The
Royal
Association details.
The Regimental Association exists to
support former members of the Regiment.
There are branches of the Association in
towns throughout
·
The Association produces an
annual journal "The Roussillon Gazette", and periodic news letters.
For further details of the
Association please contact:-
The Secretary
The Royal
The Tannery
Westgate
PO19 3RJ
Tel: 01243 752350
Fax: 01243
789241
Association
CALENDAR 2009
Association
12th
September 2009 - 18:00 hrs
Things are now beginning to get into shape. The maximum seats
available for the dinner is 400.
Tickets cost £25 each, this is for a 3 Course meal including
wine and beer on the table as normal. They will be available from 1st of April.
Click
here for an application form.
There
will be showing on a large TV screen various re-enactments of the battle
including the one The Regiment carried out at The Royal Tournament.
The
Royal British Legion Band will of course be playing and we are keeping our
fingers crossed for the Cadet Corps of Drums, they are being reformed,
hopefully in time for the reunion. We will, however, have cadets assisting with
the administration.
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15:30 hrs Executive Meeting followed by Annual General Meeting.
Can you help?
Sarrah Feldman writes:
I
don't know whether you will be able to help me,
I might be totally grasping at straws but this is my story....
In
1951/52 my father Lt. Col. Richard Basset, was serving with The Rifle Brigade
(now the Royal Green Jackets) in Egypt. When families were permitted to go my
mother, accompanied by myself and my
brother went to join my father. We were living in what used to be an Italian
prisoner of war camp, which was renamed Kensington Village! I was two years old
when I got ill and was admitted to the nearest army hospital, it turned out that I had typhoid, I
was quarantined for several weeks and my mother was not allowed to see me.
Because
the hospital was short staffed I was looked after by a soldier, who was himself
recovering from typhoid, called Frankie. My mother tells me he came from
Brighton and she thinks he was serving with the
Royal Sussex Regiment. When eventually my mother was allowed to see me she
tells me that I just started crying and calling for Frankie! Although I was too
young to remember this story after, much re-telling over the years, has become
part of my childhood.
I
know it's a long shot and the information I have is extremely scanty but I
would very much like to try and find Frankie.
I
would appreciate any help you might be able to give me in my search.
Sarrah
can be contacted at: sarrahfeldman@yahoo.com
Karen
O’Brien writes:
I am researching my Dad's military career. He
served with the 1st battalion in Suez. He was there from 1949-53. His name was
John 'Pat' O'Brien & he was a Colour Sergeant.
I am trying to find anyone
that remembers him, as although I know he served in Suez & Jordan, I know
nothing about what he did there. I have an album with many photos & names.
I am very keen to contact a Jerry 'Darkie' Webb, who I’m told is still around, but did not have any contact
details for him. I have several photos
of him & his wife, with my parents, so I assume they were friends.
Sadly, my dad passed away in 1978, very unexpectedly. I have applied for the
GSM Canal Zone on his behalf.
Karen can be contacted by e-mail at : tdob54@msn.com
Michael de Gruchy writes:
On behalf of a friend,
I'm attempting to contact Michael
Howlett Johnson, of the Royal Sussex Regiment.
He enlisted around 1957 and
was a captain in the regiment in 1962.
He also served with the 1st
bn Ghana Regiment in the 1960s.
If you have any information
please send it to the following e-mail address or forward the address to Mr
Johnson so he may respond.
Terry Harwood
writes:
I
am wondering, is there anyone out there who served in the 1st battalion in the Suez
in 1951 - 1953.
I was in B Company Royal Sussex. MELF 16, and would like to hear from anyone
who was out there at that time.
I would also like to know if anyone has received the medal that they were
promised.
If they have received it I would like to know how I would go about receiving
mine as I would like to show my grandchildren.
Terry
can be contacted at via our e-mail address.
Dennis
Verlander writes:
I
am trying to contact members of The Royal Sussex Regiment who visited
"Petra" whilst stationed at Aqaba,50/51 I was attached with the 4th
Royal Tank Regiment.
Dennis
can be contacted by e-mail at: den.ver@hotmail.co.uk
Sgt
Robert John Rice 6396088
Mrs.
Jeannette Dring is urgently trying to find a photograph of her Father. He
joined the 2nd Battalion in 1937 and the was later 1st Battalion. He died in a
motor bike accident 25 Sept 1940 in Snaith near Selby Yorkshire; she knows he
was a keen football and hockey player.
If
you have a photograph or know of him please contact the Association Secretary
at the address above.
Mr. H. R. Ottewill.
He
is a former member of the 1st Battalion and was in Italy in 1945 at Lake Garda.
He would like to know more about the town and place as he unsure of his
location whilst he was there. Can any body help? He wishes to visit with his
wife in the near future.
If
you can help contact the Association Secretary please at the address above.
Sgt Donald Barker, 4 Battalion 8 Platoon.
He
is trying to contact former members of the Battalion who served with him the
night before El Alamein.
If
you can help contact the Association Secretary please at the address above.