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Taunton, Somerset [863]

Stoke St Gregory, Taunton, Somerset [6]

Taunton,Somerset [3]

Taunton,Somerset. [3]

Bickenhall, Taunton, Somerset [2]

Hatch Beauchamp, Taunton, Somerset [2]

Milverton, Taunton, Somerset [2]

Near Taunton, Somerset [2]

Norton Fitzwarren, Taunton, Somerset [2]

Pitminster, Taunton, Somerset [2]

Taunton, Somerset, England [2]

Trull, Taunton, Somerset [2]

West Hatch, Taunton, Somerset [2]

(Ruishton) Taunton, Somerset [1]

Axbridge, Taunton, Somerset [1]

Bathpool, Taunton, Somerset [1]

Bishop Hull, Taunton, Somerset [1]

Bishop Hull, Taunton, Somerset, England [1]

Bishop's Hull, Taunton, Somerset [1]

Bishops Hull, Taunton, Somerset, England [1]

Bishops Lydeard, Taunton, Somerset [1]

Bridgwater, Taunton, Somerset [1]

Bruham, Taunton, Somerset [1]

Buckland St Mary, Taunton, Somerset [1]

Burnham on Sea, Taunton, Somerset [1]

Chard, Taunton, Somerset [1]

Charlton Mackrell, nr Taunton, Somerset [1]

Clevedon, Taunton, Somerset [1]

Corfe, Taunton, Somerset [1]

Curry Mallet, Taunton, Somerset [1]

Dulverton, Taunton, Somerset [1]

Durston, Taunton, Somerset [1]

Fulford, Kingston, Taunton, Somerset [1]

Galmington Taunton, Somerset [1]

Galmington, Taunton, Somerset [1]

Keinton Mandeville, Taunton, Somerset [1]

Langport, Taunton, Somerset [1]

Lyng, near Taunton Somerset [1]

Melody Buildings, Taunton, Somerset [1]

Monkton House, Taunton, Somerset [1]

North Curry, Taunton, Somerset [1]

Nr Taunton, Somerset [1]

Oake Taunton, Somerset [1]

Queen Street, Taunton, Somerset, England [1]

Saint Marys Taunton, Somerset [1]

Saverys Court, St James Street, Taunton, Somerset [1]

Shepton Mallet, Taunton, Somerset [1]

Somerton, Taunton, Somerset [1]

St James Taunton, Somerset [1]

St James, Taunton, Somerset [1]

Rank

Private [208]

Second Lieutenant [29]

Lance Corporal [19]

Gunner [17]

Captain [16]

Serjeant [16]

Able Seaman [14]

Lieutenant [14]

Corporal [13]

Stoker 1st Class [12]

Sapper [11]

Driver [9]

Acting Serjeant [8]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Boy 1st Class [6]

Stoker 2nd Class [6]

Leading Stoker [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Boy 2nd Class [4]

Deck Hand [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Major [4]

Bugler [3]

Corporal 2nd [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Rifleman [3]

3rd Writer [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Acting Leading Stoker [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Kitchen Helper [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

2nd Sick Berth Stewart [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Battery Sergeant Major [1]

Boatman [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy Sailor [1]

Captain Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Unit

Somerset Light Infantry [112]

Royal Engineers [25]

West Somerset Yeomanry [25]

Devonshire Regiment [19]

Army Service Corps [15]

Gloucestershire Regiment [14]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Royal Field Artillery [10]

Canadian Infantry [7]

Labour Corps [7]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Royal Naval Reserve [6]

London Regiment [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Dorsetshire Regiment [4]

HMS Ajax [4]

HMS BELLEROPHON [4]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [4]

South Wales Borderers [4]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4]

Coldstream Guards [3]

HMS BENBOW [3]

HMS Defence [3]

HMS Impregnable [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Hussars [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Voluntary Aid Detatchment [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

Wiltshire Regiment [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Canadian Field Artillery [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

HMS Conqueror [2]

HMS DEFENCE [2]

HMS Hindustan [2]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [2]

HMS Indefatigable [2]

HMS Isis [2]

Service

Royal Navy [436]

British Army [316]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [169]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [18]

Other Empire Force [6]

Australian Imperial Force [5]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [124]

C [113]

S [98]

H [89]

P [55]

W [55]

M [54]

D [50]

G [47]

R [46]

T [43]

L [36]

A [28]

F [27]

V [18]

E [14]

J [13]

N [12]

O [8]

K [6]

Q [4]

Y [3]

Contribution

Military Service [892]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [75]

Malta [1]

South Africa [1]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

Zimbabwe [1]

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Place of birth

Taunton, Somerset [863] Stoke St Gregory, Taunton, Somerset [6] Taunton,Somerset [3] Taunton,Somerset. [3] Bickenhall, Taunton, Somerset [2] Hatch Beauchamp, Taunton, Somerset [2] Milverton, Taunton, Somerset [2] Near Taunton, Somerset [2] Norton Fitzwarren, Taunton, Somerset [2] Pitminster, Taunton, Somerset [2] Taunton, Somerset, England [2] Trull, Taunton, Somerset [2] West Hatch, Taunton, Somerset [2] (Ruishton) Taunton, Somerset [1] Axbridge, Taunton, Somerset [1] Bathpool, Taunton, Somerset [1] Bishop Hull, Taunton, Somerset [1] Bishop Hull, Taunton, Somerset, England [1] Bishop's Hull, Taunton, Somerset [1] Bishops Hull, Taunton, Somerset, England [1] Bishops Lydeard, Taunton, Somerset [1] Bridgwater, Taunton, Somerset [1] Bruham, Taunton, Somerset [1] Buckland St Mary, Taunton, Somerset [1] Burnham on Sea, Taunton, Somerset [1] Chard, Taunton, Somerset [1] Charlton Mackrell, nr Taunton, Somerset [1] Clevedon, Taunton, Somerset [1] Corfe, Taunton, Somerset [1] Curry Mallet, Taunton, Somerset [1] Dulverton, Taunton, Somerset [1] Durston, Taunton, Somerset [1] Fulford, Kingston, Taunton, Somerset [1] Galmington Taunton, Somerset [1] Galmington, Taunton, Somerset [1] Keinton Mandeville, Taunton, Somerset [1] Langport, Taunton, Somerset [1] Lyng, near Taunton Somerset [1] Melody Buildings, Taunton, Somerset [1] Monkton House, Taunton, Somerset [1] North Curry, Taunton, Somerset [1] Nr Taunton, Somerset [1] Oake Taunton, Somerset [1] Queen Street, Taunton, Somerset, England [1] Saint Marys Taunton, Somerset [1] Saverys Court, St James Street, Taunton, Somerset [1] Shepton Mallet, Taunton, Somerset [1] Somerton, Taunton, Somerset [1] St James Taunton, Somerset [1] St James, Taunton, Somerset [1]

Rank

Private [208] Second Lieutenant [29] Lance Corporal [19] Gunner [17] Captain [16] Serjeant [16] Able Seaman [14] Lieutenant [14] Corporal [13] Stoker 1st Class [12] Sapper [11] Driver [9] Acting Serjeant [8] Ordinary Seaman [7] Boy 1st Class [6] Stoker 2nd Class [6] Leading Stoker [5] Acting Corporal [4] Boy 2nd Class [4] Deck Hand [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Major [4] Bugler [3] Corporal 2nd [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Rifleman [3] 3rd Writer [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Acting Leading Stoker [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Brigadier General [2] Kitchen Helper [2] Leading Seaman [2] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] 2nd Sick Berth Stewart [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Battery Sergeant Major [1] Boatman [1] Bombardier [1] Boy Sailor [1] Captain Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Carpenter's Crew [1]

Unit

Somerset Light Infantry [112] Royal Engineers [25] West Somerset Yeomanry [25] Devonshire Regiment [19] Army Service Corps [15] Gloucestershire Regiment [14] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Royal Field Artillery [10] Canadian Infantry [7] Labour Corps [7] Machine Gun Corps [7] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Royal Naval Reserve [6] London Regiment [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Dorsetshire Regiment [4] HMS Ajax [4] HMS BELLEROPHON [4] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [4] South Wales Borderers [4] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4] Coldstream Guards [3] HMS BENBOW [3] HMS Defence [3] HMS Impregnable [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Hussars [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Voluntary Aid Detatchment [3] Welsh Regiment [3] Wiltshire Regiment [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Canadian Field Artillery [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [2] Grenadier Guards [2] HMS Conqueror [2] HMS DEFENCE [2] HMS Hindustan [2] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [2] HMS Indefatigable [2] HMS Isis [2]

Service

Royal Navy [436] British Army [316] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [169] Canadian Expeditionary Force [18] Other Empire Force [6] Australian Imperial Force [5] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [124] C [113] S [98] H [89] P [55] W [55] M [54] D [50] G [47] R [46] T [43] L [36] A [28] F [27] V [18] E [14] J [13] N [12] O [8] K [6] Q [4] Y [3]

Contribution

Military Service [892] Conscientious Objector [2] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [75] Malta [1] South Africa [1] Trinidad and Tobago [1] Zimbabwe [1]

James Burton Scarlett

Born 1897

Died 1952

British Army 4587 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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William Henry Coles

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army 3/6503 Serjeant Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 3/6503 Serjeant Somerset Light Infantry 1st Btn

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Gilbert Lowman

Born 1892

Died 1967

Royal Navy J3341 Able Seaman

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John Richard Barton Nicholas Hole

Born 1885

Died 1917

Royal Navy 1532 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

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Harry Morse

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 128391 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 50th Siege Battery

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Albert Henry Adams

Born 1889

Died 1916

Royal Navy K5622

Royal Navy K5622 Stoker 1st Class HMS Defence

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Frank Sealey

Born 1884

Died 1914

British Army 7341 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Edgar James D Allum

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 41875 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Harry James Martin

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 1141

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Alec Henry Budd How

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 20115 Private Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 13696 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 25th Company

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Archibald Simeon Quick

Born 1896

Died 1978

British Army 27621 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Robert Alfred Stansell

Born 1879

Died 1968

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 212724

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George Woollen Fry

Born 1868

Died 1949

British Army Captain Gloucestershire Regiment 8th battalion gloucest Battalion

British Army 2687

British Army Captain Royal Gloucestershire 2nd Battalion

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Samuel Benham

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 3331 Private Coldstream Guards

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Wallace Baker

Born 1891

Died 1959

British Army 1200 Private West Somerset Yeomanry

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 408953 Air Mechanic 1st Class

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Walter Ernest Squire

Born 1879

Died 1935

British Army Lieutenant and Quartermaster Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Major Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Staff Sergeant Royal Army Medical Corps

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Caroline Hannah Salway, Later Vickery

Born 1869

Died 1945

Other Empire Force Kitchen Helper Voluntary Aid Detatchment Red Cross Hospital, Priory School, Taunton

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Herbert Robert Holcombe

Born 1869

Died 1920

British Army 37279 Royal Field Artillery

British Army 28088 Battery Sergeant Major Royal Field Artillery 55th Brigade

British Army 63029 Gunner Royal Artillery

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Charles Albert Cornish

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army 7005 Lance Corporal Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 7005 Lance Corporal Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Ernest James Burge

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 13956 Private Devonshire Regiment

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