It commemorates casualties of the Royal Sussex Regiment in the Second Boer War and other campaigns at the end of the 19th century.

The memorial stands at the southern end of Regency Square, an upmarket housing development to the west of the centre of Brighton.

It consists of a statue of a soldier from the Royal Sussex Regiment on a substantial plinth and faces the sea.

[2][3] The monument was erected to the memory of the Royal Sussex's casualties in the Second Boer War but includes dedications to other conflicts from around the turn of the 20th century.

The memorial was designed by the local architect John William Simpson and the statue was sculpted by Charles Leonard Hartwell, whose signature is on the base.