3rd Essex Volunteer Battalion Dinner 1902
On 18 October 1902 a dinner was held
by the 3rd Essex Volunteer Battalion for members who had
returned from active service in the Boer War.
3rd Essex VB had provided 24 men to
the City Imperial Volunteers and 94 men to the Volunteer Active
Service Companies of the Essex Regiment.
Amongst the 350 attending the dinner
were
Col W H D Aston Lewis VD - The
Commandant
Major General Gatacre
Alderman L W Spratt JP - Mayor of
West Ham
Col H Palmer VD, JP - Late Commandant
Major McNeil
Capt Wellesley
G Piggot JP - Formerly Adjutant
Capt C F de B Boone - The Adjutant
Captain A E Bloomfield
Major W Hopkins VD
Major J B Dumbell VD - Quartermaster
Major H Stoor VD
Captain F B Watkins
Lt Col J B Brooker Ward
Capt E J K Savage
Capt E Gray MP
Capt F M Hornsby
Capt Llewellyn Lewis
Capt D Mowatt - Surgeon
Capt W F Dick
Capt Lawrie
Staff Sergeant Luton
Colour Sergeant Cook
