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*'''1782''' became the 35th (The Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot
*'''1782''' became the 35th (The Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot
*'''1805''' became the 35th (Sussex) Regiment of Foot.
*'''1805''' became the 35th (Sussex) Regiment of Foot.
*'''1881''' united with the 107th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Light Infantry) to form The Royal Sussex Regiment
*'''1881''' united with the [[3rd Bengal (European) Light Infantry|107th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Light Infantry)]] to form The Royal Sussex Regiment
*'''1966''' was amalgamated with The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment, The Queen's Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment and The Middlesex Regiment and became 3rd Battalion The Queen's Regiment
*'''1966''' was amalgamated with The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment, The Queen's Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment and The Middlesex Regiment and became 3rd Battalion The Queen's Regiment
*'''1992''' amalgamated with The Royal Hampshire Regiment to become The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires)  
*'''1992''' amalgamated with The Royal Hampshire Regiment to become The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires)  
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== External Links ==
==First World War period, before and after==
*[http://www.royalsussex.org.uk/RSLHG_Regimental_history.htm The Royal Sussex Regiment] www.royalsussex.org.uk
The 1st Battalion was in India from 1902 until 1919, and appears to have been based at Rawalpindi (1909-1913) and Peshawar (1913-1914) and perhaps other periods. It was at camps  at Rustam, Adezai, and Nagoman, while serving on the North West Frontier of India, between August-November 1915. <ref> Catalogue references West Sussex Record Office [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/7575ad89-c9bf-4047-9371-7631af27e768  RSR/PH/1/35] Photographs of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment, stationed at Rawalpindi (1909-1913) and Peshawar (1913-1914) in India, and [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/617cf2b3-cfde-450a-a671-b5406d016cfa  RSR/PH/1/38] 1915-1917 Photographs of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment, stationed at Peshawar in India. Principally taken at Rustam, Adezai, and Nagoman, while serving on the North West Frontier of India, between August-November 1915.</ref>
 
It took part in the [[3rd Afghan War]] in 1919.
== External links ==
*[https://www.royalsussex.org.uk/the-regiment/regimental-history/ The Royal Sussex Regiment] www.royalsussex.org.uk
**[https://www.royalsussex.org.uk/bibliography/ Bibliography: Royal Sussex Regiment]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/35th_(Royal_Sussex)_Regiment_of_Foot 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/35th_(Royal_Sussex)_Regiment_of_Foot 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royal_Sussex_Regiment The Royal Sussex Regiment] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royal_Sussex_Regiment The Royal Sussex Regiment] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Regiment The Queen's Regiment] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Regiment The Queen's Regiment] Wikipedia
*[http://www.1royalsussex-3queens.com/royal_sussex_site/pages/1st%20Bn%20The%20Royal%20Sussex%20Regt%203rd%20Bn%20The%20Queen's%20Regt2.htm Photo album of John E Brown]
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080113060302/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/035-701.htm 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071223065736/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/035-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived site
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071218200329/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/035Sussx.htm The Royal Sussex Regiment] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071223065736/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/035-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20080106174547/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/107.htm 2nd Battalion]  Regiments.org, an archived site
*[http://www.eastbournemuseums.co.uk/TheRoyalSussexRegiment.htm The Royal Sussex Regimental Collection] at [http://www.eastbournemuseums.co.uk/ Redoubt Fortress and Military Museum]. Covers the  35th Regiment and [[3rd Bengal (European) Light Infantry|107th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Light Infantry)]]
*[http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/leisure/explore_west_sussex/record_office_and_archives.aspx  The West Sussex Records Office] holds regimental archives, including documents transferred from the Regimental Museum in 1979.
*[http://www.jstor.org/stable/44223063 First page only, "A Soldier's Life in Burma and India 1854-1874"] by W. G. Shelton, ''Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research'' Vol. 52, No. 209 (Spring 1974), pp. 17-33. Based on a memoir by Sergeant-Major Alexander Morton of the 35th Regiment.  Contains a description of the conditions on board the ship to India.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120127044801/http://www.1royalsussex-3queens.com/royal_sussex_site/pages/1st%20Bn%20The%20Royal%20Sussex%20Regt%203rd%20Bn%20The%20Queen's%20Regt2.htm Photo album of John E Brown], now an archived page 1royalsussex-3queens.com. He was in India 1932-1935.


===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/anhistoricalmem00trimgoog#page/n2/mode/2up ''An Historical Memoir of the 35th Royal Sussex Regiment of Foot''] by Richard Trimen 1873 Archive.org          
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/anhistoricalmem00trimgoog#page/n2/mode/2up ''An Historical Memoir of the 35th Royal Sussex Regiment of Foot''] by Richard Trimen 1873 Archive.org
*Word War 1 actions
**[http://www.archive.org/stream/undertenviceroys00woodiala#page/216/mode/2up "Punishing the Bunerwals" <nowiki>[</nowiki>1915<nowiki>]</nowiki>] , page 217 ''Under ten viceroys the reminiscences of a Gurkha'' by Major-General Nigel Woodyatt 1922 Archive.org. Includes the actions at Rustam, and rather briefly  Shabdakr in 1915.
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20120202183711/http://www.greatwardifferent.com/Great_War/Brits_in_Caucasus/India_01.htm 'The Defence of India' by F. A. McKenzie], from ''The Great War'' edited by H.W. Wilson, volume 7, chapter 128. greatwardifferent.com, now an archived website. Scroll down to the section about the North West Frontier including Shabkadar.


==References==
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[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]

Latest revision as of 01:56, 23 March 2024

Also known as The Royal Sussex Regiment

Chronology

  • 1693 raised as the Earl of Donegal's Regiment of Foot
  • 1698 disbanded
  • 1701 raised again. Also known as the Belfast Regiment
  • 1747 became 35th Regiment of Foot
  • 1751 given the title Prince of Orange's Own Regiment
  • 1782 became the 35th (The Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot
  • 1805 became the 35th (Sussex) Regiment of Foot.
  • 1881 united with the 107th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Light Infantry) to form The Royal Sussex Regiment
  • 1966 was amalgamated with The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment, The Queen's Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment and The Middlesex Regiment and became 3rd Battalion The Queen's Regiment
  • 1992 amalgamated with The Royal Hampshire Regiment to become The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires)

Gallery

First World War period, before and after

The 1st Battalion was in India from 1902 until 1919, and appears to have been based at Rawalpindi (1909-1913) and Peshawar (1913-1914) and perhaps other periods. It was at camps at Rustam, Adezai, and Nagoman, while serving on the North West Frontier of India, between August-November 1915. [1]

It took part in the 3rd Afghan War in 1919.

External links

Historical books online

References

  1. Catalogue references West Sussex Record Office RSR/PH/1/35 Photographs of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment, stationed at Rawalpindi (1909-1913) and Peshawar (1913-1914) in India, and RSR/PH/1/38 1915-1917 Photographs of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment, stationed at Peshawar in India. Principally taken at Rustam, Adezai, and Nagoman, while serving on the North West Frontier of India, between August-November 1915.