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Frome, Somerset [389]

Frome, Somerset, England [21]

Near Frome, Somerset [3]

East Woodlands, Frome, Somerset [2]

Frome Somerset [2]

Chantry, Frome, Somerset [1]

Frome,Somerset. [1]

Hemington, Frome, Somerset [1]

Marston Bigott, Frome, Somerset [1]

Marston, Frome, Somerset [1]

Mells near Frome in Somerset [1]

Nunney, Frome, Somerset [1]

Whatley near Frome, Somerset [1]

Woodlands, Frome, Somerset [1]

Rank

Private [65]

Able Seaman [8]

Sapper [8]

Stoker 1st Class [8]

Serjeant [7]

Driver [6]

Gunner [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Corporal [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Guardsman [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Colonel [1]

Colonel (temporary Brigadier General) [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Colour Serjeant/Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Nurse [1]

Orderly [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Pioneer [1]

Pte [1]

Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Second Lieutenant (on probation) [1]

Steward 2nd Class [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Wireman 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Somerset Light Infantry [17]

Royal Engineers [12]

Devonshire Regiment [8]

Wiltshire Regiment [8]

Army Service Corps [5]

Hampshire Regiment [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [3]

Labour Corps [3]

London Regiment [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

HMS New Zealand [2]

HMS THUNDERER [2]

HMS TIGER [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

West Riding Regiment [2]

19th Training Depot Station [1]

Army Auxilliary Corps [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

British Red Cross Society Boulogne Unit No 4 [1]

Canadian Corps [1]

Canadian Corps, 3rd Division [1]

Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1]

Commandant, Rouen Base [1]

Deputy Inspector-General of Communications, BEF France [1]

Devon Regiment [1]

Dorset Regiment [1]

Duke Of Edinburgh's Wiltshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

Gold Coast Regiment [1]

H.M.S. "Vernon" [1]

HMS BENBOW [1]

HMS BROKE [1]

HMS Cressy [1]

HMS Fearless [1]

HMS Goliath [1]

Service

Royal Navy [221]

British Army [102]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [79]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [49]

W [42]

C [39]

M [38]

H [37]

S [37]

P [23]

T [21]

D [20]

L [19]

G [17]

R [15]

A [12]

N [12]

E [11]

F [11]

J [7]

O [5]

K [4]

Y [3]

I [2]

U [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [396]

Merchant Navy [20]

Country

United Kingdom [22]

Canada [1]

Germany [1]

South Africa [1]

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People [426] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Frome, Somerset [389] Frome, Somerset, England [21] Near Frome, Somerset [3] East Woodlands, Frome, Somerset [2] Frome Somerset [2] Chantry, Frome, Somerset [1] Frome,Somerset. [1] Hemington, Frome, Somerset [1] Marston Bigott, Frome, Somerset [1] Marston, Frome, Somerset [1] Mells near Frome in Somerset [1] Nunney, Frome, Somerset [1] Whatley near Frome, Somerset [1] Woodlands, Frome, Somerset [1]

Rank

Private [65] Able Seaman [8] Sapper [8] Stoker 1st Class [8] Serjeant [7] Driver [6] Gunner [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Corporal [3] Lance Corporal [3] Boy 1st Class [2] Guardsman [2] Leading Stoker [2] Lieutenant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major [2] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Brigadier General [1] Chief Stoker [1] Colonel [1] Colonel (temporary Brigadier General) [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Colour Serjeant/Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Cook's Mate [1] Deck Hand [1] Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Leading Seaman [1] Nurse [1] Orderly [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Pioneer [1] Pte [1] Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Second Lieutenant (on probation) [1] Steward 2nd Class [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Wireman 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Somerset Light Infantry [17] Royal Engineers [12] Devonshire Regiment [8] Wiltshire Regiment [8] Army Service Corps [5] Hampshire Regiment [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] Royal Field Artillery [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Grenadier Guards [3] HMS COLLINGWOOD [3] Labour Corps [3] London Regiment [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Welsh Regiment [3] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] HMS New Zealand [2] HMS THUNDERER [2] HMS TIGER [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] West Riding Regiment [2] 19th Training Depot Station [1] Army Auxilliary Corps [1] British Red Cross Society [1] British Red Cross Society Boulogne Unit No 4 [1] Canadian Corps [1] Canadian Corps, 3rd Division [1] Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1] Commandant, Rouen Base [1] Deputy Inspector-General of Communications, BEF France [1] Devon Regiment [1] Dorset Regiment [1] Duke Of Edinburgh's Wiltshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] Gold Coast Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Vernon" [1] HMS BENBOW [1] HMS BROKE [1] HMS Cressy [1] HMS Fearless [1] HMS Goliath [1]

Service

Royal Navy [221] British Army [102] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [79] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [49] W [42] C [39] M [38] H [37] S [37] P [23] T [21] D [20] L [19] G [17] R [15] A [12] N [12] E [11] F [11] J [7] O [5] K [4] Y [3] I [2] U [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [396] Merchant Navy [20]

Country

United Kingdom [22] Canada [1] Germany [1] South Africa [1]

Percy William Ledbury

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 206711

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Sidney Herbert Watts

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 60488

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Albert Charles Davis

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 3/9137 Private Wiltshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 3/9137 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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Herbert Russell Greenland

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 7687 Private Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 37963 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 39808 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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William Coombs

Born 1887

Died 1967

British Army 7667 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Sidney Charles Williams

Died 1918

British Army 30995 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Arthur Stanley Dowling

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army 7339 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st Btn

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Arthur Tucker Rowland

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 59175 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army GS/85244 Private London Regiment

British Army GS/85244 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Frank Hunt

Died 1917

British Army 110250 Private Tank Corps

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Herbert Frank Miller

Born 1896

Died 1914

British Army 3/6691 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Arthur Clem

Died 1921

British Army 55467 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 103870 Private Labour Corps

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Thomas Charles Witcombe

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 20431 Private Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 33683 Devon Regiment

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Edgar James Wilcox

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 2630 Driver Royal Engineers

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Joseph Pickford

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 18121 Private Welsh Regiment 13th Btn

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Benjamin Charles White

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 1938 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 456066 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 231st Field Amb

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Robert B Tucker

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 242927 Private West Riding Regiment

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Frederick Arthur Woodland

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 201979 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Arnold Edgar Payne

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army T/4/237985 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army 128567 Driver Machine Gun Corps

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Lawrence Henry Hillman

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 221456

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Crispin William Happerfield

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 233811

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