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6th Battalion, Essex Regiment
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Those known to have served with6th Battalion, Essex Regiment during the Great War 1914-1918. - Adams Charles John. Pte.
- Brady Jack. Sjt.
- Bunn Arthur James. Pte. (d.12th Sep 1917)
- Graham George Samuel. Sgt. (d.17th Aug 1915)
- Johnson William Northcroft. Sjt. Mjr.
- Mugridge Albert. Pte. (d.27th March 1917)
- Murray Sydney John. Pte.
- Muskett Charles Thomas. Pte. (d.15th Oct 1915)
- Simmonds Henry Shaun. Sgt. (d.1st Apr 1917)
- Smith Walter Andrew. Pte. (d.10th Oct 1917)
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Sgt. Henry Shaun Simmonds 1/6th Btn. Essex Regiment (d.1st Apr 1917) Henry Simmonds served with the 1/6th Battalion, Essex Regiment.
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Pte. Sydney John Murray 6th Btn. Essex Regiment My maternal grandad's brother, Sydney Murray, enlisted in the 6th Battalion, Essex Regiment 3rd November 1914 at West Ham, London.
He embarked from Devonport to the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force on 24th of July 1915.
He was wounded, Bullet-Knee (L) at Gallipoli 13th of August 1915.
He was Invalided to England admitted 4th Southern Hospital, Plymouth 3rd of September 1915.
He was Discharged no longer physically fit for war service 27th of October 1916.
He was one of the lucky ones, who returned home after a very short Service
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Pte. Albert Mugridge 6th Btn. Essex Regiment (d.27th March 1917) Albert Mugridge served with the 6th Btn. Essex Regiment.
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Sgt. George Samuel Graham 6th Btn. Essex Regiment (d.17th Aug 1915) My maternal grandfather George Graham, served in the D Company of 1/6th Essex Battalion, 54th Division and according to the War Diary, was killed in action on 17th August 1915 near Jepson’s Post on the Gallipoli peninsula after landing at Suvla on 12th August at 0.30. He went missing and was later confirmed to have been killed. He is remembered on one of the panels 144 to 150 of the Helles Memorial with others of his battalion.
He had joined the Territorial Army in West Ham, London, Essex in 1909 and had volunteered for the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force.
He was born on 20th July 1881 in West Ham, London and married Sarah A R Stacey in 1901. In civil life he had worked for Tate & Lyle’s, together with his father. He left behind his wife and five children aged between 15 and 3 years.
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Pte. Walter Andrew Smith 2nd Btn. Essex Regiment (d.10th Oct 1917) I have recently discovered information about my Great Uncle, Walter. A. Smith who fought in the Great War. He enlisted voluntarily after the outbreak of the war into the 6th Battalion Essex Regiment and landed in Gallipoli with the 1/6th Battalion at Sulva Bay on 10/10/1915. I believe the 1/6th then left Gallipoli for Egypt in Dec 1915 to defend positions in the Sinai Desert near the Suez Canal. In 1917 He was posted to the 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment and took part in the 3rd Battle of Ypres and was killed in an attack near Poelcapelle 10th October 1917 just a day after the battle commenced. His name is on the Tyne Cot Memorial. I plan to visit there this year to pay my respects to my Great Uncle and to all of the fallen who never made it home. I sadly do not have a photograph of my Great Uncle to post, nor do I know the whereabouts of his medals that he would have received.
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Pte. Charles Thomas Muskett 1/6th Btn. Essex Regiment (d.15th Oct 1915) No events to tell as I cannot find any records that mention him. However, I know he died at Gallipoli on the date shown and that alone deserves mention here. However, if anyone knows any more then please let me know.
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Sjt. Jack Brady 1/6th Btn. Essex Regiment Sergt. Jack Brady of the 1/6th Essex Regiment, was in Alexandria in 1916, he sent a letter home: “The ex-hospital men here (several of whom are Essex) are improving in health wonderfully, and some are quite well again. Sergt-Major Johnson, who did such good work on the Peninsula, where he was severely wounded, is looking well in the circumstances, and after the day's duties are finished he keeps the boys alive with a ventriloquial entertainment, and as a ventriloquist he is excellent.â€
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Sjt. Mjr. William Northcroft Johnson 6th Btn. Essex Regiment William Johnson was badly wounded at Gallipoli, having landed tehre on teh 11th of August 1915 with the 6th Essex. His name is listed amongst the wounded published in the Essex Chronicle on the 17th of Sept 1915. He was evacuated to Alexandria. He is mentioned in a letter from Sergt. Jack Brady of the 1/6th Essex Regiment, sent from Alexandria in 1916 “The ex-hospital men here (several of whom are Essex) are improving in health wonderfully, and some are quite well again. Sergt-Major Johnson, who did such good work on the Peninsula, where he was severely wounded, is looking well in the circumstances, and after the day's duties are finished he keeps the boys alive with a ventriloquial entertainment, and as a ventriloquist he is excellent.â€
William later served as CSM with an employment company of the Northamptonshire Regiment and on the 30th of May 1917 he was commissioned as Temp. 2nd Lt. into the Labour Corps and commanded and Area Employment Company as Acting Captain on the 11th of May 1918.
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