Group    From 1881  To 1958

Essex Regiment

Categories: Armed Forces

Countries: Belgium, France

The regiment was formed from the union of the 44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot and the 56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot. Following action in all major conflicts it was gradually disbanded in the years after WW2.

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Essex Regiment

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West Ham Battalion

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West Ham Pals

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Field Marshal, HRH Prince George, 2nd Duke of Cambridge

Field Marshal, HRH Prince George, 2nd Duke of Cambridge

KG, KT, KP, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, KJStJ, ADC, Colonel of the Grenadier Guards, Colonel in Chief of the Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers, 17th Lancers, 60th Rifles and 77th Regiment. Commander-in-Chief o...

Person, Armed Forces, Royalty, Germany

5 memorials
J. White

J. White

J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. staff member who died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Ronald Neil Stuart, VC

Ronald Neil Stuart, VC

Awarded the VC for his heroism on 7 June 1917, age 30, while serving in the Royal Naval Reserve. "HMS Pargust disguised as a merchant ship, encountered an enemy submarine. The submarine was sunk an...

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
Private Eric Francis Stofer

Private Eric Francis Stofer

Eric Francis Stofer was born in 1899 in Tottenham, Middlesex (now Greater London), the 5th son of Robert Stofer (1860-1939) and Mary Elizabeth Stofer née Dibben (1863-1950). His birth was registere...

Person, Armed Forces, France

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Captain Rowland Harry Mainwaring Moody

Captain Rowland Harry Mainwaring Moody

Rowland Harry Mainwaring Moody was born on 1 May 1875 in Bermuda, the only child of Major General Sir John Macdonald Moody, Royal Marines (1839-1921) and Lady Isabella Moody née Mainwaring (1844-19...

Person, Armed Forces, Bermuda, France, South Africa

War dead, WW1
1 memorial