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Throughout
Essex there are various memorials and
rolls of honour dedicated to those men and women who
fell in various wars. These memorials and rolls cover many
centuries in some cases, most World War One and Two.
During
any conflict there are certain acts of bravery or defiance
that are noticeable above others. For these acts citations
and medals have been awarded.
If
anybody has information for those of the Second World War,
Boer War, or the like similar to those supplied for the
First World War then I would gladly post these as well.
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STOP PRESS ***
On
May 10/11, 1915, Zeppelin LZ38, commanded by Hauptmann
Erich Linnarz, dropped an incendiary bomb at 02.45
hours near the prison ship Royal Edward moored just
off Southend. It then proceeded to bomb Southend.
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World
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These
pages are available for transcripts of these memorials and
rolls of honour. If you have a transcription of, or you
are willing to transcribe, a Norfolk memorial or roll of
honour for these pages then please contact me, the email
address is below.
Current
acknowledgements for assistance with these pages must go
to Andy Pay, Lynda Smith, Dave Edwards, Ann Thompson, Chris
Comber and many others - thank you all.
Thank
you,
Martin Edwards
email:rollofhonour@fastfreenet.com |
Please
Note: Every attempt has been made to transcribe this information
accurately but there are occasions that the information
supplied is incorrect or errors occur during transcription.
We do not wish to cause offence to any families of the men
detailed here and will change the relevant information when
informed.
Also
note that places detailed on these memorials may appear
in the wrong county. This information has been transcribed
from the records given and, as the men were parochial, the
information supplied at enlistment was the view of the men
and the county they thought they resided in. |
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site is maintained solely by volunteers and is funded by them as private
individuals. This includes the purchase of photographs, books, rolls of
honour plus the running costs of the site. We have always intended to
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those of you with an interest in the World War 1 there
is The
British Army in the Great War, World
War 1 - Trenches on the Web, the Regimental
Warpath and the Western
Front Association. Andy Pay, Lynda Smith, Ann
Thompson, Chris Comber and Dave Edwards have generously
added detail to the names recorded for many of these
memorials giving details of those who died. These
names are all taken from the main local war memorial
(i.e. the town or village memorial). Some extra names
are added on the end when they crop up elsewhere in
the town/village, such as someone buried in the cemetery.
For
further reading when researching World War 1 relatives
then there is a book published by the Federation of
Family History Societies for family Historians entitled
"World War I Army Ancestry - Third Edition"
by Norman Holding ISBN 1 86006 056 2.
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 The
Essex Regiment can be researched at Chelmsford
and Essex Museum, Essex
Regiment Museum, Oaklands Park, Moulsham
Street, Chelmsford CM2 9AQ. Telephone (01245)
353066/260614. The Museum has a surname database
of Servicemen and women from the County of
Essex which may prove useful and many sources
can be viewed. Collections include archives,
of 44th and 56th Regiments, The Essex Regt
and other units raised in Essex including
The Salamanca Eagle, captured from the French
62nd Regiment. |
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The
site commemorates the officers and support staff
who have been killed on duty whilst serving in Essex
Police or any of the predecessor forces to Essex
Police. The site also commemorates those officers
who lost their lives during the two World Wars.
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Soldiers
Billetted at Southend-on-Sea during World War 1
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NEWS
AND REVIEWS
This
section contains various news reports and cuttings, old
and new, with reference to the memorials in and around
Huntingdonshire. To view the section please click
here.
To gain
an overview of all the towns and parishes covered, and
hopefully to be covered, by this site there is an alphabetical
index.
Some
of the cap badges
are laid out, on a separate page.
Not
all memorials were to people; there are memorials to various
types of animal that served and fell in World War I for
example, dogs.
The
various memorials
and cemeteries maintained by the War Graves Commission
for the Western Front are described and pictured on the
Internet. There is also another site that describes
these memorials. Details of Kranji War Cemetery and
Taiping can be found on MyFarEast
website.
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information about soldiers who fell, were awarded medals
and more is to be found in old copies of the London
Gazette. Here is a brief resume:
The
London Gazette, first published in 1665, is the oldest,
continuously published newspaper in the United Kingdom
and probably the world. The London Gazette and its sister
publications, the Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes, have
a unique position in British publishing. They are official
newspapers of the Crown. The London Gazette contains a
wide range of office notices including State, Parliamentary
and Ecclesiastical notices, Transport and Planning notices
as well as Corporate and Personal Insolvency notices to
name a few. In addition, a number of Supplements are published
covering Honours and Awards, Premium Bonds, Armed Forces
Promotions and Re-gradings, Companies' information, etc.
and a Quarterly Index.
In
the 17th century, it was believed that National efficiency
depended on the intelligence received by the Crown and
that the reckless publishing of news might endanger it.
An embargo on the printing of news other than reports
of events abroad, natural disasters, Royal declarations
and sensational crime continued until 1640. This had the
effect of delaying the development of the press in the
UK. Censorship was introduced in 1643, followed by licensing
of news publications. The Gazette came about because of
two momentous events: the Great Plague and the decision
of King Charles II to remove his court - effectively the
government of the time - to Oxford. The London Gazette
started life as the Oxford Gazette and after a few months
changed to its current title.
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Last updated
10 February, 2008
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