Sergeant Harry Wells VC - 2nd Bn, Royal Sussex Regiment




Royal Sussex Regiment Museum




The Royal Sussex Regiment Museum has been forced to vacate The Redoubt Fortress in Eastbourne. The regiment's Victoria Cross collection and other memorabilia and artefacts have been placed in storage until a new home can be found. Meanwhile the Regiment's archive can be found in the West Sussex Record Office in Chichester.

The following Victoria Crosses are held by the Royal Sussex Regiment Museum
Rank First Name Last Name Royal Sussex Regiment Museum
First World War ( 1914 - 1918 )
Co Sergeant Major Nelson Victor CARTER 12th Bn, Royal Sussex Regiment
Captain Eric Archibald MCNAIR 9th Bn, Royal Sussex Regiment
Sergeant Harry WELLS 2nd Bn, Royal Sussex Regiment


Location of other Royal Sussex Regiment VCs
Rank First Name Last Name Location
Second World War ( 1939 - 1945 ) )
Captain Lionel Ernest QUERIPEL Parachute Regiment & Airborne Forces Museum,
Imperial War Museum, Duxford, Cambridgeshire


107th Regiment ( Bengal Infantry ) was a British Regiment, later the Royal Sussex Regiment
Rank First Name Last Name Location
New Zealand ( 1860 - 1866 )
Major General Sir John Carstairs MCNEILL 107th Regiment ( Bengal Infantry )
Lord Ashcroft Gallery, Imperial War Museum

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10 August 2003