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.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Essex Regiment

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West Ham Battalion

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West Ham Pals

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Other Subjects

T. Duke

T. Duke

Employed at the Holloway tram garage. Served and was killed in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
John N. Horton

John N. Horton

Resident of the West Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
W. J. Lee

W. J. Lee

J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. staff member who died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Volunteer Cecilia Mary Lopresti

Volunteer Cecilia Mary Lopresti

Cecilia Mary Lopresti was born in Highbury, London, on 7 May 1908, the fourth of the five children of Herbert James Lopresti (1871-1917) and Amelia Maud Lopresti née Peckham (1873-1968). Her birth ...

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
2 memorials
Spitalfields engine-house

Spitalfields engine-house

'Engine-house' was an early term for what we would now call a fire station. The engine was initially merely a hand-operated pump. This and some ladders might be housed in the local church, but as t...

Building, Armed Forces

3 memorials