Among those trained there were soldiers of the Royal Sussex Regiment, which suffered devastating casualties on the Western Front on 30 June 1916 – known locally as "The Day Sussex Died".

He then lied about his age to sign up and joined the Royal Sussex regiment, before being transferred to the Royal Signal regiment attached to 15th Scottish infantry. After meeting the King at the ...

Pte John Charles Boniface, of the 9th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment, was 17 when he died in France on 28 September 1915. While he is honoured at the Loos Memorial, in France, and on the Felpham ...