William Ward-Higgs (3 January 1866 – 21 June 1936) was an English lawyer and songwriter who wrote "Sussex by the Sea": The unofficial anthem of that county, a regimental march of the Royal Sussex Regiment, and the official song of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.
He was born on 3 January 1866 at Whitmore, Talbot Road, in Southport.
From 1902–08, he lived at Hollywood House in Bersted, West Sussex.
– he had previously set to music several of Kipling's Barrack-Room Ballads.
[2] He had epilepsy in his later years, and killed himself on 21 June 1936(1936-06-21) (aged 70) at his home in Roehampton.