The Home Counties Division was an infantry division of the Territorial Force, part of the British Army, that was raised in 1908. As the name suggests, the division recruited in the Home Counties, particularly Kent, Middlesex, Surrey and Sussex.
A soldier emerges from the 'mud bath' during training at the 44th Divisional battle school at Dene Park, Tonbridge in Kent, 22 April 1942.
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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 service in the Second Boer War, and both World War I and World War II.
Second Boer War Memorial in Brighton
Men of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment marching past Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, near Bruay, France, 1 July 1918
An infantry section from the Royal Sussex Regiment stage a river crossing in a collapsible boat, Chichester, 25 March 1941.