Unit / Ship / Establishment:


5th Battalion The Essex Regiment

  Detail :

 1/5th Battalion August 1914 : in Chelmsford. Moved to Norwich in late 1914 and on to Colchester in April 1915. May 1915 : formation became 161st Brigade in 54th (East Anglian) Division. Moved late in the month to St Albans. 21 July 1915 : sailed from Devonport for Gallipoli, going via Lemnos. Landed at Suvla bay 12 August 1915. 4 December 1915 : evacuated from Gallipoli and moved to Mudros, going on to Alexandria 17 December 1915. Remained in Egypt/Palestine theatre thereafter.

  Notes:

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 Rank Initials Surname Died Lodge
 2Lt A.J. KLEIN  14-10-1918 Polish National No.534

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