The story of the West Ham Battalion during World War One is one that is well-known to supporters of West Ham United Football Club. In December 1914 the Mayor of West Ham successfully applied to the War Office to raise an infantry unit of local men to serve in the British Army, who had by then already suffered heavy losses on the Western Front. Formed as the 13th (Service) Battalion of the Essex Regiment, the West Ham Pals were born.
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British Army 17510 Corporal Essex Regiment
British Army 17510 Serjeant Essex Regiment
Died 1916
British Army 18877 Private Essex Regiment 13th Battalion
British Army 18877 Private Essex Regiment
British Army 18134 Private Essex Regiment
British Army T/388232 Private Army Service Corps
Born 1896
Died 1916
British Army 17849 Private Essex Regiment
Born 1898
Died 1917
British Army 17550 Private Essex Regiment
British Army 17550 Lance Corporal Essex Regiment
British Army 18292 Private Essex Regiment 13th Battalion
British Army 18292 Acting Corporal Essex Regiment 13th Battalion
Born 1895
Died 1918
British Army 17367 Private Essex Regiment
British Army Captain Essex Regiment
British Army 18303 Private Acting Lance Corporal Essex Regiment
British Army 17917 Private Essex Regiment
British Army 60927 Private Essex Regiment