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Pte. Frank Richards
British Army 12th Btn. Royal Sussex Regiment
from:Eastbourne
(d.30th June 1916)
Frank Richards was my uncle, my father's younger brother. He was born in 1895. He was a conductor working for the London and North West Railway when he joined, in November 1914, the 2nd of the three Southdowns Battalions that were raised by Col Claude Lowther of Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex.
These battalions later became the 11th, 12th and 13th Battalions, Royal Sussex Regiment.
After training all three Battalions were sent to France in early 1916.
On 30th June 1916 they were involved in a diversionary attack at Richebourg where heavy losses were sustained, which included my Uncle Frank. He has no known grave and is remembered on the Loos Memorial.