Colonel Sir Francis Henry Douglas Charlton Whitmore, 1st Baronet was a British military officer and landowner.
The Whitmore Arms, Orsett
The Essex Yeomanry was a Reserve unit of the British Army that originated in 1797 as local Yeomanry Cavalry Troops in Essex. Reformed after the experience gained in the Second Boer War, it saw active service as cavalry in World War I and as artillery in World War II. Its lineage is maintained by 36 Signal Squadron, part of 71 (Yeomanry) Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals.
147th Field Regiment (Essex Yeomanry) in North-west Europe 1944-45 (IWM B12023)
The Essex Yeomanry Band playing at The Menin Gate, Ypres, in Belgium
Director of Music Major Danny Greer leading the Band on Parade at Audley End House