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4th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
4th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment was a unit of the Territorial Force with its HQ in Horsham. On the 24th of April 1915 they transferred to 160th Brigade, 53rd (Welsh) Division at Cambridge and in May moved to Bedford. On the 2nd of July orders arrived to re-equip for service in the Mediterranean. Leaving the artillery and train behind, the rest of the Division left 14-19 July and The Division, without their artillery, embarked at Sevonport on the 14th of July, to Lemnos via Alexandria. The Division made a landing at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli on the 9th of August 1915 and were involved in operations in the Suvla Bay area suffering heavy losses. By the time they were evacuated to Mudros on the 11th of December the Division stood at just 162 officers and 2428 men (approx 15%). From Mudros they went on to Alexandria and to Wardan, where the the divisional artillery rejoined between the 11th and 22nd of February 1916. They were in action at The Battle of Romani in the Palestine campaign and in 1917 158th Brigade fought at The First Battle of Gaza and the whole Division were in action during The Second Battle of Gaza, The Third Battle of Gaza when they were involved in capture of Beersheba, Tell Khuweilfe, and The Capture of Jerusalem. In December they were in action in The Defence of Jerusalem. In March 1918 they fought at The Battle of Tell'Asur. In May they left the Division and moved to France where they joined the reforming 101st Brigade 34th Division on the 30th June and returned to action, at The Battles of the Soissonais, the Ourcq and the capture of Baigneux Ridge. On the 14th of August they absorbed the cadre of 13th Sussex. They took part in the Final Advance in Flanders and at the Armistice was at rest in the area east of Courtrai. 34th Division was selected to join the Army of Occupation and began to move towards Germany on the 14th of November. On the 22nd of December a large number men with industrial and mining skills were demobilised. By the end of January 1919 the Division was occupying the Cologne bridgehead.
6th Feb 1915 Instruction
8th Jul 1915 Inspection
9th Aug 1915 Disembarking
16th Oct 1915 The Derby Scheme
1st Dec 1915 Derby Scheme Armlets
11th Sep 1915 Last day of Derby Scheme Recruitment
10th Jan 1916 Group System Reopens
9th February 1916 Call Ups
1st Sep 1918 Advance Made
27th October 1918 Reliefs 9th Btn. (North Irish Horse), Royal Irish Fusiliers.
report "Weather fine in morning but dull towards evening. Battalion was relieved in the line by 4th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment, 34th Division, and proceeded to billets in Hulste."
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Those known to have served with4th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment during the Great War 1914-1918. - Cook Arthur George. Pte. (d.23rd Sept 1915)
- Cozens Arthur George. Cpl. (d.2nd Sep 1918)
- Denman David Robert. Pte.
- Firkins John. Cpl.
- Jacobs William David Diver. Pte.
- Jacobs William David Diver. Pte.
- Newman Bertram Benjamin Corney. Sgt. (d.13th May 1917)
- Riley George Henry. Pte. (d.17th September 1918)
- Rye Bertie. Cpl.
- Stubbs Charles. Pte. (d.14th Aug 1915)
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Pte. George Henry Riley 4th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment (d.17th September 1918) George Riley was my Grandfather. This is an embroidered cloth about 1 meter square. Dad's Nips refers to my mother and her brother. The image was probably taken from a photo carried by my grandfather and I was told that it was made by Turkish prisoners of war in Alexandria. I also have snakes covered with tiny glass beads which were obtained at the same time.
Having endured the horrors of the war in the Middle East I was told that my grandfather was picked off by a sniper while exercising the dogs in northern France less than two months short of the Armistice.
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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.
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Cpl. John Firkins 4th Btn Royal Sussex Regiment My grandfather, John Firkins fought at Gallipoli, then went on to fight in Egypt and Palestine, and finally on the Western Front.
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Pte. William David Diver Jacobs 2nd Btn. Royal Sussex Regiment Bill Jacobs served with the 7th, 1/4th and 2nd Battalions, Royal Sussex Regiment.
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Cpl. Arthur George Cozens 1/4th Btn. Royal Sussex Regiment (d.2nd Sep 1918) Arthur Cozens served with 1/4th Battalion Territorial Force, on the 24th April 1915 moved to Cambridge and transferred to the 160th Brigade of the 53rd Division, and then moved on to Bedford.
In July 1915 they sailed to the Mediterranean via Mudros and on the 9th of August 1915, landed at Suvla Bay and engaged in various actions as part of the Gallipoli campaign. In Dec 1915 he was evacuated to Egypt due to heavy casualties from combat, disease and severe weather conditions. The Division then engaged in various actions as part of the Palestine Campaign including;
The Battle of Romani in 1916, The Second and Third Battles of Gaza, The Capture of Jerusalem and The Defence of Jerusalem in 1918.
Then The battle of Tell'Asur in early 1918.
In May 1918 he moved to France via Alexandria leaving the 53rd Division and on 30th June 1918 he joined the 101st Brigade of the 34th Division which engaged in various actions on the Western Front including:
The Battle of the Soissonais and of the Ourcq,
The capture of Baigneux Ridge,
The Battle of Ypres,
The Battle of Courtrai,
The action of Ooteghem, and The action of Tieghem.
Arthur Cozens was killed in action on the 2nd September 1918.
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Pte. Arthur George Cook 1/4th Battalion, A Company. Royal Sussex Regiment (d.23rd Sept 1915) Arthur George Cook was a casualty of the Gallipoli Campaign in Turkey during World War 1 as a member of the 4th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment, 53rd Welsh Division.
He jad joined the Territorial Force (T.F.) in 1910 in his home town of Hayward's Heath in Sussex and died in an army hospital in Egypt in 1915 from a stomach wound obtained while fighting for the Mediterranean Expeditionary Forces in Turkey. He is buried at the Alexandria (Chatby) Military Cemetery.
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Pte. Charles Stubbs 1/4th Btn. A Company. Royal Sussex Regiment (d.14th Aug 1915) Charles Stubbs served with A Coy. 1/4th Battalion, Royal Sussex. He landed at Suvla Bay on 8th August 1915.
He was evacuated to Mudros where he died on 14th August 1915.
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Cpl. Bertie Rye 1/4th Btn. Royal Sussex Regiment This is my grand father who was evidently wounded at Gallipoli but survived the War. Re enlisted in the Pioneer Corps in the Second World War aged 44. Captured by the Germans, escaped and then served with Monty. I am currently trying to reasearch more of his history, a little difficult as I live now in Ausralia. Love to get more info on the 1/4th during World War 1. Would like to build a history for his future generations to be aware of.
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