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Surname Forenames Date Died Age Service Number Rank Battalion Regiment / Unit / Ship Where Buried / Remembered History Died of wounds. Enlisted August 1916 to Army Service Corps (serial number T4/21509). Only Brandhoek New Military Cemetery No 3 Abrey James 18/08/1917 37 Army 42772 Private 12th Royal Irish Rifles Royal Irish Rifles is recorded on Medal Card. Born Rochford. Married to Miriam of 4 Bournes Belgium Green Southchurch in 1903 Died of wounds received while serving as a stretcher bearer. Enlisted April 1916. Born Rayleigh son of Harry of Weir Cottages. Married to Lily, 8 Guildford Road Southend. Employed as a carman. A member of the Peculiar People religious group. Remembered on Rayleigh Memorial. Adey Fred William 22/10/1916 23 Army 40129 Private 2nd Essex Regiment Etaples Military Cemetery France His brother Harry enlisted 1/9/191 into Middlesex Regiment (service number 2897) and transferred to Machine Gun Corps (13419) being discharged 30/9/1916 through wounds. Inscription on his headstone "Free from a world of grief and sin with God eternally shut in" Died at Shamran Mamourie. Went overseas 5/12/1915. Born Tooting and lived in Rochford. Son Affleck William 05/09/1916 Army 8379 Sergeant 1st Oxfordshire & Buckingham Regiment Basra Memorial Iraq of William and Rebecca The Stores Ashingdon Rochford. Married to Mary in 1915. Killed in action. Born Plaistow. Son of Walter and Eliza of Mount Bovers Lane Hawkwell. Married Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery Wancourt Allen John Charles 10/05/1917 28 Army 33626 Private 2nd Suffolk Regiment (Alice / Sarah) with two children, occupation groom-gardener. Remembered on Hockley France Memorial Died of pneumonia / influenza. Called up in July 1918 have had 18 years prior service in Royal Allington Wilfred 10/03/1919 48 Royal Marines Not Known Private Royal Marine Engineers Rayleigh Cemetery Engineers. 1918 Service details not confirmed. Married to Ruth, living at The Bungalow High Street Rayleigh. Children possibly in Acacia House Children's Home in early 1920s Killed in action. Went overseas as Lieutenant 17/8/1914. Enlisted 1907 and Commissioned 2nd Attached Royal Field Almack Edward Poulter 25/01/1916 27 Army N/A Captain Royal Horse Artillery Albert Communal Cemetery Extension France Lieutenant 1908. Medal card shows parents, Edward & Amy, living at Hutton, then Ashingdon Artillery 85 Brigade Lodge Ashingdon and later Cossington Road Westcliff. Remembered on Ashingdon Memorial Killed in action. Enlisted April 1916 to Essex Regiment (service number 12084) although Medal Card states The Queens (Royal West Surrey) Regiment with same service number. Born Andrews George James 17/02/1917 26 Army G/63057 Private 23rd Royal Fusiliers Thiepval Memorial France Foulness moving to Guildford Road Southend. Parents George & Hannah. Married Jennie in 1915. Employed as assistant grocer. Legal representative on Soldiers' Effects record E Constance. Killed in action. Formerly served with Royal Flying Corps (service number 23038). Born Great Archer Ernest James 07/01/1918 34 Army 41578 Private 8th South Staffordshire Regiment Hermies Hill British Cemetery France Wakering and lived in Richmond Surrey. Son of Samuel & Louisa. Employed as a plumber and electrician in Southend. Inscribed on headstone "Thy will be done" Killed in action. Originally overseas to Egypt 1/12/1915. Born Cheshunt, son of Charles & Mary Attwood Ernest 12/10/1916 22 Army 19951 Private 1st Essex Regiment Thiepval Memorial France Albury Grove Cheshunt Herts. Lived in Rayleigh, employed as a nurseryman Killed in Action in Palestine at the Battle of Gaza. Had served at Gallipoli going overseas Company Sergeant 18/8/1915. Original service number with Essex Regiment was 448. Born Bradford-on-Avon and Austin William George 26/03/1917 39 Army 270524 6th Essex Regiment Jerusalem Memorial Israel Major lived in Ivy House Stambridge. Employed as a foreman at Rankins Mills. Left a widow and daughter Cissie. Also remembered in West Ham Church. Remembered on Stambridge Memorial Killed in Action. Had been wounded twice previously and also suffered gassing. Youngest son of Alfred & Mary of Great Wakering, occupation greengrocer. His brother Frank (London Rifle Aylett Alfred Edward 08/08/1918 20 Army G/14220 Lance Corporal 7th The Queens (Royal West Surrey) Regiment Vis-en-Artois Memorial France Brigade) was a prisoner of war and another Frederick John was serving with the Royal Army Medical Corps. Remembered on Great Wakering and United Reform Church Memorials Killed in action in Macedonia. A regular soldier. Sent overseas 14/4/1915. Born and lived in Southend and lived in Eastwood. Parents Henry & Christiana of Hill Cottage Eastwood. Brother Bacon George William 16/09/1918 26 Army 33123 Bombardier 132 Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery Karasouli Military Cemetery Greece to Harry. Brother Frederick was discharged from The Queens Own(Royal West Kent Regiment) as disabled. Remembered in Eastwood Memorial Hall and on St Lawrence Memorial. Inscription on headstone "In God's good time we shall meet again Mother". Died of wounds. Enlisted to 12th Essex Regiment (service number 27595 although Medal Card states 34817) although had requested to join Army Service Corps. To France 24/12/1916. Wounded on two previous occasions; gun shot wounds May 1917 and in 1918. Transferred to DLI June 1918. Was given 112 days detention for deserting in the UK August 1917, prior to Bacon Harry 29/09/1918 25 Army 44832 Private 2nd Durham Light Infantry Brie British Cemetery France transferring to Durham Light Infantry. Born in Eastwood. Parents Henry & Christiana of Hill Cottage Eastwood. Brother to George. Brother Frederick was discharged from The Queens Own(Royal West Kent Regiment) as disabled. Remembered in Eastwood Memorial Hall and on St Lawrence Memorial Killed in Action while being carried back to his trench after being wounded. Enlisted September Bailey Frederick George 08/10/1917 26 Army 265740 Sergeant 1/7th Royal Warwickshire Regiment Tyne Cot Memorial Belgium 1914. Parents George & Helena of Great Wakering. Lived in Leamington. Was a assistant draper in Eastbourne on 1911 census. Remembered on Great Wakering Memorial Awarded Military Medal. Enlisted November 1915. Transferred to Italy August 1917. Accidentally killed just after end of war when a shell he was carrying detonated. Born in Barling and lived in 285th Army Troops Great Wakering, Employed at Southend waterworks. Alexandra Road. Parents Thomas & Alice Bailey Thomas William 10/11/1918 26 Army 107647 Acting Sergeant Royal Engineers Giavera British Cemetery Arcade Italy Coy of Little Wakering. Remembered on Great & Little Wakering memorials. Report on CWGC refers Jessie R O Bailey, Erewhon Alexander Road Great Wakering. Inscription on headstone "In the midst of life we are in death". Killed in action. Enlisted May 1915 into Royal Field Artillery (98574). Born in Rochford. Parents Baker E William 10/07/1917 18 Army 19067 Private 1st Northamptonshire Regiment Nieuport Memorial Belgium Arthur & Edith of Olicana Cottage Hawkwell. Remembered on Hockley & Ashingdon Memorials. Died of wounds at ADS of No1 NZ Field Ambulance. "E" Company. Embarked from New Zealand 21/11/17 arriving Liverpool 8/1/18. Transferred to Etaples 20/3/18 joining Battalion 2nd Baker John 08/10/1918 33 Empire Army 64842 Private New Zealand Expeditionary Force Flesquieres Hill British Cemetery France 28/3/18. Received 28 days Field Punishment No2 for "Neglect on sentry duty". Wounded and Canterbury Regiment died on same day. Son of John & Emma Baker of Rochford (later Ilford). A wire worker of Boulcott Street Wellington Killed in Action while on a working party. Enlisted March 1915. Formerly served with East Surrey Regiment (Number 20397) although only King's Liverpool Regiment shows on Medal Card. Born Baker Lawrence Herbert 26/06/1917 25 Army 53087 Private 18th Kings (Liverpool Regiment) Railway Dugouts Burial Ground Belgium & lived in Rayleigh, occupation dairyman. Son of Herbert & Elizabeth. Remembered on Rayleigh Memorial. Exact location of grave not known in cemetery. Inscription on headstone "Their glory shall not be blotted out" Killed in Action. Originally enlisted in 28th Battalion London Regiment (Artists Rifles) and was commissioned to 16th London. Sent overseas 20/9/1916. Born Woodford, living in Hillcrest Baker Thomas Sidney 14/04/1917 19 Army N/A 2nd Lieutenant 1/16th London Regiment Arras Memorial France Hockley (1911 Census). Parents Thomas & Kathleen later of Tunbridge Wells Kent. Remembered on Hockley Memorial Surname Forenames Date Died Age Service Number Rank Battalion Regiment / Unit / Ship Where Buried / Remembered History Had been transferred to Labour Corps (Number 79298), 687 AG Company but buried under Middlesex Regiment cap badge. Died at Fort Military Hospital Chatham. His Medal Index Cards Baldry Garnet Stanley Montague 21/12/1918 34 Army 5748 Private Middlesex Regiment Rochford (St Andrews) Churchyard suggests service with The Queens Regiment, prior to the Labour Corps (service number 49716). Married to Florence of Ark Cottages Stroud Green Rochford. Remembered on Hockley & Rochford Memorials. Inscription on headstone "Peace perfect peace" Killed in action. Enlisted August 1914. Sent to France 28/12/1914 (2nd Essex Regiment). Transferred to 1st Essex with service in Gallipoli. Born in Woodford and lived in Southend. Banks Victor Edward 06/08/1915 18 Army 10403 Lance Corporal 1st Essex Regiment Twelve Trees Copse Cemetery Gallipoli Turkey Parents Septimus and Mariam, lived at North Street Rochford and later "Aseanice" Lynton Road Hadleigh. Exact location in cemetery not known. Inscription on headstone "Their glory shall not be blotted out" Killed in Action. Born Nayland Suffolk and lived in Rayleigh. Employed as a gardener. Son of Barford Arthur Patrick 15/09/1916 Army 20616 Private 32nd Royal Fusiliers Thiepval Memorial France James & Mary. Married to Minnie. She remarried 1918 to David Rhodes in Leeds. Sole legal representative on Soldiers' Effects record was Emily Marsh Phillips on Commonwealth War Grave Commission records. Killed in action. Enlisted June Philosophe British Cemetery Mazingarbe 1916.