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13th (West Ham Boys) Battalion, Essex Regiment
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Those known to have served with13th (West Ham Boys) Battalion, Essex Regiment during the Great War 1914-1918. - Boulton William. L/Cpl. (d.28th April 1917)
- Boyton Arthur Frank. Pte.
- Burgess Bennet Leopold. Pte. (d.28th April 1917)
- Chalkley William John. Pte. (d.22nd Mar 1918)
- Clarke William Arthur. Pte. (d.31st July 1916)
- Corner Ruben John. A/L/Cpl. (d.9th Aug 1916)
- Daniells Rupert Joseph. Pte. (d.28th April 1917)
- Delaney John. Pte. (d.18th Feb 1917)
- Flicker Walter Harold. Cpl. (d.13th Nov 1916)
- Green Ernest Arthur. Pte. (d.31st Jul 1916)
- Harlow Ernest . Pte. (d.28th April 1917)
- Hayes Frederick. Pte. (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Jolley William Henry. Pte. (d.28th April 1917)
- Lee James William John. Pte. (d.4th September 1916)
- Mace John William. Sgt
- Millsom Albert Victor. Pte
- Parkinson Edward. Cpl.
- Pinder Henry Francis. Pte. (d.21st July 1916)
- Price Percy Victor. Pte. (d. 11th Dec 1915)
- Pye Lewis Gedge. L/Cpl. (d.17th October 1918)
- Shillingford Thomas Henry. Pte. (d.30th July 1916.)
- Stiff Arthur George. L/Cpl. (d.9th July 1918)
- Webb Eustace. Pte. (d.30th November 1917 )
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Pte. James William John Lee 13th Btn. Essex Regiment (d.4th September 1916) James Lee was born in Mile End to parents James William Lee and Bridget Lee (nee Sheekham) and lived in Ernest Road and Hermit Road, Canning Town, Essex.
James was killed during a bombing raid with 13th Essex.
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L/Cpl. Lewis Gedge Pye 13th Btn. Essex Regiment (d.17th October 1918) Lewis Pye was working as an insurance clerk by the 1911 census and a member of the Workmen's Accident Claims Department at Norwich Union by the outbreak of war.
He was taken prisoner in France in April 1917 and held at Dulmen Camp. He died at Munster Kommando 525 in Germany. The Manager wrote to his wife, "It is particularly sad after all the privations which your husband must have undergone, that he should not have been spared to return home to you."
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Pte Albert Victor Millsom 13th Btn. Essex Regiment Albert Millsom served with the 13th and 11th Battalions, Essex Regiment.
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Pte. William Henry Jolley 13th Battalion Essex Regiment (d.28th April 1917) William Jolley served with 13th Battalion, Essex Regiment.
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Pte. Bennet Leopold Burgess 13th Battalion Essex Regiment (d.28th April 1917) Born on 19th April 1884, Bennet Burgess married Katherine Morrell in summer 1914 before joining the 13th Essex Regiment.
He died on 28th of April 1917 at Arras.
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Pte. Percy Victor Price 13th Battalion Essex Regiment (d. 11th Dec 1915) Percy Price Served with the 13th Essex Regiment. I don't know much about him and am trying to find out more. I was told that he was shot between the eyes in action in Flanders.
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Pte. Ernest Harlow 13th Btn. Essex Regiment (d.28th April 1917) Private Ernest Harlow, born in Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, living and enlisted in Southend on Sea. Initially served with the Essex Yeomanry (service no.2592) then with 13th Battalion, Essex Regiment (service no.33905). He was killed in action on 28th April 1917 in France and Flanders and is commemorated Arras Memorial, France. He is remembered on both The War Memorial and The Alamada, St. Andrews Church, Ampthill. Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com
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Pte. William John Chalkley 13th (West Ham) Btn. Essex Regiment (d.22nd Mar 1918)  William Chalkley was my great uncle. His existence was unknown until the clearance of my late grandfathers house when his death plaque was found.
William was born on 23rd November 1892 in Plaistow. His parents were Alfred Albert Chalkley & Emily (May)
On the 15th of January 1916, he enlisted at Canning Town in the Royal West Surrey Regiment as Private, No 7968.
After his training he was sent to France and transferred to the 13th (West Ham) Battalion, Essex Regiment as Private, No 33155, and was posted to A Company.
In 1917 he suffered with Trench Foot and was admitted to hospital on 26th Feb.
Later that year he was wounded and had leave to England.
The 13th Battalion ceased to exist on 10th of February 1918 when he and 5 Officers & 129 O.R's joined the 11th (Service) Battalion, Essex Regiment.
He died, shortly after, on 22nd of March 1918, in the Corps Line just North of Morchies, a small villiage North west of Bapaume. The Germans made a pincer attack around this area and his group were overwhelmed.
William John has no known grave, and is remembered on the Arras Memorial at Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery, Arras.
On the 25th of October 2014
His name was remembered by a reading at the Tower of London WW1 commemoration Sea of Blood Poppy display, at the 18:30 last post. He was
Number 88 on the roll call.
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Pte. Eustace Webb 13th Btn. Essex Regiment (d.30th November 1917 ) Eustace Webb was my great uncle, uncle of my grandmother Vera Kidman nee Webb. His brother Percy Webb was my great grandfather. Born in the 1st quarter of 1878 and baptised on the 17 February 1878 at Burwell, Cambridgeshire, he was one of six children, four surviving at the 1911 census, born to Jesse and Rebecca Webb of Ickleton, Cambridgeshire. In 1906 he married May Dyer of Brookhampton Street, Ickleton, and they had 2 children, daughters Sheila Eileen Webb and Kathleen Webb. He was a bellringer and worked as a carter for a builder before enlisting. Eustace Webb, served with the 13th Battalion, Essex Regiment, he enlisted at Saffron Walden. He died on the 30 November 1917 age 39 and is commemorated at Cambrai Memorial at Louverval in France. It appears that his three brothers, Percy, Charley and Jesse, all served during the Great War and survived.
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Pte. Ernest Arthur Green 13th (West Ham Boys) Btn. Essex Regiment (d.31st Jul 1916) Ernest Green served with the 13th (West Ham Boys) Battalion, Essex Regiment. I have only recently discovered the identity of my Great Grandfather on my Mother's side 100 years after his death in Flanders.
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A/L/Cpl. Ruben John Corner 13th Battalion Essex Regiment (d.9th Aug 1916) When Reuben Corner was born in 1885 in West Ham, Essex, his father, Henry, was 32 and his mother, Mary, was 31. He married Jessie Florence Yexley in 1907 in West Ham, Essex.
Reuben was part of The West Ham Boys of 13th Battalion, Essex Regiment and a true hero.
He died on 9th of August 1916 at the age of 31 and was buried in Somme, France.
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L/Cpl. Arthur George Stiff 13th Battalion Essex Regiment (d.9th July 1918) Arthur Stiff was born at Capel St. Mary, Suffolk, 3rd child of Harry and Alice Stiff, one of nine. He left home for Walthamstow 1901 and worked as a flooring paviour.
Arthur married in 1897, Jane Agnes Gilson and had two children, Alice and William, 1909, 1911.
Arthur joined thee 13th Battalion, Essex Regiment and arrived France on the 17th of November 1915.
He became an Acting Corporal in 13th Battalion, and transferred to the 11th Battalion later in the war as Lance Corporal.
Arthur is remembered with honour after his death 9th of July 1918. at Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinge, Ypres. Awarded the 1915 Star, British War and Victory medals. His widow lived at 6 Albtion Road, Wood Street, Walthamstow, London.
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Cpl. Walter Harold Flicker 13th Btn. Essex Regiment (d.13th Nov 1916) Unfortunately I have no history of my great grandfather Walter Flicker. He served with the 13th Battalion, Essex Regiment and died on 13th November 1916.
He had two sons Walter and William, the name Walter carried
on as my father is also Walter.
If anyone has information I would be grateful to hear from you.
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Pte. Henry Francis Pinder 13th Battalion Essex Regiment (d.21st July 1916) I've heard that the Great War was so painful to so many, that often they just never spoke of it again. In my family, this meant that 3 generations down the line, we have no knowledge of Henry Francis Pinder (1889-1916).
Recently, family history searches showed us Henry's existence, his service, and his sacrifice. He was the 3rd Henry Pinder, and the only son of that generation. I thought that was sad, the line ending. Then, from the Leytonstone War Memorial came the information that Henry was married. He married Laura Annie Stadwell in 1912. Their son, Henry W was born in 1914, and died in January 1915. So it really was the end of four generations of Henry Pinders. Laura Annie lived until 1969, and her daughter (born Oct 1915) died in 1976.
Henry Francis Pinder is remembered on the Arras war memorial in France. He has no known grave. His war medal card shows he was in the Machine Gun Corps. His date of death is listed as 21 July 1916 on official records, but on records by the Arras memorial as 31 July 1916. The time difference is important, as it would help estimate the location of his death. It could be either at High Wood, or Delville Wood, in either case they took heavy casualties. After reading about the Battle of the Somme, which started on 1st July, this would mean Henry Francis survived the worst of those battles and must have been witness to incomprehensible horror.
Henry Francis had 3 sisters. The youngest, Ellen (aka Nellie)Pinder (Turner)was my greatgrandmother. She was 23 years old when her brother died in 1916, a mother of two small girls, and alone, her own husband was away during WW1 (but survived).
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Pte. Thomas Henry Shillingford 13th Btn. D Coy. Essex Regiment (d.30th July 1916.) My great uncle, Thomas Henry Shillingford of D company, 13th battalion Essex Regiment (West Ham Boys) was killed at the battle of the Somme on the 30th of July 1916. He is remembered at the Thiepval Memorial and I intend to visit the area and would like to know were he actually fell. Is there anybody who can help me in pin point where he might have been on the day he was killed? I have tried many websites but nothing seems to match his regiments whereabouts on that day. I can only guess it might have been at the battle for High Wood but I really am stumped on this one.
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