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Bath, Somerset [30]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [6]

Shepton Mallet, Somerset [5]

Weston-super-Mare, Somerset [4]

Bridgwater, Somerset [3]

London [3]

Street, Somerset [3]

Bath [2]

Bathford, Somerset [2]

Bedminster, Somerset [2]

Bristol [2]

Clutton, Somerset [2]

Doulting, Somerset [2]

Highbridge, Somerset [2]

Keynsham, Somerset [2]

Wincanton, Somerset [2]

Witham Friary, Somerset [2]

Woolwich, Kent [2]

Wraxall,Somerset. [2]

34 West Holborn, South Shields, Co Durham [1]

Abbotsbury, Dorset [1]

Adddlestone Surrey [1]

Ashbrittle, Somerset [1]

Axbridge, Somerset [1]

Ayr, Scotland [1]

Babcary, Somerset [1]

Barton Regis, Gloucestershire [1]

Bathavon, Somerset [1]

Batheaston, Somerset [1]

Birmingham [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bleadon, Somerset [1]

Bletchingly, Godstone, Surrey [1]

Bovingdon, Hertfordshire [1]

Broad Town, Wiltshire [1]

Bruges [1]

Bruton, Somerset [1]

Burrington, Somerset [1]

Bury, Lancashire [1]

Castlemarten, Pembroke [1]

Charlton, Gloucestershire [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Chew Stoke, Somerset, [1]

Chippenham, Wiltshire [1]

Churchill, Somerset [1]

Clifton, Gloucestershire [1]

Compton Martin, Somerset [1]

Croscombe, Somerset [1]

Derby, Derbyshire [1]

Dinder, Somerset [1]

Rank

Private [1284]

Serjeant [133]

Second Lieutenant [123]

Corporal [115]

Lieutenant [74]

Captain [56]

Lance Corporal [39]

Major [14]

Sapper [10]

Lance Serjeant [8]

Staff Serjeant Major [8]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Gunner [7]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Trooper [7]

Acting Captain [6]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Pioneer [6]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Driver [5]

Farrier Serjeant [5]

Shoeing Smith [5]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Squadron Serjeant Major [4]

Trumpeter [4]

Sergeant [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Captain and Adjutant [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Corporal Shoeing Smith [2]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Private Lance Corporal [2]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Squadron Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Serjeant Major [2]

1st Lieutenant [1]

Acting Capt (addtl) relinquishing actg Capt rank on ceasing to command a Company [1]

Acting Major while 2nd in command of a battlion (Temp Capt and Lt Yeo T F) [1]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

North Somerset Yeomanry [1529]

1/1st North Somerset Yeomanry [116]

Somerset Light Infantry [88]

Machine Gun Corps [73]

Royal Engineers [65]

Labour Corps [46]

Corps of Dragoons [38]

Dorsetshire Regiment [28]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [20]

Royal Air Force [18]

Royal Field Artillery [17]

General Service Dragoons [14]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [14]

Army Service Corps [12]

Company of Dragoons [12]

Hampshire Regiment [11]

Dragoon Guards [10]

Royal Rifle Corps [10]

Berkshire Yeomanry [9]

Corps of Hussars [8]

Wiltshire Regiment [8]

Devonshire Regiment [7]

Royal Flying Corps [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Gloucestershire Regiment [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

2/1st North Somerset Yeomanry [5]

Army Service Corps North Somerset Yeomanry [5]

Hussars [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

London Regiment [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

West Somerset Yeomanry [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

Dragoons [4]

Honourable Artillery Company [4]

Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

6th Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [2]

Cavalry North Somerset Yeomanry [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment attached Labour Corps [2]

Service

British Army [1678]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Royal Navy [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [190]

H [169]

S [165]

W [131]

C [126]

P [124]

G [103]

M [103]

T [81]

L [78]

D [77]

R [76]

F [58]

A [38]

E [38]

K [31]

J [30]

N [23]

O [18]

Y [6]

I [5]

V [5]

U [2]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1661]

Country

United Kingdom [45]

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Place of birth

Bath, Somerset [30] Bristol, Gloucestershire [6] Shepton Mallet, Somerset [5] Weston-super-Mare, Somerset [4] Bridgwater, Somerset [3] London [3] Street, Somerset [3] Bath [2] Bathford, Somerset [2] Bedminster, Somerset [2] Bristol [2] Clutton, Somerset [2] Doulting, Somerset [2] Highbridge, Somerset [2] Keynsham, Somerset [2] Wincanton, Somerset [2] Witham Friary, Somerset [2] Woolwich, Kent [2] Wraxall,Somerset. [2] 34 West Holborn, South Shields, Co Durham [1] Abbotsbury, Dorset [1] Adddlestone Surrey [1] Ashbrittle, Somerset [1] Axbridge, Somerset [1] Ayr, Scotland [1] Babcary, Somerset [1] Barton Regis, Gloucestershire [1] Bathavon, Somerset [1] Batheaston, Somerset [1] Birmingham [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bleadon, Somerset [1] Bletchingly, Godstone, Surrey [1] Bovingdon, Hertfordshire [1] Broad Town, Wiltshire [1] Bruges [1] Bruton, Somerset [1] Burrington, Somerset [1] Bury, Lancashire [1] Castlemarten, Pembroke [1] Charlton, Gloucestershire [1] Chelsea, London [1] Chew Stoke, Somerset, [1] Chippenham, Wiltshire [1] Churchill, Somerset [1] Clifton, Gloucestershire [1] Compton Martin, Somerset [1] Croscombe, Somerset [1] Derby, Derbyshire [1] Dinder, Somerset [1]

Rank

Private [1284] Serjeant [133] Second Lieutenant [123] Corporal [115] Lieutenant [74] Captain [56] Lance Corporal [39] Major [14] Sapper [10] Lance Serjeant [8] Staff Serjeant Major [8] Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Gunner [7] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Trooper [7] Acting Captain [6] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Pioneer [6] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Driver [5] Farrier Serjeant [5] Shoeing Smith [5] Staff Serjeant [5] Acting Corporal [4] Squadron Serjeant Major [4] Trumpeter [4] Sergeant [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Captain and Adjutant [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Corporal Shoeing Smith [2] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Private Lance Corporal [2] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Squadron Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Temporary Serjeant Major [2] 1st Lieutenant [1] Acting Capt (addtl) relinquishing actg Capt rank on ceasing to command a Company [1] Acting Major while 2nd in command of a battlion (Temp Capt and Lt Yeo T F) [1] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

North Somerset Yeomanry [1529] 1/1st North Somerset Yeomanry [116] Somerset Light Infantry [88] Machine Gun Corps [73] Royal Engineers [65] Labour Corps [46] Corps of Dragoons [38] Dorsetshire Regiment [28] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [20] Royal Air Force [18] Royal Field Artillery [17] General Service Dragoons [14] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [14] Army Service Corps [12] Company of Dragoons [12] Hampshire Regiment [11] Dragoon Guards [10] Royal Rifle Corps [10] Berkshire Yeomanry [9] Corps of Hussars [8] Wiltshire Regiment [8] Devonshire Regiment [7] Royal Flying Corps [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Gloucestershire Regiment [6] Royal Army Service Corps [6] 2/1st North Somerset Yeomanry [5] Army Service Corps North Somerset Yeomanry [5] Hussars [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] London Regiment [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] West Somerset Yeomanry [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] Dragoons [4] Honourable Artillery Company [4] Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry [4] East Lancashire Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] 6th Royal Rifle Corps [2] Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [2] Cavalry North Somerset Yeomanry [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Essex Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment attached Labour Corps [2]

Service

British Army [1678] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Royal Navy [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [190] H [169] S [165] W [131] C [126] P [124] G [103] M [103] T [81] L [78] D [77] R [76] F [58] A [38] E [38] K [31] J [30] N [23] O [18] Y [6] I [5] V [5] U [2] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1661]

Country

United Kingdom [45]

George Lumbard Cannock

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 924 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 165298 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

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Sidney George Samways

Born 1894

Died 1978

British Army 165098 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 528 Serjeant North Somerset Yeomanry

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Walter Douglas Melville Wills

Born 1887

British Army Lieutenant North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army Captain North Somerset Yeomanry

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Edward Henry Poole

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army 640 Private 1/1st North Somerset Yeomanry "B" Squadron

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Alfred Ernest Cleall

Born 1873

Died 1914

British Army 942 Serjeant 1/1st North Somerset Yeomanry

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Victor Ebdon

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 1568 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 165630 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 165630 Sapper North Somerset Yeomanry

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Cyril Clifford Henry Mail

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 1224 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 165452 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 165452 Lance Corporal North Somerset Yeomanry

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Francis Joseph Stott

Born 1888

British Army 792 Serjeant North Somerset Yeomanry 71st Battalion

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Albert Henry Carter

Born 1888

Died 1919

British Army 1982 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

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Henry John Evens

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 166114 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

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Thomas Charles Roch

Born 1873

Died 1946

British Army 702 Serjeant North Somerset Yeomanry

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William Ernest Palmer

Born 1898

Died 1973

British Army 1519 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 165602 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

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Harold Sedlen Miller

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 2011 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 165896 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

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Charlie Ball

Died 1917

British Army 1936 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 165852 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

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Harry Bellamy

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 1548 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 165618 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

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Victor Clement Tutton

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 193 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 193 Serjeant North Somerset Yeomanry

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Henry Charles Merrett Smith

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 165007 Serjeant North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 165007 Quartermaster Serjeant North Somerset Yeomanry

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Thomas Moody

Born 1891

Died 1919

British Army 1197 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 165438 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

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George Edwin Letts

Born 1888

Died 1930

British Army 7596 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 165645 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

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Arthur Wilton Phipps

Born 1880

Died 1962

British Army Second Lieutenant North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army Captain North Somerset Yeomanry

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