Military Matters

Articles in relation to Benfleet and the Military

Armed Forces Day Flag Raising
Raising the flag in the downpour on Monday 20th June 2016
Army Cadets
Annual camp
Benfleet Military Camp
Now The 'Bird' Estate
Commander L. H. Wightman. R.N.V.R.
At rest in St. Mary Churchyard.
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.
Long Service and Good Conduct Medal.
Gloster Meteor Crash - Philmead Road in 1952
Photos of the damage
Home Guard
"Last man, bullet and bomb"
Home Guard Defences
Guarding Benfleet - World War II
Meteor Jet Crash - Philmead Road
Eye Witness Account - 12th April 1952
Militia Camp, South Benfleet
Dances at the Camp in 1951
RAF Meteor Jet Crash
Eye witness account
Sapper Ellison Way
Naming ceremony on Monday 20th June 2016
The Mayor's Reception on Armed Forces Day
Held in the atrium of CPDC Offices
Thomas Albert Gladwin.
Mercantile Marine.
War Weapons Week
Programme and Service
Warship Week 1942
An Appeal from the Bay Museum, Canvey Island
Wellington Bomber Crash. 16 November 1942.
Were you a witness?
World War Two Decoys
Circles of Light
WW2 Southern Pillbox
A fine example on the Benfleet shores
Zeppelin Raid on Southend
An eye witness report from Benfleet