Essex Regiment - National Sporting Honours
Fitness is one of the core requirements of the army and as such sport has always been encourages.
Sporting contents are a regular part of army life from Individual Platoons to the whole British Army or even national honours.
Listed below are some members of the Essex Regiment who have received sporting honours.
Athletics
National Territorial Army Long Jump Champion
1936 - Lt F W C Bailey 4th Battalion Essex Regiment
Boxing
National Heavyweight Champion
1903 - Private T Harris
National Officers Light Heavyweight Champion
1934 - Lt A L Semmence
National Officers Middleweight Champion
1934 - Lt M H Whyte
Boys Bantamweight Champion
1930 - Boy Ripley 1st Essex Battalion
Football
Selected to represent the British Army
1908 - Lance Corporal Webb
1935 - Private L Bird
Selected to represent their Country
1935 for Wales V South Africa Private L Bird
Territorial Army Championship
1926/27 Runners Up 4th Battalion Essex Regiment
1929/30 Runners Up 4th Battalion Essex Regiment
1933/34 Runners Up 4th Battalion Essex Regiment
Hockey
Selected to represent the British Army
1927, 28,30,31,32,33 & 34 - Lt N R Salew
1935,36,37 & 39 - Captain R J Dickinson
Selected to represent their Country
England - 1909 Lt J H Pattison DSO
Wales - 1932 Lt N R Salew
England - 1939 Captain R J Dickinson
To protect the identity of people still alive the index does not knowingly list anyone who is believed to have born under 100 years ago
unless they are believed to have died.
