5th Battalion of Essex Regiment index

 

Regimental Information

1914-1918 2nd and 3rd Line Battalions

Biographies

  Lance Sergeant 250653 William James Gafney  DCM
  Corporal 3/3105 John Tippins

Before World War One

1909 Change from VB to Territorial Army
1909 Battalion Shield rifle contest
1910 Memorial at Chelmsford to Boer War
1913 F Company Dinner
1913 A & B Company prizegiving
1914 Essex Territorial Church Parade Sunday

World War One

  Brigade & Division to which the Battalion was attached
1914 Organisation of TA at outbreak of War
1914 Mobilisation
1914 First TA Battalion to be on live operation in WW1
1915 List of Officers who embarked for Gallipoli
1915 5th Essex at Gallipoli, Sulva Bay and Anzac
1916-1918 5th Essex in Egypt and the Battles of Gaza
1917 Officer & NCO casualties at 1st Battle of Gaza
1917 Memorial to Division after 1st Battle of Gaza
1914-1918 Honours awarded to 5th Essex Soliders during the Great War

Between the Wars

1920-1930 Organisation of TA
1923 Essex Regiment History Committee Members
1924 Rifle Meeting
1925 Rifle Meeting
1931 Old Comrades Association meeting