18 | | | | | | McNair
14/2/16 | | Carter
30/6/16 | | | died
Extracted from : "Soldiers / Officers Died in the Great War" (consider approximate - in addition al least 158 officers are recorded with 'battalion not shown' or with battalions not shown here) | 37
(India) | 1645 | 478 | 325 | 54
(India) | 1026 | 230 | 789 | 716 | 555 | 163 | 26 | | | * The first battalion was in India when war broke out and it remained there for the duration, serving on the NWF 1915 & 1919 (see next medal).
** 16th Battalion formed in Egypt from the Sussex Yeomanry
*** Formed in France from the 5th Garrison Guard Battalion (which had also formed in France) - 17th initially titled 'Garrison' which was dropped 16/7/18
| | Regular | Territorial Force | New Armies | Garrison. |
| Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19
107 officers and men of the Royal Sussex Regiment also qualified for this medal. | | | Battle Honours: Ypres 1914, 1915, 1917, 1918; Somme 1916, 1918; Pilckem; Hindenburg Line; Italy 191718; Gallipoli 1915; Palestine 1917-18; NW Frontier India 1915, 1916-17. Mons; Aisne 1914; Gheluvelt; Nonne Bosschen; Givency 1914; Aubers; Loos; Albert 1916, 1918; Bazentin; Delville Wood; Pozières; Flers-Courcelette; Morval; Thiepval; Le Transloy; Ancre Heights; Ancre 1916, 1918; Arras 1917, 1918; Vimy 1917; Scarpe 1917; Arleux; Messines 1917; Langemarck 1917; Menin Road; Polygon Wood; Broodseinde; Poelcapelle; Passchendaele; Cambrai 1917; 1918; St Quentin; Bapaume 1918; Rosières; Avre; Lys; Kemmel; Scherpenberg; Soissonais-Ourcq; Amiens; DrocourtQuéant; Epéhy; St Quentin Canal; Beaurevoir; Courtrai; Selle; Sambre; France and Flanders 1914-18; Piave; Vittorio Veneto; Suvla; Landing at Suvla; Scimitar Hill; Rumani; Egypt 1915-17; Gaza; El Mughar; Jerusalem; Jericho; Tell'Asur; Murman 1918-19. | VCs: 4; Wells, McNair, Carter, Johnson |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | WW2 1939 - 1945 7 Battalions served overseas; | | Battalion → | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 9th | | campaign ↓ | | France and
Belgium 1940.
(Dunkirk ) | | x | x | x | x | x | | | North Africa & Middle East | x | x | x | x | | | | | Burma | | | | | | | x | | Sicily / Italy | x | | | | | | | | N.W. Europe | | | | | | | | Notes. | | | 7th Indian Infantry Brigade | 133rd Infantry Brigade, 10th Armoured Division for Alam el Halfa and El Alamein. ('Lorried' Oct 42 - Dec 42) | 37th Infantry Brigade 7/10/39 - 29/7/44 | 37th Infantry Brigade 7/10/39 -19/11/41 | 212th Independent Inf. Bde. in the UK from 7/10/40.
14/7/42 converted to 160th RAC Regt.- 22/12/42 - 1/4/43 267th Indian Armoured Bde. (Secunderbad & Poona)
converted back to 9/R. Suss. 1/4/43 and 267 I. A. Bde. reconstituted as '72nd Inf. Bde'. ..Btn. with 72nd to 16/7/45.... 20/7/45 came under command of 74th Indian Inf. Bde. | | 2/4/43 -end; Persia / Palestine / Iraq with 24th Indian Infantry Brigade, 6th Indian Division | 4/5th
(amalgamated Jan 43)Amalgamated Jan 43 and sent from Egypt to Persia;
1/2/43 -end; Persia / Palestine / Iraq with 27th Indian Infantry Brigade, 6th Indian Division | WW2 Stars common to the Battalion. (excluding 39-45 star )
Key: A = Africa, P = Pacific, B = Burma, I = Italy, F&G = France and Germany | | star: | A, I. | A | A | A | | | B | | clasp: | ? | ? | ? | ? | | | | | | Most also entitled to the 1939-45 War Medal and many the Defence Medal | | | Battle Honours: Abyssinia 1941; Omars; Alam al Halfa; El Alamein; Akarit; North Africa 1940-3; Cassino II; Italy 1944-5; Burma 1943-5. Defence of Escaut; Amiens 1940; St Orner-La Bassée; Forêt de Nieppe; Karora-Marsa Taclai; Cub Cub; Mescelit Pass; Keren; Mt Engiahat; Massawa; Benghazi; Djebel el Meida; Tunis; Monastery Hill; Gothic Line; Pian di Castello; Monte Reggiano; North Arakan; Pinwe; Shweli. | VCs: 1; Queripel (attached 10th Parachute Btn 19/9/44 Arnhem.) |
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Selected Links | The Regimental Museum. (Located in ) | | | | | | | Selected Bibliography; | | | | Author | Title | Publisher | | Compiled by Richard Trimen, late Captain | An Historical Memoir of the 35th Royal Sussex Regiment of Foot. 343pp. | Southampton: The Southampton Times Newspaper and Printing and Publishing Co. Ltd., 1873 | | G. D. Martineau. | A History of the Royal Sussex Regiment; a history of the old Belfast Regiment and the Regiment of Sussex, 1701-1953. 324 pp. | Chichester: Moore & Tillyer Ltd. [1955] | | | A Short History of the Royal Sussex Regiment (35th Foot-107th Foot), 1701 - 1926. With brief particulars of the part taken in the Great War by the various Battalions of the Regiment. 111 pp., | Aldershot: Gale & Polden Ltd., 1941. | | Lt.-Col. Du Moulin, with a Preface by Col. J. G. Panton. Edited by Captain H. F. Bidder. | Two Years on Trek; being Some Account of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Africa. 323 pp | London: Murray & Co., The Middlesex Printing Works, 1907 | | Compiled by a Committee of Officers of the Battalion. Edited by Owen Rutter | The History of the Seventh (Service) Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment, 1914 -1919. 347 pp. | London: The Times Publishing Co. Ltd. | | M. Gillings. | The Shiny Ninth: 9th Battalion the Royal Sussex Regiment 1940-1946 176 pp. | The Pinwe Club, 1986. | | Colonel E. A. C. Fazan. | Cinque Port Battalions, the Story of the 5th (Cinque Ports) Battalion the Royal Sussex Regiment, (T.A.) formerly 1st Cinque Port Rifle Volunteer Corps, its Antecedents, Traditions and Uniforms. 182 pp. | Chichester: Royal Sussex Regimental Association, 1971 | | F. St. D. Skinner. | History of the War Service of the 1st Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment from 1701 to 1904. 113 pp. | Ambala: Royal Sussex Regimental Press, 1906 | | | The Royal Sussex Regiment. The last 20 years 1948-67. 44 pp | Chichester: Regimental Association, 1974. | | | | | | | | | | Additional Bibliography for this Page. | | | | Author/Compiler | Title | Publisher | | Officers of the Regiment. | Unpublished rolls in the care of the National Archives; WO 100/ etc. | - | | | | | | | | | | | Additional bibliography same as Northumberland Fusiliers page | | | |
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