By June 1914 The Battalion had the strength of 13 Officers and 473 Other Ranks.

Lieut-Colonel J C Tabor OIC

Major W F Ackland Second in Command

Captain R M B Needham Adjutant

Machine Gun Section Officer 2nd Lieut A L Field MC

Lieutenants H L Gibson and C H Attfield

Captain W A Nicholson Quartermaster

Lieutenant Landon Transport Officer

Leyton -69 men - Captain H Innocent - Colour Sergeant J Blockley

West Ham - 64 men - Captain W B Anderson - Colour Sergeant F H Wise

Colchester - 52 men - Lieutenant G C Benham - Colour Sergeant Osborne

Saffron Walden - 57 men - Lieutenant E W Dann - Colour Sergeant James

East Ham - 61 men - Captain C A Baily - Colour Sergeant C B Claridge

Ilford - 56 men - Captain W H Croome - Colour Sergeant A W Butcher

Brentwood - 44 men - Lieutenant R D Colnett - Colour Sergeant H J Young

Coggeshall - 73 men - 2nd Lieutenant R B T Hill - Colour Sergeant Goodwin