Roll of Honour - Sussex - Eastbourne World War 1

Lieutenant Colonel, Royal Sussex Regiment. Brigade Major. 2nd Infantry Brigade. Died of wounds 3 October 1915. Aged 45. Baptised 17 March 1870 in York, St Paul, Yorkshire (Ainsty & City of York), son of Robert and Margaret Terry. Son of Robert and Rose (sic) Terry of “Graysmeade,” Eastbourne; husband of Kathleen Terry, later of Upper Norwood. Educated at Charterhouse and Trinity College, Cambridge. In the 1881 census he was aged 11, born York, Yorjkshire, a scholar, boarding at 1 & 2, 1, Belg Crescent, Scarborough, Yorkshire & Yorkshire (North Riding). In the 1891 census he was aged 21, born York, a Military Cadet, son of Margaret Terry (a widow), resident Oriel Crescent, Trinity Road, Scarborough, Yorkshire & Yorkshire (North Riding). Veteran of the South African War and the N.W. Frontier of India. Included on Charterhouse School Memorial and The Cambridge University War List. Not included on the main memorial, St. Saviours Memorial only. Awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.), Member of the Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O), Twice Mentioned in Despatches (MiD). Buried in NOEUX-LES-MINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row K. Grave 14. See also Charterhouse School War Memorial

Major R. J. A. Terry, 2, Wilmington Square, Eastbourne.

Extract from the Distinguished Service Order 1886-1915, page 400:

TERRY, ROBERT JOSEPH ATKINSON, Major, entered the Army 13 July, 1892; became Lieutenant 28 Oct. 1896; Captain 18 Jan. 1908; was Commandant, Corps of Military Police, and Provost-Marshal from 8 Nov. 1910. He first saw active service in the operations on the North-West Frontier of India, 1897-8, with the Malakand Field, Mohmand Field, and Tirah Expeditionary Forces (Medal with two clasps). Served in the South African War, 1899-1.902; took part in the several operations in the Transvaal, Orange River Colony and Cape Colony; Special Service Officer (for Mounted Infantry); afterwards employed as Adjutant, Driscoll's Scouts, from 17 April, 1001 (twice wounded, severely and slightly; Despatches [London Gazette, 29 July, 1902]; Brevet of Major, 22 Aug. 1902; Queen's Medal with five clasps, and King's Medal with two clasps.) He was created an M.V.O. Major Terry served in the European War, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 23 June, 1915]: "Robert Joseph Atkinson Terry, M.V.O., Major, The Royal Sussex Regt. For distinguished service in the field."

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1916:

TERRY Robert Joseph Atkinson of Kingslynn Upper Norwood Surrey major Royal Sussex Regiment died 3 October 1915 at Loos France Probate London 5 April to Kathleen Annie Terry widow. Effects £4978 2s. 7d.

Extract from Truth - Wednesday 27 October 1915, page 6:

The 2nd Infantry Brigade has lost its staff officer, Major Robert Joseph Atkinson Terry, of the Royal Sussex Regiment, who was as good an all-round infantry officer as there is in the Army. Gazetted to the Bedfordshire Regiment in 1892, he was transferred to the 2nd Battalion of the Queen's the following year, and after serving with that battalion during the Malakand and Tirah Expeditions of 1897-98 he was promoted captain into the Manchester Regiment in 1900. Then he went to South Africa as special service officer for mounted infantry, and saw a deal of guerrilla fighting with Driscoll's Scouts, being twice wounded and mentioned in despatches. Coming home as a brevet major, he was transferred on reduction of his battalion to the Royal Sussex Regiment, and promoted substantive major in 1911. While fighting near La Bassée last January, when in temporary command of his battalion, he won the D.S.O. Appointed to the Staff last April, he was as keen for the fray as any regimental officer, and was always to be found where the fighting was heaviest and danger greatest.

Extract from Portsmouth Evening News - Saturday 9 October 1915, page 3:

SUSSEX REGIMENT LOSSES

Major Robert Joseph Atkinson Terry, M.V.O., D.S.O., Royal Sussex Regiment, and Brigade-Major 2nd Infantry Brigade (killed in action in France on October 1st), was born in December, 1869, and was gazetted to the Bedfordshire Regiment in July, 1892, transferring to the Royal West Surreys in February, 1893. Promoted lieutenant in October, 1896, he got his company in the Manchester Regtiment in June, 1900, and after being four years adjutant in the regiment was gazetted captain in the Royal Sussex Regiment in January, 1908, attaining field rank in August, 1911. From November, 1910, to November, 1914. Major terry was Commandant (in charge of records) of the Corps of Military Police and Provost-Marshal, Aldershot. He served in the operations on the North-West Frontier of India in 1897-8, and in the South African war, being mentioned in despatches and receiving the Queen's medal with five clasps and the King's with two clasps.

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