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Grays (Thurrock) in the Great War tells the story of Grays and the wider Thurrock area from the outbreak of the Great War until the peace of 1918. The Docks at nearby Tilbury were the source of much employment in the area for both fathers and sons alike. They also played their part in the war, but not as a hub of military deployments.In May 1915 the German spy Augusto Alfredo Roggen, a Uruguayan born in Montevideo, arrived at Tilbury on board the...
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A brief history of how the people of Laindon and district coped with the problems of the First World War Throughout the book are individual family memories, over 100 photographs and appropriate poems mostly written at the time. Indication of why Britain went to war Insight into the role of the local Explosive factories. Individual stories of those who applied for exemption and the hysteria of suspected spies. The role played by our Women Folk Culminating...
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Prior to the outbreak of the Great War in 1914, the Castle Point District was made up of four very quaint, peaceful little parishes: Canvey Island, South Benfleet, Hadleigh and Thundersley. The initial enthusiasm shown by the young men of this area, who were enthusiastic to be part of an adventure that was to be over by Christmas, was mirrored by thousands of other courageous young men around Britain. Most understood that it was their sworn duty to...
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