Honouring Her Majesty

by | Oct 6, 2022 | News

On the 17 September 2022 at 1100 hrs members of the Mid Sussex Branch of the Royal Sussex Regimental Association formed up and laid a wreath to the late HM Queen Elizabeth II at the Haywards Heath War Memorial. The wreath was laid by former Corporals, Mr Julian Carr and Mr George Fry, both of whom served in the regiment at the end of the Korean War.

 

Bexhill Drill Hall

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