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From: April Ashton <>
Subject: Re: [EOLFHS-MEMBERS] WW1
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:40:24 +0000
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Dear Karen
Thank you for your offer - my grandfather was ( Albert) Bartle/
Bartell. I think he was from the WEST HAM area of London, and as he
probably died late 1916, I am thinking that he might possibly have
been in the ESSEX Regiment who were at the Somme.
April

On 1411DecDec20082008, at 08:39, Karen Cook wrote:

> 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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