History of Little Warley

Military

There are barracks on the common for the training of recruits for the depot of the Essex regiment & are capable of containing about 1,500 men; adjoining is a garrison chapel of which the Rev Joseph henry Sutton Moxly BA of Trinity College, Dublin, has been chaplain since 1892

Regimental District No 44

The Essex Regiment (44^th & 56^th foot), depot of 1^st & 2^nd battalions

The Barracks

Commanding Regimental District, Col Constantine Maguire

Acting Adjutant, Capt Robert C Bowen (3^rd battalion)

Army Service Coprs, Quartermaster Lieut, Geo Forde

Army Medical Staff

Surgeon-Lieut-Col W G Fawcett MB & Surgeon-Capt C S Sparkes

Army Pay department

Staff Paymaster  (Hon Major) C E Souper

3^rd Battalion Essex Regiment, Essex (Rifles) Militia

Head Quarters, The Barracks

Commandant, Col T S Holroyd

Majors, Hon Lieut-Col G B C Lyons & H C Masterman

Instructor of Musketry, Capt J H Greenhalgh

Adjutant, Capt Robert C Bowen

Quartermaster, Capt S Cousins

4^th Battalion Essex Regiment, West Essex Militia, Head Quarters, The Barracks

Commandant, Lieut-Col F S Walker

Majoes, Hon Lieut-Cols A T Robson & E C Bond

Instructor of Musketry, Capt C H Colvin

Adjutant, Capt H Broadmead

Quartermaster, Lieut Daniel M Bailey