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Place of birth

Glastonbury, Somerset [106]

Street, Glastonbury, Somerset [3]

Glastonbury, Somerset, England [2]

Ashcott, Glastonbury, Somerset [1]

Butleigh, Glastonbury, Somerset [1]

Glastonbury Somerset [1]

Glastonbury,Somerset [1]

Meare, Glastonbury, Somerset [1]

Pedwell, near Glastonbury, Somerset [1]

St John's Glastonbury, Somerset [1]

Rank

Private [14]

Lance Corporal [4]

Able Seaman [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Captain [2]

Serjeant [2]

Ship's Corporal 1st Class [2]

Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant/Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major (WO Class 2) [1]

Corporal [1]

Driver [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Major [1]

Member [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Probationary Ship's Corporal [1]

Probationary Ship's Corporal 2c [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sapper [1]

Sick Berth Attendant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Unit

Somerset Light Infantry [7]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

53rd Infantry Brigade [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

HM Submarine D5 [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS Defence [1]

HMS Falmouth [1]

HMS Ganges II [1]

HMS Goliath [1]

HMS King Edward VII [1]

HMS Lion [1]

HMS New Zealand [1]

HMS Queen Mary [1]

HMS Royal Sovereign [1]

HMS Vivid I [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment) [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1]

Royal Sussex Regiment [1]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [1]

The Queen's Regiment [1]

Welsh Regiment [1]

West Somerset Yeomanry [1]

Women's Royal Air Force [1]

Worcestershire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [56]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [34]

British Army [24]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

W [17]

C [13]

M [11]

B [9]

H [9]

R [8]

S [8]

D [7]

G [7]

L [6]

P [6]

E [5]

A [3]

F [3]

J [2]

K [2]

O [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [112]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

Yemen [1]

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People [118] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Glastonbury, Somerset [106] Street, Glastonbury, Somerset [3] Glastonbury, Somerset, England [2] Ashcott, Glastonbury, Somerset [1] Butleigh, Glastonbury, Somerset [1] Glastonbury Somerset [1] Glastonbury,Somerset [1] Meare, Glastonbury, Somerset [1] Pedwell, near Glastonbury, Somerset [1] St John's Glastonbury, Somerset [1]

Rank

Private [14] Lance Corporal [4] Able Seaman [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Captain [2] Serjeant [2] Ship's Corporal 1st Class [2] Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Brigadier General [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant/Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major (WO Class 2) [1] Corporal [1] Driver [1] Leading Seaman [1] Major [1] Member [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Probationary Ship's Corporal [1] Probationary Ship's Corporal 2c [1] Rifleman [1] Sapper [1] Sick Berth Attendant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Temporary Major [1]

Unit

Somerset Light Infantry [7] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Labour Corps [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] 53rd Infantry Brigade [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] HM Submarine D5 [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS Defence [1] HMS Falmouth [1] HMS Ganges II [1] HMS Goliath [1] HMS King Edward VII [1] HMS Lion [1] HMS New Zealand [1] HMS Queen Mary [1] HMS Royal Sovereign [1] HMS Vivid I [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment) [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1] Royal Sussex Regiment [1] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [1] The Queen's Regiment [1] Welsh Regiment [1] West Somerset Yeomanry [1] Women's Royal Air Force [1] Worcestershire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [56] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [34] British Army [24] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

W [17] C [13] M [11] B [9] H [9] R [8] S [8] D [7] G [7] L [6] P [6] E [5] A [3] F [3] J [2] K [2] O [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [112] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [5] Yemen [1]

Wallace Carter

Born 1897

Royal Navy K32799

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Harold Wilfred Day Heal

Born 1882

Royal Navy K35660

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Marcel Collrip Dunkerton

Born 1883

Royal Navy K35657

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Alonzo James Porter

Born 1898

Royal Navy K52411

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Anthony Henry Hayter

Born 1901

Royal Navy M27325

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Walter John Eastment

Born 1896

Royal Navy SS5934

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Morris Wills

Born 1891

Royal Navy SS109549

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Handel Read

Born 1891

Royal Navy 239814

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Henry George Hawkins

Born 1882

Royal Navy 298531

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James Mattock

Born 1885

Royal Navy 304228

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William Conduit

Born 1886

Royal Navy 311818

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James Stanley Austin

Born 1890

Royal Navy F5967

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Walter Clifford Look

Born 1899

Royal Navy J71974

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Wilfred Adlam

Born 1891

Royal Navy J1809 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy J1809 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy J1809 Ordinary Seaman HMS King Edward VII

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John Ffitch

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236962

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William Emery

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 291864

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Wilfred Pearce

Born 1900

Died 1990

British Army 26874 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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William Walter Gane

Born 1900

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