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Places in Essex that tell a story of World War One
Osea Island, Essex: Secret Naval Base at a Secret Island
The hive of activity unbeknown to the Essex community
Harwich, Essex: Over 100 U-boats Surrender
People came from miles around to see the surrendered German fleet
Loughton, Essex: Pioneer of the Parachute
A friend’s death that inspired life-saving equipment for pilots
Saffron Walden, Essex: Military Hospital
The war hospital praised for its work
Shoeburyness, Essex: Training Dogs For War
The value of trained dogs on the front line
Ugley, Essex: The Evacuation of Essex to Oxfordshire
The fear of invasion led to evacuation plans in the south of England
Tilbury, Essex: The First Crossing Between Essex and Kent
A military pontoon bridge linking Tilbury and Gravesend
Stow Maries Aerodrome, Essex: Defending the Capital
The finest example of a WW1 aerodrome in Europe
Park Inn Palace Hotel, Essex: Where Queen Mary Was Guest of Honour
How the Palace Hotel became the Queen Mary’s Royal Naval Hospital
St Osyth, Essex: Two Memorials For a Divided Town
Why was the town of St Osyth in dispute over WW1 memorials?
Chelmsford, Essex: How Wireless Communications Shaped the War
British defences had the upper hand at the Battle of Jutland
Corringham, Essex: Kynoch Explosives Factory
Thousands of women worked up to 78 hours a week with explosives, risking life and limb
Brightlingsea, Essex: Australian Take Over
The impact of Australian soldiers who soon outnumbered the local male population
Braintree, Essex: Crittall Windows Turn to Munitions
From windows to munitions - the war work of Crittall Windows
Colchester, Essex: Training Kitchener’s Army
How did a small town cope with 200 new servicemen a day?
Maldon, Essex: The Soldier Denied an Honourable Memory
How Ben Cobey, born out of wedlock, was denied recognition for an act of bravery
Harwich, Essex: How Captain Fryatt's Execution Was Commemorated
How the execution of a naval captain provoked widespread condemnation
Little Wigborough, Essex: Zeppelin Crash
Two German airships crashed in Essex after bombing London
Southend-on-Sea, Essex: Anti-German Riots
Rebellion after an Essex woman was killed in one of the first Zeppelin raids
