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Pill, Somerset, England [26]

Pill, Somerset [20]

Pill,Somerset. [2]

Pill, Pawlett, Somerset [1]

Pill, near Bristol, Somerset [1]

Rank

Private [10]

Able Seaman [2]

Chief Officer [1]

Engine Room Artificer [1]

Fireman [1]

Guardsman [1]

Gunner [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Sapper [1]

Second Mate [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Unit

Mercantile Marine [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1]

Mercantile Navy - HMHS 'Llandovery Castle' (London) [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Irish Regiment [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1]

Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Vivid [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Somerset Light Infantry [1]

Welsh Guards [1]

Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [14]

Royal Navy [8]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

P [8]

B [6]

R [6]

H [4]

S [4]

C [3]

W [3]

D [2]

F [2]

G [2]

T [2]

Y [2]

J [1]

K [1]

L [1]

M [1]

O [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [27]

Military Service [17]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

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People [50] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Pill, Somerset, England [26] Pill, Somerset [20] Pill,Somerset. [2] Pill, Pawlett, Somerset [1] Pill, near Bristol, Somerset [1]

Rank

Private [10] Able Seaman [2] Chief Officer [1] Engine Room Artificer [1] Fireman [1] Guardsman [1] Gunner [1] Lance Corporal [1] Leading Stoker [1] Sapper [1] Second Mate [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant [1] Shoeing Smith [1]

Unit

Mercantile Marine [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Army Service Corps [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Hampshire Regiment [1] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1] Mercantile Navy - HMHS 'Llandovery Castle' (London) [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Irish Regiment [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1] Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Vivid [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] Somerset Light Infantry [1] Welsh Guards [1] Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [14] Royal Navy [8] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

P [8] B [6] R [6] H [4] S [4] C [3] W [3] D [2] F [2] G [2] T [2] Y [2] J [1] K [1] L [1] M [1] O [1] V [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [27] Military Service [17]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

Walter Frederick Webb

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 86557 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Stephen Clement Jones

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 804 Private Royal Irish Regiment

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William Thomas Hunt

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 25217 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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James Travis B Aka Travis Rugman

Born 1888

Died 1966

British Army Petrol/210082 Private Army Service Corps

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James Cox Buck

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 11100 Lance Corporal Somerset Light Infantry 7th Battalion

British Army 11100 Serjeant Somerset Light Infantry 7th Battalion

British Army 11100 Serjeant Somerset Light Infantry

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Maurice Edward James Paines

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 20706 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 242502 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Ernest Alfred Knight

Died 1918

British Army 51824 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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John Anthony Oram

Born 1889

Died 1916

Royal Navy Chief Officer Mercantile Marine

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George Maclacklin Carey

Born 1898

Died 1918

Royal Navy Able Seaman Mercantile Marine HMHS Llandovery Castle

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John Leslie Burnett Reed

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 5353 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Josiah Mitchell

Born 1891

Died 1917

Royal Navy 2012 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division 1st RM Battalion

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John Herbert Buck

Born 1895

Died 1917

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Hubert James Selway

Born 1895

Died 1918

Royal Navy Second Mate Mercantile Marine S.S. "Excellence Pleske" (London)

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Thomas William Job Paines

Born 1893

Died 1918

Royal Navy Able Seaman Mercantile Marine

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Walter Ernest Pearce

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 1223 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 496231 Sergeant Royal Engineers

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Ernest Henry Purnell

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 6716 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 202439 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Edward Rowland Blewett

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 25954

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Frederick Harry Fry

Born 1885

Died 1914

Royal Navy 1048/EA Engine Room Artificer Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 1048/EA Engine Room Artificer Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Vivid

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Robert James Rich

Born 1868

Died 1915

Royal Navy 819 U Leading Stoker Royal Naval Reserve HMS Majestic

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William John Crane

Born 1876

Died 1918

British Army TS-8710 Shoeing Smith Army Service Corps

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