1st Sussex Engineers
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The 1st Sussex Engineers was a Volunteer unit of Britain's Royal Engineers raised in Eastbourne in 1890. It became the engineer component of the 44th (Home Counties) Division of the Territorial Force, but its units saw action with Regular Army formations on the Western Front, at Salonika and in Italy during the First World War, and in North Russia and Turkey after the war ended. During the Second World War, its units were in the Battle of France and at Alamein, in Sicily, on D Day and the subsequent campaign in North West Europe, including the Rhine crossing. Detached companies fought in Tunisia, Italy, and Burma, where one was involved in the decisive Battle of Kohima and the assault crossing of the Irrawaddy. The unit continued in the postwar Territorial Army until 1967.
1st Sussex Engineer Volunteers 44th (Home Counties) Divisional Engineers 119 Field Engineer Regiment | |
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Active | 24 May 1890 – 1 April 1967 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | Territorial Army |
Role | Field engineers |
Part of | 44th (Home Counties) Division |
Garrison/HQ | Eastbourne Brighton |
Nickname(s) | Sussex Sappers |
Engagements | Second Boer War First World War: |