The monument stands on the seafront, at the junction of Cavendish Place and Elms Avenue, opposite the entrance to Eastbourne Pier.

[1] The dedication on the front reads "Royal Sussex Regiment: To the honour and glory of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, formerly 107 Regiment Bengal Infantry, who lost their lives during the service of the battalion abroad in Malta, Egypt, and India from 1882 to 1902, and in special memory of the campaigns in which the battalion took part: The Black Mountain Expedition of 1888 and the Tirah Campaign of 1897–98, this memorial has been erected by their comrades".

It was unveiled on 7 February 1906 by Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk, who was an officer in the regiment and the Lord Lieutenant of Sussex.

The soldiers were from the regiment's headquarters at Roussillon Barracks in Chichester, and arrived in Eastbourne on a special train.

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