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7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment    7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment was formed at Chichester on the 12th of August 1914 as part of Kitcheners New Army. They joined 36th Brigade, 12th (Eastern) Division. After initial training they moved to Shorncliffe Camp in October 1914 and went into winter billets in Folkestone in December 1914. In March they moved to Ramillies Barracks at Aldershot to complete their training. They proceeded to France on the 1st of June 1915, landing at Boulogne. They saw action at the Battle of Loos in 1915, The Battles of the Somme in 1916 and the Battles of Arras and at Cambrai in 1917. They were in action on the Somme, at Arras on the Hindenburgh Line and the Final Advance in Artois in 1918 30th May 1915 On the Move 31st May 1915 On the Move 1st Jun 1915 On the Move 2nd Jun 1915 On the Move 3rd Jun 1915 In Billets 4th Jun 1915 In Billets 5th Jun 1915 On the March 6th Jun 1915 On the March 7th Jun 1915 In Billets 8th Jun 1915 In Billets 9th Jun 1915 Recce 10th Jun 1915 On the March 11th Jun 1915 Instruction 12th Jun 1915 Instruction 13th Jun 1915 Instruction 14th Jun 1915 Instruction 15th Jun 1915 On the March 16th Jun 1915 In Billets 19th Jun 1915 Route march 20th Jun 1915 Bathing 21st Jun 1915 Route March 22nd Jun 1915 Route March 23rd Jun 1915 Route March 24th Jun 1915 Route March 25th Jun 1915 On the March 26th Jun 1915 Recce 27th Jun 1915 Reliefs 28th Jun 1915 Snipers   29th Jun 1915 Enemy Working Party 30th Jun 1915 Snipers 1st Jul 1915 Enemy Working Party 2nd Jul 1915 Working Party 3rd Jul 1915 Spies 4th Jul 1915 Signalling 5th Jul 1915 Working Parties 6th Jul 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Want to know more about 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment? There are:5874 items tagged 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. Those known to have served with 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment during the Great War 1914-1918. Ades Bernard Henry. Pte. (d.3rd May 1917) Barnes John Edward. Pte. (d.4th Jul 1917) Borrow Arthur. L/Cpl. (d.24th Oct 1915) Budgen Harry Stanley. Pte. Grant Charles. Pte. (d.4th August 1916) Harding Samuel John. Pte. Hardy William Albert. Pte. (d.13th Oct 1918) Hill Harry Joy. L/Cpl (d.25th Nov 1917) Hill Henry Harry. L/Cpl. (d.25th November 1917) Hogan James Henry. Pte. (d.11th Sep 1915) Jacobs William David Diver. Pte. Jacobs William David Diver. Pte. James Ernest Alfred. Pte. (d.18th May 1918) Jupp George William. Pte. (d.18th Sep 1918) Moore Joseph. Pte. Nicholson Samuel. Pte. (d.13th July 1916) Norman William. Pte. Petter Ernest James. Pte Reed William George. L/Cpl. (d.4th August 1916) Sands John Edward. Private (d.26th Nov 1917) All names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List Records of 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment from other sources. The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. 1st of September 2024 marks 25 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the Great War? Our Library contains many many diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. 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William Albert Hardy 7th Btn Royal Sussex Regiment (d.13th Oct 1918) William Hardy, served in the Hertfordshire Regiment and the 7th Royal Sussex Regiment. He was killed in Action on Sunday, 13th of October 1918. His effects and wage credit amount of 24/2s/9d, plus a War Gratuity of 19/10/- were all that went home. He was first buried near Henin-Lietard, and later re-interred at Athies, near Arras, in Pont-du-Jour Military Cemetery. Adrian Thomas Add to this record.   Pte. Bernard Henry Ades 7th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment (d.3rd May 1917) Bernard Ades served with the 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Add to this record.   Pte. William David Diver Jacobs 7th Btn. Royal Sussex Regiment My father William Jacobs was born in 1899 and joined the Royal Sussex Regiment when he was 17. He fought in the Somme and possibly Ypres. There is a newspaper cutting headed Sussex and the War announcing the arrival of the Cadre of 2nd Sussex at Chichester from Dover. The nick-name of the regiment was "The Iron Regiment" (because it could bend but it never broke). My father's name was mentioned as part of the Cadre that returned. Add to this record.   Pte. William David Diver Jacobs 2nd Btn. Royal Sussex Regiment Bill Jacobs served with the 7th, 1/4th and 2nd Battalions, Royal Sussex Regiment. Barbara Tidy Add to this record.   Pte. Ernest Alfred James 7th Btn. Royal Sussex Regiment (d.18th May 1918) Ernest James enlisted in mid-July 1915 into the 12th Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment at the age of 39. He was wounded at the Battle of Boars Head on 30th of June 1916. He returned later firstly to the 8th Battalion and then the 9th. On 5th of April 1918 on the Somme he was shot in the chest and captured as a POW. He was taken to a military hospital at Vallancienes, where he died of his wounds 18th May 1918. He left a wife and 3 children. The youngest aged 6. Ron James Add to this record.   Pte. Samuel Nicholson 7th Btn. Royal Sussex Regiment (d.13th July 1916) Samuel Nicholson served with the 7th Btn Royal Sussex Regiment, part of the 12th Brigade, 36th Div. Sussex. Luc Pottiez Add to this record.   L/Cpl Harry Joy Hill 7th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment (d.25th Nov 1917) Harry Hill is my maternal grandmothers brother. He was born in Belfast on 8th June 1886 and in the 1901 census he was working, aged 15, as a domestic servant and in the 1911 census he was a moulder in a factory. He joined up on 19th August 1914 and for an unknown reason ended up in D Company, 7th battalion Royal Sussex Regiment. His older brother David served in the Royal Irish Regiment and another older brother Johnny served in the Imperial Yeomanry during the Boer War.He was killed during fighting in the Cambria operations on 25th November 1917, his body never recovered. The family was told he was hit by a shell. Glenn Millar Add to this record.   L/Cpl. Arthur Borrow 7th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment (d.24th Oct 1915) Arthur Borrow is remembered on the Loos Memorial in France. John Paul Critchley Add to this record.   Pte. George William Jupp 7th Btn. Royal Sussex Regiment (d.18th Sep 1918) My Great Grandfather, George Jupp, joined up on 18th January 1916 at Redhill in Surrey. George was born on 20th February 1886 in Brighton. By 1911 he had moved to East Grinstead and was working as a shop assistant. He married Edith Jennings at Moat Church, London Road on 16th July 1911. They had three children, Lily, Leslie and Laura, my Grandmother. George was first with the 9th Battalion as part of the British Expeditionary Force in France. He spent some time in 1917 in hospital back home and was with the 3rd Battalion. Later in 1917 he had been transferred to the 7th and was back in France. His family were by now living in Three Bridges, Crawley. Sadly George died, aged 32 on the 18th September 1918 at the Battle of Epehy in northern France. He is buried at Epehy Wood Cemetery. Susan Jones Add to this record.   Pte. John Edward Barnes 7th Btn. Royal Sussex Regiment (d.4th Jul 1917) John Edward Barnes served with the Royal Sussex Regiment 7th Battalion. He was executed for desertion on 4th July1917, aged 24 and is buried in Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, Arras, France. s flynn Add to this record.   Pte. James Henry Hogan 7th Btn. Royal Sussex Regiment (d.11th Sep 1915) James Henry Hogan was 26 when he died. Born in Jarrow in 1899, he was the son of Michael and Margaret Hogan. James Henry Hogan age 21 Coal Putter underground at Pit is with his widowed mother and family at Landsale Cottage, Camden Street, Southwick, Sunderland on the 1911 census. He enlisted at Jarrow. James is buried in Houplines Communal Cemetery. Vin Mullen Add to this record.   Private John Edward Sands 7th Btn. Royal Sussex Regiment (d.26th Nov 1917) John Edward Sands was my grandfather. He was born in Eastbourne 17th September 1896. He enlisted in 7th Royal Sussex in August 1914, a month shy of his 18th birthday. I believe his Reg. No. means he was one of Lowther's Lambs, and that he received his fatal wounds at the first Battle of Cambrai. My grandmother received notification on 6th December 1917 that he'd died of his wounds on 26th November that same year at 55 Clearing Station. He was 21, and left behind a young widow and baby son, my father. He was subsequently buried at Tincourt Cemetery T Brading Add to this record.   Pte. Samuel John Harding 7th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment Sam entered France in September 1915 and survived, having suffered from shell shock and a mustard gas attack he was eventually discharged in April 1917. Chris Frankham Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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