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Bath, Somerset [350]

Taunton, Somerset [284]

Bridgwater, Somerset [161]

Minehead, Somerset [135]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [115]

Crewkerne, Somerset [93]

Wellington, Somerset [75]

Frome, Somerset [70]

Weston-super-Mare, Somerset [67]

Shepton Mallet, Somerset [55]

Stoke St Gregory, Somerset [44]

Wells, Somerset [41]

Chard, Somerset [38]

Old Cleeve, Somerset [38]

Langport, Somerset [37]

Westonzoyland, Somerset [37]

Bedminster, Somerset [36]

Clevedon, Somerset [36]

Swindon, Wiltshire [36]

Yeovil, Somerset [36]

Somerton, Somerset [33]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [31]

Middlezoy, Somerset [28]

Winsford, Somerset [28]

Wiveliscombe, Somerset [28]

Street, Somerset [26]

North Petherton, Somerset [25]

Exeter, Devon [24]

Watchet, Somerset [24]

Milverton, Somerset [23]

London [22]

Plymouth, Devon [22]

Wedmore, Somerset [22]

Kingston St Mary, Somerset [21]

Portishead, Somerset [21]

Castle Cary, Somerset [20]

Dunster, Somerset [20]

Glastonbury, Somerset [20]

Ruishton, Somerset [20]

Selworthy, Somerset [20]

Timberscombe, Somerset [20]

Highbridge, Somerset [19]

Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales [18]

Cheddar, Somerset [18]

Dulverton, Somerset [17]

Ilminster, Somerset [17]

Keynsham, Somerset [17]

Radstock, Somerset [17]

Wincanton, Somerset [17]

Highworth, Wiltshire [16]

Rank

Private [5371]

Serjeant [441]

Corporal [422]

Lance Corporal [367]

Second Lieutenant [337]

Gunner [292]

Sapper [251]

Lieutenant [235]

Captain [203]

Driver [202]

Able Seaman [101]

Major [89]

Acting Serjeant [63]

Acting Corporal [59]

Sergeant [51]

Stoker 1st Class [41]

Lieutenant Colonel [40]

Lance Serjeant [38]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [35]

Bombardier [30]

Ordinary Seaman [29]

Pioneer [29]

Rifleman [28]

Company Serjeant Major [23]

Guardsman [19]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [15]

Corporal 2nd [15]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [13]

Boy 1st Class [12]

Commander [12]

Colour Serjeant [11]

Leading Stoker [11]

Acting Bombardier [10]

Colonel [10]

Stoker 2nd Class [10]

Lance Sergeant [9]

Leading Seaman [9]

Nurse [9]

Staff Serjeant [9]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [9]

Trooper [9]

2nd Lieutenant [8]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [8]

Lieutenant Commander [8]

Petty Officer Stoker [8]

Acting Captain [7]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [7]

Petty Officer [7]

Temporary Lieutenant [7]

Midshipman [6]

Unit

Somerset Light Infantry [2820]

Royal Engineers [438]

Royal Field Artillery [335]

Devonshire Regiment [333]

West Somerset Yeomanry [331]

Army Service Corps [310]

Gloucestershire Regiment [296]

Labour Corps [211]

North Somerset Yeomanry [209]

Dorsetshire Regiment [178]

London Regiment [169]

Wiltshire Regiment [163]

Royal Garrison Artillery [160]

Machine Gun Corps [136]

Hampshire Regiment [103]

Royal Army Medical Corps [100]

Royal Fusiliers [93]

Canadian Infantry [89]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [86]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [85]

Middlesex Regiment [84]

Coldstream Guards [81]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [80]

Rifle Brigade [79]

Worcestershire Regiment [78]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [71]

Welsh Regiment [70]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [65]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [63]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [63]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [61]

Grenadier Guards [58]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [58]

South Wales Borderers [46]

Royal Naval Division [44]

Australian Infantry [42]

Royal Army Service Corps [41]

Corps of Hussars [37]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [37]

Essex Regiment [35]

Lancashire Fusiliers [34]

Royal Defence Corps [34]

Royal Flying Corps [33]

Bedfordshire Regiment [32]

Royal Horse Artillery [32]

Royal West Kent Regiment [30]

Liverpool Regiment [28]

Monmouthshire Regiment [28]

Army Veterinary Corps [26]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [26]

Service

British Army [7439]

Royal Navy [570]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [134]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [124]

Australian Imperial Force [93]

Other Empire Force [29]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [17]

Indian Army [15]

South African Services [9]

Canadian Navy [2]

Last name first letter

B [895]

C [823]

H [814]

S [716]

W [659]

P [592]

M [549]

D [414]

G [413]

T [371]

R [346]

L [330]

F [282]

N [241]

A [209]

E [163]

J [152]

K [147]

V [106]

O [91]

Y [38]

I [19]

U [12]

Q [11]

Contribution

Military Service [7561]

Merchant Navy [11]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [723]

India [5]

South Africa [5]

Malta [4]

Canada [2]

Australia [1]

Egypt [1]

Gibraltar [1]

Jersey [1]

Zimbabwe [1]

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Place of birth

Bath, Somerset [350] Taunton, Somerset [284] Bridgwater, Somerset [161] Minehead, Somerset [135] Bristol, Gloucestershire [115] Crewkerne, Somerset [93] Wellington, Somerset [75] Frome, Somerset [70] Weston-super-Mare, Somerset [67] Shepton Mallet, Somerset [55] Stoke St Gregory, Somerset [44] Wells, Somerset [41] Chard, Somerset [38] Old Cleeve, Somerset [38] Langport, Somerset [37] Westonzoyland, Somerset [37] Bedminster, Somerset [36] Clevedon, Somerset [36] Swindon, Wiltshire [36] Yeovil, Somerset [36] Somerton, Somerset [33] Birmingham, Warwickshire [31] Middlezoy, Somerset [28] Winsford, Somerset [28] Wiveliscombe, Somerset [28] Street, Somerset [26] North Petherton, Somerset [25] Exeter, Devon [24] Watchet, Somerset [24] Milverton, Somerset [23] London [22] Plymouth, Devon [22] Wedmore, Somerset [22] Kingston St Mary, Somerset [21] Portishead, Somerset [21] Castle Cary, Somerset [20] Dunster, Somerset [20] Glastonbury, Somerset [20] Ruishton, Somerset [20] Selworthy, Somerset [20] Timberscombe, Somerset [20] Highbridge, Somerset [19] Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales [18] Cheddar, Somerset [18] Dulverton, Somerset [17] Ilminster, Somerset [17] Keynsham, Somerset [17] Radstock, Somerset [17] Wincanton, Somerset [17] Highworth, Wiltshire [16]

Rank

Private [5371] Serjeant [441] Corporal [422] Lance Corporal [367] Second Lieutenant [337] Gunner [292] Sapper [251] Lieutenant [235] Captain [203] Driver [202] Able Seaman [101] Major [89] Acting Serjeant [63] Acting Corporal [59] Sergeant [51] Stoker 1st Class [41] Lieutenant Colonel [40] Lance Serjeant [38] Warrant Officer Class 2 [35] Bombardier [30] Ordinary Seaman [29] Pioneer [29] Rifleman [28] Company Serjeant Major [23] Guardsman [19] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [15] Corporal 2nd [15] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [13] Boy 1st Class [12] Commander [12] Colour Serjeant [11] Leading Stoker [11] Acting Bombardier [10] Colonel [10] Stoker 2nd Class [10] Lance Sergeant [9] Leading Seaman [9] Nurse [9] Staff Serjeant [9] Temporary Second Lieutenant [9] Trooper [9] 2nd Lieutenant [8] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [8] Lieutenant Commander [8] Petty Officer Stoker [8] Acting Captain [7] Air Mechanic 1st Class [7] Petty Officer [7] Temporary Lieutenant [7] Midshipman [6]

Unit

Somerset Light Infantry [2820] Royal Engineers [438] Royal Field Artillery [335] Devonshire Regiment [333] West Somerset Yeomanry [331] Army Service Corps [310] Gloucestershire Regiment [296] Labour Corps [211] North Somerset Yeomanry [209] Dorsetshire Regiment [178] London Regiment [169] Wiltshire Regiment [163] Royal Garrison Artillery [160] Machine Gun Corps [136] Hampshire Regiment [103] Royal Army Medical Corps [100] Royal Fusiliers [93] Canadian Infantry [89] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [86] King's Royal Rifle Corps [85] Middlesex Regiment [84] Coldstream Guards [81] Royal Berkshire Regiment [80] Rifle Brigade [79] Worcestershire Regiment [78] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [71] Welsh Regiment [70] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [65] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [63] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [63] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [61] Grenadier Guards [58] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [58] South Wales Borderers [46] Royal Naval Division [44] Australian Infantry [42] Royal Army Service Corps [41] Corps of Hussars [37] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [37] Essex Regiment [35] Lancashire Fusiliers [34] Royal Defence Corps [34] Royal Flying Corps [33] Bedfordshire Regiment [32] Royal Horse Artillery [32] Royal West Kent Regiment [30] Liverpool Regiment [28] Monmouthshire Regiment [28] Army Veterinary Corps [26] Royal Marine Light Infantry [26]

Service

British Army [7439] Royal Navy [570] Canadian Expeditionary Force [134] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [124] Australian Imperial Force [93] Other Empire Force [29] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [17] Indian Army [15] South African Services [9] Canadian Navy [2]

Last name first letter

B [895] C [823] H [814] S [716] W [659] P [592] M [549] D [414] G [413] T [371] R [346] L [330] F [282] N [241] A [209] E [163] J [152] K [147] V [106] O [91] Y [38] I [19] U [12] Q [11]

Contribution

Military Service [7561] Merchant Navy [11] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [723] India [5] South Africa [5] Malta [4] Canada [2] Australia [1] Egypt [1] Gibraltar [1] Jersey [1] Zimbabwe [1]

Wilfrid West

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 1712 Private West Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 295408 Private Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 295408 Private Somerset Light Infantry 12th Battalion

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Francis Robert Hill

Born 1868

Died 1916

British Army 20461 Private Somerset Light Infantry 3rd/5th Battalion

British Army Private The Oxfordshire Light Infantry 1st Battalion

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Thomas Henry Alford, M.s.m.

Born 1877

Died 1921

British Army 3113 Regimental Serjeant Major Gloucestershire Regiment

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 87948 Regimental Serjeant Major Royal Flying Corps 72nd Sq

British Army Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment

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Thomas Dawson

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army T2/SR/02821 Driver Army Service Corps 19th Divisional Bakery

British Army Private Hampshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army T2/SR/02821 Driver Army Service Corps 50th Divisional Train

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George Spurdle

Born 1897

Died 1916

Royal Navy 18576 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division 1st Battalion

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John Cornish Prew

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 10112 Private Hertfordshire Regiment 4th/1st Battalion

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Frederick William Ham

Born 1887

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 8300

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant

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Montgomerie Boyle

Born 1859

Died 1919

British Army Captain Army Service Corps

British Army Major Army Service Corps

British Army South Notts. Yeomanry

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Ernest Hillman Duck

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 468 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 468 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers 1st Wessex Field Company,

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George Henry Tucker

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 30369 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Ernest John Buxton

Born 1886

Died 1957

British Army 890 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 165278 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

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Laurence Robert Dacre Anderson

Born 1886

Died 1971

British Army Lieutenant (Acting Captain) Royal Field Artillery Special Reserve

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Gilbert Lowman

Born 1892

Died 1967

Royal Navy J3341 Able Seaman

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John Edward Calder

Born 1859

Died 1938

British Army 213 Staff Quarter Master Serjeant West Somerset Yeomanry

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Charles Edward Ridley Holroyd-Smyth

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Dragoon Guards

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Dragoon Guards

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Silas Hunt

Born 1892

Died 1952

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 202704

Royal Navy F2704

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Bertie Frederick George Bath

Born 1885

Died 1965

British Army 1681 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 165705 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

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Herbert Tredwin

Born 1892

Died 1971

Royal Navy R/470 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Hawke Btn

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William John Tonkin

Born 1898

Died 1970

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 79772 Air Mechanic 2nd Class

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Leonard Charles William Harding

Born 1894

Died 1976

British Army 4276 Private Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment

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