14th Essex - Sports Day September 1915
The 14th Essex Battalion held a Sports Day in September 1915 at Cambridge to which they invited men of the 13th Suffolk Battalion.
The first three in each event are shown below
High Jump - Pte H Booth, L Sgt Chamberlain , Pte Jones
Sack race - Pte Wooldridge, Pte Watson, Pte Tate
Veterans 100 yards - CSM Patrick, L Cpl Conroy, Pte Spencer
220 Yards - Pte Booth, L Sgt Philips, Pte Desmond
Standing High Jump - CSM Patrick, Pte Summers, Pte Kirby
100 yards - Pte Booth, L Sgt Chamberlain, L Cpl Bryant
Throwing Cricket Ball - Pte Abbey, Pte H Brown, Pte Southwell
VC race - CSM Patrick & Pte Fewell , Pte Carter & L Cpl Seymour
Long Jump - Pte H Booth , Pte Elliott, L Sgt Chamberlain
Quarter Mile - Cpl Barton ( 13 Suffolk) , L Sgt Chamberlain, Pte Jones
Three Legged race - L Cpl Bryant & Cpl Kirby , Pte Davy & Pte Wooldridge
Putting the Weight - CSM Patrick , L Cpl Seymour, L Sgt P Cairns
Half Mile - Pte Adams, Pte Cooper, L Sgt Phillips
One Mile - Pte H A Brown, Pte Phillips, Pte Etherden
Throwing the bomb, Pte H Johnson( 13th Suffolk), Pte Southwell, L Cpl Bryant
Obstacle Race - Pte H A Brown, Pte Wooldridge, Pte Newall
