1914 - Essex Regiment Territorial Army Church Parade
At the suggestion of the Lord
Lieutenant , the Earl of Warwick, 7th June 1914 was adopted as
territorial Day in Essex.
To mark the day Church Parades were
held throughout the County. details of some are shown below.
Barking
400 people on parade including 3
companies of the 4th battalion Essex Regiment and the Battalion
Band under Bandmaster Doughty.
Major C Rimmington Taylor was in
charge of the parade and Col F Landon was the inspecting
officer.
Territorial Efficiency medals were
presented to Sgt S Burridge and Private J Richardson.
Braintree
At the parade were 29 Essex Yeomanry,
33 Territorials, 14 Cyclists, 14 Red Cross ladies (under Mrs Guy
Gold who was accompanied by Major Richard Marriot DSO), 40
Reserves ( under Mr E Ingold) and 9 fireman under Captain
Rudkin.
Major Guy Gold was in charge of the
parade and Major C S Montefiore DL was the inspecting officer.
Red Cross badges were presented to
Miss Vaughn, Miss Alice Vaughn and Miss M Wilson BA, BSc.
Brentwood
192 on parade which included the band
of the 3rd Essex.
Those on parade included F Company of
4th battalion under the command of Captain J H Landon, the
Brentwood Company of Essex Yeomanry under Lt C C Tower, A
Company of the 8th Essex Cyclists, the Brentwood Company of the
National Reserve under Lt Col Gilbertson-Smith, The Red Cross
Ladies under Mrs De Rougemony ( formerly Miss Heseltine) and the
St John Ambulance under Col P Landon.
Coggeshall
The parade included National
Reservists led by Captain Thornton and QMS Sexton. Captain
Lancaster of the Norfolk Regiment was also present.
Colchester
The Parade was inspected by Col S C F
Johnson DSO who commands the 1st Hampshire Regiment.
Lance Cpl Pannell and Private W H
Pannell of the 5th Essex received medals in recognition of 13
years service.
Clacton on Sea
The parade was led by Major Taylor,
Captain Douglas Smith and Lt A T Argent and was inspected by
Major Fred Taylor DL.
Dunmow
The parade was run by Captain Thomas
Gibbons consisting of 20 Essex Yeomanry under Lt P Holt, 10
Territorials under Captain Gibbons, 40 national Reserves under
Sgt Portway and 16 Ladies from the Red Cross under Mrs de Vere
Stacpole.
East Ham
The parade was inspected by Col harry
Cooper CMG and DL
Epping
Col Tufnell inspected the parade
which included Lieutenants Carson, Awberry and Farrow.
Grays
The parade was under the command of
Major A Buxton of the Essex Yeomanry and the inspecting officer
was Major Whitmore DL.
Units represented were D Squadron of
Essex Yeomanry under Major Buxton, 3rd Essex battery of RFA led
by Captain Kemsley, 6th Battalion Essex ( Signaling) led by Lt A
E Loftus, Palmers School Cadets led by Lt Silverwood , Grays and
Tilbury companies of National Reserve and Red Cross Nurses under
command of Mrs Whitmore.
Great Bardfield
29 Territorials under Lt Bacon and 7
ladies from the red Cross under command of Mrs Mears were on
parade and were inspected by Mr A W Ruggles-Brise DL.
Halstead
The parade included 50 members of E
Company of the Territorials under command of A C Gould, 30 men
from Halstead and Earls Colne Detachment under A Harrington and
G Basham, 40 Red Cross Nurses from Halstead (under command
of Miss Martin) and Gosfield/High Garrett under command of Miss
D Courtauld and Pebmarsh under command of Mrs Dickinson.
Also present were Lt C S wink of the
RAMC , Sgt Instructor Cramp and Mr H B Dickenson, the High
Sheriff of Essex.
The parade was inspected by Col
Deacon DL, Commandant of the Essex Yeomanry.
Harlow
The parade was led by Captain
Barrington C Wells who commands G Company of the 4th Essex
Battalion and inspected by Col Sir Godfrey Thomas, Bart, CB,
DSO, DL.
On parade were G Company of the 4th
Essex under command of Sgt F L Blaydon and the VAD under Neville
Dawson. Sgt Instructor J Biswell, Col Sgt H Halstead and Sgt G
Kent from the Epping detachment of the 4th Essex were also in
attendance.
The lesson was read by Captain G de M
G Hoare , late of the Post Office Rifles.
Harwich and Dovercourt
The was a big parade led by Major
Nalborough and inspected by Colonel A J H Ward, VD , DL
Hornchurch
The parade was led by Major H H Slade
from the 4th Essex and inspected by Mr E Murray DL.
Ilford
Lieutenant D G Robertson commanded a
parade which was inspected by Col J Brooke4r Ward DL.
Loughton
The parade was commanded by Major
Roddick of Essex Imperial Yeomanry and was inspected by Mr E N
Buxton DL.
Represented in the parade were E
Company of the 4th Essex under Captain Butler Harris, a
detachment of the Essex Yeomanry, The National Reserve and Red
Cross making a total of 235 people.
Maldon
The parade was inspected by Mr H A
Krohn DL.
Represented in the parade were G
Company of the 5th Essex under command of Captain W E Wilson,
Maldon Troop of the Essex Yeomanry and Maldon Red Cross Nurses
under command of Mrs H A Krohn.
Manningtree
Captain J M Heron commanded the
parade which was inspected by Col C R Buckle DSO who is in
command of the Harwich Coast defences.
Ongar
The parade consisted of 13
Territorials under Sgt Pallett, 25 national Reserves under Lt
Comerford and 13 Red Cross Nurses under Miss E Jones. Col C H F
Christie DL was the Inspecting Officer.
Romford
The parade consisted of the 2nd Essex
Battery RFA under Lt's Capon, Pryce and Harris , A Company (
Romford) of the 4th Essex, National Reserve under Major Watkins
and the band of the Romford Territorials under Sgt Drummer Fisk.
It was led by Captain A R Bryant and
inspected by Henry Joslin DL.
Saffron Walden
D Company of the 8th Essex Cyclists
under Lt E W Dann led the parade which was inspected by Ralph
Bury DL.
Southend on Sea
The parade of 200 men was led by
Major C Lloyd of the Essex and Suffolk RGA and Lt W Culverwell
of 6th Essex. It was inspected by Mr James Tabor DL who
presented Bombardier Briscoe of the RGA with a Territorial
Efficiency Medal.
Southminster
F Company of the 4th Essex , about 70
strong under the command of Lt C C Booth led the parade who were
inspected by Mr Christopher W Parker DL.
Stratford
A parade of about 250 men was
inspected by General F S Inglefield CB DSO.
A large parade was also held at
the Cedars, West Ham which was led by Col S B Lawford and
inspected by Col R B Colvin DL.
Thaxted
A parade of the 5th Essex led by Lt T
GN Franklin was inspected by Mr A J Edwards DL.
Waltham Abbey
The H company of the Hertfordshire
Territorials led the parade which was inspected by Sir Fowell
Buxton.
Walthamstow
A large parade of the 7th Essex was
inspected by Col C H Colvin DSO DL.
Witham
The parade consisting of 57 National
Reserves, 8 Territorials and 15 VAD under the command of Captain
Shuttleworth were inspected by the Right Hon C H Strutt DL.
DL is an abbreviation for Deputy
Lieutenant which was an honorary appoint made by the Lord
Lieutenant.