181. Oswald Albert French born 1892. Before WW1 Oswald left Mersea for Canada 'to make his fortune'. At the outbreak of WW1 he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary ...
Image ID FRC_002_005

182. Home Guard at Wings for Victory Parade
Oswald French is thought to be in the Front Rank on the left.
Date: 23 May 1943
Image ID FRC_002_011

183. £2 grant to meet £15 costs
Farmers on 6,000 Essex Acres want "Guaranteed Recompense"
Essex War Agricultural Committee have asked for ...
Date: 9 February 1940
Image ID FWK_1940_FEB09_099

184. Tom Marriage 26 June 1896 to 5 May 1896.
Wounded Arras April 3rd 1917. Left leg amputated 19th April. Died May 5th 1917.
Laid to rest May 6th in the ...
Date: c1916
Image ID GCL_TMA_001

185. Albert Arthur Lee, Private 85813, Machine Gun Corps.
Enlisted Colchester 11 May 1916
Wounded at Ypres and discharged from Army 8 April 1916
Date: cMay 1916
Image ID GGL_001

186. 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

187. 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

188. Three Royal Army Service Corps soldiers, Colchester c1942/43. On the right is Geoffrey Norman Smith, who was stationed in the RASC Water Borne Training Wing at ...
Date: c1943
Image ID GNS_001

189. 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

190. 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

191. 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

192. 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

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

194. Land Girls buidling a stack at East Hall Farm. The cart belongs to J. Austin.
Date: c1943
Image ID GRD_LAN_009

195. Original caption on back of photograph is "Lil, two friends and myself with the ploughman and his horse".
Photograby by the Hall Barn, West Mersea with ...
Image ID GRD_LAN_013

196. Les Green on bike with Land Girls
Image ID GRD_LAN_015

197. James Pullen at Salonica Hospital WW1. He was a Corporal in the Water Division of the Royal Engineers.
Date: c1918
Image ID GRP_OPA_021

198. Great Wigborough Parish Church - War Memorial on north wall. ...
Image ID GWG_CHC_001

199. In Memory of Sergeant George Walter Hewes.
515, 54th Bn, Australian Infantry, A.I.F., who died on 20 July 1916.
Remembered with Honour ...
Date: 20 July 1916
Image ID GWH_ROH_004

200. Another Ripley Territorial Killed. Pte Edward Parkin killed in action 5 October 1918. His wife resides in Essex, the parties being married whilst Parkin was in ...
Date: 5 October 1918
Image ID HAN_RUS_011

201. 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

202. One is George Penny.
Date: c1916
Image ID HAY_CHUM_060

203. Lance Corporal A.R. Hewes, of the Essex Regiment (a native of Mersea) has been wounded in the recent fighting in France and is now in the London General ...
Image ID HAY_CHUM_080

204. Chum Hewes arrowed. Essex County Telegraph 22 July 1916.
Date: 22 July 1916
Image ID HAY_CHUM_086

205. Chum Hewes - with the cross above his head. 1918 ish.
Date: c1918
Image ID HAY_CHUM_090

206. Unknown heroes
Image ID HAY_CHUM_094

207. Pullen family.
Image ID HAY_PUL_040

208. Barge TINTARA. Official No. 102817.
TINTARA was interned at Remagen on the Rhine during WW1. She was crewed by the Norton family from Brightlingsea. The ...
Date: 13 June 1936
Image ID HBC_009_003

209. William and George Hoy. William on the left was on his last leave and was killed in action 17 February 1917. The back of the postcard is addressed to Ivy Hoy, ...
Date: 24 September 1916
Image ID HH04_HOY_001

210. From loving brother Willie to Lucy [ written on back of photograph ]
William Hoy was killed 17 February 1917 at the Battle of the Somme.
Date: c1916
Image ID HH04_HOY_003