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6 unusual facts about Royal Sussex Regiment


Convoy of 35

After no word of the 35 had been received for a long time and wounded Arabs started arriving at Hebron, the British dispatched a platoon of the Royal Sussex Regiment to investigate.

Hugh Wyatt

He served in the Royal Sussex Regiment from 1952-54 before going on to the London School of Printing.

John Mungo-Park

Mungo-Park's father, Colin, had joined the army at the start of the First World War as a private with the 7th Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment.

Old Steine Gardens

The Egyptian Campaign Memorial of the Royal Sussex Regiment is located at the far northern tip of the northern enclosure of the Old Steine Gardens.

Richebourg-l'Avoué

The attack was conducted by the 11th, 12th and 13th (Southdowns) Battalions of the Royal Sussex Regiment, part of the 116th Southdowns Brigade of the 39th Division commanded by Major-General G. J. Cuthbert.

Sambre–Oise Canal

Participating in the operation were the 2nd Battalion Royal Sussex, as well as the 2nd Manchesters, to which the poet Wilfred Owen belonged.



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