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| 1st
Battalion > War Diary |
| August
1914 : in Mauritius. Returned to England
in December 1914. 18
January 1915 : attached to 88th Brigade, 29th Division.
4 February 1918 : transferred to 112th
Brigade, 37th Division. |
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| 2nd
Battalion |
| August
1914 : in Chatham. Part
of 12th Brigade, 4th
Division. |
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| 3rd
(Reserve) Battalion |
| August
1914 : in Warley. Remained in UK throughout
the war. |
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| 1/4th
Battalion |
| August
1914 : in Brentwood. Part of Essex Brigade,
East Anglian Division. May 1915 : formation
became 161st Brigade, 54th
Division. |
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| 1/5th
Battalion |
| August
1914 : in Chelmsford. Part of Essex Brigade,
East Anglian Division. May 1915 : formation
became 161st Brigade, 54th
Division. |
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| 1/6th
Battalion |
| August
1914 : in West Ham. Part of Essex Brigade,
East Anglian Division. May 1915 : formation
became 161st Brigade, 54th
Division. |
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| 1/7th
Battalion |
| August
1914 : in Walthamstow. Part of Essex Brigade,
East Anglian Division. May 1915 : formation
became 161st Brigade, 54th
Division. |
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| 1/8th
(Cyclist) Battalion |
| August
1914 : in Colchester, unallotted to a Brigade.
Remained
in UK until moving to Ireland in February
1918, where it remained. Attached to 73rd
Division, January to October 1917. |
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| 2/4th
Battalion |
| Formed
at Brentwood in October 1914. Became part
of 2nd Essex Brigade (206th) , 2nd East Anglian
Division (69th). December 1915 : disbanded
in England. |
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| 2/5th
Battalion |
| Formed
at Chelmsford in October 1914. Became part
of 2nd Essex Brigade (206th) , 2nd East Anglian
Division (69th). March 1918 : disbanded
in England. |
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| 2/6th
Battalion |
| Formed
at West Ham in November 1914. Became part
of 2nd Essex Brigade (206th) , 2nd East Anglian
Division (69th). January 1918 : disbanded
in England. |
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| 2/7th
Battalion |
| Formed
at Walthamstow in November 1914. Became part
of 2nd Essex Brigade (206th) , 2nd East Anglian
Division (69th). 10 October 1917 : transferred
to 201st Brigade , 67th Division. March 1918
: disbanded in
England. |
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| 2/8th
(Cyclist) Battalion |
| Formed
in Colchester in September 1914. Remained
in UK throughout the war. |
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| 3/4th
to 3/7th Battalions |
| Formed
at home stations in May 1915. 8
April 1916 : became 4th to 7th (Reserve) Bns;
eventually 4th absorbed the others. Remained
in UK throughout the war. |
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| 3/8th
(Cyclist) Battalion |
| Formed
at Colchester in April 1915. Remained in England
until disbanded
in April 1916. |
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| 15th
Battalion |
| 1
January 1917, the 65th Provisional Bn became
the 15th Essex. It had been formed in June
1915 from Home Service personnel. Became a
Garrison Guard Bn on 27 April 1918 (this title
being removed on 16 July 1918). Moved to France
in May 1918. 12
May 1918 : attached to 177th Brigade, 59th
Division. |
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| 16th
Battalion |
| 1
January 1917, the 66th Provisional Bn became
the 16th Essex. It had been formed in June
1915 from Home Service personnel. Disbanded
in England in December 1917. |
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| 17th
Battalion |
| 1
January 1917, the 67th Provisional Bn became
the 17th Essex. It had been formed in June
1915 from Home Service personnel. Remained
in England throughout the rest of the war. |
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| 9th
(Service) Battalion |
| Formed
at Warley, August 1914, as part of K1. August
1914 : attached to 35th Brigade, 12th
(Eastern) Division. |
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| 10th
(Service) Battalion |
| Formed
at Warley, September 1914, as part of K2.
September
1914 : attached to 53rd Brigade, 18th
Division. |
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| 11th
(Service) Battalion |
Formed
at Warley, September 1914, as part of
K3. September1914
: attached to 71st Brigade, 24th
Division. 11
October 1915 : transferred with Brigade
to 6th Division.
27 October 1915 : transferred to 18th Brigade, 6th Division. |
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| 12th
(Reserve) Battalion |
| Formed
in Harwich, 26 October 1914, as a Service
battalion, part of K4. October 1914 : attached
to 106th Brigade, original 35th Division.
April 1915 : became a second Reserve battalion
(after the 3rd Bn).1 September 1916 : absorbed
in the Training
Reserve battalions of 6th Reserve Brigade. |
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| 13th
(Service) Battalion (West Ham) |
| Formed
at West Ham, 27 December 1914, by the Mayor
and Borough. August
1915 : attached to 100th Brigade, 33rd
Division. 22
December 1915 : transferred to 6th Brigade,
2nd Division. 10
February 1918 : disbanded in France. |
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| 14th
(Reserve) Battalion |
| Formed
in Brentwood, September 1915, as a local reserve
Bn. 1
September 1916 : became 98th Training
Reserve battalion of 23rd Reserve Brigade. |
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| 18th
(Home Service) Battalion |
| Formed
in Yarmouth, 27 April 1918, to replace the
15th Bn on Garrison guard duties. |
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| 1st
Garrison Battalion |
| Formed
in Denham, Buckinghamshire on 21 July 1915.
Left Devonport, arriving Mudros 3 September
1915. Served on Gallipoli before moving
to Egypt in February 1916, where it then
remained. |
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| 2nd
Garrison Battalion |
| Formed
in Halton Park in January 1916. Moved to
India, where it then remained. |
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