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From: "Karen Cook" <>
Subject: Re: [EOLFHS-MEMBERS] WW1
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2008 08:39:15 -0000
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Dear April

I've got the CD Rom Soldiers Died in the Great War, and I'm happy to do a
search if you give me your grandfather's full name and anything else that
might identify the right chap, ie place of birth, date of birth.

Best wishes, Karen
PS I won't be around for a couple of weeks after today.
----- Original Message -----
From: "April Ashton" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 9:43 PM
Subject: Re: [EOLFHS-MEMBERS] WW1


> Dear George
>
> Thank you for all this info - it is very helpful - I know that my
> grandfather was in France in 1916 - and that he died. Do you have the
> month that your grandfather died on the Somme? I am unaware whether
> there were other battles going on in France at this time and the scale
> of casualties, so have been looking for a needle in a haystack, as I
> have been unable to positively identify him from the CWGC site or War
> Medals on the N/A site.
>
> The Chelmsford Museum is at present closed.
>
> April
>
> On 1011DecDec20082008, at 18:06, GEORGE ENGLISH wrote:
>
>> Dear April
>>
>> My grandfather, Frederick Garnet English, was in the Essex Regiment
>> and was killed on the Somme in 1916, and is listed on the plaque.
>>
>> The Essex Regiment is now part of the Royal Anglian Regiment in
>> Warley, Essex Tel: 01277 213051; there is also a Memorial there. My
>> contact at the Museum in Chelmsford 4 years ago was Ian Hook
>> () Tel: 01245 615100; incredibly
>> knowledgeable and helpful as many such people are.
>>
>>
>>
>> There is a regimental history 'ESSEX UNITS IN THE WAR 1914-1919' Vol 6
>> by John Wm Burrows which includes the action my grandfather was killed
>> in - very moving for me. This was part of an article I wrote about my
>> grandfather in Cockney Ancestor 106.
>>
>>
>>
>> Something I suspect others may be able to add to is that the 13th
>> Battalion was raised by the Mayor and County Borough of West Ham,
>> largely from local men. After the war, Tate & Lyle and Lusty's (who
>> made Lloydloom Furniture) employed many ex-13th Bn men, whose families
>> were then bombed out, often more then once, during the Blitz in WWII!
>>
>>
>> I hope this helps.
>>
>> Kind regards
>>
>> George
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Colin Chamberlain" <>
>> To: <>
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 10:34 AM
>> Subject: Re: [EOLFHS-MEMBERS] WW1
>>
>>
>>> April,
>>>
>>> The Essex Regimental Museum in Chelmsford should be able to help.
>>>
>>> See the website:
>>>
>>> http://www.chelmsford.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=6780
>>>
>>> I have visited and found them extremely helpful.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Colin Chamberlain
>>> In a cold and frosty Staffordshire
>>>
>>> 2008/11/28 April Ashton <>
>>>
>>>> There is an Essex Regiment Plaque (4 metal plates) inside All Saints
>>>> Church, Church Street West Ham listing 260 men who died in WW1 - does
>>>> anyone have access to the list of these names, tell me where I could
>>>> find them or go about contacting someone who would know the names?
>>>>
>>>> Thank you.
>>>> April Wood Ashton
>>
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