"THE ROUSSILLON HERALD"
(The Regimental Newspaper)
PAGE 3B
TAKE-OFF & LANDING ON CARRIER
UNMANNED "MOJAVE" DRONE - (Beam me up, Scotty ! )
REGIMENTAL REMEMBRANCE
AT CHICHESTER 2023
The Sad & Final Farewell to Fred Loates Jnr.
Our sincere condolences to relatives & all who served with him......the bat
THE REGIMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA,
DURING THE BOER WAR
WORLD WAR ONE -- THE ROYAL SUSSEX BATTALIONS
NAMES, NUMBERS, ETC,
25 Battalions went to War
(A) Regular (B) Territorial (C) War- Service (Kitchener)
Regimental Digital "Sketching Art" from Les "the bat" Deacon.
(Please do not copy, my personal artwork, Thanks)
FAREWELL TO WILLY WEIER,
MY PARATROOPER FRIEND, WHO HAS NOW PASSED AWAY.
(RIP & a massive THANK-YOU to Willy for his hive of information & support for this website)
The story of, the 1st Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment,
and
WILHELM "Willy" WEIER of the
6th German Parachute Regt, 6 Division.
on
Snakes-Head Ridge, Monte Casino, Italy -- Feb 1944.
WILLY WEIER & A HANDFUL OF SURVIVORS OF HIS PARA BATTALION,
FOUGHT THE ROYAL SUSSEX REGIMENT, ON CASTLE HILL.
UNWAVERING,
DESPITE THE MASSIVE ODDS AGAINST THEM,
Later, leaving their many wounded behind,
They still managed to withdraw to the eastern coast road, under cover of darkness.
LAST PHOTOS OF THE OLD 5th CINQUE PORTS BN.
ROYAL SUSSEX REGIMENT DEPOT IN HASTINGS, (from 1861 to 2008)
SHOWN HERE BEFORE DEMOLITION.
"BRIMSTONE" MISSILES ON "BOXER" CARRIER VEHICLE
Rheinmetall BAE Systems - Land - (RBSL)
Anti/Aircraft & Drone Defence for the UK. - (UK Armed Forces & Others)
Now posted on Page 39 - MODERN COMBAT VEHICLES OF THE WORLD - Part 3
UKRAINIAN ARMY CAPTURE A T-90M “Proryv-3“ MBT,
ALMOST INTACT (Only a track thrown !)
Codeword : "BREAKTHROUGH" the very latest Russian tank.
An extremely bad, intelligence & secrecy blunder !
The US have it now, for "Trials".
THE REGIMENT MOURNS OUR LATE MONARCH QUEEN ELIZABETH II
(Chichester Branch of the Queen's Regt.)
Another Long-serving, Loyal & Pleasant Regimental Officer & Gentleman,
sadly moves into our perpetual memory
OUR OWN REGIMENTAL OBITUARY & REMEMBRANCE
TO
THE LATE H.M. QUEEN ELIZABETH II - 9/09/22 - the bat
OUR FINAL FAREWELL
TO
MAJOR MICHAEL JOHN DRUMMUND-BRADY
Obituary now posted - RIP
A Final Tribute from us, with the ACF, to the late Robert "Bob" Bumstead.
The loyal & long serving member of the Royal Sussex Regimental Family. - RIP
The Last Farewell of Bob Bumstead RIP
Now posted on Page 3A, The Roussillon Herald Newspaper.
(Thanks to Starlight !)
GOODBYE, "DICKO".
Thanks for making us laugh !
Not a Royal Sussex Regimental Monument !
but a striking & rare tribute to the fallen Riflemen. (WW2)
A REGIMENTAL DOODLE FOR YOU !
(Save on your rig, by all means, folks....but please do not send, copy or reproduce)
The theme is yours, but the artwork is mine.
Veterans of the Queen`s Regiment as Guests
of the new Mayor & Mayoress of BOGNOR REGIS
Photos of members of the 1st Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment,
attending the Funeral of the late Dave Rainey.
Worthing Crematorium - TUESDAY 21ST JUNE 2022.
Farewell, JOHN GILES & Godspeed
Thankyou for being my friend
The Regiment & I, will not forget you.
Farewell,to another good Friend & Soldier,
and
Our sincere condolences to those left behind
Rest in Peace now, Stuart.
Thank-you for being my Friend.
We will not forget.
REST NOW, ROBERT !
You were one of the finest !
- REST IN ETERNAL PEACE -
IN FOND MEMORY of DAVE RAINEY,
REST IN ETERNAL PEACE
THE QUEEN`s PLATINUM JUBILEE MEDAL
50 years on the throne ! - Details.
"A" Coy on the ranges at St. Andrew`s 1964.
Only some, will remember !
A Last Farewell to Jock Smith MC + Bar.
Major Smith passed away in November 2021 - A Soldier Extraordinaire !
Farewell `Twizzle` my old friend,
A really likeable Regimental character is gone.
Rest in Eternal Peace - the bat
STOP PRESS - Now posted on Section 33,
(Our Regimental Videos & Films)
THE ROYAL SUSSEX REGIMENTAL TERCENTENARY VIDEO
1701 - 2001 - Roll 2 (of 3) - Very, very rare, folks !
The Regiment "Shows the Flag" and marches at the St. Georges Day Parade.
Veterans of Royal Sussex Regiment march through Chichester on St. George’s Day.
It is St George's Day and ex service men from the Royal Sussex Regiment paraded through the streets of Chichester to remember their fallen colleagues.- It is 100 years since St George's Chapel at Chichester Cathedral was dedicated to the memory of the fallen soldiers from the Royal Sussex Regiment,
(A big thanks to Eddie Cobb for the pics !)
Our Obituary on the passing of "Wilky" WILKINSON - 28th April 2022
ROUSSILLON BARRACKS, CHICHESTER
A plan from about 1919
WHAT USED TO BE, THE ORIGINAL REGIMENTAL DEPOT OF THE
ROYAL SUSSEX REGIMENT. - 35th of Foot, FOR MANY DECADES.
UPDATE 2022 - The Asylum is now demolished. - In it`s place is "Graylingwell" Residential Village. -- Roussillon Barracks is also demolished except for the Keep & the perimeter wall of Sussex flint. -- In it`s place is the "Roussillon" Residential Housing Estate. -- So the French connection to our Regiment lives on, even today, within the name of this modern estate ! - the bat
"Lenny" M. COOMBES.
Royal Sussex soldier & medic.
"Farewell, Len,....We who remain,...shall not forget"
Rest in Eternal Peace.
To Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
from the remaining veterans of the
Royal Sussex Regiment, on her 96th Birthday. (21st April 1926)
CYRIL STARR - Aged 94 -
4th Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment.
A "Late" War soldier.
LAST POST
for
Sergeant DAVID WADEY.
4th Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment
Our sincere condolences to those left behind.
LAST POST
for
23979663 L/Cpl. David "Bunny" Bunclark.
Our sincere condolences to those left behind.
CASRI "JOE" RAMSAROOP - 2022
".......AND WE`LL SING YOU A SONG, AS WE MARCH ALONG, OF SUSSEX BY THE SEA ! ........... 7.632 casualties in 17 Battalions in WW1.
(A summary by "the bat")
Welcome back, John .....and many thanks !
A NEWS STORY REVISITED !
Thanks to County Down Gazette
PLEASE, NOTE WELL !
THERE ARE MANY, MANY VARIATIONS & COPIES OF THIS BADGE, BUT ONLY ONE, IS REGIMENTALLY CORRECT.
....and that is the version "Chosen" by the association during the post war years. (50` s)
The story of Tom Tomkins
Now also posted on the Nominal Roll
to a well known, real Regimental character. - Bill Dixon, who passed from us yesterday after a short illness.....may he rest in eternal Peace.....I once made a promise to Bill - to represent us, till the end if necessary, I shall fulfil that promise.
.....Les "the bat" Deacon.
