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Shoeburyness Golf Club, Essex. (1888 - WW2)
The following is from the Golfing Annual 1888/89; Instituted July 1884; No Entry Fee; Monthly Subs, 2s/6d; Secretary - Major Walford RA. The club is limited to Royal Artillery Officers and their friends. According to the secretary, the links, which are the cricket ground, would not find much favour in Scotland. They consist of nine-holes, and give a round of about a mile and a half in extent. The ground between the holes is in most places extremely rough, and is much cut up small ditches, roads and paths. Wet ditches, broken ground and patches of long grass are the principal hazards. Although one or two are wet in winter, the putting greens on the whole are in very good condition. The longest hole is 450 yards.
In 1890 the secretary was Major Walford RA, Shoeburyness.
In 1914 the clubs season was from October to May. A 9-hole course there was no entry fee, but a subscription, not mentioned, was payable. This was a private club confined to the officers of the Royal Artillery in residence at Shoeburyness. No one was allowed inside the enclosure without a pass.
In 1922 the secretary was Major W J Fowler RA, Shoeburyness. The 9-hole course was solely for the use of officers of the garrison and their friends and was open from 1st October to 1st May. The station at Shoeburyness was 1 mile away.
1940 and the secretary was Captain J M Brotherton R.A, R.A Mess, Shoeburyness. Telephone number 3.
The green-keeper was J McEvoy .
From 1947 to the clubs disappearance in the mid 1950s the secretary was Captain H Patterson, R.A Mess, Shoeburyness. The green-keeper was still J McEvoy.
Although the club was listed in the Golfers' Handbook following WW2 it's likely that the club and course disappeared at the time of the war.