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Bath, Somerset [1478]

Bath, Somerset, England [117]

Walcot, Bath, Somerset [38]

Near Bath, Somerset [12]

Bathwick, Bath, Somerset [11]

Bath Somerset [10]

Bath,Somerset. [10]

Bath,Somerset [8]

Widcombe, Bath, Somerset [8]

Twerton, Bath, Somerset [6]

Batheaston, Bath, Somerset [4]

Bathford, Bath, Somerset [4]

Weston, Bath, Somerset [4]

Bath Somerset England [3]

Chewton Mendip, Bath, Somerset [3]

Combe Down, Bath, Somerset [3]

Oakhill, Bath, Somerset [3]

Oldfield Park, Bath, Somerset [3]

Radstock, Bath, Somerset [3]

Upper Weston, Bath, Somerset [3]

Wellow, Bath, Somerset [3]

Bath, Somerset. [2]

Bathampton, Bath, Somerset [2]

Chilcompton, Bath, Somerset [2]

Coleford, Bath, Somerset [2]

Farmborough near Bath, Somerset [2]

Lyncombe, Bath, Somerset [2]

Matlock Bath, Somerset [2]

Midsomer Norton, Bath, Somerset [2]

Timsbury, Bath, Somerset [2]

Walcot Bath, Somerset [2]

West Bath, Somerset [2]

25 Brock Street, Bath, Somerset [1]

Bailbrook, Bath, Somerset [1]

Bath District, Somerset, England [1]

Bath Easton, Somerset [1]

Bath, Corston, Somerset [1]

Bath, Somerset, England [1]

Bath,Somerset,England. [1]

Bruton, Bath, Somerset [1]

Castle View, Bath, Somerset [1]

Charlcombe, Bath, Somerset [1]

Chilcompton West Bath, Somerset [1]

Chilcompton near Bath, Somerset [1]

Coleford near Bath, Somerset [1]

Combe Down, nr. Bath, Somerset [1]

Corston, Bath, Somerset [1]

Ditcheat, Bath, Somerset [1]

Dunkerton, Bath, Somerset [1]

Dunkerton, near Bath, Somerset [1]

Rank

Private [343]

Second Lieutenant [42]

Sapper [30]

Corporal [28]

Lieutenant [26]

Able Seaman [24]

Lance Corporal [24]

Stoker 1st Class [23]

Captain [19]

Driver [18]

Gunner [18]

Serjeant [17]

Ordinary Seaman [12]

Boy 1st Class [9]

Stoker 2nd Class [8]

Major [7]

Sergeant [7]

Rifleman [6]

Boy 2nd Class [5]

2nd Lieutenant [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Commander [3]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [3]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Stoker Petty Officer [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Bombardier [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Leading Signalman [2]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Petty Officer 1st Class [2]

Stoker [2]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Trooper [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

2/Lieutenant [1]

4th Class Chaplain The Reverend [1]

A/Sergnt [1]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Forewoman [1]

Unit

Somerset Light Infantry [108]

Royal Engineers [41]

Royal Field Artillery [31]

North Somerset Yeomanry [30]

Gloucestershire Regiment [27]

Army Service Corps [18]

Machine Gun Corps [18]

Devonshire Regiment [17]

Dorsetshire Regiment [16]

London Regiment [14]

Canadian Infantry [13]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [13]

Wiltshire Regiment [13]

Royal Army Medical Corps [10]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [9]

Labour Corps [9]

South Wales Borderers [9]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [8]

Hampshire Regiment [7]

Rifle Brigade [7]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [7]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [7]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [6]

HMS Ajax [6]

HMS LION [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Coldstream Guards [5]

HMS Erin [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [5]

Welsh Regiment [5]

3rd Hussars [4]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

HMS Monmouth [4]

HMS Vivid II [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

1/1st North Somerset Yeomanry [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Indian Army [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Service

Royal Navy [798]

British Army [494]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [381]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [21]

Australian Imperial Force [6]

Other Empire Force [5]

Indian Army [3]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Canadian Navy [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [199]

H [190]

C [171]

S [163]

P [145]

W [130]

M [124]

G [82]

D [81]

L [72]

R [72]

T [67]

F [62]

N [49]

A [48]

K [35]

J [34]

E [31]

O [18]

V [16]

I [7]

Y [7]

U [3]

Q [1]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1635]

Merchant Navy [112]

Country

United Kingdom [130]

Australia [1]

China [1]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Bath, Somerset [1478] Bath, Somerset, England [117] Walcot, Bath, Somerset [38] Near Bath, Somerset [12] Bathwick, Bath, Somerset [11] Bath Somerset [10] Bath,Somerset. [10] Bath,Somerset [8] Widcombe, Bath, Somerset [8] Twerton, Bath, Somerset [6] Batheaston, Bath, Somerset [4] Bathford, Bath, Somerset [4] Weston, Bath, Somerset [4] Bath Somerset England [3] Chewton Mendip, Bath, Somerset [3] Combe Down, Bath, Somerset [3] Oakhill, Bath, Somerset [3] Oldfield Park, Bath, Somerset [3] Radstock, Bath, Somerset [3] Upper Weston, Bath, Somerset [3] Wellow, Bath, Somerset [3] Bath, Somerset. [2] Bathampton, Bath, Somerset [2] Chilcompton, Bath, Somerset [2] Coleford, Bath, Somerset [2] Farmborough near Bath, Somerset [2] Lyncombe, Bath, Somerset [2] Matlock Bath, Somerset [2] Midsomer Norton, Bath, Somerset [2] Timsbury, Bath, Somerset [2] Walcot Bath, Somerset [2] West Bath, Somerset [2] 25 Brock Street, Bath, Somerset [1] Bailbrook, Bath, Somerset [1] Bath District, Somerset, England [1] Bath Easton, Somerset [1] Bath, Corston, Somerset [1] Bath, Somerset, England [1] Bath,Somerset,England. [1] Bruton, Bath, Somerset [1] Castle View, Bath, Somerset [1] Charlcombe, Bath, Somerset [1] Chilcompton West Bath, Somerset [1] Chilcompton near Bath, Somerset [1] Coleford near Bath, Somerset [1] Combe Down, nr. Bath, Somerset [1] Corston, Bath, Somerset [1] Ditcheat, Bath, Somerset [1] Dunkerton, Bath, Somerset [1] Dunkerton, near Bath, Somerset [1]

Rank

Private [343] Second Lieutenant [42] Sapper [30] Corporal [28] Lieutenant [26] Able Seaman [24] Lance Corporal [24] Stoker 1st Class [23] Captain [19] Driver [18] Gunner [18] Serjeant [17] Ordinary Seaman [12] Boy 1st Class [9] Stoker 2nd Class [8] Major [7] Sergeant [7] Rifleman [6] Boy 2nd Class [5] 2nd Lieutenant [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Commander [3] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [3] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Leading Seaman [3] Leading Stoker [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Stoker Petty Officer [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Corporal [2] Bombardier [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Deck Hand [2] Leading Signalman [2] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [2] Petty Officer [2] Petty Officer 1st Class [2] Stoker [2] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Trooper [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] 2/Lieutenant [1] 4th Class Chaplain The Reverend [1] A/Sergnt [1] Able Seaman Driver [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Forewoman [1]

Unit

Somerset Light Infantry [108] Royal Engineers [41] Royal Field Artillery [31] North Somerset Yeomanry [30] Gloucestershire Regiment [27] Army Service Corps [18] Machine Gun Corps [18] Devonshire Regiment [17] Dorsetshire Regiment [16] London Regiment [14] Canadian Infantry [13] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [13] Wiltshire Regiment [13] Royal Army Medical Corps [10] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [9] Labour Corps [9] South Wales Borderers [9] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [8] Hampshire Regiment [7] Rifle Brigade [7] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [7] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [7] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [6] HMS Ajax [6] HMS LION [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Coldstream Guards [5] HMS Erin [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [5] Welsh Regiment [5] 3rd Hussars [4] Durham Light Infantry [4] HMS Monmouth [4] HMS Vivid II [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] 1/1st North Somerset Yeomanry [3] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Indian Army [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [3] Royal Air Force [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] 75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Border Regiment [2]

Service

Royal Navy [798] British Army [494] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [381] Canadian Expeditionary Force [21] Australian Imperial Force [6] Other Empire Force [5] Indian Army [3] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Canadian Navy [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [199] H [190] C [171] S [163] P [145] W [130] M [124] G [82] D [81] L [72] R [72] T [67] F [62] N [49] A [48] K [35] J [34] E [31] O [18] V [16] I [7] Y [7] U [3] Q [1] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1635] Merchant Navy [112]

Country

United Kingdom [130] Australia [1] China [1] South Africa [1]

William James Yeatman

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 20506 Private Somerset Light Infantry 6th Battalion

British Army 20506 Private Somerset Light Infantry 3rd Battalion

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Frederick Carey Stakeley Samborne-Palmer

Born 1869

Died 1950

Indian Army Captain 13th Rajputs (The Shekhawati Regiment)

Indian Army Major 13th Rajputs (The Shekhawati Regiment)

Indian Army Lieutenant Colonel 8th Rajputs

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Walter Henry Hodges

Born 1882

Died 1933

British Army 14557 Corporal Army Cyclist Corps

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Stanley Cyril Hunt

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 38008 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 201464 Private 7th Battalion, Tank Corps

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Percy Shrapnell

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 306640 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 306640 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2/7th

British Army 4906 or 306640 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 3/8th

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Benjamin Charles Denning

Born 1866

Died 1929

British Army 395 Private Welsh Regiment

British Army 15165 Sergeant Welsh Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army 15165 Company Serjeant Major Welsh Regiment attached British West Indies Regiment attached 4th Battalion

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Herbert Walter Sants

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 10516 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery attached Army Ordnance Corps

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Theodore Allan William Parsons

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 137070

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Herbert George Flint

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 12890 South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 75889 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 9th Battalion

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Roy Leslie Box

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 765 Sapper London Engineers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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William James Mitchell

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 21873 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Harold Percy Lee

Born 1897

Died 1921

British Army 201620 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Anson Lloyd Silvester

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment

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Ernest James Tancock

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 13601 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 13601 Acting Corporal Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st/4th (Territorial) Battalion.

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Leonard Thomas Malin

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 15166 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 15116 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 1st.Battalion.

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Ernest Giles Denman

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 278931

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Percy Weeks

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 147944

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Roger Alvin Poore

Born 1870

Died 1917

British Army Major Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

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Claude Eustace Chetwynd Talbot

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Somerset Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) 6th Battalion

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Alfred Snow

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 2022 Engineer Clerk/Quarter Master Serjeant Royal Engineers

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