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Military Matters

Articles in relation to Benfleet and the Military

  • Gloster Meteor crash

    Gloster Meteor crash (4)

  • Armed Forces Day Flag Raising

    Armed Forces Day Flag Raising

    Raising the flag in the downpour on Monday 20th June 2016
  • Army Cadets

    Army Cadets

    Annual camp
  • Benfleet Military Camp

    Benfleet Military Camp

    Now The 'Bird' Estate
  • Commander L. H. Wightman. R.N.V.R.

    Commander L. H. Wightman. R.N.V.R.

    At rest in St. Mary Churchyard.
  • CPDC Mayors Speech On Armed Forces Day 20th June 2016

    CPDC Mayors Speech On Armed Forces Day 20th June 2016

    A speech to the forces and in memory of Sapper Ellison
  • David Thomas Carson.  Sergeant Major.

    David Thomas Carson. Sergeant Major.

    Long Service and Good Conduct Medal.
  • Home Guard

    Home Guard

    "Last man, bullet and bomb"
  • Home Guard Defences

    Home Guard Defences

    Guarding Benfleet - World War II
  • Militia Camp, South Benfleet

    Militia Camp, South Benfleet

    Dances at the Camp in 1951
  • Sapper Ellison Way

    Sapper Ellison Way

    Naming ceremony on Monday 20th June 2016
  • The Mayor's Reception on Armed Forces Day

    The Mayor's Reception on Armed Forces Day

    Held in the atrium of CPDC Offices
  • Thomas Albert Gladwin.

    Thomas Albert Gladwin.

    Mercantile Marine.
  • War Weapons Week

    War Weapons Week

    Programme and Service
  • Warship Week 1942

    Warship Week 1942

    An Appeal from the Bay Museum, Canvey Island
  • Wellington Bomber Crash. 16 November 1942.

    Wellington Bomber Crash. 16 November 1942.

    Were you a witness?
  • World War Two Decoys

    World War Two Decoys

    Circles of Light
  • WW2 Southern Pillbox

    WW2 Southern Pillbox

    A fine example on the Benfleet shores
  • Zeppelin Raid on Southend

    Zeppelin Raid on Southend

    An eye witness report from Benfleet
The Armed Forces
  • Dakotas passing over Southend
  • Dedication of new Benfleet War Memorial
  • First World War
  • The 37 Names on the War Memorial
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