Royal Sussex Regiment
| Royal Sussex Regiment | |
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Cap badge of the Royal Sussex Regiment.
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| Active | 1881–1966 |
| Country |
 United Kingdom
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| Branch |
 British Army
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| Type | Infantry |
| Role | Line infantry |
| Size |
1–2 Regular battalions |
| Garrison/HQ | Roussillon Barracks, Chichester |
| Nickname(s) |
The Prince of Orange's Own The Orange Lilies The Haddocks The Iron Regiment |
| Motto(s) |
Honi soit qui mal y pense (unofficial) Nothing succeeds like Sussex |
| March |
The Royal Sussex (unofficial) Sussex by the Sea |
| Anniversaries | 13 September Quebec 30 June (1916) - The Day Sussex Died |
| Engagements |
Egyptian Expedition Second Boer War World War I World War II |
1–2 Regular battalions
1–2 Militia and Special Reserve battalions
1–3 Territorial and Volunteer battalions
The Royal Sussex Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that was in existence from 1881 to 1966. The regiment was formed in 1881 as part of the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot and the 107th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Light Infantry). The regiment saw service in the Second Boer War, and both World War I and World War II.
On 31 December 1966 the Royal Sussex Regiment was amalgamated with the other regiments of the Home Counties Brigade–the Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment, the Queen's Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment, and the Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own)–to form the Queen's Regiment; which was later, on 9 September 1992, amalgamated with the Royal Hampshire Regiment to form the present Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires).
The regiment was formed in 1881 as part of the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot and the 107th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Light Infantry). The 1st Battalion was sent to Egypt as part of General Garnet Wolseley's expedition to crush the ‘Urabi Revolt and conquer Egypt in the name of the Khedive. The 1st battalion was also part of the Nile Expedition, an unsuccessful attempt to save General Charles Gordon and his garrison at Khartoum during the Mahdist War. Twenty men of the regiment, led by Lieutenant Lionel Trafford, constituted the advanced party which marched towards Khartoum. The battalion took part in the Battle of Abu Klea in January 1885 when Muhammad Ahmad was defeated. The 2nd Battalion moved to India in 1885 and took part in the Hazara Expedition in 1888. The 1st Battalion fought at the Battle of Doornkop in May 1900 during the Second Boer War.
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