5th Essex - Officers who embarked for Gallipoli 1915
On 21 July 1914 the 5th Essex left their camp at St Albans and embarked for Gallipoli via Plymouth.
Lieut-Colonel J M Welch
Major T Gibbons
Major J M Heron
Captains
W E Wilson
H T Argent
F W Bacon
A Denton
C A Gould
H C Bridges ( Adjutant)
K S Storrs ( RAMC)
Lieutenants
E B Deakin
T G N Franklin
W H Brooks
G W F Bellward
E Mackenzie Taylor
H L Yonge
B Carlyon Hughes
H Mavor
G M Nobbs
2nd Lieutenants
H K Chester
L O Womersley
C Portway
J L French
R S Horton
C O Wilson
A Colvin
J F Finn
A E Sheldon
R Turner
Chaplain
Rev A J Sacre
Source - The Essex Regiment Vol 5 by John Wm Burrows