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World War I: In "the day Sussex died", elements of the Royal Sussex Regiment take heavy casualties in the Battle of the Boar's Head at Richebourg-l'Avoué in France.
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World War I
1914–1918 global conflict
World War I or the First World War, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. Main areas of conflict included Europe and the Middle East, as well as parts of Africa and the Asia-Pacific. There were important…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Royal Sussex Regiment
British Army infantry regiment from 1881 to 1966
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 Regiment of Foot and the 107th Regiment of Foot. The regiment saw…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Attack on the Boar's Head
1916 battle on the Western Front of World War I
The Attack on the Boar's Head was an operation at Richebourg-l'Avoué in France, during the First World War. Troops of the 39th Division, XI Corps in the First Army of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), advanced to capture the Boar's Head, a salient held by the German 6th…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Richebourg-l'Avoué
Village and former commune in Pas-de-Calais, France
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France
Country primarily in Western Europe
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