
61. George Henry Turton died in a field adjoining the sea wall East of the Decoy, West Mersea. 24 years old.
From 89 Bonsall Street, Hulme, Manchester. A ... Date: 31 March 1941 Image ID GHT_001 |

62. Death Certificate for Richard Victor Armstrong of 107 Roseneath Road, Urmston, Lancashire, Sergeant in H.M. Army. He died 31 March 1941 in a field adjoining the ... Date: 31 March 1941 Image ID GHT_005 |

63. Gowen & Co., Mersea.
This was taken during the war and contain Jack Gurton (Nancy Smith's father) on the left then a Government Inspector and then Kenneth ... Date: c1943 Image ID GOW_OPA_039 |

64. Land Girls. George 'Hoilly' Green with girls of Women's Land Army. Bottom of Fairhaven Avenue. Elsie & Doris lodged with David Green's parents. Image ID GRD_LAN_001 |
![65. ID GRD_LAN_003 Land Girls. Back Lily, Joan Pullen (Mrs Ward) [but back of photo is crossed out and says Clair], Elsie. Front Edie and Doris. The field is now Windsor Road, ... 65. ID GRD_LAN_003 Land Girls. Back Lily, Joan Pullen (Mrs Ward) [but back of photo is crossed out and says Clair], Elsie. Front Edie and Doris. The field is now Windsor Road, ...
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65. Land Girls. Back Lily, Joan Pullen (Mrs Ward) [but back of photo is crossed out and says "Clair"], Elsie. Front Edie and Doris. The field is now Windsor Road, ... Date: 1943 Image ID GRD_LAN_003 |
![66. ID GRD_LAN_005 Land Girls at Bower Hall Farm, Mersea. 1. Elsie, 2. Doris, 3. Alexander, 4. Edie, 5. Mona Quick from Shoreditch. Driver Frank Richer. Caterpillar D4 ... 66. ID GRD_LAN_005 Land Girls at Bower Hall Farm, Mersea. 1. Elsie, 2. Doris, 3. Alexander, 4. Edie, 5. Mona Quick from Shoreditch. Driver Frank Richer. Caterpillar D4 ...
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66. Land Girls at Bower Hall Farm, Mersea. 1. Elsie, 2. Doris, 3. Alexander, 4. Edie, 5. Mona Quick from Shoreditch. Driver Frank Richer. Caterpillar D4 ... Date: 1943 Image ID GRD_LAN_005 |

67. Land Girls. Bert Wright,
Front L-R Doris, Lil.
Back Kath, Bert Wright, Mona, Elsie. Image ID GRD_LAN_007 |

68. Land Girls during threshing at East Hall Farm. The cart belongs to J. Austin. Date: c1943 Image ID GRD_LAN_009 |

69. Les Green on bike with Land Girls Image ID GRD_LAN_015 |
![70. ID HAY_BUT_074 Ern Butcher. policemen. Muriel's friend. From Muriel Butcher then Titford (née Pullen). Note the air raid siren above the sand bags. 70. ID HAY_BUT_074 Ern Butcher. policemen. Muriel's friend. From Muriel Butcher then Titford (née Pullen). Note the air raid siren above the sand bags.
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70. Ern Butcher. policemen. Muriel's friend. From Muriel Butcher then Titford (née Pullen). Note the air raid siren above the sand bags. Image ID HAY_BUT_074 |

71. Noel Beadle, Royal Artillery. Noel was posted to Mersea with 373 Coastal Defence Battery between 1940 and 1942. Date: 1941 Image ID HNB_003 |

72. Wedding of Ruth Martin and Noel Beadle. The wedding took place in West Mersea Parish Church. Photograph by J.R. Board, Buxton.
Noel was killed in ... Date: 4 February 1943 Image ID HNB_005 |

73. Noel Beadle, Royal Artillery.
In September 1941 Noel attended a final interview board for a commission.
He then went to Catterick for his Officer ... Image ID HNB_039 |

74. On 2nd September 1944, a few days after writing his last letter home.
Noel Beadle was driving a jeep leaving Florence towards the Gothic Line.
Some way behind ... Date: 2 September 1944 Image ID HNB_041 |

75. ROCHESTER CASTLE arriving Malta in August 1942. She was one of only five merchant ships to get through in Operation Pedestal to relieve Malta. Date: August 1942 Image ID IA002390 |

76. The Liberty Ship SAMLONG in the River Blackwater, taken from Mell Creek, Tollesbury. Part of a postcard - see ... Date: c1948 Image ID IA003870 |

77. Six Tollesbury Men in One Warship. At least six men from Tollesbury have served on board the auxiliary vessel HMS MALAHNE.
Leading-Seaman R.W. Leavett and ... Date: 24 September 1943 Image ID IA004811 |

78. No One Volunteered AS the 13th Man! Tollesbury's Fame in the Navy
Reporter finds that in the little fishing village of Tollesbury, as many as 12 ... Date: 2 October 1943 Image ID IA004812 |

79. A piece of shrapnel from the land mine which came down in the road in East Mersea.
20 November 1940 Parachute mine dropped on road between West and ... Date: 21 November 1940 Image ID JAS_001 |

80. Sent to Mrs E.M. Hayward, Rainbow Road West Mersea, by Queen Elizabeth to say thankyou for welcoming evacuees to her home in 1939.
Mrs Hayward said "Our ... Image ID JAY_EVC_005 |

81. George Saunders Smith as a chosen right-hand man in RAF Guard of Honour for arrival of Prime Minisiter Winston Churchill at the docks in Reykjavik, Iceland. He ... Date: 16 August 1941 Image ID JDV_GSS_031 |

82. Winston Churchill visiting Iceland during WW2. George Saunders Smith is part of the Guard of Honour. Date: 16 August 1941 Image ID JDV_GSS_033 |

83. George Saunders Smith returning from Iceland. He is on the left, sitting on the rail. Date: 1942 Image ID JDV_GSS_035 |

84. On the Water, by J.M. Ellis. West Mersea fishermen and their families in WW2. Page 1.
A study of the experiences and consequences of the Second World War ... Date: November 1999 Image ID JME_002 |

85. Salcott Fire Service in WW2. Letter to Mr P.J. Ponder, Rose Villa, Virley, reference medical examinations by Dr. J. Reid Moir.
W. Foakes, Zaza ... Image ID JMO_FIR_005 |

86. Wedding of Knud Andersen and Ella Janet Smith at Gumley, Leicestershire.
Knud was a Danish seaman who had jumped ship at the beginning of WW2 and joined ... Date: August 1942 Image ID KDA_001 |

87. WW2 pillbox on East Mersea Stone.
Essex SMR / EHER 10035. Date: July 1990 Image ID LH20_029 |

88. Cudmore Grove. WW2 remains on beach. Date: c1995 Image ID LNZ_011 |

89. Mersea Island - Air Raid Precautions Map. Original map held by Museum. Very fragile. There are many drawing pin holes in the map, perhaps indicating bombs and ... Date: c1945 Image ID MAP_ARP_001 |

90. Section of Mersea Island Air Raid Precautions Map. Date: c1945 Image ID MAP_ARP_005 |