121. Thomas Henry Bossence Batten, killed in action age 19, France, 29 July 1916 Date: c1916 Image ID IYS_050_003 |
122. Charles Godfrey Bonner. This Memorial Plaque was issued after the First World War to the next-of-kin of all British Empire service personnel who were killed as ... Date: 27 August 1918 Image ID IYS_194_005 |
123. Mersea Seed Growers during WW1. Bocking Hall Farm, Seed Growing War Time on 1,500 Acres.
From E.W. King, Seed growers, Coggeshall. See ... Date: c1917 Image ID JAY_SDG_005 |
124. Mersea Seed Growers during WW1. Land Army in First World War.
Mrs Goldy Green, Beatie Green, Mrs Watcham, Mabel Benns. [Names from back of card.] Date: c1917 Image ID JAY_SDG_007 |
125. L-R back 1. Charlie Woods, 2. John Chatters, 3. Hannah Chatters (mother of Charlie senior), 4. Edwin Chatters, 5. Charles Chatters.
Front 1. Charlie Woods ... Date: c1914 Image ID JNY_OPA_009 |
126. Richard Francis - Grandfather of Kay Francis. Born c1883.
After WW1, Richard was a farm worker in Salcott, and also worked on the building of Abberton ... Date: c1915 Image ID KBA_PPL_111 |
127. Dedication of War Cross at Layer de la Haye
See linkres,id=LDH_WW1_001; for transcription. Date: 28 October 1917 Image ID LDH_WW1_003 |
128. Layer de la Haye - World War 1 survivors
Top Row: L-R Stan Curtis, Sidney Porter, A Green, Fred Curtis, Robert Demmant
Front Row: L-R
Wilfred Allen, ... Date: c1919 Image ID LDH_WW1_005 |
129. The back of this post card says 'Peace day July 18th 1919'.
Photograph taken in the school - the school log book for 21 July 1919 says "School closed to ... Date: 18 July 1919 Image ID LIL_SCH_001 |
130. Titled 'some of the lads from the village' - Mussetts ? Date: c1916 Image ID MIL_OPA_071 |
131. Thought to be John Catt.
From the Estate of Mrs Mary Catt. Date: c1917 Image ID MMC_P1077F_016_001 |
132. Royal Navy group photograph. This is probably the Royal Navy Experimental Station at Stratford in WW1. One of the men is probably John Catt.
From the ... Date: c1917 Image ID MMC_P1077F_016_005 |
133. War Memorial, West Mersea
Postcard 80924 Image ID MMC_P755_061 |
134. World War 1. 2nd Battalion 'The Rifles' (The Prince Consorts Own). Cleaning rifles.
Fred Peters Rfn 3955 is 3rd from right back row. Stephen Horace Mole is ... Date: c1912 Image ID MPR_SHM_001 |
135. 2nd Battalion 'The Rifles' (The Prince Consorts Own). Fred peeling potatoes.
Fred Peters is 5th from left standing. Steven Horace Mole is 3rd from right. Date: c1912 Image ID MPR_SHM_003 |
136. Some of the crew of HMS INDUSTRY. The vessel was sunk in the Irish Sea 18 October 1918. 20 men were lost, including 6 men from Mersea Island.
Middle row ... Date: Before 18 October 1918 Image ID MPUB_NJN_AJM_001 |
137. Private Arthur Wade from Birch (sitting).
Arthur Wade was killed at the Somme 9 July 1916
Photograph from Not Just a Name, page 42.
Arthur Wade ... Date: c1916 Image ID MPUB_NJN_P042_001 |
138. In Not Just a Name, page 62 this photograph was thought to be Harris William Hoy. Another copy of the photograph is embossed "Cairo" and has "Ripper" and ... Date: c1917 Image ID MPUB_NJN_P062_001 |
139. Rifleman Edward Oscar Green and his wife. Edward was killed in Ypres 24 December 1917. He is commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial near Ypres, and on West Mersea ... Date: 1917 Image ID MPUB_NJN_P122_001 |
140. Fireman Alfred John Mole, Mercantile Marine Reserve. He was lost with HMS INDUSTRY in the Irish Sea, 18 October 1918.
Covered in much more detail in Not ... Date: Before 18 October 1918 Image ID MPUB_NJN_P171_001 |
141. Frederick Westhorpe Mole with his wife Susannah Ellen née Wright and their only daughter Ena Ruby.
Frederick was an Able Seaman in Mercantile Marine ... Date: c1917 Image ID MPUB_NJN_P173_001 |
142. Auntie Doll and Uncle Clarence
Dorothy and Clarence Cudmore. Clarence served in the Royal Engineers in WW1. Image ID MRM_004_003 |
143. Yorick Murray Mussett - a WW1 photograph. His left sleeve as RNRT on it - Royal Naval Reserve Trawlers.
Photograph H. Jenkins Lowestoft. The pack has ... Date: c1917 Image ID MST_EEM_201 |
144. Yorick Murray Mussett - a WW1 photograph. His left sleeve as RNRT on it - Royal Naval Reserve Trawlers.
The back of the photograph has "SEAMAN Yarmouth ... Date: 1918 Image ID MST_EEM_203 |
145. German prisoners of the First World World War on their way from Hall Barn, Wet Mersea, to the parish church for a service. A picture loaned by Mr Reg D'Wit of ... Image ID NH02_101 |
146. A tribute to Arthur Whiting in Stisted Church. Arthur, from Peldon, died in WW1. His brother Vic Whiting moved to Stisted to farm and it is his descendants who ... Image ID OJR_071 |
147. A close-up of the photo of Arthur Whiting in the tribute at Stisted Church. Arthur, from Peldon, died in WW1. His brother Vic Whiting moved to Stisted to farm ... Image ID OJR_073 |
148. George Brown. 1892 - 1957. Son of Charles F. Brown and Emily née Oliver.
George BROWN (24) Army Ordnance Corps 014884, 66 Company (Jan 1916) [Andrew ... Date: 1916 Image ID OJR_369 |
149. WW1 soldier.
Photograph Whitfield & Cosser Colchester, Ipswich & Bath, donated by Pat Milgate Image ID OJR_453 |
150. Work on West Mersea War Memorial. Tom Hannan and Nigel Pickering.
August - September 1990
There is a report on the restoration on Lions Talking ... Date: cSeptember 1990 Image ID PAT_WMM_001 |