William Cole (1844-1922) founder of Essex Field Club 29
1891 Living at 7 & 8 Knighton Villa, Woodford
1891 Became Secretary to Organising Joint Committee on Technical Instruction.
1896 Elected Fellow of Linnean Society
1899 Address given as Springfield, Buckhurst Hill 1899-1908
1902 Rented Martello Tower at Beacon Hill St. Osyth
1905 Complimentary Dinner, Address and Purse from Essex Field Club
1910 Suffered serious nervous breakdown
1916 Permanent illness
1917 Resigned as Curator
1919 Granted Civil List Pension
1922 Died. Buried St Osyth Cemetery
1923 Grave memorial erected at St. Osyth and bronze plaque at Stratford.
1998 Cole Family grave at St. Osyth restored
1998 Cole Wild Flower Meadow in St. Osyth's Cemetery established in memory of William Cole by
St. Osyth Historical Society and Parish Council in April 1998.
Text of Cole Family Memorial St. Osyth's Cemetery
Sacred to the Memory of
THE REVEREND JOHN FREDERICK COLE
BORN 29TH AUGUST 1838,
DIED 7TH FEBRUARY 1915.
FOR 30 YEARS VICAR OF ROFFEY, SUSSEX. (BURIED AT
ROFFEY.)
BENJAMIN GEORGE COLE,
BORN 30TH NOVEMBER 1848.
DIED 2ND FEBRUARY 1917.
FRANCES COLE,
BORN 23RD AUGUST 1831,
DIED 15TH MARCH 1918.
JANE ELIZA COLE,
BORN 19TH MAY 1846,
DIED 12TH JUNE 1920
WILLIAM COLE, (FOUNDER OF THE ESSEX FIELD CLUB,)
BORN 11TH FEBRUARY 1844,
DIED 27TH JUNE 1922.
HENRY ALFRED COLE,
BORN 1ST DECEMBER 1851, DIED 25TH MARCH 1924
Essex Naturalist (New Series) 17 (2000)