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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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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]

Ernest Evans

Born 1874

Died 1915

British Army 618 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 618 Serjeant North Somerset Yeomanry

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Cecil Francis Tambling

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 1018 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 165344 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

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Arthur Ernest Tugwell

Born 1897

Died 1977

British Army 949 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 165311 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

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Henry George Wyer

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 668 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 668 Corporal North Somerset Yeomanry

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William Toms

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 689 Corporal North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 689 Serjeant North Somerset Yeomanry

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Frank Blacker

Died 1918

British Army 1495 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 165592 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

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Percy William Peach

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 1101 Serjeant North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 165389 Serjeant North Somerset Yeomanry

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Victor C Fear

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 1855 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 165798 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

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Jabez Pridgeon

Died 1918

British Army 1716 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 165727 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

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William Deane

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 1332 Lance Corporal North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 1332 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 165510 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

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Arthur James Chivers

Died 1917

British Army 1691 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 165711 Private 1/1st Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 165711 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

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William Thomas Tugwell

Born 1894

British Army 953 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 953 Corporal North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 165313 Corporal North Somerset Yeomanry

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Stuart Webb Applegate

Born 1885

Died 1978

British Army Second Lieutenant North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army Captain North Somerset Yeomanry

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David Fisher

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 165105 Private 1/1st North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 549 Corporal 1/1st North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 165105 Lance Serjeant North Somerset Yeomanry

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James Douglas Bristow

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army 569 Corporal 1/1st North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 567 Corporal 1/1st North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 569 Lance Serjeant 1/1st North Somerset Yeomanry

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Bryson Bellot

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 1614 Lance Corporal Officer Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant North Somerset Yeomanry

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Grenvil Edward Dennis

Born 1884

Died 1922

British Army 93 Corporal North Somerset Yeomanry Dragoons

British Army 161549 Corporal Royal Engineers 15th Division Signals

British Army 93 Corporal North Somerset Yeomanry Dragoons

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Cecil John Collins

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 893 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

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William Beedell Hutson

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 1392 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

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Edward Robert Dixon

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 962 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

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