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For Whit Sunday. Also rung in memory of Gunner Edward George Harvey, 216th Siege Bty, Royal Garrison Artillery, Killed in Action on 10th January 1917, aged 24. Buried at Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs, Somme; Stoker 1st Class John William Little, HM S/M "E36", Royal Navy, Killed in Action on 19th January 1917, aged 25. Commemorated at Portsmouth Naval Memorial; Second Cook Amos Harry Gentry, Mercantile Marine, SS Vedamore, Killed in Action on 7th February 1917, aged 21. Commemorated on Tower Hill Memorial; Private Henry George Hart, Aux Petrol Coy, Army Service Corps, Killed in Action on 8th February 1917, aged 30. Buried at Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension; Lance Serjeant Henry Lawrence Jeayes, 1st/5th Bn, Essex Regiment, aged 26. Buried in Gaza War Cemetery; Private Frederick Charles Malyon, "A" Coy,1st/5th Bn, Essex Regiment, aged 23. Buried in Gaza War Cemetery; Private Henry Frederick Perrin, 5th Bn, Essex Regiment, aged 19. Commemorated on Jerusalem Memorial. These three Killed in Action on 26th March 1917. Private Joseph Young, 6th Bn, Essex Regiment, Killed in Action on 27th March 1917, aged 21. Commemorated on Jerusalem Memorial; Private Leonard George Moss, 2nd Bn, Honourable Artillery Company, Killed in Action on 1st April 1917, aged 22. Buried at HAC Cemetery, Ecoust-St. Mein, France; Gunner Richard Eaton, 122nd Bty, Royal Field Artillery, Killed in Action on 14th April 1917, age unknown. Buried at Athies Communal Cemetery Extension, France; Major Alfred James Usborne, 50th Bde, Royal Field Artillery, Killed in Action on 29th April 1917, aged 27. Buried at Ste Catherine British Cemetery, France; Private John Poole, 4th Bn, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), Killed in Action on 4th May 1917, aged 33. Commemorated at Savona Memorial, Italy. All the men were from Writtle. Their names liveth for evermore. First on eight: 1.

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