Did you have a relative who served in The Royal
If so we would like to
know about them.
We are keen to add further information and soldiers stories
to the website. If you have information about anyone who served in The Royal Sussex
Regiment during the Victorian or WWI periods, or any other period, please let
us have details, especially if you have photographs which could identify
members of the Regiment from days gone by.
Information on those who died during the Great War is
reasonably easy to obtain at a basic level (see below), for those who survived,
there is little information available. Please help us to increase the knowledge
about WWI survivors by telling us about your relatives.
If your enquiry is specifically related to
the work of The Royal Sussex Living
History Group,
or the
(soldiers with the prefix SD to their
service number),
the survivors and those who died,
we can be contacted by
Telephone:
07977 511134
E-mail:
We regret, for the present, we are unable to respond
to other requests for information on individual soldiers.
The
following sources may be of assistance:
The
National Archive - holds records of
soldiers medal index cards, battalion war diaries etc.
The Commonwealth Wargraves Commission – Free search for soldiers
who died in both world wars.
Military Genealogy.com – pay per view of Soldiers
Died in the Great War and other databases.
WSCC
Record Offices –
holds the Royal Sussex Regimental Archive.
Veterans
UK - for access to records of military personnel still
living.
WWII Army Records - Every person who served in the armed forces during
WW2 has a service record, which contains details of that person's wartime
activity. We have no access
to those records, they are still held by the MOD, and are normally closed under
the 75-year confidentiality rules, they can be
requested by the person they relate to, or their next of kin only.
Please note that they require you to provide them
with your postal address, and that due to lack of staff, and the increased
interest in family history, there are very long delays in responding to the
public.
There is a
search fee of £25.
Contact:
Historical Disclosures
Mailpoint 400
Kentigern House
65
Tel: 0845 600 9663
Fax: 0141 224 2144