Unit / Ship / Establishment:


1st Battalion The Essex Regiment

  Detail :

 1st Battalion August 1914 : in Mauritius. Returned to England in December 1914. 18 January 1915 : moved to Banbury and attached to 88th Brigade in 29th Division. 21 March 1915 : sailed from Avinmouth for Gallipoli, going via Egypt and Mudros. Landed at Cape helles 25 April 1915. 8 January 1916 : evacuated from Gallipoli and moved to Egypt. 16 March 1915 : sailed from alexandria for France. 4 February 1918 : transferred to 112th Brigade in 37th Division

  Notes:

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 Rank Initials Surname Died Lodge
 Capt. B.M. WARD  25-04-1915 Hanslip Ward No.3399
 Sgt. W. GRIST  05-01-1916 Unity No.1637
 Pte. W.H. PARTON  17-11-1917 St Paul's No.43
 Pte. F.W. BOLTON  23-08-1918 West Lancashire No.3088

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