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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]

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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]

Ivor Victor Brewer

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 13167 Battery Quarter Master Sergeant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Thomas Gill Loveridge

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 295095 Private Acting Corporal Somerset Light Infantry

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Alfred Snow

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 2022 Engineer Clerk/Quarter Master Serjeant Royal Engineers

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Edward Haycraft

Born 1892

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 2429 Private Australian Infantry 46th Btn

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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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Arnold Vernon Ridler Howe

Born 1892

Died 1971

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1773

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Reginald William West

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 7722 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 242356 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Frank Phillips

Born 1871

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 7191 Sapper Australian Engineers 4th Field Co

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Percy John Tarr

Born 1882

Died 1967

Canadian Expeditionary Force 883082

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Francis James Mitchell

Born 1899

Died 1955

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

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Arthur Henry Vickery

Born 1866

Died 1920

British Army 201720 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 363622 Private Labour Corps

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John Vellacott

Born 1890

Died 1967

British Army 78564 Private Devonshire Regiment

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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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Samuel Drew

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 32389 Private Somerset Light Infantry 6th Battalion

British Army 27580 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Herbert Sambourne

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 944528 Gunner Royal Field Artillery "D" Battery 165th Brigade.

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Edwin Perry

Born 1877

Died 1919

British Army 29813 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 101744 Private Labour Corps

British Army 29813 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Tom Crisp

Born 1884

Died 1954

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 246753

Royal Navy F46753 HMS President II

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Guy Mynors Shufflebotham

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 11935 Lance Corporal Somerset Light Infantry

British Army Captain Somerset Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant Somerset Light Infantry 7th Battalion

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Cyril Olney Findlay

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 9806 Private Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Somerset Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant Somerset Light Infantry Territorial Force

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Felix Augustus Abbott

Born 1875

Died 1933

British Army M2/081312 Private Army Service Corps

British Army M2/081312 Serjeant Army Service Corps

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