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Royal Sussex Regiment

8th Battalion

ROYAL SUSSEX REGIMENT

Pioneers of the 18th (Eastern) Division

 

1st-7th July : In action and works in Montauban sector.

7th July : Meaulte area.

10th-12th July : Works on the Road Maricourt-Montauban.

13th-14th July : Trônes Wood.

15th-18th July : Works in Bernafay Wood/Trônes Wood area.

19th July : Bray-sur-Somme area.

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3rd September : Aveluy Wood.

Works in Aveluy/Ovillers area.

26th September/5th October :  Thiepval sector.

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12th October : La Boisselle area.

Works in Courcelette sector.

21st October-November : Digging of communication trenches and Road works in Courcelette/Pozieres area.

 

77 names

G/4287     Private

Ernest

ADSETT

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/1986     Private

Albert Edward

ALLWRIGHT

Died of wounds on the 15th August 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery

 

G/2056     Private

George John

ANDREWS

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/1740    Private

Belcher

BAYTON

Died of wounds on the 1st July 1916

Rest in peace in Dive Copse British Cemetery

 

G/2843     Private

Walter

BISH

Killed in action on the 1st October 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Blighty Valley Cemetery

 

G/1903     Private

George William

BISHOP

Died of wounds on the 3rd August 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated in Brighton (Extra-Mural) Borough Cemetery

 

G/2081     Private

Frederick Edward

BOXALL

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

SR/280     Company Sergeant Major

David

BURCHELL

Killed in action on the 11th September 1916

Rest in peace in Blighty Valley Cemetery

 

G/2274    Private

Cyril Victor

BUSS

Died of wounds on the 30th September 1916

Rest in peace in Puchevillers British Cemetery

 

G/1594     Lance Corporal

Charles

CAIGER

Killed in action on the 13th July 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/2713    Private

Frederick John

COMPER

Died of wounds on the 30th June 1916

Rest in peace in St Pierre Cemetery

 

G/2050    Private

Henry

COOMBS

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/2521     Private

Frederick Samuel

COTTINGHAM

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/2701     Corporal

Percy John

COURT

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/2664    Private

Albert

CROUCHER

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/2424     Lance Corporal

John

DAUGHTRY, MM

Killed in action on the 1st October 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/8160    Private

Reginald Ernest

DUNSTER

Died of wounds on the 29th November 1916 - Age 30

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery Extension

 

G/2282    Private

Arthur Reginald

DURRANT

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/2513     Lance Corporal

Albert Henry

DYER

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery

 

G/2390    Private

Charles Edward

FORD

Killed in action on the 13th July 1916 - Age 31

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/2096     Private

William Percy

FREEMAN

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/2027    Private

Leonard

GABELL

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/893     Private

Charles Alfred

GASSON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/2779    Private

George

GIBSON

Died of wounds on the 14th July 1916

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

G/2202    Private

Frederick

GOODSELL

Died of wounds on the 14th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/7064    Private

John

HART

Died of wounds on the 14th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/5947    Private

John

HEAP

Killed in action on the 4th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/2016    Private

Percy

HURN

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Rest in peace in Ovillers Military Cemetery

 

G/1776    Private

Harry

JEAL

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Horace Douglas Meadows

KEMP

Died of wounds on the 31st August 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Oxford (Botley) Cemetery

 

G/2298    Corporal

Henry John Noel

KENWARD

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/2756    Private

Charles Edward

KETCHER

Died of wounds on the 19th September 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Puchevillers British Cemetery

 

G/2052    Private

Frank

KNAGGS

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/2515    Private

Henry James

LANGRIDGE

Died of wounds on the 17th July 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

G/1763    Private

Richard

LEE

Died of wounds on the 7th July 1916 - Age 33

Rest in peace in Daours Communal Cemetery Extension

 

G/878    Private

Herbert

LELLIOTT

Died of wounds on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

L/9061     Sergeant

Luther

MARTIN

Killed in action on the 20th November 1916 - Age 30

Rest in peace in Stump Road Cemetery

 

Captain

Horace Waren

MEADE

Killed in action on the 13th July 1916

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

G/2033    Private

Ernest John

MERRYWEATHER

Died of wounds on the 14th July 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Dive Copse British Cemetery

 

G/2212    Private

Charles Daniel

MOON

Killed in action on the 20th September 1916 - Age 31

Rest in peace in Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension

 

G/4283    Private

John

MUIR

Died of wounds on the 19th November 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Albert Communal Cemetery Extension

 

G/1783    Private

Henry

NEWMAN

Died of wounds on the 15th July 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

 

G/2670     Lance Corporal

Leonard

NEWNHAM

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Rest in peace in Bernafay Wood British Cemetery

 

G/2702    Lance Corporal

John Edwin

NYE

Died of wounds on the 6th August 1916 - Age 30

Rest in peace in Burgess Hill (St Andrew) Churchyard

 

GS/338    Private

William Frederick

PALMER

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/2547     Lance Corporal

Horace

PARKES

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Rest in peace in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery

 

G/2650     Private

William

PARSONS

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/1930    Corporal

Albert

PUTLAND

Died of wounds on the 14th July 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Hailsham Cemetery

 

G/1933    Private

Roland

REES

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/2444    Private

William

RICE

Died of wounds on the 1st November 1916 - Age 219

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery Extension

 

G/18275    Private

William

RICHARDS

Died of wounds on the 28th October 1916

Rest in peace in Contay British Cemetery

 

G/2454     Private

Herbert

RIDGWAY

Killed in action on the 16th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/2063    Private

Charles

ROTHWELL

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/2389    Private

William George

SCUTT

Killed in action on the 13th July 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/2689     Private

James William

SEAMAN

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/2297    Private

James

SMITH

Died of wounds on the 30th June 1916

Rest in peace in Daours Communal Cemetery Extension

 

G/1969    Private

Walter

SMITH

Died of wounds on the 2nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/18287    Private

George

SPENCER

Died of wounds on the 23rd October 1916 - Age 38

Rest in peace in Contay British Cemetery

 

G/1611    Lance Corporal

Sydney

STACEY

Died of wounds on the 14th July 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery

 

G/2304     Private

Charles

STEVENS

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

G/2131     Lance Corporal

Harry

STEVENS

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 30

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/2105     Private

Ernest John

STUNT

Killed in action on the 22nd November 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Bapaume Post Military Cemetery

 

L/11064     Lance Corporal

Henry

STUNT

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Rest in peace in Ovillers Military Cemetery

 

G/91    Private

William George

TAYLOR

Killed in action on the 20th September 1916

Rest in peace in Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension

 

G/2032    Lance Corporal

Charles Victor

TRAYHURN

Died of wounds on the 21st July 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

G/2127     Private

Frederick William

VENESS

Killed in action on the 8th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/7277    Private

Gideon James

VINCENT

Died of wounds on the 16th July 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery

 

G/18283     Private

William Arthur

WALKER

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Captain

Edward Percy

WALLIS

Detached from The Royal Lancaster

Killed in action on the 18th October 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Bapaume Post Military Cemetery

G/2025     Lance Corporal

Thomas William

WARD

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/2272     Private

Joseph

WATSON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/1617     Private

George

WEBB

Killed in action on the 13th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/3907     Private

Walter Henry

WENHAM

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 32

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/10092     Private

Henry Hawes

WERE

Killed in action on the 4th October 1916 - Age 32

Rest in peace in Authuile Military Cemetery

 

Captain

John Dudley

WHYTE

Killed in action on the 13th-14th July 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

G/1902    Private

Thomas

WILLIAMS

Killed in action on the 25th November 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

 

 

Lieutenant

Edgar Reginald

WILLIS

Killed in action on the 13th-14th July 1916

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

Thiepval Memorial

36

Peronne Road Cemetery

4

La Neuville British Cemetery

3

Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension

2

Bapaume Post Military Cemetery

2

Blighty Valley Cemetery

2

Contay British Cemetery

2

Dantzig Alley British Cemetery

2

Daours Communal Cemetery Extension

2

Dive Copse British Cemetery

2

Ovillers Military Cemetery

2

Puchevillers British Cemetery

2

St Sever Cemetery Extension

2

Albert Communal Cemetery Extension

1

Authuille Military Cemetery

1

Bernafay Wood British Cemetery

1

Burgess Hill (St Andrew) Churchyard

1

Brighton (Extra-Mural) Borough Cemetery

1

Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

1

Delville Wood Cemetery

1

Etaples Military Cemetery

1

Hailsham Cemetery

1

Oxford (Botley) Cemetery

1

St Pierre Cemetery

1

St Sever Cemetery

1

Stump Road Cemetery

1

Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension

1

MEN SERVING IN OTHER UNITS

Lieutenant

John de Carrich

CHEAPE

13th Royal Sussex

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Hamel Military Cemetery

 

Captain

Arthur Stanley

FABIAN

13th Royal Sussex

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Hamel Military Cemetery