(1)  HOMEPAGE

INSTRUCTIONS

THIS IS THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE

OF THE

ROYAL SUSSEX REGIMENT

     The 35th Regiment of Foot

  (Nicknamed "The Orange Lillies")

       INSTRUCTIONS FOR YOUR WEBSITE                                          ORIENTATION.... 

1.   CLICK ON THE 3 BARS AT THE TOP LEFT HAND CORNER OF                                    THIS PAGE, TO SEE "WHAT`s ON".

2.   THIS WILL OPEN THE MAIN MENU, SHOWING THE 40 LINKS.
3.   THESE LINKS, WILL TAKE YOU, TO THE PAGES OF YOUR                                                                      CHOICE.
4.   JUST CHOOSE A SUBJECT OR THEME & CLICK ON THE PAGE,                                                        TO GO THERE.

5.   BE SURE TO READ THE PAGES 4 - 4A - 4B & 4C, FIRST ! 

       "HAPPY HUNTING !"

     the bat 2022

4th February 2024 : 1630 hrs.

Hi All !

Contrary to popular belief...........

This website is still live,.....still active......still reporting........and will continue to do so. 

I will replace/revive the (Now missing) Page  "M`s " on the Nominal Roll & missing News items, as soon as I find a Copy.

(For the second time, we have been under Cyber attack from jealous individuals). 

                                                  KEEP MOVIN`, THE 35th of FOOT !                   the bat

A POEM FROM "THE BAT" TO HIS VISITORS :

" The Young and Old

The Dead and Living

The Loud and Quiet

The Brave and Frightened

The Father and Son

The Short Service and Long

The Honest and Deceitful

The Loyal and Discredited

The Disgraced and Awarded

The Remembered and Forgotten

The Smart and Scruffy

The Genius and the Fool

The Sensible and Reckless

   The Gentle and Brutal

The Humble and Conceited

The Lover and the Kind 

Men of a Regiment

My brothers in Arms

 Many of you are still there

Many have already gone

Here is my Tribute,

to my Regiment,

and to you all,

I salute you  !

Devised & Written by "the bat"

Revised 2022.

"FOR ENGLAND AND SAINT GEORGE !"

The Royal Sussex Regiment.

THE HOMEPAGE

I extend a warm welcome to you all - from all around the world. Where ever & who ever, you may be. - I hope you enjoy looking through the site, with its hundreds of catalogued photographs covering over 100 years of Regimental life. There are many different pages to view, from the Battalion life, year for year, in timeline - (A sand-bucket, sometimes a handkerchief & a little of your time are needed !)

So.....go on, go in, visit them all, and enjoy exploring them. 

Look & read, laugh, cry and remember.   

Les "the bat" Deacon - Webmaster.

L-S.Deacon@t-online.de

HALT !

WHO GOES THERE ?

(ARE YOU AUTHORIZED ?)

"THE MEN OF A REGIMENT"

A   Pictorial & Historical, Regimental Story,

made up of Photos, Drawings & Written Articles

    Including a unique NOMINAL ROLL 

  of many, many of the men & boys (and Ladies !)

                     of the                  

               The Royal Sussex Regiment, the 35th Regiment of Foot,

               from 1701 to 1966, and  their successors

              The 3rd Bn. The Queens Regiment,

      from 1966 to 1992.

      "The Orange Lillies" 

Here with my good friend, BOB  LOOKER (Sussex), in Continuation Training on the ranges at  St.Andrews Bks., Malta 1964. - We had just arrived in the Regiment after continuation training, as we are both "Ex-Boys". - Basic training was done in St. Andrews Barracks, Malta in "D" (Trg.) Company under Major Hyde. - Later we were posted permanent to "A" Company under Major Stephenson in Tarhuna, Libya. - We flew there together, in a DC 3 "Dakota". - By 1965, we were both, already on active service in Aden - (Up-Country, Monks Field.)

RULES of ENGAGEMENT

Although I have no issues with challenging the "official" viewpoint, I do not wish to bring the wrath of the authorities down upon this website.  - I also wish to avoid attracting those with extremist views, personal agendas, spite campaigns, jealousy or pulling Rank/Position, etc,

FOR THEY ARE NOT WELCOME HERE ! 

Any visitor or member who feels that a posted message is objectionable or another user is behaving inappropriately, or against the etiquette/traditions of the Regiment,

is encouraged to contact me immediately by email.

I have the ability to remove or edit objectionable messages and will do so, immediately if it is determined that removal is necessary. - Any minor spats that can occasionally occur, as in any family or unit, should be reconciled by personal E-mail, rather than continued on the message-board. 

 Common sense and a respect for all visitors, members & webmaster alike is all that’s needed.

1. You agree, through your use of the site, that you will not use it to post any material which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, threatening,

invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise vocative of any law.

If you cannot type something nice about a topic, it probably isn’t worth posting it in the first place.
2. Debate and discussion is ok, but insulting posts, personal attacks, rudeness or random inflammatory posts will not be tolerated.

Politics and Religion are allowed, but are highly inadvisable for public military domains,

and should be avoided.

Rules revised & effective wef: 21st October 2023.

The New Privacy Laws are now in place, we must adjust the site content accordingly - (July 2024)

The Webmaster

PLEASE VISIT SECTION 12,

"The Anonymous Ones"

for  over 1000 unnamed soldiers

of the Royal Sussex Regiment, who found their death in battle,

but were  never found or never identified.

I have collected & catalogued them.

Maybe, somebody will recognise someone, one day ?

They remain anonymous to date. 

Sadly, all that remains for us, of their tremendous hardships, suffering, fright, skills, or sometimes, maybe even valour,

.....is an unnamed Photograph.

Spare a moment to look, a moment for them, for they gave all for us !

Les

A brilliant drawing of a rifleman of the Heavy Company,

35th Regiment of Foot, in battle - 1766

WEBSITE VISITOR STATISTIC

FOR APRIL/MARCH 2023

(for 30 days)

Archived as part of the British Library Archive at :

Also within the US National Archive at the :

NOTE - The digital artwork & graphic of "the bat"(Leslie Albert Deacon),

is copyrighted privately

Please do not copy without permission....Thanks