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Minehead, Somerset [178]

Minehead, Somerset, England [17]

Carhampton, Minehead, Somerset [1]

Minehead, Bridgwater, Somerset [1]

Minehead, Wellington, Somerset [1]

Withycombe, Minehead, Somerset [1]

Rank

Private [95]

Able Seaman [6]

Serjeant [6]

Corporal [5]

Lance Corporal [5]

Lieutenant [3]

Sapper [3]

Gunner [2]

Seaman [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

1st Class Stoker [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Chief Boatswain [1]

Commander (Retired) [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Cook [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Mate [1]

Midshipman [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Surgeon Lieutenant [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

Somerset Light Infantry [41]

Army Service Corps [31]

Royal Naval Division [7]

Royal Engineers [6]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

West Somerset Yeomanry [4]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Merchant Navy [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Australian Light Horse [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

HMS Brisk [1]

HMS Glen Usk [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

HMS Magdala [1]

HMS Mischief [1]

Honourable Artillery Company [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

London Regiment [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Mercantile Marine [1]

Mercantile Marine Reserve [1]

Military Mounted Police [1]

Monmouthshire Regiment [1]

North Somerset Yeomanry [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Royal Irish Regiment [1]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

Royal Marine Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1]

Royal Marine Reserve [1]

Royal Naval Division Engineers [1]

Royal North Devonshire Yeomanry [1]

Royal Scots [1]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [112]

Royal Navy [48]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [16]

Other Empire Force [4]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [33]

P [23]

H [18]

C [17]

W [14]

F [13]

M [13]

R [11]

D [10]

S [9]

A [7]

T [6]

J [5]

O [5]

G [4]

K [4]

E [2]

L [2]

N [2]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [147]

Merchant Navy [17]

Country

United Kingdom [22]

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People [199] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Minehead, Somerset [178] Minehead, Somerset, England [17] Carhampton, Minehead, Somerset [1] Minehead, Bridgwater, Somerset [1] Minehead, Wellington, Somerset [1] Withycombe, Minehead, Somerset [1]

Rank

Private [95] Able Seaman [6] Serjeant [6] Corporal [5] Lance Corporal [5] Lieutenant [3] Sapper [3] Gunner [2] Seaman [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] 1st Class Stoker [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Chief Boatswain [1] Commander (Retired) [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Cook [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Mate [1] Midshipman [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Petty Officer [1] Surgeon Lieutenant [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

Somerset Light Infantry [41] Army Service Corps [31] Royal Naval Division [7] Royal Engineers [6] Devonshire Regiment [5] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] West Somerset Yeomanry [4] Coldstream Guards [3] Merchant Navy [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3] Hampshire Regiment [2] Labour Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] South Wales Borderers [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] Australian Light Horse [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Dragoon Guards [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] HMS Brisk [1] HMS Glen Usk [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] HMS Magdala [1] HMS Mischief [1] Honourable Artillery Company [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] London Regiment [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Mercantile Marine [1] Mercantile Marine Reserve [1] Military Mounted Police [1] Monmouthshire Regiment [1] North Somerset Yeomanry [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Horse Artillery [1] Royal Irish Regiment [1] Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] Royal Marine Artillery [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1] Royal Marine Reserve [1] Royal Naval Division Engineers [1] Royal North Devonshire Yeomanry [1] Royal Scots [1] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [112] Royal Navy [48] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [16] Other Empire Force [4] Australian Imperial Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [33] P [23] H [18] C [17] W [14] F [13] M [13] R [11] D [10] S [9] A [7] T [6] J [5] O [5] G [4] K [4] E [2] L [2] N [2] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [147] Merchant Navy [17]

Country

United Kingdom [22]

Frank Scott Willis

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army 6352 Private Coldstream Guards

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Percy Hamlin Beckett

Born 1889

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 821

Australian Imperial Force 806 Trooper Australian Light Horse 8th Btn

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Henry Gooding

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 77917

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Ernest George Watts

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 249649

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Reginald Edmund Pulsford Floyd

Born 1880

Died 1975

British Army West Somerset Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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George Morgan Parsons

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 195562

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Fred Burnett

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 13434 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Henry James Webber

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 27257 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Ronald Burton Whittington

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army R/32960 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Frank Rawle

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 18952 Lance Corporal Somerset Light Infantry 8th Btn

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Frank Nicholas Atwood

Born 1874

Died 1916

British Army 306674 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/8th Territorial Battalion.

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Geoffery Herbert Culverwell

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 1694 Private Devonshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

British Army 1694 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Wilfred George Sparkes

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 407762 Corporal

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Frederick Arthur Webber

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 10258

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Cecil Everard Hobley

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 206078

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Fred Boyles

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 22027 Private Coldstream Guards

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Frew Ferguson Evans

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant South Wales Borderers 8th Btn

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Albert Hopkins

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 32234 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Walter Hopkins

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 13460 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Arthur Moyle Tudball

Born 1893

Died 1920

British Army 2355 Private Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 240736 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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