So another wonderful Bateman’s event comes to a close and this was our last one at a wonderful National Trust house. The weekend was fraught with dangers especially the heat and constant sun, not only did it enable us to all get red faces and necks also meant that our battlefield display was minus the Read More
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The 2018 Somme March
The Somme 2018 Early July saw members of the 10th Essex make our annual trip to the crucible of fire for the regiment. La Boisselle at The Somme. La Boisselle is a place the Essex would come to know incredibly well during their deployment on the western front. They would find themselves in the location Read More
Hampton Court Flower Show 2018
Battlefields to Butterflies at the Hampton Court flower show This project has been over two years in the making with the Royal Parks Guild and the Historic Royal Places. Originally conceived from the words and paintings of William Orpen who wrote, “The dreary dismal mud was baked white and pure — dazzling white. White daisies, red Read More
Great War Steam Fair – Beamish 2018
April 5th-8th saw the Essex venturing far to the North, visiting the wonderful Beamish Museum in County Durham. So far north that snow fell as the advance party arrived to set up, a thankfully rare occurrence in the 10th Essex annals. After a day’s “show and tell” the unit got down to some training, not Read More
Blackpool Cenotaph 2018
We were asked if we would like to come to Blackpool to help the Blackpool Somme Association lay a wreath at the Cenotaph. This was erected in 1923 and lies at the northern end of the central promenade along Blackpool seafront. You can read more about it here – The Blackpool Cenotaph. It was a Read More
Newville USA and the 10th Essex
This early November Lance Corporal Mike Everest made his annual trip to one of the worlds largest independently owned trench sites built in recent years in Newville Pennsylvania. This year taking Pte Mike South as well with him, the trip would prove as always to be an intense journey of physical and psychological effect. Though Read More
Kensington Gardens Trench – 2017
We had the opportunity to design and construct a trench system in the centre of London in September 2017. The idea was do create an interactive display highlighting the role of the Camouflage School that was constructed in Kensington Gardens in 1916. Our designer, James Gage, come up with the goods once again and delivered Read More
Dorset Steam Fair – 2017
Once againg the Dorset Steam Fair was fantastic. For those that haven’t been the site is absolutely huge with bars, music and every food stall you can imagine. The trench was immaculate and the 10th Essex shared duties with our good friends the Royal West Kents. The Garrison fired two 18 pounders twice a day. Read More
Hornchurch County Park 2017
The 10th Essex once again had a area set aside at the Hornchurch County Park Fair run by the Ingrebourne Wildlife Trust. The site is a former RAF Hornchurch base and was used during the First and Second World Wars. Squadrons of Spitfires based here played an important role protecting London during the Battle of Read More
Batemans 2017
Early August saw the group return to one of our favourite places, Batemans WW1 event in East Sussex. Set in the grounds of Rudyard Kipling’s house, the 10th Essex along with our friends from The Rifles LHG, the WFA and 14-21, once again delighted the crowds in this idyllic location. This year we followed the Read More