Seagull's Return
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Haven't seen this mentioned on here this morning, but apologies if it has been and I missed it.
Spare a thought today for those who took part in the Royal Sussex Regiment's ill-fated attack on the Boar's Head on this day in 1916, perhaps the epitome of a First World War waste of lives. There's more here for those interested: http://www.battlefields1418.com/boars_head.htm
The three South Downs battalions who were so badly mauled were overwhelmingly made up of Sussex men, many of them very young, and they'll have often "marched along" to Sussex By The Sea - perhaps worth a thought too, then, when we all hear it next at the Amex.
Spare a thought today for those who took part in the Royal Sussex Regiment's ill-fated attack on the Boar's Head on this day in 1916, perhaps the epitome of a First World War waste of lives. There's more here for those interested: http://www.battlefields1418.com/boars_head.htm
The three South Downs battalions who were so badly mauled were overwhelmingly made up of Sussex men, many of them very young, and they'll have often "marched along" to Sussex By The Sea - perhaps worth a thought too, then, when we all hear it next at the Amex.