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WW1 Podcast with Paul Reed
Category: Sussex WW1
Battlefield Vlog: The Day Sussex Died
On 30th June 1916 the 11th, 12th and 13th (Southdowns) Battalions of the Royal Sussex Regiment made an attack on the German positions near The Boar’s Head at Richebourg. With so many losses it became known by the veterans as ‘The Day Sussex Died’.… Continue Reading “Battlefield Vlog: The Day Sussex Died”
Return to Richebourg
In an episode recorded live on the battlefields, we travel to Northern France and follow the Southdowns Battalions of the Royal Sussex Regiment from behind the lines to their attack at The Boar’s Head near Richebourg. We also visit the graves of the fallen… Continue Reading “Return to Richebourg”
Podcast Questions & Answers Ep 5
In this latest Questions & Answers bonus episode, we look at questions about the Regular Army and the 1914 Star, the Canadians in WW1 as ‘Shock Troops’, discuss the men from the Southdowns Battalions from Sussex and ask do we have enough memorials along… Continue Reading “Podcast Questions & Answers Ep 5”
Sussex to the Somme
In this episode, we follow the story of the Southdowns Battalions of the Royal Sussex, “Lowther’s Lambs”; often seen as the nearest Sussex had to Pals Battalions. We look at their story from their formation in September 1914 to their virtual destruction at Richebourg… Continue Reading “Sussex to the Somme”
Forgotten Battlefields: The Boar’s Head 1916
This week we take our first walk across one of the ‘Forgotten Battlefields’ of the Great War, the Boar’s Head close to the village of Richebourg in Northern France. Here we discover the story of the Southdown’s Battalions, or Lowther’s Lambs, and uncover what… Continue Reading “Forgotten Battlefields: The Boar’s Head 1916”
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