Monday 12th May 2021 saw the Royal Sussex officers and wives gathered at Pashley Manor Gardens for their annual lunch. This was made possible due to the extraordinary kindness of owners Angela and Jim Sellick, and their staff, who laid on a superb meal for the...

A service of remembrance was held on the anniversary of the Battle of the Boars Head, 30th June 2021, at the memorial within Beach House Park, Worthing. In attendance were the Royal British Legion organisers Ian and Pat Newman and the Worthing Mayor, Councillor Lionel...

THE LIFE OF A PIONEER AND ENGINEER ON THE WESTERN FRONT 1914-1919) Volume 3 of THE COLOURFUL LIFE OF AN ENGINEER Memoirs of Harry Chickall Lott MC A personal story of the humour, horror, and routine of the daily life of an officer and his men in the trenches and...

With grateful thanks to both Sussex County Cricket Club and the Associations Vice Chairman, Nigel Russell, a visit was organised for Association member Bill Dixon of Chichester Branch to visit the home of Sussex County Cricket, (all Covid Regulations compliant). Bill...

A service of commemoration was held to honour the 366 officers and men of the Southdown’s battalions of The Royal Sussex Regiment who died at the Battle of The Boars Head on the 30th June...

Armed Forces Day 2021. Branch Standards on parade in Eastbourne.

On a beautify Sussex summers day in the garden of the George Inn at Eartham, Bill Dixon entertained his friends and fellow veterans on Tuesday 1st June 2021, a week before his 77th birthday. Suffering severely from Asbestosis, Bill wanted to gather his ex-colleagues...

Joseph Frederick Auckett; project with Langney Primary School, Eastbourne

Col. Rod Arnold’s book about the Regiment’s actions, in all theatres of operations, during the last war, is due for release imminently.

This will be available through the on-line shop.

St. Georges Day was commemorated this year at Chichester Cathedral under COVID rules by Chichester Branch, on behalf of the Association and all its members. The national anthem was played, followed by a two minute silence with a recital of the Ode to Remembrance...