1st Essex Garrison Battalion - Men who
served in the Battalion
The 1st Garrison Battalion did not serve on the front line
although they were stationed in war zones and suffered
casualties.
Some of their men who suffered from wounds or illness recovered
to the extent that they were able to transfer to active units.
Below are some snippets from the local newspapers about men from
the Battalion and the National Archives.
Died
Pte 22498 A Willsher 1st Essex Garrison December 1915
Pte P Lister 1st Essex Garrison December 1915
Pte 22442 F Careless 1st Essex Garrision December 1915
Pte 22811 J Waghorn 1st Essex Garrison January 1916
Pte 22874 E Budd 1st Essex Garrison January 1916
Major E Barker attached to 1st Essex Garrison from 5th Middlesex Reg January 1916
Wounded
Pte 22986 H Bugg 1st Essex Garrison December 1915
Pte 22095 J Strachan 1st Essex Garrison December 1915
Pte 22766 W Earnshaw 1st Essex Garrison December 1915
Pte 2862 J E Harvey 1st Essex Garrison December 1915
L Cpl 22297 A Collins 1st Essex Garrison December 1915
L Sgt 22121 J Connors 1st Essex Garrison December 1915
L Cpl 22294 W Baalham 1st Essex Garrison January 1916
L Cpl 22933 A Ball 1st Essex Garrison January 1916
Pte 22625 T Loveland 1st Essex Garrison January 1916
Pte 22042 A J Newman 1st Essex Garrison February 1916
Appointments or transfers in
to 1st Essex Garrison
March 1916
Temp Major Edwin Christie transfers from East Surrey Regiment
Temp Captain G Steele transfers from Middlesex Regiment
Temp Lt Maurice F M J Gerrard from East Surrey Regiment
May 1916
Lt W Dixon from Bedford Regiment
June 1916
Captain A J Bonsor from R W Kent Regiment
Temp 2nd Lt D E B Polwhele from Northants Regiment
Temp 2nd Lt W Russell Smith from Bedford Regiment
Temp 2nd Lt T M Baldwin from Norfolk Regiment
Temp 2nd Lt T H Wood from Norfolk Regiment
Survived the war with 1st
Battalion
Lt Spencer Percy Bolton from Seaforth Highlanders
2nd Lt Thomas Haywood Baldwin from 10th Norfolk
Acting Sgt Thomas A Williams from Middlesex Regiment
L Cpl Roger Fuller from 2nd Suffolk Regiment
Private Anthony Balls from the 1st Norfolk
Private Wesley C Benns from 1st Norfolk
Private J Carrol from 1st Royal Fusiliers
Private Edwin A Chapman from 1st Norfolk
Private Walter C Collins from the 1st East Surrey Regiment
Private Cecil C Cooper from Royal Sussex
Private Berie Couchman from East Kent Regiment
Private Thomas H Donovan from East Surrey
Private William F Fairweather from Norfolk Regiment
Private Albert F Farmer from the 1st East Surrey Regiment
Private George H Feetham from the 1st Norfolk Regiment
Private Edgar C George from 1st Norfolk Regiment
Private Thomas Goakes from Suffolk Regiment
Private Alfred J Godfrey from the 1st Middlesex Regiment
Private F W Golding from Suffolk Regiment
Private William L Green from the 1st East Surrey Regiment
Private A Halls from Suffolk Regiment
Private Harry Bedford Scowen from the Essex Regiment
