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WWI

The year 2014 will be 100 years since the outbreak of WWI. (2014) Canvey then still had a small community although it was growing fast. Nineteen Canvey Islanders died and their names are on the war memorial. Many more were affected by the war and in this section we will be adding as many stories from that time that we can find. If you can add any please upload them to the site.

Now 100 years since the end of WW2. (2018) We now know that of the very small community that made up Canvey Island far more men died than we thought many are not commemorated on the war memorial.

  • Blossom Stevens

    Blossom Stevens

  • Canvey's War Memorial

    Canvey's War Memorial

  • Ernest Edward Depper DCM, MM.

    Ernest Edward Depper DCM, MM.

  • Garnet Frederick Hester

    Garnet Frederick Hester

  • How a Lieutenant of Engineers was Gassed.

    How a Lieutenant of Engineers was Gassed.

  • John Frederick Theedom

    John Frederick Theedom

  • John Kingsley and WWI

    John Kingsley and WWI

  • Kynoch Hotel 1914

    Kynoch Hotel 1914

  • Matthew Prior RN

    Matthew Prior RN

  • More information on Captain Gregson

    More information on Captain Gregson

  • New Years Celebrations

    New Years Celebrations

  • One Man's Story

    One Man's Story

  • SGT Arthur Brignull,  1st Essex Regiment, 1914-18

    SGT Arthur Brignull, 1st Essex Regiment, 1914-18

  • Southend and Westcliff Graphic

    Southend and Westcliff Graphic

  • Sydney Thomas Humberstone

    Sydney Thomas Humberstone

  • Uniform Without Authority

    Uniform Without Authority

  • Victor Leslie Hester

    Victor Leslie Hester

  • William E J Burbidge

    William E J Burbidge

  • William Pitt Bull

    William Pitt Bull

  • WWI Death Penny

    WWI Death Penny

  • WWI War Memorial Plaque

    WWI War Memorial Plaque

  • Zeppelins 0 Canvey Island 2

    Zeppelins 0 Canvey Island 2

  • WWI The Casualties

    WWI The Casualties (13)

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  • Cold War Degaussing Station
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