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Just came across this: Listen to the wraiths of morning in Flanders fields of grey/ Can you hear The Royal Sussex who came and went away?/ And linger still in graves unknown in the furrow and the thorn/ Yet did not flinch, duty done, these men of Sussex, bred and born.

Welling up with pride and sadness. His VC was one of many gallantry awards won by Sussex men that day. They were our County's finest, and mere words cannot express the pride and gratitude I feel towards these men. Remember them each and every time we sing "Sussex by the Sea". God bless them...