We remember Somerset Arthur Sherston

We remember Somerset Arthur Sherston

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Timeline

Timeline

1878
sibling Charles John Talbot Sherston Source:8728319 1878
1880
birth United Kingdom Source:8682940 Source:7443226 18th March 1880
1894
education Haileybury School Hertford, Herts. United Kingdom Source:8728417 1894
1911
service British Army Lieutenant Rifle Brigade Source:8728404 1911
1911
marriage Dorothy Eden Parke Source:8682940 2nd September 1911
1915
service British Army Captain Rifle Brigade 3rd Battalion Source:4010346 1915
1915
death Killed in Action Fromelles, Nord France Source:7443226 Source:8682940 Source:8728319 9th May 1915
awards Military Cross (MC) British Award/Decoration Source:4010346
burial Ploegsteert Memorial CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Hainaut Belgium Panel.10 Source:8776194

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Somerset Arthur
Initials SA
Last Name Sherston,
Source 7443226
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army Rifle Brigade Lieutenant
British Army Rifle Brigade 3rd Battalion Captain
Awards
AwardTypeSource
1914 Star First World War Campaign/Service Medal
British War Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
MC British Award/Decoration
Military Cross (MC) British Award/Decoration
Victory Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Edith Talbot mother
Major Charles Davis Sherston father
Siblings
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Charles John Talbot Sherston brother 1878
Spouse
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Dorothy Eden Parke wife 2nd September 1911

Media

Communities

Communities

Evidence

Evidence

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Imperial1
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Andrew43023
British Army, Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916 Transcription Andrew43023
England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription Andrew43023
School & university registers Image Andrew43023
Medal Index Cards Transcription Guy74824
Medal Index Cards Transcription Guy74824
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Guy74824

External Evidence

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"Those Who Served:1914-1918" The men and women of Otley who served in the First World War Sally23614
The Peerage Beverly42842

Multimedia

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Otley village war memorial, Suffolk Sally23614
CWGC Martin4745
Somerset Arthur Sherston M.C. Martin4745
Somerset Arthur Sherston M.C. Martin4745
Wells Cathedral Andrew43023
Otley Hall, Suffolk Sally23614

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