During July we remember . . .
George Shipgood served with the Southend-on-Sea
Constabulary from March 10, 1915 until the outbreak of the First
World War when he was killed in action on the Somme on Monday
July 3, 1916.
Peter Wringe served with Essex Police
from December 29, 1981 at Southend division. With only 6 months
of service, he attended a warehouse alarm on July 4, 1982
and fell 30 feet to die later in hospital.
Sydney Crabb served Essex County Constabulary
from August 24, 1914 and was killed in action on Friday July
7, 1916 when his battalion was involved in an attack at Ovillers
on the Somme.
Walter Perry served with Essex County
Constabulary from September 7, 1914 and enlisted just over a year
later with the Military Foot Police, Military Police Corps. He died
of disease on Tuesday July 9, 1918 while serving in German
East Africa.
Alfred Hyde served with the Essex County
Constabulary from June 17, 1913 in various posting to Chelmsford,
Westcliff-on-Sea and Brentwood before leaving to serve with the
Royal Flying Corps on November 17, 1915. He contracted malaria in
German East Africa but eventually died of pneumonia in the Royal
Naval Hospital, Plymouth on July 12, 1918.
David Lewis served with the Essex County
Constabulary from March 19, 1926 after previously living in Hong
Kong where his father worked in the naval dockyard. He served for
ten years in Coggeshall before being promoted and moved to Ingatestone.
Three months later he was called to deal with an overcrowded bus
where within a few minutes of unexpected exertion, he collapsed
and died on July 14, 1946.
Charles Gillings served with the Southend
on Sea Constabulary from April 1, 1914. His entry includes several
quotes from letters explaining how he came to join the army and
how he was eventually killed in action on July 18, 1916.
Norman Kaye served with the Essex County
Constabulary from September 26, 1938. On December 1, 1939 he was
recalled to the army and was killed in action on sunday July
18, 1943.
Robert Curry served with the Essex County
Constabulary from February 5, 1936 after having previously served
in the army and later as a nurse at Severalls Mental Hospital in
Colchester. He was recalled to the army in 1939 and died on July
24, 1944.
Frederick Boyce served with the Essex
County Constabulary from April 1, 1914 and was killed on Thursday
July 27, 1916 whilst serving as a private in the 23rd Battalion,
Royal Fusiliers.
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