Unit / Ship / Establishment:


4th Battalion The Essex Regiment

  Detail :

 1/4th Battalion August 1914 : in Brentwood. Part of Essex Brigade in East Anglian Division. Moved to Norwich in late 1914 and on to Colchester in April 1915. May 1915 : formation became 161st Brigade in 54th (East Anglian) Division. Moved late in the month to St Albans. 21 July 1915 : sailed from Devonport for Gallipoli, going via Lemnos. Landed at Suvla bay 12 August 1915. 4 December 1915 : evacuated from Gallipoli and moved to Mudros, going on to Alexandria 17 December 1915. Remained in Egypt/Palestine theatre thereafter.

  Notes:

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 Rank Initials Surname Died Lodge
 Capt. J.G. GOWAN  16-08-1915 Aedile No.3281
Lakeland No.3134
Stirling No.1989
 Pte. J.W.S. SMITH  11-09-1916 Clapton No.1365
 Lt. B.A. CLAPHAM  27-03-1917 Sir Francis Drake No.2649
 Capt. W.F. PAGE  28-03-1918 Aldwych No.3096
King Solomon No.2029
 Col. A.R. MEGGY VD  01-12-1933 Lodge of Hope And Unity No.214
 Lt.Col. A.C. NEWMAN VC OBE DL TD  25-09-1972 Bancroftian No.5619
West Essex No.2561

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