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The Essex Regiment
The Essex Regiment was raised in 1741.
Battalions during the Great War.
- 1st Battalion
- 2nd Battalion
- 3rd (Reserve) Battalion
- 4th Battalion
- 2/4th Battalion
- 3/4th Battalion
- 5th Battalion
- 2/5th Battalion
- 3/5th Battalion
- 6th Battalion
- 2/6th Battalion
- 3/6th Battalion
- 7th Battalion
- 2/7th Battalion
- 3/7th Battalion
- 8th (Cyclist) Battalion
- 2/8th (Cyclist) Battalion
- 3/8th (Cyclist) Battalion
- 15th Battalion
- 16th Battalion
- 17th Battalion
- 9th (Service) Battalion
- 10th (Service) Battalion
- 11th (Service) Battalion
- 12th (Reserve) Battalion
- 13th (Service) Battalion (West Ham)
- 14th (Reserve) Battalion
- 18th (Home Service) Battalion
- 1st Garrison Battalion
- 2nd Garrison Battalion
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Those known to have served with The Essex Regiment during the Great War.
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737 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.”
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. |
738 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.”
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745 Pte. George Henry Jervis 9th Btn. Essex Regiment (d.8th Apr 1918) George died of wounds on the 8th of Apr 1918, he was 19 years old. He is buried at Etaples |
142575 Private Walter Wheeler 9th Battalion Essex Regiment (d.3rd Jul, 1916 ) I am desperately trying to find out more information about my Great Uncle, Walter Wheeler, who was killed on the third day of the Battle of the Somme. His name is on the Thiepval Memorial in France and he was one of those whose remains were never found. He was just 19 years old. I have tried to trace his Army records without luck so far and wonder if you could offer any advice on how to trace more about him. He was one of a family of seven children, born in the small village of Potter Street, which is now incorporated into Harlow, Essex, and was the son of a haybinder.
I have been in touch with Pam & Ken Linge, who are building an online archive of the Thiepval soldiers, and my Great Uncle now has a record on the site. I sent them a photograph of Walter and they now say that he may have been in the Royal Field Artillery, having seen his cap badge, but the entry at Thiepval quotes the Essex Regiment as his unit.
I hope you can help. Many thanks
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204725 Pte. Edward Thomas Probert Essex Regiment My grandfather, Edward Probert served in the First World War. No funny stories to tell, no anecdotes, unfortunately he was one of those who didn't want to talk and by the time I was old enough to know, he had already died. However he did serve until 1917 when he was invalided out of France with shrapnel wounds. |
1205717 Pte. James William Zimmer 1/7th Btn. London Regiment My great grandfather James William Zimmer was with the 7th London Regiment, he ended up in the Labour Corps in 1919, disabled with bronchitis which I have read can be brought on by mustard gas. He was also attached to the 4th battalion Essex Regiment. I am trying to find more information on him. |
207068 Pte. Charles Alfred William Williams 10 Battalion Essex Regiment (d.20th July 1916) Charles Williams was reported missing, presumed dead whilst serving with the BEF in France. He is known to have died in Delville Wood on the Somme. He has no known grave, his name is on the Thiepval Memorial near Albert in France. |
206422 Pte. James William Zimmer 7th Btn. London Regiment I am trying to find more information on my great grand father, James William Zimmer. He was with the 7th London Regiment and I know he was attached to 4th Essex Battalion then transferred to the Labour Corps. In 1919 he was disabled with bronchitis which can be from mustard gas. I am trying to find out which unit he deployed with. Can anyone help? |
206149 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. |
205877 Pte. William Edwin "Ted" Clarke 9th Btn. Essex Regiment This was my Uncle Ted, who survived WW1 with a head injury. He was in Napesbury Hospital, The County of Middlesex War Hospital for a while. I would like to find out more, but there is no one in the family to ask. I believe he was injured the middle of September, 1918. Where would I find out where the 9th Essex was fighting during and before and after this time?
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205378 Pte. Thomas Henry Shillingford 13th Btn. D Coy. Essex Regiment (d.30th July 1916.) My great uncle, Thomas Henry Shillingford of D company, 13th battalion Essex Regiment (West Ham Boys) was killed at the battle of the Somme on the 30th of July 1916. He is remembered at the Thiepval Memorial and I intend to visit the area and would like to know were he actually fell. Is there anybody who can help me in pin point where he might have been on the day he was killed? I have tried many websites but nothing seems to match his regiments whereabouts on that day. I can only guess it might have been at the battle for High Wood but I really am stumped on this one. |
205404 Private Barner Laver 3rd Bn. attached. 2nd Bn Essex Regiment (d.22nd June 1917) There is no story - there cannot be. The man who would have been my Great Uncle didn't make it through. As a child I "inherited" his medals, the 'plaque' for his grave and the letters of thanks from the Palace.For many years these intrigued me until at last old enough to venture further afield on my own I set out for Billericay and discovered his name on the War Memorial. Research was not easy when I was younger and trips to St Katherines House to learn more foundered. The advent of the internet and my surprising ability to grasp it's techniques led to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission pages and the surprising information that Great Uncle had been quite close all the time having been interred at Felixstowe, Suffolk. Why Felixstowe? I think his Battalion of the Essex Regiment may have had a base in the area thus the wounded may have been afforded local burials. But why not take his body the relatively short distance back into Essex and to his home town? Maybe the cost was prohibitive or possibly the family were "annoyed" that this young man had gone off to war, perhaps against their desires. We will never know - the last person who could possibly have shed light on these times (my Grand Father - Barner's Brother) died in the 1960's even before my medal "inheritance" started my curious mind off on it's search. I am glad that I found Uncle and have been to visit his grave to "let him know" about the family that he could never have met. I often think about him even though I know so little about him. |
207220 Pte. Ernest Ward 11th Battalion. Essex Regiment (d.15th Oct 1916) Ernest died on 15th October 1916 in Ypres, aged 19. He is buried in Bancourt British Cemetery, Pas De Calais, France. |
207173 PRIVATE Frederick Bertram Walter Bishop 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment (d.10th Ausgust 1918 ) Private Bishop was my Great Uncle. He was killed in France and buried at Connehem British Cemetery, Pas De Calais.The cemetery holds 200 First World War burials..198 Identified. |
207762 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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