Review of the 1st Battalion - 1862
On 28 August 1862 a review of the 1st Essex Volunteer Battalion took place at Abbey Farm, Colchester. The ground had recently purchased as an extension of the garrison for a Cavalry and Infantry barracks.
The Battalion was under the command of Lt Colonel Sir Clause de Crespigny, the Adjutant was Major Tufnell and the Surgeon Mr Nunn.
The Parade formed near Colchester Castle and then marched en masse to Abbey Fields where they executed a number of marching deployments in front of a large and enthusiastic crowd.
On Parade were
1st Essex Engineers ( Heybridge)
Captain H Bentall and Lt F Parker
4th Essex Rifles ( Chelmsford)
Major Bringhurst , Captain Crabb , Lt F Chancellor, Ensign Gepp and Assistant Surgeon T J Gilson
6th Essex Rifles ( Colchester) 1st and 2nd Companies
Captain J F Bishop , Captain H E Green, Lieut J F P Osborn , Lieut O Bawtree, Ensign J Cooke and Ensign A Osborne.
10th Essex Rifles ( Witham)
Lieut Blood
12th Essex Rifles ( Braintree)
Captain Basil Sparrow and Lieut White
13th Essex Rifles ( Dedham & the Stour Valley)
Captain F Davey , Lieut Own and Ensign Mingaye
16th Essex Rifles Tendring Hundred)
Captain Cardinall and Lieut J Hardy
23rd Essex Rifles ( Maldon)
Captain Hamilton and Ensign Pulley
Felstead Cadets
Lt Rowe and Ensign Stocker
Manpower on parade is displayed in the table
| Name | Lt Col | Maj | Surgeon | Cap | Lt | Ens | Sgt | Band | Rank & File | total |
| 1st Eng | 1 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 57 | 81 | ||||
| 4th | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 30 | 61 |
| 6th | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 44 | 72 | ||
| 10th | 1 | 2 | 20 | 23 | ||||||
| 11th | 0 | |||||||||
| 12th | 1 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 36 | 55 | ||||
| 13th | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 37 | |||
| 16th | 1 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 28 | |||||
| 23rd | 1 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 40 | 59 | ||||
| FC | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 40 | 58 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 30 | 105 | 311 |
