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Crewkerne, Somerset [203]

Crewkerne, Somerset, England [4]

Clapton, Crewkerne, Somerset [1]

Crewkerne,Chard,Somerset. [1]

Haselbury, Crewkerne, Somerset [1]

Lopen, Crewkerne, Somerset [1]

Merriott, Crewkerne, Somerset [1]

Misterne, Crewkerne, Somerset [1]

Near Crewkerne, Somerset [1]

West Chinnock, Crewkerne, Somerset [1]

West Crewkerne, Somerset [1]

Yeabridge, Crewkerne, Somerset [1]

Rank

Private [75]

Gunner [6]

Corporal [5]

Serjeant [5]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Able Seaman [2]

Driver [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Captain [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Carpenter's Crew [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Pilot [1]

Rifleman [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Telegraphist [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Somerset Light Infantry [35]

Dorsetshire Regiment [7]

London Regiment [5]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Labour Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

West Somerset Yeomanry [2]

5th Dragoon Guards [1]

5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) [1]

CHeshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Field Artillery [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Dorset Yeomanry [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

HMS Albion [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS Cornwallis [1]

HMS Edgar [1]

HMS Hercules [1]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1]

HMS LION [1]

HMS Monmouth [1]

HMS Prince George [1]

HMS THUNDERER [1]

HMS TIGER [1]

HMS VALIANT [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles) [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS IRON DUKE [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [92]

Royal Navy [86]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [33]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

H [23]

P [21]

B [20]

C [19]

S [19]

L [17]

T [17]

D [16]

G [10]

R [10]

W [10]

E [9]

M [7]

A [4]

J [4]

F [3]

K [2]

N [2]

Y [2]

O [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [208]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

Egypt [1]

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People [217] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Crewkerne, Somerset [203] Crewkerne, Somerset, England [4] Clapton, Crewkerne, Somerset [1] Crewkerne,Chard,Somerset. [1] Haselbury, Crewkerne, Somerset [1] Lopen, Crewkerne, Somerset [1] Merriott, Crewkerne, Somerset [1] Misterne, Crewkerne, Somerset [1] Near Crewkerne, Somerset [1] West Chinnock, Crewkerne, Somerset [1] West Crewkerne, Somerset [1] Yeabridge, Crewkerne, Somerset [1]

Rank

Private [75] Gunner [6] Corporal [5] Serjeant [5] Second Lieutenant [4] Able Seaman [2] Driver [2] Lance Corporal [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Acting Corporal [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Captain [1] Deck Hand [1] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Carpenter's Crew [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Pilot [1] Rifleman [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Telegraphist [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Somerset Light Infantry [35] Dorsetshire Regiment [7] London Regiment [5] Devonshire Regiment [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Welsh Regiment [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Labour Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] South Wales Borderers [2] West Somerset Yeomanry [2] 5th Dragoon Guards [1] 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) [1] CHeshire Regiment [1] Canadian Field Artillery [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Dorset Yeomanry [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] HMS Albion [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS Cornwallis [1] HMS Edgar [1] HMS Hercules [1] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1] HMS LION [1] HMS Monmouth [1] HMS Prince George [1] HMS THUNDERER [1] HMS TIGER [1] HMS VALIANT [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles) [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS IRON DUKE [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [92] Royal Navy [86] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [33] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

H [23] P [21] B [20] C [19] S [19] L [17] T [17] D [16] G [10] R [10] W [10] E [9] M [7] A [4] J [4] F [3] K [2] N [2] Y [2] O [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [208] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [9] Egypt [1]

Rowley Frederick Beament

Born 1900

Royal Navy SS124656

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Leonard George Champion

Born 1901

Royal Navy SS124603

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George Pattemore

Born 1886

Royal Navy 217489

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Horace Vincent Bargery

Born 1886

Royal Navy 217435

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Frank Charles William Burridge

Born 1897

Royal Navy J22305 Telegraphist HMS THUNDERER

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Isaiah William Purchase Sparrock

Born 1890

Royal Navy 239836 Leading Seaman HMS LION

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Leonard Wills

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 4392

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Frank Ash

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 405411

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Ernest George Scriven

Born 1890

Died 1914

Royal Navy M2881 Leading Carpenter's Crew HMS Monmouth

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Thomas Charles Shiner

Born 1894

Royal Navy 13286 Royal Marine Artillery

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Frank Arthur Samson

Born 1895

Royal Navy 13246 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery - HMS IRON DUKE

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George Greenham

Born 1891

Died 1916

Royal Navy K9486 Stoker 1st Class HMS INDEFATIGABLE

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Walter Sweet

Born 1896

Royal Navy 14595 Royal Marine Artillery

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Fredrick Thomas Johnson

Born 1894

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Charles Druce

Born 1870

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John Henry Roy Faulkner

Born 1902

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Alfred Bishop

Born 1901

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