Old Boys from Kings School Canterbury who joined Essex Regiment
Kings School, Canterbury is one of the oldest schools in England having originally been the Cathedral school.
In later years it became a Grammar School with the majority of its pupils boarding.
Four old boys served with Essex Regiment during the Great War.
George Montagu Emery
Born 9 August 1890
1912 Joined 4th Essex as Second Lieutenant
1913 promoted to Lieutenant
1915 Injured at Gallipoli
1916 Promoted to Captain
Austin Gardner
Born 28 February 1886
1907 joined 3rd Essex as Second Lieutenant
1910 promoted to Lieutenant
1915 promoted to Captain
1919 moved to Nigerian Regiment and promoted to T Major
Richard Holme Little
Born 14 December 1891
1915 Joined 2nd Essex as a Second Lieutenant
1919 demobbed at rank of Captain
1921 Promoted to Major
Geoffrey Hamish Mercer
Born 2 March 1890
May 1918 joined Essex Regiment as Second Lieutenant
January 1919 demobbed
