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Weston-super-Mare, Somerset [124]

Weston Super Mare, Somerset [113]

Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset [47]

Weston super Mare, Somerset [42]

Weston Super Mare, Somerset, England [30]

Worle, Weston Super Mare, Somerset [4]

Milton, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset [2]

Weston-super-mare, Somerset [2]

Banwell, Weston Super Mare, Somerset [1]

Batheaston, Weston Super Mare, Somerset [1]

Bleadon, Weston Super Mare, Somerset [1]

Kewstoke, Weston Super Mare, Somerset [1]

Lympsham, Weston Super Mare, Somerset [1]

Near Weston super Mare, Somerset [1]

Rowberrow, Weston Super Mare, Somerset [1]

Shipham, Weston Super Mare, Somerset [1]

St Johns, Weston Super Mare, Somerset [1]

Uphill, Weston Super Mare, Somerset [1]

Wedmore, Weston Super Mare, Somerset [1]

Weston Super Mare Somerset [1]

Weston Super Mare,Axbridge,Somerset. [1]

Weston Super-Mare, Somerset [1]

Weston super Mare,Axbridge,Somerset. [1]

Weston-Super Mare, Somerset [1]

Weston-super Mare, Somerset [1]

Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset [1]

Worle, Weston - Super - Mare, Somerset [1]

Rank

Private [74]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Corporal [8]

Sapper [6]

Serjeant [6]

Lieutenant [5]

Captain [4]

Gunner [4]

Sergeant [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Driver [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Sick Berth Attendant [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Bombardier (Paid) [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Aircraftsman 2nd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Commander [1]

Commander (Retd) [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Drummer [1]

Leading Cook's Mate [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Major [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Ordinary Telegraphist [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Sub-Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Surgeon [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Somerset Light Infantry [17]

Gloucestershire Regiment [15]

Royal Engineers [6]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

South Wales Borderers [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

HMS LION [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

North Somerset Yeomanry [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Dragoon Guards [2]

HMS BELLEROPHON [2]

HMS DEFENCE [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2]

Wiltshire Regiment [2]

380th Home Service Labour Company, Labour Corps [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Australian Volunteers Hospital [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Corps of Dragoons [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

General List [1]

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

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

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

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

HMS ACTIVE [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS Castor [1]

HMS HYDRA [1]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1]

HMS LAFOREY [1]

HMS New Zealand [1]

HMS Nottingham [1]

HMS Orion [1]

Service

Royal Navy [172]

British Army [102]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [79]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [47]

H [41]

C [35]

P [34]

W [34]

L [30]

S [21]

M [20]

T [18]

D [17]

G [15]

F [14]

R [14]

J [12]

A [9]

E [7]

N [5]

U [3]

K [2]

O [2]

I [1]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [340]

Merchant Navy [30]

Country

United Kingdom [23]

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Place of birth

Weston-super-Mare, Somerset [124] Weston Super Mare, Somerset [113] Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset [47] Weston super Mare, Somerset [42] Weston Super Mare, Somerset, England [30] Worle, Weston Super Mare, Somerset [4] Milton, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset [2] Weston-super-mare, Somerset [2] Banwell, Weston Super Mare, Somerset [1] Batheaston, Weston Super Mare, Somerset [1] Bleadon, Weston Super Mare, Somerset [1] Kewstoke, Weston Super Mare, Somerset [1] Lympsham, Weston Super Mare, Somerset [1] Near Weston super Mare, Somerset [1] Rowberrow, Weston Super Mare, Somerset [1] Shipham, Weston Super Mare, Somerset [1] St Johns, Weston Super Mare, Somerset [1] Uphill, Weston Super Mare, Somerset [1] Wedmore, Weston Super Mare, Somerset [1] Weston Super Mare Somerset [1] Weston Super Mare,Axbridge,Somerset. [1] Weston Super-Mare, Somerset [1] Weston super Mare,Axbridge,Somerset. [1] Weston-Super Mare, Somerset [1] Weston-super Mare, Somerset [1] Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset [1] Worle, Weston - Super - Mare, Somerset [1]

Rank

Private [74] Second Lieutenant [9] Corporal [8] Sapper [6] Serjeant [6] Lieutenant [5] Captain [4] Gunner [4] Sergeant [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Able Seaman [3] Driver [3] Lance Corporal [3] Leading Stoker [3] Lance Serjeant [2] Leading Seaman [2] Sick Berth Attendant [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Bombardier (Paid) [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Aircraftsman 2nd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Brevet Major [1] Commander [1] Commander (Retd) [1] Cook's Mate [1] Deck Hand [1] Drummer [1] Leading Cook's Mate [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Major [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Ordinary Telegraphist [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Rifleman [1] Sub-Lieutenant [1] Sub-Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Surgeon [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Somerset Light Infantry [17] Gloucestershire Regiment [15] Royal Engineers [6] Royal Field Artillery [6] Army Service Corps [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] South Wales Borderers [5] Canadian Infantry [4] HMS LION [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] North Somerset Yeomanry [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Coldstream Guards [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] Welsh Regiment [3] Cheshire Regiment [2] Dragoon Guards [2] HMS BELLEROPHON [2] HMS DEFENCE [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2] Wiltshire Regiment [2] 380th Home Service Labour Company, Labour Corps [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Australian Volunteers Hospital [1] Border Regiment [1] Corps of Dragoons [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] General List [1] H.M. H.S. "China" [1] H.M.S. "Avon" [1] H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] H.M.S. "Victory." [1] HMS ACTIVE [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS Castor [1] HMS HYDRA [1] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1] HMS LAFOREY [1] HMS New Zealand [1] HMS Nottingham [1] HMS Orion [1]

Service

Royal Navy [172] British Army [102] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [79] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [47] H [41] C [35] P [34] W [34] L [30] S [21] M [20] T [18] D [17] G [15] F [14] R [14] J [12] A [9] E [7] N [5] U [3] K [2] O [2] I [1] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [340] Merchant Navy [30]

Country

United Kingdom [23]

Wellesley Tudor Pole

Born 1884

Died 1968

British Army Second Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment

British Army Major General List

Royal Navy Ply1711S Major Royal Marine Light Infantry Plymouth Division Short Service

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Hubert Somerset Aston

Born 1885

Died 1928

British Army Second Lieutenant Wiltshire Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 2602 TF Private Gloucestershire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army Sergeant Gloucestershire Regiment 6th Battalion

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John Charles Lewis

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 13434 Sapper Royal Engineers

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John Clapp

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army 9654 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9654 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Arthur Leonard Palmer

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 305907 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/8th Territorial Battalion.

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Frank Seymour Bradshaw

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army Captain Somerset Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant The Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry)

British Army Lieutenant The Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) 1st Battalion

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Herbert Pomeroy Cox

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army 2089 Private London Regiment 1/16th lond Battalion

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Reginald Arthur Davis

Born 1896

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 13532 Air Mechanic 1st Class

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William Alister Flower

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army DM2/179282 Private Army Service Corps

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Thomas Blackhurst Willacy

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 15172 Private Liverpool Regiment 17th King's (Liverpool) Regiment - 1st Liverpool Pals

British Army 15172 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Tom Harvey

Born 1871

Died 1917

British Army 5837 Sergeant Royal Defence Corps

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Edward Mackenzie Young

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 57473 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 2nd Btn

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Charles Lake

Born 1865

Died 1916

British Army 26970 Sergeant Royal Army Medical Corps 9th Coy. (Colchester)

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William Harry Henderson

Born 1899

Died 1917

British Army 26392 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 5th (Reserve) Battalion-Territorial.

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Frederick Henry Norvill

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 26057 Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Frederick William Fletcher

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 35917

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Conrad Ivan Lillington

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Somerset Light Infantry

British Army Private Somerset Light Infantry 4th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Somerset Light Infantry

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John George Woollacott

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 21950

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Harry Hooper

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 165904

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Frederick Hubert Pearce

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190711

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