BIBLIOGRAPHY
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following books may be of assistance:
(If ordering books please mention where you
saw them to the supplier.)
·
An Historical Memoir of the 35th Royal
Trimen,
R. (Southampton Times Newspaper and
Printing and Publishing Co. Ltd., 1873).
Republished by
Now available
again Published:
Format: Paperback ISBN: 9780554755953 RRP: £12.99
Format: Paperback (Large Print Edition) ISBN: 9780554755939 RRP: £17.99
Format: Hardback ISBN: 9780554755977 RRP £18.99
Format: Hardback (Large Print Edition) ISBN: 9780554755922 RRP: £22.99
·
History of the War Service of the 1st Battalion, Royal
Sussex Regiment, from 1701 to 1904
Skinner,
·
A Short Record of The Royal Sussex Regiment from 1701
to 1905
Courtenay, E. J. (Harrods
Ltd., 1915). Out of print.
·
A Short History of The Royal Sussex Regiment (35th
Foot – 107th Foot), from 1701 to 1926
(Printed by Gale & Polden.,
1927). Out of print.
·
A History of The Royal Sussex Regiment, 1701-1953
Martineau, G. D. (The
Royal Sussex Regimental Association, 1955). Out of Print.
·
The Royal Sussex Regiment. The Last Twenty Years,
1948-1967
Ainsworth, J. F. (The
Royal Sussex Regimental Association, 1974). Out of print
·
The Royal Sussex Regiment
Ainsworth, J. F. (English
Life Publications Ltd., 1976).
16 pages including photographs – available from the
Regimental Museum, Eastbourne.
·
A Short History of the Second Battalion, The Royal
Sussex Regiment
Dumbrell,
J. H. (C. A. Ribeiro
and Co. Ltd., Singapore, 1925). Out of print
·
Cinque Ports Battalion.
The Story of the 5th (
Fazan, E. A. C. (The Royal Sussex Regimental Association, 1971). Out of print.
·
The History of the Seventh (Service) Battalion, The
Royal Sussex Regiment, 1914-1919
Rutter, Owen ed. (Times Publishing Co. Ltd., 1934).
Recently
re-published by Naval & Miltary press
Format: 2003 N&M Press reprint (original pub
1934).
SB. xix + 347pp with eight b/w photos and 22 maps in the text plus a
general map at the end
ISBN: 1843426560 Price: £ 22.00 Product
Code No: 6999
·
The Shiny
Ninth,
9th Battalion The Royal
Gillings, Murray. (The Pinwe Club).
The story
of a wartime Battalion, raised by Lt. Col. (later Field Marshal) Gerald Templer in the aftermath of
The Battalion was disbanded in March 1946.
Available from Mr
A C Maile,
· The Sussex
Yeomanry and 16th (Sussex Yeomanry) Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, 1914-1919
Powell-Edwards, H. L (Andrew
Melrose Ltd., 1921). Out of print.
·
Two Years On Trek: being Some Account of the Royal
Sussex Regiment in South Africa
Lt.-Col. Du Moulin; preface by Col. J.
G. Panton
The story of 1st R
The author served in the
battalion, was killed at Abraham’s Kraal 28 January 1902.
Recently re-published by
Naval & Miltary press
Format: SB v+323pp.,plans, maps 2002 N&MP Reprint of 1907 Original Edition
ISBN: 1843422425 Price: £ 14.95 Product
Code No: 6259
·
Records of The Royal
Edited
by A. E. Readman . B.A.
Available from The
The Record Office catalogue for The Royal Sussex Collection is now available and can be searched online through Access to Archives.
· Royal
Sussex Regiment Military Honours and Awards Vol 1:
1864-1920 / Vol 2: 1921-1966
Author: R.Buckman
These volumes not only list every
member of the Regiment who received awards, ranging from Commendations through
to Victoria Crosses; but by incorporating Citations, extracts from War Diaries,
newspaper reports and personal memoirs, they provide an operational record of
the Regiment during these years. Photographs of many of the recipients are
included.
Volume
One lists 1,596 names, volume Two lists 476 names.
Vol 1: 1864-1920 ISBN: 1 900511 66
5 Published: 2001. HB. 358pp Price: £30 &
£2.50 p&p
Vol 2: 1921-1966 ISBN:
1 900511 58 4 Published:
2004. HB. 260pp Price:
£25 & £2.50 p&p
Available from the author at 37 Parnell Close,Edgeware, Middlesex. HA8 8YE
A labour of love, congratulations to Richard
on producing both these superb books, and our thanks to him for generously
allowing us unrestricted use of the
contents of both volumes.
· WHEN THE WAR IS OVER - The war memories
of William Holmes.
A member of the Royal Sussex Regiment, William was given the
order ‘every man for himself’ following the attempt to stop the German Panzers
at Cassell, 20 miles from Dunkirk. He made his way to
the beach to find that, along with thousands of others, he had ‘missed the
boat’ and was eventually rounded up by German motorcycle troops. Over 40,000
BEF men were taken prisoner in and around Dunkirk and herded into reception
centres known as Front Stalags. Soon they began a
long trek into captivity. William ended up at Stalag
8B near Lamsdorf in Upper Silesia and spent four
years at Mankendorf, a two day journey from Lamsdorf, working in the village sawmill.
150 pages, softcover. The book was
published in 2000 and reprinted in 2001. A few copies remain and can be
obtained from:
John
Holmes, Goose Chase, 25 West Gate,
RECENTLY PUBLISHED
SLOW MARCH THROUGH HELL
Prisoner of War in Poland 1940-45
Douglas Swift (Royal Sussex Regiment)
ISBN 0
907322 78 6
A5, vi + 82pp, inc 7 photographs and 1 map.
Perfect-bound paperback.
£9.95
including
Arcturus Press, The Manse : Fleet Hargate
:
Fax
01406 422191
The
gripping and harrowing personal account of a young Eastbourne Corporation
gardener’s forced march through eastern Europe as a POW while his Nazi captors
fled the Russian advance during the harsh winter of 1945.
Douglas
Swift, of the Royal Sussex
Regiment, was
captured near Amiens in 1940.
He and his scandalously ill-equipped comrades had bravely tried to withstand
General Guderian’s Panzers as they made their
lightning advance through retreating French troops.
Shipped off to Poland with the few remaining survivors of his unit, Douglas
Swift endured the hardships and brutalities of several Stalags,
before the notorious Death March.
A remarkable first-hand account of endurance.