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First World War

This major section provides lots of information about Wivenhoe's involvement in World War 1, the people who fought in it and who lost their lives because of it. It includes information too about the War's impact on Wivenhoe, the role of women and families, as well as what the newspapers were reporting throughout the four years of the fighting. Look especially for the pages about the Roll of Honour, the book published by the Wivenhoe History Group which lists all of the people from Wivenhoe who served in WW1.

  • A Diary of World War I

    A Diary of World War I

    Key events each day through 1914 - 1918
  • A Sea of Poppies at the Tower of London - November 2014

    A Sea of Poppies at the Tower of London - November 2014

    A moving tribute to all those soldiers who were killed during WW1
  • A Snapshot of what Wivenhoe was like in 1914

    A Snapshot of what Wivenhoe was like in 1914

    The following transcription is taken from Kelly’s Essex Post Office Directory at that time.
  • About the steam yacht Venetia

    About the steam yacht Venetia

    How one ship and her Colnesider crew joined the Royal Navy to serve in WW1
  • About the WW1 Project

    About the WW1 Project

    A tribute to everyone in Wivenhoe at that time and in remembrance of those who died
  • Army Church Parade

    Army Church Parade

    The band of the North Staffs. Regt. in Wivenhoe High St.
  • Bawtree/Hawkins Family Connection

    Bawtree/Hawkins Family Connection

    The family's connections to Wivenhoe
  • Cecil Rhodes - a steamer for Lake Tanganyika

    Cecil Rhodes - a steamer for Lake Tanganyika

    Built in Wivenhoe by Forrestt & Sons in 1898 completed in 1899
  • Flying machines (2)

    Flying machines (2)

    Hulls for Felixstowe F3 flying boats
  • Harry and Sarah Rice - Incomers at Work WW1

    Harry and Sarah Rice - Incomers at Work WW1

  • HMS Pirouette

    HMS Pirouette

    Rennie Forrestt Shipbuilding, Engineering & Dry Dock Co. Ltd.
  • How Wivenhoe on 11th November 2018 commemorated the ending of WW1 100 years ago

    How Wivenhoe on 11th November 2018 commemorated the ending of WW1 100 years ago

    Exactly 100 years after the guns fell silent.
  • Increasing Food Supplies in World War I

    Increasing Food Supplies in World War I

    Notes From the Wivenhoe Urban District Council (WUDC) Minutes and Local Press 1916-1920
  • Members of Wivenhoe Red Cross Detachment WW1

    Members of Wivenhoe Red Cross Detachment WW1

  • Minesweeping Trawlers

    Minesweeping Trawlers

    Built to catch mines --- and cod.
  • Sergt-Major Alexander John Kennedy AYRE (died 26 September 1917)

    Sergt-Major Alexander John Kennedy AYRE (died 26 September 1917)

    Born 1894 and died 26 September 1917. Killed in Action on Western Front, aged 23.
  • Small tugs built for the War Department, Royal Engineers.

    Small tugs built for the War Department, Royal Engineers.

    Rennie Forrestt Shipbuilding, Engineering & Dry Dock Co. Ltd (3)
  • Steam Yacht Rosabelle enters WW1 service in 1915 under the command of Ernest Brady

    Steam Yacht Rosabelle enters WW1 service in 1915 under the command of Ernest Brady

    Converted for service in 1915 and used for chasing submarines under the command of RNR Lieutenant Ernest Brady, later, Captain Brady RNR
  • Temp. Lt. Frederick J. SALISBURY, Royal Engineers

    Temp. Lt. Frederick J. SALISBURY, Royal Engineers

    Frederick Salisbury who died on 23rd September 1919
  • Ten paddle tugs for the War Department

    Ten paddle tugs for the War Department

    Rennie Forrestt Shipbuilding, Engineering & Dry Dock Co. Ltd (4)
  • The Bridge

    The Bridge

    The bridge linking Wivenhoe to Rowhedge
  • The Men who Died in WW1

    The Men who Died in WW1

    A list of names of people who lost their lives in WW1 and are named on the War Memorial
  • The Missing Roll of Honour of WW1

    The Missing Roll of Honour of WW1

    A means to Commemorate Wivenhoe's War Heroes but what happened to it?
  • The Princess Mary 1914 Christmas Gift

    The Princess Mary 1914 Christmas Gift

  • Roll of Honour - WW1

    Roll of Honour - WW1 (107)

    The names of everyone who fought in WW1
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