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16th (Sussex Yeomanry) Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
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James Walters 11th Btn. Royal Sussex Regiment My Grandfather, James Walters enlisted in Hastings in September 1914.
He was wounded in action on the the 3rd or 4th of June 1916 in Cuinchy, recorded in Sussex Daily News on the 3rd of July 1916.
He was then wounded in action in March or April on the Somme. Recorded in the Sussex Daily News on the 3rd of June 1918.
He was wounded again when serving with the 16th Royal Sussex. Recorded in the Sussex Daily News of the 30th of November 1918. Although 16th Battalion diary does not record it. His next of kin was given as living at Hadlow Down Sussex.
He was in Roehampton Hospital in the war where he had his fingers amputated through injury.
He eventually lost the battle to live after the war due to shrapnel injuries and died of haemorrhage to the brain through injury.
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L/Cpl. Thomas Henry Hermon Gosden 16th Battalion (Sussex Yeomanry) Royal Sussex Regiment Before he entered the Battle of the Somme, he was in Palestine in 1917. His eldest son followed in his footsteps in 1947 to the same place. My grandad was a runner for the 16th Battalion in WW1 and was wounded 3 times including the last time on 18th September 1918 when he was discharged.
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Pte. Hedley John " " Cummins 16th (Sussex Yeomanry) Btn Royal Sussex Regiment (d.10th Oct 1918) Hedley Cummins lost his life one month before the end of hostilities. I would like to discover where he lost his life.
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