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Wiveliscombe, Somerset [55]

Carding's Farm Wiveliscombe, Somerset [1]

Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England [1]

Wiveliscombe, Taunton, Somerset [1]

Rank

Private [25]

Corporal [3]

Driver [2]

Gunner [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major [2]

Serjeant [2]

Acting Chief Yeoman of Signals [1]

Boy First Class [1]

Captain [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Sapper [1]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Somerset Light Infantry [15]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

West Somerset Yeomanry [2]

Wiltshire Regiment [2]

103rd Mahratta Light Infantry [1]

8th Division Artillery Column Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

HMS Castor [1]

HMS Defiance [1]

HMS Goliath [1]

HMS Niobe [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Infantry [1]

Machine Gun Company [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

South Wales Borderers Depot [1]

The Oxfordshire Light Infantry [1]

Twelfth Destroyer Flotilla [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

unknown Jutland ship [1]

Service

British Army [33]

Royal Navy [14]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [6]

C [6]

G [6]

S [6]

H [5]

R [5]

T [5]

K [4]

W [4]

P [3]

V [3]

M [2]

D [1]

F [1]

N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [52]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

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People [58] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Wiveliscombe, Somerset [55] Carding's Farm Wiveliscombe, Somerset [1] Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England [1] Wiveliscombe, Taunton, Somerset [1]

Rank

Private [25] Corporal [3] Driver [2] Gunner [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major [2] Serjeant [2] Acting Chief Yeoman of Signals [1] Boy First Class [1] Captain [1] Petty Officer [1] Sapper [1] Shoeing Smith Corporal [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Somerset Light Infantry [15] Royal Field Artillery [4] Army Service Corps [3] Devonshire Regiment [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] South Wales Borderers [2] West Somerset Yeomanry [2] Wiltshire Regiment [2] 103rd Mahratta Light Infantry [1] 8th Division Artillery Column Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] HMS Castor [1] HMS Defiance [1] HMS Goliath [1] HMS Niobe [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Infantry [1] Machine Gun Company [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] South Wales Borderers Depot [1] The Oxfordshire Light Infantry [1] Twelfth Destroyer Flotilla [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1] unknown Jutland ship [1]

Service

British Army [33] Royal Navy [14] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [6] C [6] G [6] S [6] H [5] R [5] T [5] K [4] W [4] P [3] V [3] M [2] D [1] F [1] N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [52] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

Ought Thorne

Born 1881

Died 1944

Indian Army Major 103rd Mahratta Light Infantry

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Benjamin Collard

Born 1884

Died 1952

British Army 9240 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Frederick Greedy

Born 1883

Royal Navy 299209

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Henry John Stone

Born 1881

Royal Navy 203405

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Herbert William Stone

Born 1882

Royal Navy 203154

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Frank Besley

Born 1895

Royal Navy K21513

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John Smith

Born 1885

Royal Navy SS532

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Sidney William Slocombe

Born 1893

British Army 992 Private West Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 295162 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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William Henry Conibere

Born 1888

British Army 1906 Corporal West Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 295497 Corporal Somerset Light Infantry

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William James Vickery

Born 1885

British Army M2/223311 Private Army Service Corps

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Clifford Turner

Born 1897

Royal Navy J21671

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Frederick George Winter

Born 1900

Royal Navy J52973

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John Richard Rich

Born 1881

Royal Navy 297522

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Fred Howell

Born 1881

Royal Navy 203406

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John Besley

Born 1885

Royal Navy 219871

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Albert Tarr

Born 1884

British Army 36294 Shoeing Smith Corporal Royal Field Artillery

British Army 36294 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 1044711 Staff Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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Pollie Baker

Born 1885

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Sydney Trewick

Born 1882

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