Wivenhoe History Group: Researching the First World War

The recently formed Wivenhoe History Group sends the Society a copy of its monthly Newsletter by email.  We advertised one of their public Lectures last year.  Over a very short period of time they have become a very active Group, making a behind the scenes tour of the Essex Record Office and planning to visit The National Archives at Kew.  The Group is looking for a webmaster to build a permanent website.  They already have a temporary site.

In commemoration of the Centenary of the Great War the Group is researching the fallen of the village.  The Essex Society for Archaeology and History has been given permission to publish Ian Valentine’s preliminary Roll of Honour – and we are delighted to do so.

“One of our key objectives for the current year is to trace the lives of the men and women of Wivenhoe who served in the Great War of 1914-1918. Gill Strudwick has started the process with her group and will be pursuing the work when it next meets on 19^th March. If we are going to achieve our aims, then we shall need to look at the surviving documents from that period. These can mainly be found at the Imperial War Museum and in The National Archives at Kew. The National Archives welcomes visitors whether as individuals or in a group.”

Preliminary Wivenhoe Roll of Honour

†  = Died in battle or of wounds

* Harry C. Reed died, and Hubert Reed was a Sgt & Acting CQMS awarded the DCM, but don’t know yet which one is which.

ECS = Essex County Standard

ERM = Essex Regimental Museum

WM = War Memorial

Name  … Rank … Regiment … Source

Alexander Ayre† … [.] … [.] … WM

Albert Baker† … Pte … [.] … ERM & WM

Ernest Baker† … [.] … [.] … WM

Thomas Baker† … [.]… [.] … WM

John L. Barlow† … [.]… [.] … WM

Edgar Barr† … [.]… [.] … WM

George Alfred Bartlett†                … Pte … [.] … WM

Thomas Smee Beckwith† … Pte … [.] … ERM & WM

Robert Bell† … [.]… [.] … WM

H. J. Blunden … Sgt … [.] … ERM

Horace T. Bones … Pte … [.] … ERM

Charles Canham† … [.]… [.] … WM

F. E. Corbell … Pte. POW … [.] …                 ERM

Felix James Corsellis … L/Cpl …. [.] … ERM

Joseph Eagle† … [.]… [.] … WM

Phillip George Firman† … Pte … [.] … ERM & WM

A.G. Fisk … Pte … [.] … ERM

G. Glozier … Pte … 5^th Essex Territorials … ECS 31/10/1914

Jack D. Green† … [.]… [.] … WM

William Green† … [.]… [.] … WM

Alfred Edward Gunn … [.]… [.] … ERM

L. G. Hadley … Pte … 5^th Essex Territorials … ECS 31/10/1914

R. E. Hadley … Pte … 5^th Essex Territorials … ECS 31/10/1914

R.T. Hadley … [.] … Army Ordnance Corps … ECS 31/10/1914

Harold F. Harlow† … [.]… [.] … WM

Herbert Percy Hart† … Pte … [.] … ERM & WM

E. Hatch … Pte … 5^th Essex Territorials … ECS 31/10/1914

John B. Hawkins† … [.]… [.] … WM

Arthur Head† … [.]… [.] … WM

John Henry Head† … Pte … [.] …                ERM & WM

Fred C. Heath† … [.]… [.] … WM

Hugh H. Husk† … [.]… [.] … WM

Harry Juby† … [.]… [.] …                 WM

William C. Martin† … [.]… [.] … WM

J. Mason … Pte … 5^th Essex Territorials … ECS 31/10/1914

H. J. McKee … [.] … Yorkshire Hussars … ECS 31/10/1914

William F. McKee … Pte … 12^th Essex Regiment … ECS 31/10/1914

Samuel Miller† … [.]… [.] … WM

W.G. Munson … Pte … 5^th Essex Territorials … ECS 31/10/1914

W.R. Munson … Pte … 5^th Essex Territorials … ECS 31/10/1914

Fred Nicholls† … [.]… [.] … [.]

Jack Payne† … [.]… [.] …                WM

Edward William Pike† … Sgt … [.] … ERM & WM

Arthur J. Pitt† … [.]… [.] … WM

Charles James Pitt† … Pte … [.] … ERM & WM

Edgar W. Pitt† … [.]… [.] … WM

Horace Pitt† … [.]… [.] … WM

Alfred Charles Plane … [.]… [.] … ERM

Stanley Pitt† … [.]… [.] … WM

Ernest J, Rand† … [.]… [.] … WM

N.H. Rand, DCM … Sgt … [.] … ERM

Oliver C. Rand† … [.]… [.] … WM

H. Reed* … [.] … 5^th Essex Territorials … ECS 31/10/1914

H. Reed* … [.] … 17^th Lancers … ECS 31/10/1914

John Sainty† … [.]… [.] …               WM

Fred Salisbury† … [.]… [.] … WM

William Salisbury† … [.]… [.] … WM

Felix J.C. Squire† … [.]… [.] … WM

Edgar Stebbing† … [.]… [.] … WM

Charles Steward† … Pte … [.] … WM

Albert E. Turner† … [.]… [.] … WM

Charles James Turner† … Pte … [.] … WM & ERM

Tom Turner† … [.]… [.] … WM

William Wade† … Pte … 1/5^th Essex Regiment … ERM & WM

F. Wadley … Pte                … 5^th Essex Territorials … ECS 31/10/1914

Harold Watsham, DCM … Sgt … [.] … ERM

Thomas James Weavers† … Pte … [.] … ERM & WM