Ministry of Defence
Lest We Forget
The Royal British Legion
| Ministry of Defence |
Lest We Forget |
The Royal British Legion |
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IN
HONOUR OF THE MEN
OF BRIDGWATER WHO
GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE
GREAT WAR 1914-1918
| ADAMS | James Stoker |
Petty
Officer 309198, H.M.S "Valkyrie", Royal Navy. Killed by
an explosion 22nd December 1917. Aged 34. Husband of Eliza Emma
Duckham (formerly Adams) of 4, Halesleigh Road, Bridgwater. Born
at Huntworth. Buried in Church portion of Wembdon Road Cemetery,
Bridgwater. Plot IV. Row 8. Grave 3. |
| ADAMS | Albert James | Corporal
266852, 1st/6th Battalion, (Territorial), Devonshire Regiment. Died
9th February 1919. Husband of Annie Adams, of Langley Marsh, Wiveliscombe,
Somereset. Buried in St Johns Cemetery, Bridgwater. Grave Reference
2 2572. |
| ALLEN | Sidney |
Private
7312, 19th (County of London) Battalion, (St Pancras), London Regiment.
Killed in action 14th November 1916. Aged 29. Son of William Charles
and Emily Allen, of Pathfinder Terrace, Bridgwater. Formerly 3049,
Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry). Buried in Chester Farm
Cemetery, Zillebeke, West Flanders, Belgium. Plot 1. Row J. Grave
9. |
| ANDREWS | William | Private
1014, West Somerset Yeomanry. Died in Malta 19th November 1915.
Son of Walter and Mary Ann Andrews, of Stringston, Holford, Bridgwater.
Buried in Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta. Plot D. Row VII. Grave
3. |
| ANGLIN | Denis Patrick |
Private
3/6773, 1st Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Killed in action during the attack on and around the "Quadrilateral"
a heavily fortified system of enemy trenches on Redan Ridge near
the village of Serre 1st July 1916; first day of the 1916 Battle
of the Somme. No known grave, Commemorated n the Thiepval Memorial,
Somme, France. |
| ANGLIN | Joseph | Acting Sergeant 9566, 1st Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry). Died of wounds on Thursday 4th March 1915. Son of Mrs Anglin of 3, Court, Albert Street Bridgwater. Mentioned in Despatches (MiD). Buried in London Rifle Brigade Cemetery, Ploegsteert, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, West Flanders, Belgium. Plot 1. Row B. Grave 1. Local newspaper report: "Whilst at the front Joseph had gained a reputation for his coolness under fire and of being the ‘dare devil’ of the Battalion. Only quite recently he was Mentioned in Official Despatches for gallantry in action. At the beginning of the war he was a Private in the Somersets but his promotion was rapid and by his death the Battalion, had lost one of its most promising Non Commissioned Officers. He recently returned to Bridgwater from the front for a few days leave when he told friends he had a presentiment that he would never come back again. Two brothers are serving at the front with the Somersets. Lieutenant D R Rowcroft in a letter to Mrs Anglin states the deceased was hit in the head in the afternoon of March 4th and died at 8 o’clock the same night in the presence of his two brothers. He adds ‘I am very sorry indeed. He had only just left my Company and was a very good Non Commissioned Officer. A short letter written by the late Sergeant to his mother on the date of his death was also enclosed. As a token of respect to the memory of Sergeant Anglin the Union Jack was flown at half mast on Tuesday at Albert Street School where he was a former pupil". |
| ANGLIN | John |
Private
9828, 1st Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Killed in action during the attack on the Redan Ridge near Serre
1st July 1916; first day of the 1916 Battle of the Somme. No known
grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. |
| ARTHUR | Frank | Private
202148, 2nd/4th Battalion, (Territorial), Prince Albert’s (Somerset
Light Infantry). 43rd Wessex Division Died in India 26th July 1917.
Aged 22. Son of James and Elizabeth Arthur, of Greinton Somerset.
Buried in Karachi 1914-1918 War Cemetery, Pakistan. |
| ASHTON | H |
Sapper
50491, 504 (2nd/2nd Wessex) Field Company, Royal Engineers. Killed
in action in France 15th June 1917.No known grave. Commemorated
on Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 1. |
| BAKER | Albert | Private
25394, 1st Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Died 7th December 1918. In the 1901 census he is the son of William
(54) and Lucy (64), aged 16, born circa 1885. Living at 96, Polden
Street, Bridgwater. Buried in Valenciennes (St Roch) Communal Cemetery,
Nord, France. Plot II. Row A. Grave 13. |
| BAKER | Ernest Edward |
Private
7263, 1st Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Killed in action in the vicinity of Ploegsteert Wood on the 11th
November 1914. Aged 28. Husband of Edith Mary Swayne (formerly Baker)
of 72, Devonshire Street, Bridgwater. No known grave. Commemorated
on Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel
3. |
| BAKER | Ernest Edward | Corporal
9767, 6th (Service) Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Killed in action 4th August 1917. No known grave. Commemorated on
Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panels 41-42
and 163A. |
| BAKER | Frank |
Private
17293, 1st Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Killed in action 8th August 1916 during the battle of the Somme.
In the 1901 Census he is the son of Albert (39) and Mary A. (40)
Baker, born about 1892. Resident at 17, Roesberry Avenue, Bridgwater.
Buried in Essex Farm Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot III. Row C, Grave 16. |
| BALE | Harry | Private
38433, 2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Killed in action
3rd December 1917. Aged 31. Husband of Rose Bale, of 14, Provident
Place, Bridgwater. No known grave. Commemorated on Cambrai Memorial,
Nord, France. Panel 10. |
| BANWELL | William |
Private
17456 12th (West Somerset Yeomanry) Battalion, (Territorial), Prince
Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry). Died in Flanders 26th November
1918. Aged 21. Son of Walter and Florence Banwell, of Bridgwater.
Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, Boulogne, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot XI. Row E. Grave 5. |
| BARBER | Clifford | Private
240556, 1st/5th Battalion, (Territorial), Prince Albert’s (Somerset
Light Infantry). Died in Mesopotamia 24th January 1916. Aged 24.
Born and enlisted Bridgwater. Son of John and Alice Barber, of 86,
Friarn Street, Bridgwater. No known grave. Commemorated on Basra
Memorial, Iraq. Panel 12. |
| BARNARD | Joseph Edward |
Lance
Corporal 240773 1st/5th Battalion, (Territorial), Prince Albert’s
(Somerset Light Infantry). Killed in action 22nd November 1917 during
the Battle of Nabi Samweil 20th-24th November during the advance
north west of Jerusalem. Buried in Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel.
Row G. Grave 50. |
| BARNES | Herbert James | [Listed
as Royal Fusiliers ] Lance Corporal 59325 [CWGC] or 59225 [SDGW],
25th Battalion, (Tyneside Irish), Northumberland Fusiliers. Died
8th April 1918 as a Prisoner of War (the cemetery he is buried in
is a PoW Cemetery). Aged 24. Born Bridgwater, enlisted Bournemouth,
Hampshire. Son of James and Fanny L. Barnes, of "Altoxton"
Soberton Road, Bournemouth. Buried in Mons (Bergen) Communal Cemetery,
Mons, Hainaut, Belgium. Plot VIII. Row D. Grave 10. |
| BAWLER | Sidney Frank |
Private
92478, 3rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Killed in action 8th August
1918. Formerly S/157328, Royal Fusiliers. Buried in Peronne Road
Cemetery, Maricourt, Somme. Plot II. Row C. Grave 14. |
| BEARD | Arthur William | Lance
Corporal G/9601 24th (Service) (2nd Sportsman’s) Battalion, Royal
Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Died of wounds 27th March 1918.
Born Devizes, enlisted London, resident Hanwell. Buried in St Hilaire
Cemetery, Frevent, Pas de Calais, France. Plot V. Row E. Grave 6.
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| BEER | Robert John Benjamin |
Private
30721, 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Died of wounds in
captivity 9th May 1918. Aged 28. Born St Paul’s, Bristol, enlisted
Bristol. Son of Henry and Annie Beer, of Bristol; husband of Ivy
Beer, of 12, Hertford Street, Balsall, Heath, Birmingham. Buried
in Cologne (Southern) Cemetery, Nord-Rheine Westfal, Germany. Plot
VIII. Row A. Grave 21. |
| BELL | Horace | Able
Seaman Bristol Z/1040 ,Howe Battalion, Royal Naval Division. Killed
in action 26th October 1917, during the Second Battle of Passchendaele
26th October-November 10th. Aged 18. Son of James and Lucy Bell,
of 83, Bailey Street, Bridgwater. Buried in Poelcappele British
Cemetery, Langemark-Poelkapelle, West-V., Belgium. Plot XV. Row
D. Grave 3. |
| BELL | John |
Rifleman
608411, 18th (County of London) Battalion, (London Irish Rifles),
London Regiment. Killed in action 8th June 1918 during the battle
of Amiens august 8th-11th 1918. Son of William and Emma Bell, of
Bridgwater; husband of Florence Bell, of 1, Court Penel, Orlieu,
Bridgwater. Formerly 647 Wessex Army Service Corps. Buried in Ribemont
Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. Plot I. Row K. Grave
3. |
| BELL | Leonard Charles | Lance
Corporal 506286, 502 (Wessex) Field Company, Royal Engineers. Killed
in action in France 20th August 1917. Aged 30. Son of Henry and
Lottie Bell; husband of Bessie Bell, of 3, Southgate Avenue, Bridgwater.
Buried in Erquinghem-Lys Churchyard Extensiion, Nord, France. Row
E. Grave 1. |
| BELLRINGER | Albert George |
Private
240550, 5th Battalion, ,Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Died in the United KIngdom 5th December 1918. Aged 30. Husband of
Mrs E. Bellringer of 3, The Court, Monmouth Street, Bridgwater.
Buried in the church portion of Wembdon Road Cemetery, Bridgwater.
Plot I. Row 5. Grave 45. |
| BIDDISCOMBE | Jonathan | Private
25784, 8th (Service) Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light
Infantry). Killed in action 10th April 1917 during the 1st Battle
of The Scarpe, (Arras) April 9th- 11th 1917. Aged 30. Son of John
Biddiscombe; husband of Bessie Biddiscombe, of 15 Duffryn Street,
Aberaman, Aberdare, Glamorgan. No known grave. Commemorated on Arras
Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 4. |
| BIFFEN | Harry |
Corporal
5803, 8th (Service) Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Killed in action on the 1st July 1916, in the vicinity of the village
of Fricourt the first day of the 1916 Battle of the Somme. Buried
in Gordon Dump Cemetery, Ovillers-la-Boiselle, Somme, France. Plot
V. Row P. Grave 3. |
| BILLING | Ernest William | Able
Seaman R/167, Drake Battalion, Royal Naval Division. Killed in action
24th December 1917. Son of Mr and Mrs W R S Billing, of 79 Barclay
Street, Bridgwater. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 1a. |
| BIRD | James |
Private
16631, 7th (Service) Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light
Infantry). Killed in action 16th September 1916. Aged 36. Son of
the late Robert and Elizabeth Bird, of Enmore, Bridgwater. No known
grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and
Face 11C and 12A. |
| BISHOP | Gerald Clement William | 2nd
Lieutenant attached to 16th Public Schools (Service) Battalion,
Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment). Killed in action 11th
August 1917. In the 1901 Census he is the son of Frederick W (42)
and Catherine (38) Bishop, born circa 1898. No known grave. Commemorated
on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panels 49 and 50. |
| BLACKBURN | Frederick |
Private
7447, "B" Squadron, 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen’s Bays).
Killed in action in France 13th May 1915 during the Battle of Frezenburg
May 8th-13th. Aged 21. Son of Mrs Elizabeth Blackburn, of 44, Redgate
Street, Bridgwater. No known grave. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin
Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 3. |
| BLOODWORTH | Stanley Albert | Corporal
Gloucestershire Regiment – No further information currently available |
| BOARD | Ernest Victor |
Driver
Royal Army Service Corps Regiment. Son of Walter Board, of 46, Bovet
Street, Wellington. – No further information currently available |
| BOARD | Sydney | Signalman
225623, 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Died of wounds
18th April 1918. Son of Mr and Mrs Board of Bridgwater; husband
of Mary Ellen Board. Formerly 6282 Cambridgeshire Regiment. Buried
in Woburn Abbey Cemetery, Cuinchy, Pas de Calais, France. Plot 1.
Row G. Grave 24. |
| BONE | Frederick William |
Private
27263, 7th (Service) Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light
Infantry). Killed in action 16th August 1917 during the battle of
Langemarck. No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panels 41-42 and 163A. |
| BOND | Charles Edwin | Gunner
Tank Corps - No further information currently available |
| BONNEY | William George |
Lance
Corporal 29380, 1st Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Killed in action during the attack on the "Quadrilateral",
a heavily fortified trench system situated on the Redan Ridge near
the village of Serre 1st July 1916. Aged 21. Born and resident Bridgwater,
enlisted Taunton. Son of Louise Bonney, of 25, Polden Street, Bridgwater
and the late Charles Bonney. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 2 A. |
| BOWYER | Cecil Henry | Ordinary
Seaman Bristol Z/2818, H.M.S. "Victory" (Depot ship at
Portsmouth), Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Died 11th October 1918.
Aged 18. Son of Harry and Bessie Bowyer, of 12, South Parade, Bridgwater.
Buried in the church portion of Wembdon Road Cemetery, Bridgwater.
Plot I. Row 6. Grave 3. |
| BRADBEER | W J |
2nd
Lieutenant, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died in the United Kingdom
8th August 1920. Aged 32. Son of Alfred and Jane Bradbeer; husband
of S.E. Feven, (formerly Bradbeer), of 8, Alexandra Road, Bridgwater.
Buried in the church portion of Wembdon Road Cemetery, Bridgwater.
Plot III. Row 6. Grave 5. |
| BRAKE | Percy | Private
28220, 2nd Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Killed in action 21st
March 1918 during the Battle of St Quentin 21st-23rd March 1918.
Born and resident Bridgwater, enlisted Cardiff. In the 1901 Census
he is then son of William (41) and Bessie (40) Brake, born circa
1891, living at Chedzoy St Mary, Somerset. Formerly 24619, Hussars,
Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France. Panel 79 and 80. |
| BRIMSON | Frederick James |
Driver
1246, 2nd (Wessex) Field Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action
in France or Flanders 12th May 1915. Aged 21. Son of Thomas and
Ellen Brimson, of 4, Redgate Street, Bridgwater. No known grave.
Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 9. |
| BRITTON | Ernest Edward | Private
50521 1st Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
( Killed in action 24th October 1918 during the Battle of The Selle,17th-25th
October 1918. Son of Steven B and of Adelaide A. Britton; husband
of Lilian Maud Britton of 4, Thornton Heath, Surrey. Verchain Military
Cemetery, Verchain-Maugre, near Valenciennes, Nord, France. Row
A. Grave 7. |
| BRITTON | E |
Sapper
WR/305178, Inland Water Transport, Royal Engineers. Died 26th August
1918. Age 48. Born at Bridgwater, enlisted Bridgwater. Son of Edward
and Eliza Britton; husband of Olive Britton, of 36, Bath Road, Bridgwater.
Formerly 3758, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry). Bridgwater
(St John’s) Cemetery. Ref 2 2552. |
| BROAD | William Knowles | Company
Sergeant Major 1st Battalion, City of London Regiment Royal Fusiliers
The London Regiment. (167th Infantry Brigade 56th (1st London) TF
Division). Killed in action 1st December 1917, during the German
counter-attack phase in the Battle of Cambrai 30th November 2nd
December. Aged 26. Son of William Bennicke Broad and Rosina Jane
Broad, of Elm Grove House, 61 Victoria Road, Bridgwater. He was
previously wounded at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli. No known grave. Commemorated
on Cambrai Memorial , Nord, France. Panel 11. |
| BROUGHTON | Stanley Albert |
Private
3308, 7th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Died of
wounds in Mesopotamia, 4th February 1917. Aged 21. Born Shepton
Mallet, enlisted Taunton. Son of Mrs Alice Bloodworth, of 13, Cecil
Terrace, Westonzoyland Road, Bridgwater. Formerly 6782, Prince Albert’s
(Somerset Light Infantry). (Buried in Amara War Cemetery, Iraq.
Plot XXIV. Row B. Grave 2. |
| BROOKS | Albert John | Private
413989, 900th Area Employment Company, Labour Corps. Died in France
16th March 1918. Formerly 9902 Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Buried in St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France.
Block P. Plot V. Row R. Grave 4A. |
| BROOKS | Clifford |
Private
14733, 7th (Service) Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light
Infantry). Died in the United Kingdom 11th June 1916. In the 1901
Census he is the son of William E and Emily J Brooks, living in
Locking Road, Weston Supermare. Brother of Reginald (below). Buried
in Shorncliffe Military Cemetery, Kent. Section O. Grave 411. |
| BROOKS | Reginald | Private
14734, "A" Company, 7th (Service) Battalion, Prince Albert’s
(Somerset Light Infantry). Killed in action 16th September 1916.
Aged 26. Son of the late James Brooks of Bridgwater. In the 1901
Census records he is the son of James and Elizabeth Brooks, born
about 1882, living at 13, Eastover Bridgwater. Brother of Clifford
(above). No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme,
France. Pier and Face 2 A. |
| BULLOCK | Edward Rudolph |
Stoker
1st Class, K/13643, H.M.S. "Bittern", Royal Navy. Died
Thursday 4th April 1918. Aged 25. Born 7 September 1893 in South
Australia. Husband of Flossie Gertrude Bullock, of 86, Barclay Street,
Bridgwater, Somerset and 1 Dry Dock, Bridgwater. No known grave.
Commemorated on Portsmouth Naval Memorial. |
| BURGE | Leonard | Private
29380, 1st Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Killed in action 29th August 1918 during the Second Battles of Arras,
26th August - 3rd September. Buried in Dury Crucifix Cemetery, Pas
de Calais, France. Plot III. Row H. Grave 10. |
| BURGE | William Henry |
Private
295197 12th (West Somerset Yeomanry) Battalion, Prince Albert’s
(Somerset Light Infantry). Killed in action in Palestine 6th November
1917 during the capture of the Sheria position in the advance toward
Jerusalem. Aged 24. Son of William and Annie Burge, of Floodgate,
Goathurst, Bridgwater. Formerly 1087, West Somerset Yeomanry. Buried
in Beersheba War Cemetery, Israel. Row L. Grave 70. |
| BURGESS | James | Private
3/6407, 1st Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Killed in action 7th July 1915. Aged 20. Brother of John Burgess,
of 67, Devonshire Street, Bridgwater. No known grave. Commemorated
on Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, West Flanders,
Belgium. Panel 3. |
| BURKE | Edward James |
1st
Class Boy, H.M.S. "Indefatigable", Royal Navy. Killed
in action during the Battle of Jutland on Wednesday, 31st May 1916.
Aged 17. Son of Mr and Mrs S Burke, of 28, West Street, Bridgwater.
No known grave. Commemorated on Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire.
Panel 13. Note: H.M.S "Indefatigable was sunk as a result of heavy shell striking one of the main turret’s sending flash down the ammunition hoist into the magazine igniting the cordite there resulting in a massive explosion. 1,022 of her crew were lost. |
| BURNELL | Rolland Alister | Private
165708, 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoon Guards. Killed in action 8th
August 1918 during The Battle of Amiens August 8th-11th. Aged 30,
Son of Albert and Rose Burnell, of Bridgwater; husband of Frances,
M Burnell, Ashcombe House, Ashleigh Avenue, Bridgwater. Formerly
188, North Somerset Yeomanry. No known grave. Commemorated on Vis-en-Artois
Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 2. |
| BUTT | David |
Private
17612 8th (Service) Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Killed in action 28th April 1917, during the Battle of Arleux 28th-29th
April, 1917. No known grave. Commemorated on Arras Memorial, Pas
de Calais, France. Bay 4. |
| CAPLE | Harry | Lance
Corporal 16100, 9th (Service) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
Killed in action 25th September 1915 during the Battle of Loos September
25th - October 8th, 1915. In the 1901 Census he is aged 24 and born
about 1877, a lodger in the household of George and Kate Bowders,
at Chapel House Compton Bishop. No known grave. Commemorated on
Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panels 50 to 55. |
| CAPLE | William James |
Private
18710, 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Killed in action 7th October
1915 during the Battle of Loos September 25th-October 8th. Aged
29. Son of Francis and Mary Ann Caple, of 34, Mount Street, Bridgwater.
No known grave. Commemorated on Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
Panels 5 to 7. |
| CARVER | Sidney Walter | Private
14713, 7th (Service) Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light
Infantry). Killed in action 13th July 1918. Buried in Tournai Communal
Allied Extension, Hainaut, Belgium. Plot III. Row H. Grave 15. |
| CATTLE | Ernest Wyndham |
Able
Seaman J/24374, H.M.S. "Acasta", Royal Navy. Died on Saturday
the 22nd December 1917. Born circa 1896. Son of Edward and Sarah
Cattle, of 6, All Saints Terrace, Bridgwater. Brother of Frederick
(below). No known grave. Commemorated on Plymouth Naval Memorial,
Devon. Panel 21. Note: The 1,350 ton Destroyer H.M.S. "Acasta" together with her sister ship "Ardent" were operating in the Norwegian Sea as escort to the Aircraft Carrier "Glorious" all protecting the evacuation of British troops from Norway. All three ships were sunk by the guns of the "Scharnhort" and "Gniesenau" with huge loss of life. |
| CATTLE | Frederick Thomas John | Rifleman
A/202949, 17th (Service) Battalion (British Empire League), King’s
Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action 18th November 1917. Born circa
1898. In the 1901 Census Frederick and Ernest are brothers, sons
of Edward and Sarah Cattle, born Staplegrove, resident Taunton St
James. No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panels 115-119 and 162 and 163A. |
| CHARD | Charles Norman |
Private
260056, 7th (Service) Battalion, Alexandra Princess of Wales’s Yorkshire
Regiment. Died in France 4th August 1917. Aged 26. Son of Charles
and Marrianne Chard, of "Parkside" 13, Durleigh Road,
Bridgwater. Buried in Sunken Road Cemetery, Fampoux, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot 1. Row C. Grave 13. |
| CHEDZEY | Clifford Edward |
Lance Corporal, 34886 6th (Service) Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset
Light Infantry). Killed in action 9th April 1917 during the 1st
Battle of The Scarpe, Arras, April 9th-14th 1917. Buried in London
Cemetery, Neuville Vitasse, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row
F. Grave 15. |
| CHICK | Robert G |
Sapper
140507, 126th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died of wounds 12th
July 1916. Aged 21. Son of Thomas Chick, of 106, Chilton Street,
Bridgwater. No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme,
France. Pier and Face 8A and 8D. |
| CHICK | Walter John | Private
30846, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Killed in action 31st
July 1917 during the attack on Westhoek Ridge during the Third Battles
of Ypres 31st July-10th November, 1917. Aged 21. Son of William
and Alice Chick, of Queen Street, Bridgwater. No known grave. Commemorated
on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panel 21. |
| CHICK | William |
6378,
1st Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Killed in action 16th Mayn
1915. Born Bridgwater, enlisted Newport, Monthmouthsire. No known
grave. Commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
Panel 13 and 14. |
| CHIDGEY | Walter Thomas | Private
16682, 1st Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Killed in action in Flanders 13th June 1915. Born Stogursey. Buried
in Talana Farm Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot 1.
Row D. Grave 4. |
| CHINN | Sidney James |
Lance
Corporal 652820 1st/21st (1st Surrey Rifles) Battalion (Territorial),
London Regiment. Killed in action 10th June 1918. Aged 31. Son of
Stephen and Blanche Chinn, of 36, Bristol Road, Bridgwater. No known
grave. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel. 54.. |
| CHUBB | Oliver Job (John Canada) | Private
180602, 29th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (British Columbia) Regiment,
Canadian Expeditionary Force. Died in United Kingdom 17th December
1918. Aged 33. Son of Job and Louisa Chubb, of 3, Barclay Place,
Bridgwater, Somerset. His Canadian records are located in RG 150
Accession 1992-93/166 Box 1707 21 sheets. Born 3rd November 1888.
Next of kin Mrs Ellen Ferrettt of The Coach and Horses Charlton
Street, Bridgwater. Labourer. Enlisted in Victoria, British Columbia
on the 17th November 1915. Buried in St John’s Cemetery. Bridgwater.
Grave reference 1. 2867. |
| COCKERELL | Charles James |
Private
29458, 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry. Killed
in action 6th November 1917. Killed in action 6th November 1917
during the Second Battle of Passchendaele, 26th October-November
10th. Aged 24. Son of Mr G. Cockerell, of 7, West Quay, Bridgwater.
No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panels 80-82 and 163A. |
| COGGAN | W R | Sergeant
S/18202, "I" Supply Company, Royal Army Service Corps.
Died 29th July 1920. Age 38. Buried in St John’s Cemetery, Bridgwater.
Grave reference 3 1557. |
| COLES | Albert Edward |
2nd
Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Killed in action 4th October 1917 during the Battle of Broodseinde
5th in the series battles of 3rd Ypres. Aged 20. Son of Albert Edward
and Ida Belle Coles, of "The Gables" Hamp, Bridgwater.
No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. |
| COLLARD | E | No
further information currently available |
| CONDUIT | William Henry |
Driver
Royal Field Artillery. No further information currently available |
| COOMBES | D W | No
further information currently available |
| COUSINS | George Henry |
Private
30199, 1st Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Killed in action 30th August 1918 during the Second Battles of Arras.
Aged 25. Son of Thomas and Maria Cousins, of Bickford Lane, Teignmouth,
Devon. Buried in Eterpigny British Cemetery, Pas de Calas. Row A.
Grave 12. |
| COX | Tom | Private
TR8/21434, 53rd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Died of pneumonia
31st October 1918. Aged 18. Son of Ellen Cox, of 10, Christmas Steps,
Bristol, and the late William Humphrey Cox, of Bridgwater. Buried
in the church portion of Wembdon Cemetery, Bridgwater. Plot III.
Row 3. Grave 1. |
| CREECH | William |
Private
27169 7th (Service) Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Killed in action 7th October 1916 during the Battle of Le Transloy.
Son of James and Eliza Jane Creech, of East Quantoxhead, Bridgwater.
No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 2A. |
| CREEDY | Henry J. T. | Private
9301, 2nd Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment. Killed in action in Mesopotamia
31st December 1916. No known grave. Commemorated on Basra Memorial,
Iraq. Panels 22 and 63. |
| CROSS | Henry James |
Driver
T4/071613, 248 Horse Transport Company, Royal Army Service Corps.
Killed in action 29th April 1915. Aged 20. Son of Isaac and Emma
Cross, of 24, St John Street, Bridgwater. No known grave. Commemorated
on Helles Memorial, Turkey. Addenda Panel. |
| CROSSMAN | Arthur Edward | Company
Sergeant Major 14864, 12th (Service) (Bristol) Battalion, Gloucestershire
Regiment. Killed in action 25th August 1918, during the Second Battles
of the Somme. Aged31. Son of W J and I Crossman, of Bridgwater;
husband of E. Nash, (formerly Crossman), of "Woodbine Villa",
Wood Street, Ash Vale, Aldershot, Hampshire. Buried in Queen’s Cemetery,
Bucquoy, Pas de Calais, France. Plot III. Row E. Grave 14. |
| CROSSMAN | Sidney Francis |
Corporal
H/8448, 14th King’s Hussars. Died 18th November 1918. Aged 24. Son
of Mr and Mrs W.J. Crossman, of 12, Church Path, Bridgwater. Buried
in Muttra Cemetery and commemorated on the Madras 1914-1918 Memorial,
Chennai, India. Face 2. |
| CULVERWELL | Cecil | Lance
Corporal Ply/1984, 2nd Royal Marine Battalion, Royal Marine Light
Infantry. Killed in action 28th April 1917 during the Battle of
Arleux (Arras), April 28th-29th 1917. No known grave. Commemorated
on Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 1 |
| CULVERWELL | Thomas James |
Sergeant
175641 257th Tunnelling Company Royal Engineers. Died 22nd January
1918. Aged 29. Son of Henry Culverwell; husband of Ellen Elizabeth
Culverwell, of 40, Wellington Road, Bridgwater. Buried in Mendinghem
British Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot 1X. Row C. Grave 32. |
| CUMMINGS | Henry | Sergeant
T4/056722, 29th Divisional Train, Royal Army Service Corps. Died
in the United Kingdom 6th April 1915. Husband of Sarah Pollard (formerly
Cummings), of 7, Potter Street, Newport, Mon. Buried in church portion
of Wembdon Road Cemetery, Bridgwater. Plot I. Row 6. Grave 35 |
| CUMMINGS | John |
Private
25834, 7th (Service) Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light
Infantry). Killed in action in Flanders 16th August 1917, during
the Battle of Langemarck 16th - 18th August. No known grave. Commemorated
on Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panels
41-42 and 163A. |
| DART | William John | Private
302302, 13th (Service) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Died of
wounds 27th December 1917. Buried in Giavera British Cemetery, Italy.
Plot 6. Row A. Grave G6. |
| DAVEY | Henry |
Private
19993, 7th (Service) Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light
Infantry). Killed in action near the villages of Motauban/Guillemont
of 25th August 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. No known grave.
Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face
2A. |
| DAVID | William Arthur | Private
22478, 6th (Service) Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light
Infantry). Killed in action 3rd September 1916 during the Battle
of Guillemont, Somme September 3rd-6th. Aged 31. Son of William
and Maria David; husband of Rhoda Castle (formerly David), of Silver
Street, Burrowbridge, Somerset. Buried in Lonsdale Cemetery, Authuille,
Somme. Plot III. Row A. Grave 3. |
| DENNING | Arthur |
Lance
Corporal 728, 1st/1st West Somerset Yeomanry. Died during the Palestine
campaign 7th July 1916. Buried in Cairo War Cemetery, Egypt. Row
H. Grave 53. |
| DENNETT | William John Charles | Lance
Corporal 3/6770, 7th (Service) Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset
Light Infantry). Killed in action on Friday, the 30th November 1917
during the German counter-attack phase of the Battle of Cambrai,
November 20th-December 5th, 1917. Buried in Metz-en-Couture Communal
Cemetery British Extension, Pas de Calais, France. Plot IV. Row
A. Grave 17. |
| DENNETT | Reginald Francis Arthur |
Sergeant
9276 1st Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry). Died
of wounds 19th November 1914. Buried in Bailleul Communal Cemetery,
Nord, France. Special Memorial. Row B. Grave 1. |
| DEWDNEY | Samuel Ernest | Private
G/96307, Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment) posted to
7th Battalion, London Regiment. Killed in action 8th Agust 1918.
Aged 34. Son of Albert and Hannah Dewdney, of 115, Victoria Road,
Bridgwater; husband of Gladys M. Dewdney, of 43, Victoria Road Bridgwater.
Formerly 2456 West Somerset Yeomanry. No known grave. Commemorated
on Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panels 8-9. |
| DIBBLE | C |
Private
235135, 4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
Died 7th May 1921. Aged 31. Husband of Constance Beatrice Dibble,
of 88, Polden Street, Bridgwater. Buried in St John’s Cemetery,
Bridgwater. Grave reference 1 2851. May not be on the Bridgwater
War Memorial |
| DINGLEY | Harry | Private
13969, 9th (Service) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Killed in action
6th September 1916 during the Battle of Guillemont 3rd-7th. No known
grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and
Face 1C. |
| DOBLE | George William |
Sapper
256209, 26th Railway Workshop Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in
action 21st October 1917. Buried in Reninghelst Military Cemetery,
Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot IV. Row C. Grave 26, |
| DOWDESWELL | Frederick James | Rifleman
345033 6th (County of London) Battalion (Rifles), London Regiment
attached to 2nd Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action
29th September 1918. Aged 32. Son of Edith Dowdeswell, of 54, Victoria
Road, Bridgwater and the late F.T. Dowdeswell. Formerly 594740,
18th Battalion, London Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on
Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Arras, France. Panel 9. |
| DUDDRIDGE | Charles |
Sapper
1159, 1st/2nd (Wessex) Field Company ,Royal Engineers. Died at Gallipoli
13th July 1916. Buried in Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria Greece.
Grave 1378. |
| DUDDRIDGE, DCM, Croix de Geurre (Belgium) | Henry | Sergeant
201379, 7th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Tanks). Killed in action
30th September 1918. Aged 33. Son of William and Ellen Duddridge
of Bridgwater; husband of Florence Kate Duddridge of Taunton Road,
Bridgwater, Buried in Canada Cemetery, Tilloy-Les- Cambrai, France.
Plot II. Row E. Grave 6. |
| DURRANT | Frederick John |
[Listed
as John Frederick DURANT on SDGW and Frederick J DURANT on CWGC]
Lance Corporal 25989, 5th Battalion, Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire
Regiment). Killed in action 29th March 1917 in Mesopotamia. Aged
29. Born, resident and enlisted Bridgwater. Son of the late Frederick
and Elizabeth Durant. Formerly 21533, Somerset Light Infantry. In
the 1911 census he is listed as Frederick DURANT, son of Frederick
DURANT (a widower), aged 22, a Swayer's Labourer, born Bridgwater,
resident 12 Mount Terrace, Bridgwater. No known grave. Commemorated
on BASRA MEMORIAL, Iraq. Panel 30 and 64. |
| DYER | B | No
further information currently available |
| DYKE | Bernard |
Private
66837, 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died in the
United Kingdom 18th January 1918. Aged 20. Son of Albert John and
Edith Lucy Dyke, of Parkstone House, Dawlish, Devon. Born at Bridgwater.
Buried in the church portion of Wembdon Road Cemetery, Bridgwater.
Plot IV. Row 8. Grave 2. |
| DYMOND | Charles Henry | Private
252920. 19th (Service) Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Killed in
action 29th October 1918 during the Final Advance in Flanders. Aged
36. Son of Mrs Lucy Mason (formerly Dymond) of 1, New Road, Eastover,
Bridgwater. Buried in Dottines Communal Cemetery, near Courtrai.
Plot 1. Row B. Grave 4. |
| EDGAR | John Maxwell |
Captain,
4th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. Killed in action 22nd
March 1918, (Battle of Bapaume) during the German Spring offensive
in Picardy March 21st-April 3rd 1918. Aged 30. Son of John and Margaret
Miller Edgar, of 48, Whirlowdale Road, Sheffield. A Schoolmaster
M.A. Hons Edinburgh University. O.T.C Gazette March 1915. No known
grave. Commemorated on Arras Memorial Bay. |
| ELVER | Edwin John | Private
6694 1st Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry). Killed
in action in France 26th August 1914 during the Battle of Le Cateau.
Aged 29. Born at Walton near Street, Glastonbury. Son of Joseph
Thomas Elver, of Bridgwater; husband of Annie Davies (formerly Eolve)
of 7, Lansdown Road, Pwllgwaun, Pontypridd. La Ferte-sous-Jouarre
Memorial, Seine-et-Maritime, France. |
| EMERY | Frank |
Private
202524 No 5 Company 2nd/4th Battalion, (Territorial), Prince Albert’s
(Somerset Light Infantry). Killed in action during the Battle of
Berukin, Palestine 9th April 1918 Aged 20. Son of Mr and Mrs William
Emery, of 44, Redgate Street, Bridgwater. Buried in Ramleh War Cemetery,
Israel. Row T. Grave 23. |
| EVANS | Robert | Private
38449 2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. (5th Infantry Brigade
2nd Division). Killed in action in France 6th December 1917. Aged
30. Hhusband of Lilla J. Evans, of 59, Wellington Road, Bridgwater.
Hermes Hill British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot 1. Row
D. Grave 2. |
| FARTHING | Henry James |
Private
85528 15th (Service) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in
action on the Somme 9th September 1918 Henry Farthing was the 20.
Son of Henry Farthing, of 118, Wellington Road, Bridgwater. Vis-en-Artois
Memorial, Haucourt, Arras Panel 9. |
| FENDER | Henry | Private
59852 24th (Denbighshire Yeomanry) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
Killed in action in Palestine 31st October 1917, during the capture
of Beersheba by XX Corps. (formerly T/1684 RASC). Beersheba War
Cemetery, Israel. Row K. Grave 38. |
| FENDER | Willie |
Driver
T4/213575 485 Motor Transport Company Royal Army Service Corps.
(54th (East Anglian) T.F Division). Died on active service 1st August
1919. Haidar Pasha Cemetery, Turkey. Plot 1. Row F. Grave 15. |
| FENDER | Bertie | Private
20402 6th (Service) Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Killed in action 22nd March 1917 during the German retreat to the
Hindenburg Line. 14th March-5th April, 1918. Bertie Fender was the
son of Mr H. G. Fender, of 76, Barday Street, Bridgwater. Beaurains
Road Cemetery, near Bapaume, Pas de Calais, France. Row D. Grave
24. |
| FOOKS | Percy |
Sergeant
12809 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. (8th Infantry Brigade
3rd Division). Killed in action near Arras.9th May 1917 Percy Fooks
was the son of Mrs Harris, husband of Emily Louisa Phillips(formerly
Fooks) of 59, Benedict Street, Glastonbury. Arras Memorial. Bay
4. |
| FORBES | Donald Keith | Lieutenant,
1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 15 February 1915.
Aged 23. Son of W. A. Forbes, Barrister-at-Law, and Margaret Forbes,
of Amraoti Camp, Berar, India. In the 1901 census he is aged 9,
resident Bedford County School, Ampthill Road Kempston, born 1892
in Bridgwater, Somerset. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN
GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 21.
See also Elstow,
Bedford County School |
| FORD | Albert |
Corporal
202277 7th (Service) Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry.
Died 2nd April 1918 following the Division’s involvement in the
"Kaisers Battle" which commenced on 21st March The 20th
Light was withdrawn to the Lens Avion Sector for rest and refit
commencing 2nd April to 8th October. Grand Seracourt Cemetery, Aisne,
France. Plot IV. Row J. Grave II. |
| FORD | Tom | Private
10394 1st Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Killed in action during the Battle of the Somme 8th August 1916.
Aged 34. Son of Frederick and Rebecca Ford; husband of Ellen Ford,
of 16, Court, West Street, Bridgwater. Essex Farm Cemetery, Boesinghe,
Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium. Plot III. Row B. Grave 31. |
| FORD | Walter George |
Able
Seaman RFR/PO/B/ 1469 211586 H.M.S "Good Hope" Royal Naval
Volunteer Reserve. Died at sea 1st November 1914. Aged 33. Son of
George and Margaret Ford, of Worcester. H.M.S. "Good Hope"
an obsolete Cruiser was destroyed by the gunfire of the German Cruisers
"Scharnhorst" ans "Gneisenau" of Admiral Graf
Spee’s Pacific Squadron in the Battle of Coronel, off Chile. There
were no survivors. Portsmouth Naval Memorial. panel 2. |
| FORGAN | Walter George | Able
Seaman Bristol Z.1114 Howe Battalion, Royal Naval Division Royal
Naval Volunteer Reserve. Killed in action 13th November 1916.during
the Battle of The Ancre 13th -15th November 1916. The Battle of
the Ancre brought to an end the five month long series of Battles
of the Somme in 1916. Ancre British Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel, Somme,
France. Plot IV. Row A. Grave 51, |
| FOSTER | Clifford |
Sapper
155419 300th Engineering and Mining Company Royal Engineers. Died
22nd August 1917. Clifford foster was the 36. Son of James and Ellen
Foster, of Bridgwater; husband of Edith May Foster, of 75, St John
Street, Bridgwater. Basra War Cemetery, Iraq. Plot 1. Row A. Grave
15. |
| FOWLER | Albert John | Sapper
495176 105th Field Company 495176 105th Field Company Royal Engineers.
Killed in action 27th May 1918 during the Battle of The Aisne 27th
May-6th Albert Fowler was the 23. Son of George and Clara Fowler,
of 10, All Saints Terrace, Bridgwater. Arras Memorial, Bay 1. |
| FRAMPTON | H |
Private
29569 No 4 Protection Company Royal Defence Corps. Died 26th October
1919 No next of kin on record. He may not be a Bridgwater soldier.
Bridgwater (St John’s) Cemetery. Ref 1 1707. |
| FRENCH | John Willis | Gunner
59274 60th Howitzer Battery Royal Field Artillery. Died in Mesopotamia
18th April 1916. John French was the 32. Son of John and Sarah Fursland,
of 31, Union Street, Bridgwater. Basra Memorial, Iraq. Panel 3 Column
60. |
| FRENCH | Austin Clifford |
Private
20352 1st Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Killed in action 3rd May 1917 during the Third Battle of The Scarpe.
(Arras) May 3rd- 4th 1917. Austin French was the 19. Son of Len
and Rose French, of Moorlynch, Bridgwater. Roeux British Cemetery,
Arras. Row C. Grave 23. |
| FROST | Clifford |
Lance Corporal 240211 2nd/5th Battalion, (Territorial), Prince Albert’s
(Somerset Light Infantry). Died in India 27th October 1918. Age
27. Born Bridgwater. Madras 1914-1918 War Memorial, Chennai, India.
Face 10. |
| FRY | Clarence Vivian Clements |
Private
43835 1st Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment. Died of wounds in the UK
5th November 1918. (formerly M/297131 RASC). Clarence Fry was the
20. Son of William Fry, of 58, Ashleigh Avenue, Bridgwater, and
the late Rosa Fry. Bridgwater (Wembdon Road) Cemetery (Church portion)
Plot IV. Row 9. Grave 1. |
| FUDGE | Arthur John | Private
Ply/1180 H.M.S. "Goliath" Royal Marine Light Infantry.
Died at sea 13th May 1915. The obsolete Battleship "Goliath"
was sunk by torpedo by a Turkish submarine manned by a German crew
in the Dardanelles on the above date. Arthur Fudge was the 28. Son
of Osmond and Angelina Fudge, of 79, Wellington Road, Bridgwater.
Plymouth Naval Memorial. Face 7. |
| FUDGE | Henry Charles |
Private
20026 "A" Company 2nd/5th Battalion, (Territorial), Prince
Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry). Died in India 30th May 1917.
Aged 28. Son of Osmond Rowland and Angelina Fudge, of 88, Wellington
Road, Bridgwater. Madras 1914-1918 War, India. Memorial Face 10.
Buried Dinapore No 3 Cemetery, India. |
| FURSLAND | Joseph Leonard | Lance
Corporal 25684. (Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).) 12th
(Service) Battalion, (Bristol) Gloucestershire Regiment. (95th Infantry
Brigade 32nd Division). Not listed in "Soldiers Died"
Part 18 SLI. Died 14th April 1918. Son of J.W. Fursland, of 10,
Fore Street, Bridgwater. He is recorded on the County Memorial as
Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry) but this is incorrect.
Morbecque British Cemetery, Nord, France. Plot 1. Row B. Grave 2. |
| GABRIEL | Ernest Edward |
Private
2735 2nd/4th Battalion, (Territorial), Prince Albert’s (Somerset
Light Infantry). Died in Mesopotamia 14th June 1916. Basra War Cemetery,
Iraq. Plot V. Row M. grave 20. |
| GALLEY | Douglas | Corporal
1765 1st/5th Battalion, (Territorial), Prince Albert’s (Somerset
Light Infantry). Died in Mesopotamia 7th October 1916. Draft from
India. Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq. Plot XXI. Row K.
Grave 42. |
| GAMLIN | W H |
Corporal
152nd Field Company. Royal Engineers. (37th Division). Died of wounds
in France 18th October 1917. Aged 28 yearold son of Frederick and
Mary Gamlin, of Shelford, Taunton; husband of Annie Gamlin, of 2,
The Goss, St Michael’s Road, Minehead. Outtersteene Communal Cemetery
Extension, Bailleul, Nord, France. Plot II. Row A. Grave 4. |
| GARDENER | William | Private
25458 8th (Service) Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Died in the No 9 Red Cross Hospital, 8th February 1918. William
Gardener was the 21. Son of John and Sarah Gardener, of Bridgwater.
Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, Nord, France. Plot III. Row C. Grave
32. |
| GAYLOR | Frederick |
Private
241095 2nd/5th Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Died in India 29th November 1918. Listed among the casualties who
are not recorded in "Soldiers Died" Part 18 SLI. of the
2nd/5th Bn at the back of book "A Strange War" by C P
Mills Frederick Gaylor was the 24. Son of Sidney and Mabel Gaylor,
of 43, Kidsbury Road Bridgwater. Buried Barrackpore New Cemetery.
Commemorated on Madras War Memorial, 1914-1918 Chennai, India. Face
10. |
| GILBERT | William Clifford | Able
Seaman Bristol Z/1053 Howe Battalion, Royal Naval Division Died
7th November 1917 during the 2nd Battle of Passchendaele October
26th- November 10th 1917 which brought the five month battles of
the Somme to a close. Son of Selina and the late W. Gilson. Tyne
Cot Memorial Memorial to the ‘Missing, Passchendaele, West Flanders,
Belgium. Panel 2 and 3 and 162 and 163A. |
| GILLSON | Thomas Hedley |
Private
34401 2nd/4th Battalion, (Territorial), Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry. (184th Infantry Brigade 61st (South Midland) Territorial
Division). Died 10th June 1918. Aged 18. Son of George and Emma
Gillson, of Bridgwater. Aire Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
Plot III. Row B. Grave 27. |
| GILLSON | W A | Corporal
Devonshire Regiment. Died 10th November 1918. Bridgwater (St John’s)
Cemetery. Ref 3 1553. |
| GODDEN | J |
Private
2717 Training Centre Army Cyclist Corps. Died In the United Kingdom
29th April 1917. Aged 37 year old husband of Hester J Godden, of
11, West Street, Bridgwater. Bridgwater (Wembdon Road) Cemetery
(Chapel portion) Location 4. 107. |
| GOODLAND | Leslie Maurice Lewis | Private
203196 1st/4th Battalion, (Territorial), Prince Albert’s (Somerset
Light Infantry). Died in India 29th April 1918 Leslie Goodland was
the 31. Son of Charles James and Kate Mary Goodland, of 39, North
Street, Bridgwater, Madras 1914-1918 War Memorial, Chennai. Face
10. Buried Wellington Garrison Cemetery, India. |
| GORDGE | Samuel |
Private
147735 8th (Service) Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light
Infantry). Killed in action 3rd October 1917 during the Battles
of Third Ypres otherwise known as the Passchendaele offensive. Aged
37. Son of Mrs Jane Gordge, of Market Street, Bridgwater; husband
of Beatrice Woodbridge (formerly Gordge),of 65, Union Street, Bridgwater.
Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. |
| GREY | Percy John | Private
Royal Naval Air Service. No further information currently available. |
| GULLY | Albert W |
Private
205200 3rd Garrison Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. (formerly
2nd/5th Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry) ). Died in India
7th March 1918. Aged 38. Son of Ruscombe and Betsy Gully, of River
View Terrace, Bridgwater. Rangoon War Cemetery, Myanmar (formerly
Burma). Plot 4. Row F. Grave 11. |
| GUNNINGHAM | Frank | Stoker
Petty Officer RFR/ Dev/ B/ 3049 287128 Long Service and Good Conduct
Medals H.M.S. "Challenger" Royal Navy. Died 13th December
1918. Son of Robert Gunninham; husband of Henrietta Gunningham,
of 15, Polden Street, Bridgwater. Born Spaxton. Dar es Salaam (Upanga
Road) Cemetery, Tanzania. Plot Y2 Row B. Grave 2. |
| HAGON | Charles Douglas |
2nd
Lieutenant 4th Battalion attached 8th (Service) Battalion, Prince
Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry). Died of wounds in France 3rd
August 1917. Buried in Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension France.
Plot III. Row B. Grave 22. |
| HAINES | Jesse | Private
SE/23170 Royal Army Veterinary Corps attached 4 Mobile Veterinary
Section. Died 25th January 1918. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq. Plot
XIV. Row C. Grave 6.. |
| HAKE | Fred |
Sergeant
6647 6th (Service) Battalion, K1) Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light
Infantry). Killed in action during an attack on Inverness Copse,
Ypres, 22nd August 1917 During the series of Battles of 3rd Ypres
Fred Hake was the 33. Son of Walter and Sarah Hake, of 48, John
Street, Hindmarsh, Adelaide South Australia. Tyne Cot Memorial,
Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.. |
| HALES | Charles | Private
240174 1st/5th Battalion, (Territorial), Prince Albert’s (Somerset
Light Infantry). Died of wounds sustained during the invasion of
Palestine 24th December 1917. |
| HALE | C |
Private.
241505. 1st/5th TF Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
(223rd Infantry Brigade 75th Division). Killed in action 23rd November
1917 during the Battle of Nabi Samweil 20th-24th November 1917.
Next of kin not notified. Jerusalem ar Cemetery, Israel. Row B.
Grave 79. |
| HALLETT | Gilbert Charles Drummond | Private
28642 7th (Service) Battalion, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.
(76th Infantry Brigade 25th New Army Division). (formerly 8/11904
Training Battalion). Vraucourt Copse British Cemetery, Vaul-Vraucourt
Plot 1. Row A. Grave 15. |
| HELPS | Frank Bovett |
Rifleman
2471 16th Battalion, Queen’s Westminster Rifles The London Regiment.
Killed in action, 23rd July 1915. Aged 21ear old son of Edward William
and Emily Helps, of Eastover, Bridgwater. Potijze Burial Ground,
Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium. Plot B. Row 1. Grave 27. |
| HAMBLIN | Charles | Private
5553 1st Battalion, Somerset Light Inantry. Killed in action 19th
December 1914 during the attack on the "Birdcage" on the
edge of Ploegsteert Wood, Belgium. Strand Military Cemetery, Ploegsteert
Wood. Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, West Flanders, Belgium. Plot IX.
Row R. Grave 8. |
| HAMPSON | Charles W |
T4/212272
Royal Army Service Corps attached 86th Field Ambulance Royal Army
Medical Corps. Died 21st March 1917. Husband of Mrs H Hampson, of
12, Queen Street, Bridgwater. Struma Military Cemetery, Greece.
Plot VI. Row G. Grave 9.. |
| HANNAFORD | Ernest | Private
L/5143 Royal Lancers. (3rd Cavalry Brigade 2nd Cavalry Division).
Died of wounds in 2nd April 1918. The only Lancer is L/5143 5th
Royal Irish Lancers. 2nd April 1918. No next of kin given. Mabeuge
Centre Cemetery, France. Row A. Grave 16. |
| HANNAFORD | Walter |
Private
21693 8th Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Killed in action 23rd November 1917 during the Battle of the Menin
Road Ridge 22nd- 25th September Walter Hannaford was the 31. Son
of Samuel and Mary Hannaford, of 10, Barclay Street, Bridgwater.
1901 Census records. Son of Samuel a tailor aged 45, Mary aged 45.Walter
16, Fred 14, Kate 12, Amelia 10, Stanley 8, Ernest 6, Frank 4. The
family are living at 14, Barclay Street, Bridgwater. Etaples Military
Cemetery, Boulogne, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XIX. Row M. Grave
II. |
| HANSFORD | Bertie | 24693
3rd Battalion, Guardsman Grenadier Guards. Died of wounds in France
31st January 1917. Bertie Hansford was the 24. Son of Frederick
and Annie Hansford; husband of Edith Lilian May Hansford, of 10,
Cranleigh Road, Bridgwater. Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte, Somme.
Plot II. Row M. Grave 38. |
| HARRIS | Benjamin |
Private
6002 6th (Service) Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Killed in action aged 33 16th September 1916, during the Battle
of Flers/Courcelette, 8th in the series of major battles of the
Somme, fought over the period July 1st- November 18th 1916. Benjamin
Harris was the 33. Son of William Wakely and Fanny Harris; husband
of Lily Harris, of 1, Anstice Place, Eastover, Bridgwater. Commemorated
on the Thiepval Memorial to the ‘Missing’ of the Somme. |
| HARRIS | William John | Private
15957 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Killed in action 1st July
1916 the first day of the Battle of the Somme. The Division attacked
up "Mash Valley"between Authuille Wood and Ovillers Thiepval
Memorial. |
| HARTNELL | E B |
Captain
1st/4th London Mounted Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
TF. Died in Egypt 25th April 1916. Cairo War Cemetery, Egypt. Row
F. Grave 41. |
| HARWOOD | Francis James | Private
12614, 5th (Service) Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment. Killed in
action in France 26th September 1916 during the Battle of Thiepval
Ridge, Somme, 26th-28th September. The 18881 Census records Frederick
21 a mariner, Harriett 25. Francis James aged 1. They are living
at Somerset Place. Thiepval Memorial. |
| HASTE | Clifford Wyndham |
Lance Corporal 205859 2nd (Garrison) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers.
Died in Mesopotamia 18th October 1918. (formerly 4412 Hampshire).
Aged 22. Son of Ceaser William Haste, of 36, Edward Street, Bridgwater.
Amara War Cemetery, Iraq. Plot XIV. Row C. Grave 20. |
| HAWKINS | Francis Ralph | Sapper
1247 2nd/2nd (Wessex) Field Company Royal Engineers. Died of meningitis
In the United Kingdom 17th February 1915. Francis Hawkins was the
19. Son of Charles and Jane Hawkins, of 6, All Saints Terrace, Bridgwater.
Born at Bishop’s Lydeard. Bridgwater (Wembdon Road) Cemetery (Church
portion) Plot B. Row 4. Rave 7. |
| HAYMAN | Austin |
Private
22573 1st Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Died in France 7th November 1916. Austin Hayman was the 37. Son
of Mrs May Hayman, of Green Dragon Lane, Bridgwater; husband of
H.D. Carver (formerly Hayman) of 12, Queen Street, Bridgwater. Serre
Road Cemetery, No 1 Hebuterne, Somme. Plot 1. Row BB. Grave 6. |
| HAYSHAM, MM | Ernest Charles | Private
240775 1st/5th Battalion, (Territorial), Prince Albert’s (Somerset
Light Infantry). (233rd Infantry Brigade 75th Division). Killed
in action 22nd November, 1917during three heavy Turkish counter-attacks
launched in an unsuccessful attempt to recapture the village of
Nabi Samweil and ridge some 5 miles west of Jerusalem. Ernest Haysham
was the 20. Son of Harry and Kate Haysham, of 36, Market Street,
Bridgwater: husband of Ellen Lucy Haysham, of 68, West Street, Bridgwater.
He is commemorated on the Jerusalem Memorial. Panel 17. |
| HAYSHAM | Harry |
Private
240767 1st/5th Battalion, (Territorial), Prince Albert’s (Somerset
Light Infantry). Killed in action in Palestine 22nd November 1917
during the Battle of Nabi Samweil 20th-24th November. Nabi Samweil
was one of several villages, which were the scene of heavy fighting
during the advance north from Nablus to Jerusalem. The CWGC was
not informed of his next of kin. He is buried in the Jerusalem War
Cemetery, Israel. Row Y Grave 43. |
| HEARD | Alexander Cameron | Private
9478 1st Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry). Killed
in action 16th September 1914 during the Battle of The Aisne, September
12th- 15th, 1914. La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial to the 3,888 ‘Missing’
of the Battles of Mons, Le Cateau, The Marne and the Aisne Seine-et-Marne,
France. |
| HILL | Albert |
Private
46704 18th (Service) Battalion, (Bantam) Lancashire Fusiliers. Killed
in action 26th March 1918 during the massive enemy Spring offensive
against the Fifth Army in Picardy (The Kaisers Battle "Operation
Michael" 21st March-April 5th (formerly 208439 Royal Engineers).
Aged 20. Son of Mrs Eliza Hill, of 1906, West Street, Bridgwater.
Poziers Memorial the Fifth Army ‘Missing’ of 1918. Ovillers-la-Boiselle,
Somme, France. Panels 32-34. |
| HILL | Robert | Private
25785 6th (Service) Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Killed in action 16th September 1916 during the Battle of Flers-Courcelette
Somme. 15th-22nd September Robert Hill was 29 years of age. Son
of Robert and Elizabeth Hill, of Parkstone Terrace, Bridgwater;
husband of Mary Hill, of Bristol Road, Bridgwater. Thiepval Memorial.
Pier and Face 2A. |
| HILL | William |
Private
9746 8th (Service) Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Died of wounds 21st July 1916. St Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Seine-et-Maritime,
France. Plot 1. Row H. Grave 132. |
| HOBBS | Frederick | Private
2848, 1st/6th Battalion (Territorial), Devonshire Regiment. Died
(H) in the UK 14th December 1914. Fremington (St Peter) Barnstaple,
Devon. North part. |
| HOBBS | Frederick |
Private
241544 1st/5th Battalion (Territorial), Prince Albert’s (Somerset
Light Infantry). Died 12th June 1920 Bridgwater (St John’s) Cemetery.
Ref 3 545. |
| HOBBS | Frederick Henry | Driver
T4/213526 3rd Base Horse Transport Depot Royal Amy Service Corps.
Died in Macedonia 23rd July 1917. Mikra British Cemetery, Greece.
Grave 64. |
| HOBBS | Frederick |
Private
14008, 10th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died in the United Kingdom
25th November 1916. Aged 29. Son of Mrs M Hobbs, of 33, Bailey Street,
Bridgwater. Bridgwater (St John’s) Cemetery. Ref 3 1549. |
| HODGES | Arthur William | Sapper
159062 15th Field Company Royal Engineers. Killed in action in France,
7th July 1917. Arthur Hodges was the 32. Son of William Henry and
Mary Hodges, of 40, Redgate Street, Bridgwater. Brandhoek Military
Cemetery, Vlamertinghe, Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium. Plot II.
Row M. Grave 1. |
| HODGES | Charles Harry |
Gunner
244 Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in action 23rd
July 1917. Charles Hodges was the 19. Son of William Henry and Mary
Hodges, of 19 Sycamore Road, Waterloo, Liverpool. Duhallow Advanced
Dressing Station Cemetery, Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium. Plot VII.
Row 4. Grave 14. |
| HOLDER | Haford | Private
19966 6th (Service) Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Killed in action 22nd August 1917 during an attack on Inverness
Copse, 3rd Ypres. Born Tiverton, Devon. Resident Bridgwater. Tyne
Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panels 41-42
and 163A. |
| HORNSBY | William |
2nd
Lieutenant 6th (Service) Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light
Infantry). 43rd Infantry Brigade 14th (Light) Division). Killed
in action on Tuesday, 21st August 1917during heavy fighting in the
vicinity of Inverness Copse, situated off the Menin Road. William
Hornsby was the 30. Son of Horace and Ellen Hornsby, of 14, Blacklands,
Bridgwater, Somerset. No known grave, being commemorated on the
Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 41-42
and 163A. |
| HOWE | Frederick James | Bombardier
5212 "Z" 29th Trench Mortar Battery Royal Field Artillery.
Killed in action France 29th June 1916. He was old son of Mrs J.H
Howe, of Williams Buildings, East Quay, Bridgwater. Thiepval Memorial.
Pier and Face 1A and 8A. |
| HOYAL | John |
Private
9472 1st Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry). Killed
in action in during severe winter warfare conditions in the vicinity
of Ploegsteert Wood 1st November 1914. Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines
Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 3. |
| HUBBARD | Clifford | Able
Seaman Bristol Z/1898 S.S. "Lynburn"Royal Navy. Died at
sea 29th August 1917.The 587 ton Steamship "Lynburn" (Murphy
and Sandwith of Workington) was mined ½ mile SE from N of Arklow
Lightship Cork/Whitehaven, Ireland. There were three survivors.
Plymouth Naval Memorial. Panel 24. |
| HURFORD | F C |
13169
1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. (8th Infantry Brigade 3rd Division).
Killed in action 1st May 1915. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.Panel 21. |
| HURFORD | Percy Albert | Private
S/1834 12th (Service) Battalion, (2nd South Down). Royal Sussex
Regiment. Killed in action 31st July 1917 during the Battle of Pilckem
Ridge 31st July-2nd August, 1917, 1st in the series of major battles
of Third Ypres fought over the period 31st July-November 10th, 1917.
Aged 22 year old husband of May Thirza Hurford, of Faith Cottages,
Dibden, Southampton. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium.Panel 20. |
| HURFORD | William |
Private
7813 6th (Service) Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Killed in action 18th August 1916 during fighting in Delville Wood.
William Hurford was the husband of Bessie Fry (Formerly Hurford),
of2 Court, Albert Street, Bridgwater.He was 23 years of age. Thiepval
Memorial to the ‘Missing’ of the Somme. |
| HURLEY | F | TF
2013 1st/7th Battalion, (Territorial), Duke of Cambridge’s Own Middlesex
Regiment. (167th Infantry Brigade 56th (1st London) Territorial
Division). Killed in action 22nd July 1916. Somme. Aged 19. Son
of Frederick George Hurley, of 17, Salisbury Road, Barnet, Herts.
Thiepval Memorial. Pier and Face 12D. and 13B. |
| ILEY | Alfred B |
(Richard
CWGC). Private 49302, 2nd (Garrison) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers.
Killed in action in 1st December 1917. (formerly 26044Wiltshire).
Aged 23. Son of John and Elizabeth Iley, of 45, Mount Street, Bridgwater.
Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq. Plot XII. Row G. Grave
16. |
| ILEY | Herbert John | Private
203672 1st/5th Battalion, (Territorial), Prince Albert’s (Somerset
Light Infantry). (233rd Infantry Battalion, 75th Division). Died
of wounds received during the Palestine campaign 3rd October 1917.
Son of Mrs John Iley, of Bridgwater; husband of Wimifred L. Iley,
of Henley Cottage, Henley Lane, Yatton, Bristol. Kantara War Memorial
Cemetery Row E. Grave 295. |
| IRISH | Alfred |
Private
240234 1st/5th Battalion, (Territorial), Prince Albert’s (Somerset
Light Infantry). Died in Mesopotamia 28th July 1916. He was among
one of a number of reinforcement drafts sent to Mesopotamia from
the Battalion, during its two and a half years garrison duty in
India. Aged 22. Son of Clara and the late John Henry Irish. Baghdad
(North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq. Plot XXI. Row D. Grave 30. |
| JAMES | William Edward | Private
38282 1st/4th Battalion, (Territorial), Prince Albert’s (Somerset
Light Infantry). (Garrison duty India). Died in India 20th May 1918.
William James the 29. Son of the late Charlotte Ann James; husband
of Florence Mabel James, of 163, Pearl Street, Roath, South Glamorga.
Madras 1914-1918 War Memorial, Chennai. Buried in Trimulgheny Cantonment
Cemetery. |
| JARRETT | Frederick |
Private
8667 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment (23rd Infantry Brigade 8th
Division). Killed in action 10th November 1916 during the Battle
of the Somme. Aged 27. Son of Mrs E. Jarrett. Thiepval Memorial.
Pier and Face 1C. |
| JARVIS | Charles Edwin | Private
17717 7th (Service) Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
(61st Infantry Brigade 20th Light Division). Killed in action 22nd
September 1917during the Battle of the Menin Road Ridge. Charles
Jarvis was the 19. Son of Edwin and Ada Bower, of Bridgwater. Bluet
Farm Cemetery, Elverdinghe, Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium. Plot
1. Row D. Grave 14. |
| JARVIS | Frederick |
Private
2972 2nd/4th Battalion, (Territorial), Devonshire Regiment. (2nd
Devon/Cornwall Brigade 2nd (Wessex) Division) Egyptian Expeditionary
Force. Died in Palestine 16th February 1917 Jerusalem Memorial,
Israel. Panel 16. |
| JARVIS | Leo Charles | Sapper
506469 65th AFA Signals Sub Section Royal Engineers. Killed in action
in France or Flanders 27th March 1918.Son of Mr and Mrs Frederick
Jarvis, of 29, Cranleigh Gardens, Bridgwater. Poziers Memorial.
Panels 10-13. |
| JENNINGS | David |
Lance
Corporal 987 7th (Service) Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset
Light Infantry). (61st Infantry Brigade 20th Light Division). Killed
in action 23rd March 1918, during Ludendorf’s Spring offensive opposite
the Somme. Grand Serracourt British Cemetery, 7 miles approx SW
of St Quentin, Aisne France. Plot VI. Row H.Grave 1. |
| JENNINGS | Tom | Corporal
241479 1st/5th Battalion, (Territorial), Prince Albert’s (Somerset
Light Infantry). (233rd Infantry Brigade 75th Division). Egyptian
Expeditionary Force. Died of wounds sustained during the invasion
of Palestine 27th July 1918. Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel. Row S.
Grave 39. |
| JENNINGS | William Charles |
Corporal
722311, 1st/24th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment. Killed
in action 15th September 1917 during the Third Battles of Ypres
July 31st- November 10th, 1917. Aged 32. Son of Matilda J Jennings
and S Jennings, of 147, Verney Road, Camberwell, London. Ypres (Menin
Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.Panels 52-54. |
| KEEP | Edgar | Lance
Corporal 18716, 10th (Service) Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment.
(57th Infantry Brigade 19th (Western) Division). Killed in action
20th December 1915. Aged 26. Son of William and Rose Keep; husband
of Jessie Keep, of 107, Chilton Street, Bridgwater. St Vaast Post
Military Cemetery, Richebourg l Avoue, Pas de Calais, France. Plot
II. Row H. Grave 7. |
| KEIRLE | Harry James |
Private
34745 11th (Service) Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. (78th Infantry
Brigade 26th Division). Salonika Force. Died 25th April 1917. Aged
34. Son of Mrs Hannah Keirle; husband of E.C. Keirle, of 125, St
John’s Street, Bridgwater. Doiran Memorial, Macedonia, Greece. |
| KEIRLE | William | Private
9831 1st Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry). Died
of wounds in F 3rd May 1915. Born North Petherton. Boulogne Eastern
Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VIII. Row B. Grave 23. |
| KERSLAKE | Joseph Richard |
Sapper
506282 39th Works Company Royal Engineers. Died 20th January 1919.
Les Baraques Military Cemetery, Sangatte, Pas de Calais, France.
Plot VII. Row A. Grave 8. |
| KING | Joseph | Private
240380 1st/5th Battalion, (Territorial), Prince Albert’s (Somerset
Light Infantry). Died in Mesopotamia 14th September 1916 Baghdad
(North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq. Plot XXI. Row P. Grave 9. |
| KING | William |
Private
240381 1st/5th Battalion, (Territorial), Prince Albert’s (Somerset
Light Infantry). See details above. Died in Mesopotamia 28th April
1917 Basra Memorial, Iraq. Panel 12. |
| KING | William | Private
20788 8th (Service) Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
(63rd Infantry Brigade 21st Division0. Killed in action 1st July
1916 near Fricourt, Somme. Next of kin not known Thiepval Memorial
to the ‘Missing’ of the Somme. |
| LAW | Tom |
Able
Seaman Bristol Z/1368 Hood Battalion, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve,
Royal Naval Division. (189th Infantry Brigade 63rd (Naval) Division).
Killed in action 4th September 1918 during the Battle of the Drocourt
Queant line in the 2nd Battle of Arras August 26th-September 3rd
1918. Son of Henry and Parthenia Law, of 58, Wembdon Road, Brigwater.
Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VII. Row
D. Grave 22. |
| LEGG | Ernest Robert | Corporal
15804 7th (Service) Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. (54th Infantry
Brigade 18th (Eastern) Division). Killed in action 17th February
1917. Aged 20. Son of Willie Robeert and Martha Legg, of 42, Polden
Street, Bridgwater. Thiepval Memorial to the 73,000 ‘Missing’ of
the Somme. Pier and ace 2C. |
| LEGG | William Robert |
Corporal
21578 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire/Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
Killed in action 6th April 1916 Arrived Mesopotamia 27th November
1914. The Bn was captured with the fall of Kut-al-Amara 29th April
1916 (formerly 6377 Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry) ).
Aged 20. Son of Willie Robert and Martha Legg, of 42, Polden Street,
Bridgwater. Basra Memorial. Iraq. Panels 26-28. |
| LEIGH | Fred William | Private
26543 8th (Service) Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
(63rd Infantry Brigade 37th Division). Killed in action 10th April
1917, during the First Battle of Arras April 9th-14th, 1917. Arras
Memorial. Bay 4. |
| LETHERBY | Cecil John |
Private
74016 28th (North West )Battalion, Saskatewan Regiment Canadian
Infantry Canadian Expeditionary Force. (6th Canadian Infantry Brigade
2nd Canadian Division). Killed in action 22nd November 1915 Aged
28. Son of Richard John and Sarah Jane Leatherby, of 14, Alexandra
Road, Bridgwater. Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery, West Flanders,
(6 miles Ypres). Row K. Grave 62. |
| LEWIS | Ernest | Private
9760 1st Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry). Died
of wounds (gas) In the United Kingdom 27th October 1915. Ernest
Lewis was the 21. Son of Frederick Lewis, of Gloucester Place, Friarn
Street, Bridgwater, Bridgwater (Wembdon Road) Cemetery (Church portion).
Plot I. Row 1. Grave 2. |
| LOCK | Samuel |
Private
Canadian Expeditionary Force. 446687 7th Battalion, Canadian Infantry.
(2nd Infantry Brigade 1st Canadian Division). Killed in action 15th
April during the Battles of Arras. No next of kin recorded. Canadian
records indicate his former address as 38, Polden Street, Bridgwater.
Samuel Lock attested willingness to serve with the Canadian Expeditionary
Force at Calgary, in the Province of Saskatewan on the 7th May 1915.
His age on attestation was 26 year 2 months (born 31st March 1886).
His trade being a polisher. His records are contained in R.G.150
Box 5701 6 sheets. Bois Carre Cemetery. Thelus, Pas de Calais, France.
Plot 1. Row E. Grave 8. |
| LOMAX | John | Corporal
10057 1st Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Killed in action 6th July 1915. Son of Henry George and Amelia Lomax,
of Bath; husband of Mary Lomax, of 83, Union Street, Bridgwater.
Served on the North-West Frontier (Punjab) of India. Talana Farm
Cemetery, Boesinghe, West Flanders, Belgium. Plot 1. Row D. Grave
3. |
| LOUBO | Lawrence Castano |
Able
Seaman Royal Naval Reserve 1338D H.M.S. "Triumph" Royal
Navy. Died at sea 25th May 1915 The 11,800 ton pre Dreadnought Battleship
"Triumph", launched in 1903 was torpedoed in the Dardanelles
on the above date. Aged 48 year old husband of Ellen Luobo, of "Penel
Orlieu", Bridgwater. Plymouth Naval Memorial. Panel 8. |
| LUCAS | Ernest | Private
51923 or 5923 50th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps. (50th
(Northumbrian) Division). Died of wounds 21st October 1918. Aged
31. Son of Edwin and Elizabeth Lucas, of 5, Blake Place, Bridgwater.
Etaples Military Cemetery, Boulogne, France. Plot LXVII. Row K.
Grave 20. |
| MAJOR | Arthur Oswald |
Captain
1st/5th Battalion, (Territorial), Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light
Infantry). (233rd Infantry Brigade 75th Division). Killed in action
23rd November 1917during the Battle of Nabi Samweil one of several
heavily defended villages situated approximately 5 miles NW of Jerusalem
on the road to Nablus. The 23rd was a tragic day for the Bn who
lost 69 killed and over 400 wounded in an unsuccessful attack on
the village on El Jib. Arthur Major was the 42. Son of Henry James
and Julia Mary Major, of 18, Northfield, Bridgwater. Jerusalem War
Cemetery, Israel. Row C. Grave 27. |
| MANCHIP. MM | Frederick | Private
132588 85th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Nova Scotia Highlanders)
Canadian Expeditionary Force. (12th Canadian Infantry Brigade 4th
Canadian Division). Died ? of wounds 10th October 1918. Next of
kin not known Canadian Records which are contained in RG 150 Accession
1992-93/166, Box 5884 11 sheets. indicate. Date of birth 15th July
1897. Next of kin Frank Manchip, father. Address of Frederick 764,
La Fontaine East, Montreal, Quebec. Occupation Elevator operator.
He enlisted in Montreal on the 14th September 1915 giving his age
as 18 years 2 months. St Sever Cemetery Extension, Roeun, France.
Section S Plot II. Row S. Grave 2. |
| MANCHIP | Mathew |
Private
28950 "B" Company 7th (Service) Battalion, Prince Albert’s
(Somerset Light Infantry). Killed in action in France 27th August
1918. Aged 19 years old son of the late Harry and Elizabeth Manchip.
Vis-en-Artois Memorial to the 9,903 ‘Missing’ of the Advance in
Picardy, the battles of the Hindenburg Line, the Selle, and the
final Advance in Picardy. Panel 4. |
| MANCHIP | Walter Stanley | Lance
Corporal 88 50th (South Australia) Infantry Battalion, Australian
Imperial Force. (13th Brigade 4th Australian Division). Killed in
action on Monday the 4th September 1916 during the Battle for possession
of Poziers Ridge. Address in Australia John Street, New Hindmarsh,
South Australia. Age at embarkation 22. Status single Next of kin,
Mother at above address. Date of enlistment 19th August 1914. Bugler.
AWM Embarkation Roll No 23/27/1. Unit embarked from Adelaide, South
Australia on board the Transport A11. "Ascanius" on the
20th October 1914. Killed in action 4th September 1916. Panel number,
Roll of Honour Australian war Memorial. 151. The CWGC were not informed
of his next of kin. He has no known grave being commemorated on
the Australian National Memorial, Villers Bretonneux, Somme, France. |
| MANCHIP | William |
Driver
4136 10th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in action
Gallipoli 3rd September 1915. The 1901 Census records Son of Charles
56, and Sarah 52. Francis James is aged 1 year. Address Somerset
Place, Bridgwater. Hill 10 Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey. Plot 1.
Row A. Grave 10. |
| MANLEY | Arthur George | Lance
Corporal Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry). No CWGC. Not
listed in "Soldiers Died" Part 18 SLI. |
| MANLEY | Cecil Eric |
Private
25692 1st Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment. (110th Infantry Brigade
21st Division). Killed in action 24th March 1918 during the German
Spring offensive "Operation Michael" in Picardy March
21st -April 5th. Formerly 23952 Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light
Infantry). Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7. |
| MANNING | William Charles | Air
Mechanic Class II 12421 Royal Flying Corps. Accidentally killed
in the United Kingdom 8th July 1916. William Manning was the husband
of Nellie Frances Manning, of 103, Elm Park Road, Reading. He was
25 years of age. Bridgwater (Wembdon Road) Cemetery (Chapel portion)
Location 4. 140. |
| MARCHANT | Frederick Charles |
Private
13557 4th Battalion, Coldstream Guards. (Guards Division). Killed
in action F/F 5th July 1917. Aged 20, Son of mr and Mrs E. Marchant,
of 24, Polden Street, Bridgwater. Artillery Wood Cemetery, Boesinghe,
Ypres, Belgium. Plot VII. Row C. Grave 16. |
| MARGETTS | Harold Francis | possibly
Private 9889 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light
Infantry. Killed in action 29th April 1917 during the Battle of
Arleux, Arras. Brother of Edward Philip Margetts, of 15, Distons
Lane, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. Arras Memorial. Bay 6-7. |
| MARGETTS | Henry Edwin |
Private
9932 8th (Service) Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
(63rd Infantry Brigade 37th Division). Killed in action in France
3rd September 1916. Aged 18. Son of Henry Edward and Eva Florence
Margetts, of 12, Stanley Terrace, Bristol Road, Bridgwater. Lonsdale
Cemetery, Authuille, Somme. Plot V. Row D. Grave 2. |
| MARGETTS | William Henry | Lance
Corporal 9335 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. (23rd Infantry
Brigade 8th Division). Killed in action 11th March 1915 during the
battle of Neuve Chapelle March10th-13th, 1915.. Killed in action
12th March 1915 during an attack on the village of Fromelles in
the Battle of Aubers Ridge, 10th-13th March, 1915. Aged 22 years
old son of Henry Edward and Eva Florence Margetts, of 12, Stanley
Terrace, Bristol Road, Bridgwater. Le Touret Memorial to the 13,479
‘Missing’ of the Battles of La Bassee, Neuve Chapelle, Aubers Ridge,
and Festubert in 1914-15. Richebourg L’Avoue, Bethune, Pas de Calais,
France. Panels 8-9. |
| MARKS | Alfred |
Driver
217170 Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action in France 25th October
1918. (formerly T/1850 Dvr RASC 135th Inf Bde). Aged 30. Son of
William and Lucy Marks, of Bridgwater; husband of Alice Marks, of
6, Dry Dock, East Quay, Bridgwater. Tantignies Communal Cemetery,
Rumes, near Tournai, Hainaut, Belgium. Row F. Grave 6. |
| MARKS | Walter John | Driver
T4/212463 Royal Army Service Corps. Died in the Balkans 9th November
1916. (formerly T/1800 2nd/1st SW Bde Coy). Salonika (Lembet Road)
Military Cemetery, Greece. Grave 668. |
| MEAD | Albert George |
Cooks
Mate M/13631 H.M.S. "Defence" Royal Navy. Died at sea
31st May 1916 during the battle of Jutland. H.M.S. Defence was a
14,600m ton Cruiser, launched in 1907. She was destroyed by the
gunfire of the German Battleship "Hipper" with the loss
of nearly 800 lives. Albert Mead was the 21 year old husband of
Gertrude mead, of Somerset Bridge, Bridgwater. Plymouth Naval Memorial.
17. |
| MEADE | Ernest John | Private
3/6793 1st Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Killed in action 19th December 1914 during the attack on "The
Birdcage", Ploegsteert Wood, Belgium. Ernest Meade was the
18. Son of Ernest John and Fanny E. Mead, of 52, Polden Street,
Bridgwater. Ploegsteert Memorial, near Armentiers,Hainaut, West
Flanders, Belgium. |
| MILLARD | Edmund George |
Chief
Petty Officer /Acting Engine Room Articifer 4th Class M/11585 (CH).
H.M.S. "Pembroke" Royal Navy. Died In the United Kingdom
26th January 1918. H.M.S. "Pembroke" was a shore based
establishment (Chatham) George Millard was the 24. Son of Mrs Annie
Jane Millard, of "The Lindens" Wembdon Road, Bridgwater.
Bridgwater (Wembdon Road) Cemetery (Church Portion) Grave A. 2.
1. |
| MILTON | Joseph John | Private
17454 6th (Service) Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Killed in action in France 16th September 1916 during the Battle
of Flers-Courcelette. Guards Cemetery, Les Boeufs, Somme. Plot V.
Row K. Grave 1. |
| MITCHELL | Robert |
Private
79348. King’s Liverpool Regiment Transferred to 53699 Labour Corps.
(90th Coy). Killed in action in France 10th December 1917. Fins
New British Cemetery, Sorel-le-Grand, Somme. Plot III. Row A. Grave
10. |
| MOORE | Harold George | Corporal
TF 207939 21st (Service) Battalion, (Islington) Middlesex Regiment.
(119th Infantry Brigade 39th Division). Killed in action 9th April
1918 during the Battle of The Lys April 9th-29th. Aged 22. Son of
Mr A.H. and Mrs E.E. Moore, of 34, Devonshire Street, Bridgwater.
Rue Petillon Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, near Armentiers, France
Petier Mortier German Cemetery 2. |
| MORGAN | Henry |
Private
2355 3rd Battalion, Australian Machine Gun Corps. Died of wounds
(Gas) 8th May 1918. Henry Morgan was the 25. Son of Charles and
Ellen Morgan, of 2, Hampton Terrace, Bridgwater. Australian Embarkation
Roll records Age 22. Farmer. Address in Australia Hillgrove, New
South Wales. Next of kin Mrs Ellen Morgan of Cranleigh Gardens Bridgwater.
Date of enlistment 18th May 1916. Embarked from Sydney, New Soth
Wales aboard H.M.A.T A30 "Borda" on the 17th October 1916.
Bridgwater (Wembdon Road) Cemetery, (Chapel portion) lLcation A.
26. |
| MOUNSHER | William James | Driver
11598 "A" Battery 63rd (LXIII) Brigade Royal Field Artillery.
(12th (Eastern) Division). Killed in action in France 17th August
1918. William Mounsher was the 24. Son of Charles and Nellie Mounsher,
of 5, Hamp Ward, Taunton Road, Bridgwater. Caix British Cemetery,
Somme. Caix was captured by the Canadian Corps August 8th 1918.
Plot 1. Row C. Grave 9. |
| MOUNSTEPHENS | Frederick |
Pioneer
220544 302 2nd Road Construction Company Royal Engineers. Died 7th
February 1917. Next of kin not known Warlencourt Halte british Cemetery,
saulty, somme. Plot IV. Row H. Grave 3. CWGC Mountstevens Frederick
Pioneer. 220544. 302, 2nd Road Construction Company, Royal Engineers.
Died 7th February 1917. Next of kin no0t notified CWGC. Warlincourt
Halte British Cemetery, Saulty, Pas de Calais, France. Plot IV.
Row H. Grave 3. |
| MULFORD | Robert George Jennings | Lance
Corporal 22408 6th (Service) Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset
Light Infantry). Killed in action 29th March 1918 during Ludendorf’s
massive Spring offensive in Picardy March 21st-April 5th.1918..
Robert Mulford was the 38. Son of the late Joseph and Sophia Mulford,
of Born Highbridge enlisted Derby. Poziers Memorial to the ‘Missing’
of the Fifth Army in 1918. Ovillers-la-Boiselle, Somme, France.
Panels 25-26. |
| NASH | Tom |
Able
Seaman R/648 Anson Battalion, Royal Naval Divison Royal Navy. (188th
Infantry Brigade 63rd (Royal Naval) Division). Killed in action
28th October 1917 during the 2nd Battle of Passchendaele, October
26th- Nine Elms Miklitary Cemetery, Thelus. Pas de Calais, France.
Plot VII. Row E. Grave 3. |
| NICHOLLS | Herbert C P | Lance
Corporal 11th (Service) Battalion, (Donegal and Fermanagh Vols)
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. (109th Infantry Brigade 36th (Ulster)
Division). Died of wounds 21st August 1917. (formerly 25735 Prince
Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry) ). Herbert Nicholls was the 29.
Son of James and Emily Nicholls; husband of Amelia E. Nicholls.
Etaples Military Cemetery, Boulogne, Pas de Calais, France. Plot
XXII. Row Q. Grave 13A. |
| NORRISH | Walter Edwin |
Private
6297 24th The Queen’s (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment.
(142nd Infantry Brigade 47th (2nd London) Territorial Division).
Killed in action 16th September 1916 during the Battle of Flers-Courcelette
15th –22nd September 1916. Formerly 21515 Prince Albert’s (Somerset
Light Infantry). Aged 22. Son of Harriett Emily Norrish of 10 George
Street, Bridgwater. Thiepval Memorial. Pier and Face 9D-9C 13C –12C. |
| NOVAK | Gerald Victor | Corporal
19716 Royal Army Medical Corps. Died 8th December 1918. Aged 34.
Son of Gyula and Ada Novak. Born London. Dar-es-Salaam (Upanga Road),
Tanganyika. |
| NURTON | John Stanley |
Private
19716 7th (Service) Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Died 13th March 1918. John Nurton was the son of Frederick Nurton,
of "Stradlings" Cannigton Street Bridgwater. Ham British
Cemetery, Muille-Villette. Somme. Plot 1. Row B. Grave 9. |
| O’BRIEN | Lawrence James | Private
14003 9th (Service) Battalion, Welch Regiment. Died in France/ 7th
March 1916. Aged Brother of Mrs M. Coakley, of 4, Valetta Place,
Bridgwater. Merville Communal Cemetery, Nord, France. Plot VI. Row
N. Grave 6. |
| PARKER | Ernest Albert |
Private
241100 2nd/5th Battalion, (Territorial), Prince Albert’s (Somerset
Light Infantry). Died in India 21st October 1918. Son of George
and Elizabeth Parker, of 54, Barclay Street, Bridgwater. Buried
Katapahar New Cemetery, Jalapahar, India. Commemorated on the Madras
1914-1918 War Memorial. Face 10. |
| PALMER | Ernest | Private
38490 15th (Service) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. (97th Infantry
Brigade 32nd Division). Died of wounds 22nd March 1918. Aged 32.
Son of Mrs E.R. Palmer; husband of Ethel Palmer, of 27, Cambden
Road, Bridgwater. Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Westvleteren, West
Flanders, Belgium. Plot XIV. Row 1. Grave 21. |
| PALMER | Harry |
Private
34441 2nd/4th Battalion, (Territorial), Ox/Buckinghamshire Light
Infantry. (184th Infantry Brigade 61st (South Midland) Territorial
Division). Killed in action 18th April 1918 during the Battle of
the Lys, April 9th-29th. Harry Palmer was the son of George and
Maria Palmer, of "Dunkeld Villa" Ashcombe Park Road, Weston
super Mare. Loos Memorial., Pas de Calais, France. Panels 83-85,
Pas de Calais, France. |
| PALMER | Richard | Private
20857, 2nd/5th Battalion, (Territorial), Gloucestershire Regiment.
Killed in action 11th August 1918 during an attack to secure the
crossing of the Plate Becque. Richard Palmer is buried in Merville
Communal Cemetery, Nord, France. Plot 2. Row D. Grave 2. |
| PALMER | Walter Henry |
Private
45962 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Killed in action 31st
July 1917 during the Battle of Pilckem Ridge.. Walter Palmer was
the 34. Son of Walter and Susan Palmer, of "Horsepond"
Friarn Street, Bridgwater; husband of Christinna Louise Caller (formerly
Palmer), of Chilton Trinity, Bridgwater. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial,
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.Panel 21. |
| PARSONS | Alexander Clifford | Private
38752 7th (Service) Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Killed in action near Arras19th June 1918 Arras Memorial., Pas de
Calais, France. Bay 4. |
| PARSONS | Albert |
Private
7186 1st Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry). Killed
in action 26th August 1914 during the Battle of Le Cateau in the
retreat from Mons. Born Chedzoy. Aged 29. Son of Edward and Mary
Ann Parsons, of The Wharf, Dunball, Bridgwater; husband of Annie
bates (formerly parsons), of 17, 2nd Avenue, Trecenydd, Caerphilly,
Glamorgan. La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial to the 3,888 ‘Missing’,who
fell in the Battles of Mons, Le Cateau, the Marne and the Aisne
in 1914. |
| PARSONS | Edwin | Private
G/11766 10th (Service) Battalion, (Battersea) Royal West Surrey
Regiment. (124th Infantry Brigade 41st Division). Killed in action
22nd September 1917 during the Battle of The Menin Road Ridge 20th-22nd
September, 1917. Tyne Cot Memorial to the ‘Missing’ Panels 14-17
and 162-162A. |
| PARSONS | William Edward |
Lance
Corporal T/1823 South Western Mounted Brigade Royal Army Service
Corps. Accidentally killed 5th February 1916. William Parsons was
the 25 year old husband of Matilda Hurford (formerly Parsons) of
34, Union Street, Bridgwater, Somerset. Bridgwater (St John’s) Cemetery
Ref 2 2525. |
| PASSMORE | William Henry | Private
19022 5th (Service) Battalion, TF Wiltshire Regiment. Killed in
action in Mesopotamia 9th April 1916. William Passmore was the 23.
Son of mr and Mrs Passmore, of 10, Provident Place, Bridgwater.
Basra Memorial, Iraq. Panels 30 and 64. |
| PATTESON |
No
further details. Not found. |
|
| PAYNE | Robert | Stoker
Royal Navy. Not identified |
| PAYNE | Percy |
Private
132795 8th Training Battalion, Royal Army Medical Corps. Died 26th
June 1918. Son of Mrs E. J Payne, of The Slip, Congresbury near
Bristol. Born at Yatton. Yatton St Mary Churchyard. West Boundary. |
| PEARCE | Stanley Arthur Robert | Driver
T4/213527 662nd Heavy Transport Company Royal Army Service Corps
Died In the United Kingdom 10th November 1918. Stanley Pearce was
the 24 year old husband of Floss Pearce, of Queen Street, North
Petherton, Bridgwater. Bridgwater (Wembdon Road) Cemetery (Chapel
portion. Location 4. 114. |
| PEARN | William Henry |
Gunner
83375 "D" Battery 123rd Brigade Royal Field Artillery.
Died In the United Kingdom 19th October 1918. William Pearn was
the 22. Son of Richard and Selina Pearn, of 33, Edward Street, Bridgwater.Bridgwater
(St John’s) Cemetery, Ref 2 2534. |
| PENFOLD | G H | No
further details. Not found. |
| PERRETT | Frank Herbert |
Private
19426 Depot Dorsetshire Regiment. Died In the United Kingdom 13th
July 1918. Aged 39. Son of Thomas L Perrett; husband of Bessie Perrett,
of 16A, Cornhill Bridgwater. Bridgwater (St John’s) Cemetery. Ref
2 1200. |
| PERRY | Walter | Private
321389 Royal Wiltshire (Yeomanry) Hussars. Died In the United Kingdom
6th June 1917. Walter Perry was 42, the husband of M.A. Perry, of
91, West Street, Bridgwater. Bridgwater (Wembdon Road) Cemetery,
(Chapel portion). Location C. 163. |
| PHILLIPS | H |
This
could possibly be Phillips Harold Sergt L4267 Died 5th December
1917. 12th (Prince of Wales’s) Royal Lancers. Aged 23, Son of Mrs
C. Pitman of 20, Mount Pleasant, Wellington. St Sever Cemetery Extension,
Roeun, Seine et Maritime, France. Section P. Plot V. Row I. Grave
10B. |
| PHILLIPS | William George | Able
Seaman Bristol Z/1380 Nelson Battalion, Royal Naval Division. (189th
Infantry Brigade 63rd (Royal Naval) Division). Killed in action
18th December 1917. Aged 29. Son of Charlie and Mary Jane Phillips,
of 77, Oxford Street, Burnham on Sea; husband of Annie Phillips,
of 7, Pathfinder Terrace, Bridgwater. Thiepval Memorial, Somme. |
| PHILLIPS | William John |
40077
Sergeant 12th (Service) (Bristol) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment.
Died of wounds 15th November 1918. Aged 25 year old husband of Mary.
A. Phillips, of Eggington, Derby. Formerly 18649 Duke of Cornwall’s
Light Infantry. St Sever Cemetery Extension. Rouen, Seine-et-Maritime,
France. Section S. Plot III. Row Y. Grave 5. |
| PITMAN | A | No
further details. |
| PITMAN | Edward |
Private
7418 1st Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry), Killed
in action 2nd May 1915. He was born Bedminster, Bristol. The CWGC
was not informed the next of kin. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memoria,l.
Panel 21. |
| PITMAN | Victor | Private
21288 7th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. (39th Infantry
Brigade 13th (Western) Division). Killed in action at Gallipoli
6th December 1915. Aged 18. Son of Tom and Elizabeth Jane Pitman,
of 17, Blacklands, Bridgwater. Azmac Cemetery, Suvla Gallipoli,
Turky. Plot II. Row E. Grave 3. |
| POCOCK | Robert |
Private
125060 147 Labour Company Labour Corps. (formerly 4566 Depot Prince
Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry) ) Died 7th December 1918. Turcoing
(Pont Neuville) Communal Cemetery, Nord, France. Row H. Grave G. |
| POLE | Arthur Leonard | Sergeant
163744 75th Battalion, Canadian Infantry Mississauga (Central Ontario)
Regiment, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Killed in action 1st March
1917. From Canadian enlistment records which are contained in RG
150 Accession 1992- 93/166 Box 7883 23 sheets. Born 4th August 1891.
Next of kin Mabel {ole. Age on enlistment 24. Trade or profession
Shipper. Address in Canada 475, Brock Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.
Place of enlistment Niagra, Ontario. Previous military Service 4
years in Territorial Army in England Villers Station Cemetery, Villers-au-Bois,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot VII. Row D. Grave 8. |
| POLE | David |
Private
22819 4th Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Killed in action during the
capture of Gouzeaucourt by the Guards Division on the 30th November
1917. Gouzeaucourt New Military Cemetery, Nord, France. Plot XI.
Row A. Grave 5. |
| POPE | Frederick | Private
240781 2nd/5th Battalion, (Territorial), Prince Albert’s (Somerset
Light Infantry). Died in India 27th August 1919. Aged 27. Son of
Charlie and Charlotte Pope; husband of Ellen Pope, of 71, Polden
Street, Bridgwater. Madras 1914-1918 War Memorial, Chennai, India.
Face 10. |
| PORTER | Edward John |
Private
2399 1st/5th TF Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Died in India whilst on garrison duty 4th December 1916. Delhi 1914-1918
War Memorial, India. |
| POSNETT | Harold William | Pioneer
268007 attached 5th Army HQ Signal Coy Royal Engineers. Killed in
France 21st December 1917. Aged 19. Son of George William and Lizzie
Posnett, of Weston super Mare. Fins New British Cemetery, Sorel
le Grand, Somme. Plot III. Row C. Grave 5. |
| POTTER | Herbert Harry |
Sapper
176858 59th Field Company Royal Engineers. (5th Division). Killed
in action Flanders 21st October 1917. Kleine-Vierstraat British
Cemetery, Kemmel, West Flanders, Belgium. Plot III. Row F. Grave
21. |
| POW | Albert Francis | Private
26623 Depot Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry). Died In the
United Kingdom 11th May 1917. Albert Pow was the 30. Son of Albert
and Annie Pow,of Withy Mills, Farm Paulton, Bristol; husband of
Leonora Pow, of 2, Southgate Avenue, Bridgwater. Bridgwater (Wembdon
Road) Cemetery (Church portion). Plot I. Border grave 5. |
| PRATT | Robert |
Lance
Corporal 26668 6th (Service) Batalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset
Light Infantry). Died 9th April 1917. 1st Battle of the Scarpe,
Arras. Born Islington, resident Bridgwater. Aged husband of Cecilia
Minnie Pratt. Tigris Lane Cemetery, Wancourt, Arras, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot 1. Row F. Grave 1 |
| PREW | Alfred William | Sergeant
17637 8th (Service) Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Killed in action in the Ypres Salient 4th October1917, during the
Battle of Broodseinde. Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panels 41-42 and 163A. |
| PUGSLEY | Walter |
Private
9095 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Killed in action 21st October
1914. Aged 22. Son of Henry and Mary Ann Pugsley, of 1, Redgate
Street, Bridgwater. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium.Panel 11. |
| RABJOHNS | Albert Edward | Driver
T4/056777 798 Horse Transport Company Royal Army Service Corps.
Died in the Balkans 31st July 1918. Son of Mrs S. Rabjohns of 7,
Blacklands, Bridgwater. Karasouli Cemetery, Greece. Row C. Grave
444. |
| RANDALL | Charles William |
Private
8501 2nd Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment. Died in Mesopotamia 18th
August 1916. Not listed in "Soldiers Died" part 18 SLI.
Aged 27. Son of Eliza Rolls, of Carters Avenue, Hamworthy, Poole,
Dorset. Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq. Plot XXI. Row F.
Grave 30. |
| RANDALL | George Charles | Sapper
Royal Engineers. No SDGW. No CWGC. |
| RANDALL | James William |
Private
20403 7th Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Killed in action in F 11th September 1917. ?? a Somereset born soldier.
Cement House Cemetery, Langemarck, Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium.
Plot VIII. Row B. Grave 27. |
| REDDING | Clifford | Private
26715 6th (Service) Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Died of wounds 8th June 1917. Aged 26 year old husband of Mrs A.A.M.
Redding, of 46, Barclay Street, Bridgwater. Achiet-le-Grand Communal
Cemetery or Extension, Somme. Plot 1. Row J. Grave 11. |
| REDDING | Henry |
Sergeant
240048 1st/5th Battalion, (Territorial), Prince Albert’s (Somerset
Light Infantry). Killed in action on the 23rd November 1917 during
the Battle of Nabi Samweil, Palestine 20th-24th November. Henry
Redding was the son of Mrs Sarah Redding: husband of Kate Redding,
of 44, Barclay Street, Bridwater, Somerset. He is buried in Jerusalem
War Cemetery, Israel. Row B Grave 74. |
| REED | P M | 2nd
Lieutenant, 8th Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry)
and Royal Flying Corps Died 27th December 1915. Aged 18, Son of
T.M. Reed and Ethel M. Reed of 2, Glenwood Mansions, The Shrubbery,
Weston super Mare. Cairo War Cemetery, Egypt. Row D. Grave 23A. |
| REED | Stephen |
Corporal
P/785 Private 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Transferred to 586726
Labour Corps. Died In the United Kingdom 10th November 1918. CWGC
27th April 1918. Stephen Reed was the husband of Emily Maud Reed,
of 21, Old Taunton Road, Bridgwater. Bridgwater (Wembdon Road) Cemetery
(Church portion). Plot III. Row 3. Grave 10. |
| RENWICK | William Thomas | Gunner
110511 299 Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in action
29th August 1918. Aged brother of Mr B. Renwick, of Bridgwater.
Bienvillers Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XX. Row
F. Grave 7. |
| RICH, MM | Francis Frederick Herbert |
Corporal
510410 20th TF Depot Royal Engineers. Died in the United Kingdom
16th May 1918. Francis Rich was the 22. Son of Frederick James and
Alice Mary Rich, of Myrtle Villa, 1, Wembdon Road, Bridgwater. North
Petherton Cemetery. Plot III. "C" Grave 1. |
| RICHARDS | Alfred George | Lance
Corporal 2303 1st/6th Battalion, (Territorial), Manchester Regiment.
(127th Infantry Brigade 42nd (East Lancashire) Division). Killed
in action at Gallipoli 11th July 1915. Arrived Helles May 1915.
Aged 21. Son of George James,and Miranda Jane Richards, of 14, Wembdon
Road, Bridgwater. Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey. Panels 158-17-. |
| ROBERTS | Roland |
Private
9000 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Transferred to 586726 Labour
Corps. Died In the United Kingdom 10th November 1918. Bridgwater
(Wembdon Road) Cemetery (Church portion). Plot I. Row 5. Grave 8. |
| ROBERTS | Robert | C.Q.M.S.
297996 Canadian Forestry Corps. Died of pneumonia 6th February 1919.
Robert Roberts was the husband of Edna Bessie Roberts, of 968, Angus
Street, Regina, Saskatewan, Canada. His Canadian Attestation record
is contained in RG 150 Box 8341 50 sheets. Date of birth 18th November
1887. Current address of next of kin his wife Mrs Edna Roberts 1368,
Scarth Street, Regina, Saskatewan. Occupation Lumberman. Previous
military service 95th saskatewan Rifles. Date of enlistment in Regina
3rd April 1916. Bridgwater (Wembdon Road) Cemetery (Church portion).
Plot III. Border Grave 26. |
| ROBERTS | Samuel |
Private
473 5th Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry). Died
In the United Kingdom 19th October 1914. Samuel Roberts was the
son of William Roberts, ; husband of Rose Roberts, of 74, Barclay
Street, Bridgwater.he was 39. Bridgwater (St John’s) Cemetery. Location
Ref I 2925. |
| ROMAN | Walter James | Private
5592 1st Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry). Died
of wounds In the United Kingdom 28th July 1916. Walter James Roman
was born on 1st July 1880 in West Street, Bridgwater. Son of George
(a brickyard labourer) and Bessie. Bridgwater (Wembdon Road) Cemetery
(Church portion). Location Plot IV. Row 6. Grave 2. |
| ROSIER | G S |
No
further details. |
| ROSSITTER | Henry Samuel | Driver
T4/213530 121 Company Royal Army Service Corps. Died 15th June 1918.
Son of Edward and Mary Rossitter, of 3, Hawkers Cottages, Bristol
Road, Bridgwater. Sarigol Military Cemetery Extension, Kriston,
Greece. Row C. Grave 499. |
| ROWLES | Harold William Thomas |
Sapper
496353 478 Field Company Royal Engineers. (61st (South Midland)
Territorial Division). Killed in action 19th March 1917. Thiepval
Memorial. Pier and Face 8A and 8D. |
| ROWLES, MM | Leonard Arthur John | 372733
1st/8th Battalion, (TF) Post Office Rifles The London Regiment.
Killed in action 15th September 1916 during the Battle of Flers-Courcelette,
Somme, 15th-19th September 1916. Aged 28. Son of John and Henrietta
Rowles, of 65, Cambden Road, Bridgwater. Caterpillar Valley Cemetery,
Longueval, Somme. Plot VII. Row G. Grave 31. |
| RUSSELL | William |
Private
13745 10th (Service) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. (79th Infantry
Brigade 26th Division). Killed in action Salonika/Macedonia 29th
January 1918. Aged 29. Son of William Robert Russell, of 38, Union
Street, Bridgwater. Sarigol Military Cemetery, Kriston, Greece.
Row C. Grave 518. |
| SAUNDERS | Reginald Bailey | Private
36322, 2nd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment. Died of wounds in France
31st May 1918 sustained during Battle of the Aisne (The German offensive
in Champagne) May 27th-June 6th, 1918. Aged 18. Son of William and
Alice Saunders, of 1, "Hillgrove Villa", Newtown, Bridgwater.
Soissons Memorial. |
| SEAR | Victor Valentine |
Private
7119 Machine Gun Corps Cavalry. Formerly Prince Albert’s (Somerset
Light Infantry) and R/7605 King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action
in France 18th February 1917 Aged 23. Son of the late Robert Valentine
and Emily Saunders, of Bridgwater. Regina Trench, Grandcourt, Somme.
Plot V. Row C. Grave 14. |
| SELLEY | Jesse | Sapper
213339 264th Forestry Company Royal Engineers. Died in France 24th
October 1918. Formerly SE/2018 Army Veterinary Corps. Aged 28 year
old husband of Beatrice Annie Sully, of Brown’s Buildings, Taunton
Road, Bridgwater. St Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, France. D62. V. N.
1. |
| SELLICK | Edmund Charles |
Private
1027514 54th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Kootenay) Canadian Expeditionary
Force. Died 18th September 1918. From Canadian enlistment records
which are contained in RG 150 Accession 1992- 93/166 Box 8773-22
sheets. Date of birth 7th February 1897. Next of kin Lucy Sellick
of St Matthew Street, Bridgwater, Somerset. Address in Canada Cabourg,
Ontario. Enlisted Cabourg, Ontario. Age on enlistment 19 years 1
month. Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, Pas de Calais, France.
Plot III. Row F. Grave 23. |
| SELLICK | Richard Henry | Private
28527 15th (Service) (2nd Portsmouth) Hant Yeomanry Battalion, Hampshire
Regiment. (122nd Infantry Brigade 41st Division). Killed in action
4th September 1918 during the advance in Flanders. Voormezeele Enclosure
No 3, West Flanderrs, Belgium. Plot XVI. Row L. Grave 19. |
| SELWAY | Marmaduke Sidney |
Private
28724 15th (Service) Battalion, (2nd Portsmouth) Hampshire Regiment.
Killed in action 31st July 1918. Aged 19. Son of john and Eva Selway,
of Barclay Street, Bridgwater. Esquelbecq Military Cemetery, Nord,
France Plot III. Row D. Grave 22. |
| SENIOR | Edward | Private
16963 1st Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Killed in action in the Ypres Salient 8th August 1916. Aged 37.
Son of James and Ellen Senior of, 11, Bath Road, Bridgwater. Essex
Farm Cemetery, Boesnghe, West Flanders, Belgium. Plot III. Row B.
Grave 41. |
| SHADDICK | Clifford |
Private
20077 6th (Service) Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Killed in action in Delville Wood, Somme 18th August 1916. Born
Bridgwater, resident Abertridwr, Glamorgan. Thiepval Memorial. Pier
and Face 2A. |
| SOUTHWOOD | Stanley James | Corporal
9568 1st Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry). Died
In the United Kingdom 8th September 1919. Aged 25. Son of John and
Florence Southwood, of Dunball, Bridgwater, Bridgwater (Wembdon
Road) Cemetery. Location C. 89. |
| STEADMAN | J R |
Private
9460 No 1 Company 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Died of wounds
1st November 1917. Aged 26. Son of Alfred Steadman, of 115, Albert
Road, Handsworth, Birmingham; husband of Ethel May Westgate (formerly
Steadman) of T 14 Block, Victoria Barracks, Windsor. Bridgwater
(Wembdon Road) Cemetery (Church portion). Plot I. Row 2. Grave 21. |
| SHORT | Percy | Bristol
Z/1333 H.M.S. "Victory" Royal Naval Division. Died 21st
November 1917. Aged 23. Son of Frederick William and Mary Short,
of 72, Alma Street, Taunton. Educated at Taunton School. Plymouth
Naval Memorial. Panel 25 |
| SHRIMPTON | Richard Kenneth |
Company
Sergeant Major 3460 45th (New South Wales) Infantry Battalion, Australian
Imperial Force. Died of wounds on Tuesday, 11th June 1917. Richard
Shrimpton was the 34 years old son of Frederick Edward and Elizabeth
E Bleaton Shrimpton, of Northfield, Bridgwater, Somerset. From Australian
enlistment records Attestation Form. Date of enlistment 6th September
1915. Age on enlistment 32 years 5 months. Marital Status Single.
Trade or proffession Estate Agent. Next of kin as above. Served
in the South African Constabulary 2.5 years Also Transvaal Police
1.5 years. Active Service record. Embarked from Sydney aboard the
H.M.A.T "port Lincoln A17 on the 13th October 1915. Disembarked******
Corporal 25th March 1916, Sergeant 11th May 1916, Warrant Officer
4th December 1916. From Australian Embarkation records. Next of
kin Mr F.E. Shrimpton, Northfield, Bridgwater, Somerst. Date of
enlistment 18th August 1915. Date of embarkation 13th October 1915.
Address in Australia Dapline Street, Botany, Sydney, New South Wales.
12th Training Battalion, Codford 17th November Etaples 17th November
16. Wounded 7th June 1917 Gunshot wound. Etaples Military Cemetery.
Plot XXV. Row J. Grave 12A. |
| SILBY | George Robinson | Gunner
74326 "B" Battery 69 Brigade Royal Field Artillery. Killed
in action 26th April 1916. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq. Plot XXII.
Row E. Grave 15. |
| SILKE | Henry Alfred George |
Sapper
496915 497th (Kent) Field Company Royal Engineers. Killed in action
in Flanders 12th April 1918, during the Lys offensive April 9th-29th,
1919. Henry Silke was the 30. Son of Alfred Jonas Rowe Silke and
Ellen Jane Silke, of Bridgwater; husband of Hilda Silke, of 80,
Cabden Road, Bridgwater. Le Grand Beaumart British Cemetery, Steenwerke,
West Flanders, Belgium. Plot II. Row A. Grave 6. |
| SMITH | Sydney | Private
7851 1st Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry). Killed
in action 26th August 1914 during the Battle of Le Cateau. Aged
26. Son of William and Harriett Smith, of Whitehall, Station Road,
Taunton; husband of Louisa Smith, of 5, Court, West Street, Bridwater.
La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial to the ‘Missing’ of the Battles of
Mons, Le Cateau, the Marne and the Aisne in 1914. |
| SMITH | Sydney A G |
Air
Mechanic 2nd Class 102945 34 Squadron Royal Air Force. Died 24th
July 1918. Son of Sidney and Annie Smith, of 29, Caryle Street Terrace,
Bristol Road, Bridgwater. The Squadron was based at Villaverla,
Italy where it was equipped with Bristol F2B Aircraft. Tezze British
Cemetery, Italy. Plot 5. Row C. Grave 17. |
| SOUTHWOOD | Stanley James | Lance
Corporal 9568 1st Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Died 8th September 1919. Aged 25. Son of John and Florence Southwood,
of Dunball, Bridgwater. Bridgwater (Wembdon Road) Cemetery. Row
C. Grave 69. |
| SPRAGG | Bert |
Private
19172 5th (Service) Battalion, Dorsetshire (34th Infantry Brigade
11th (Northern) Division). Killed in action in France 11th January
1917. Formerly 1172 North Somerset Yeomanry. Cayeux Military Cemetery,
Cayeux-en-Santerre, Somme. Plot II. Row A. Grave 19. |
| SPRAGGS | Edwin | 17979
11th Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry) Killed
in action F/F23rd October 1918 during the Final Advance in Artois
and Flanders. Aged . Husband of Emily Spraggs, of Bisgood Buildings,
Somerset Bridge, Bridgwater. Tournai Communal Cemetery Allied Extension,
Hainaut, Belgium. Plot II. Row J. Grave 10. |
| SPRIGGS | Albert Ernest |
Private
46540 14th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Royal Montreal) Canadian
Expeditionary Force. Killed in action 3rd June 1916 during the Battle
of Mount Sorrell June 2nd-13th Son of Mrs G. Spriggs, of 110, Bristol
Road, Bridgwater. His Canadian records are contained in RG 150 32
sheets. Albert Spriggs was born 6th May 1893. His next of kin Elizabeth
Spriggs of 110, Bristol Roasd, Bridgwater. Trade Collar Cutter.
Previous military service in Grenadier Guards. Age on enlistment
22 years 11 months. Enlisted at Valcartier Camp Quebec on the 28th
September 1914. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium.Panels 24-26. |
| SPRING | Albert Henry | Private
12341 15th (2nd Birmingham) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment.
Killed in action 21st October 1916. Formerly 49369 Royal Garrison
Artillery. Aged 35 year old husband of Elizabeth Spring, of 81,
St Stephens Street, Salford, Manchester. Brown’s Road Military Cemetery,
Festubert, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row A. Grave 17. |
| STEADMAN | J R |
Private
9460 No 1 Company, 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Died of wounds
1st November 1917. Aged 26. Son of Alfred Steadman, of 115, Albert
Road, Handsworth, Birmingham; husband of Ethel May Westgate (formerly
Steadman) of T.14 Block, Victoria Barracks, Windsor.. Bridgwater
(Wembdon Road) Cemetery (Church portion) I. 2. 21. |
| STONE | Charlie | Private
50057 19th (Service)( 3rd City of Liverpool) Battalion, King’s Liverpool
Regiment. Killed in action 31st July 1917 during the Battle of Pilckem
Ridge, Ypres. Formerly T4/956780 Royal Army Service Corps. Ypres
(Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.Panels 4
and 6. |
| STONE | Henry John |
Corporal
301 32nd Australian Infantry Battalion, Australian Expeditionary
Force. The CWGC have no record of him. His Australian records indicate
Date of enlistment 28th June 1915. Place of enlistment Keswick South
Australia. Returned to Australia 22nd July 1917. Date of death 25th
February 1920. Age at death 32. Place of burial Payneham Cemetery,
South Australia. |
| STOREY | Arthur | Sapper
167856 237 Field Company Royal Engineers. (41st Division). Killed
in action 25th March 1918. Arras Memorial. Bay 1. |
| STOREY | Frederick |
Private
20687 1st Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Killed in action 20th October 1916 during the later battles of The
Somme. Thiepval Memorial. Pier and Face 2A. |
| STOREY | John | Sapper
550448 520 (London) Field Company Royal Engineers. Killed in action
21st June 1917. Son of Dorcas Storey, of 5, Sydenham Terrace, Bath
Road, Bridgwater. Chester Farm Cemetery, Zillebeke, near Ypres,
West Flanders, Belgium. Plot III. Row C. Grave 9. |
| SULLY | Francis John |
Private
TF/292573 3rd/10th Battalion, (Territorial), Duke of Cambridge’s
Own Middlesex Regiment. Killed in action Flanders 4th October 1917.
Aged 27. Husband of Mrs C. Pike, (formerly Sully), of 51, First
Avenue, Bath. Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panels 113-115. |
| SWEET | Edward Charles | Private
26549 7th (Service) Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Killed in action 30th November 1917 during the enemy counter-attack
phase in the battle of Cambrai November 20th-December 7th 1917.
Cambrai Memorial to the 7,048 ‘Missing’ of the battle of Cambrai,
1917, Louverval, Nord, France. |
| SYMONS | R C |
Lieutenant
3rd Wessex Coy Royal Army Service Corps. Died 13th September 1915.
Bridgwater (Wembdon Road) Cemetery (Chapel portion). |
| TAMBLING | C F | Private
165344 1st/1st North Somerset Yeomanry. (6th Cavalry Brigade 3rd
Cavalry Division). Killed in action 11th April 1917 during the 1st
Battle of The Scarpe, Arras, April 9th- 14th, 1917. Aged 23. Son
of William Austin Tambling, of Horncastle, Yastton, near Bristol.
Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery, Wancourt, Arras. Special Memorial.
Plot III. Row D. Grave 17 |
| TAYLOR | Charles Henry |
Driver
66th Brigade 112921 Royal Field Artillery. Died in Mesopotamia 9th
December 1917. Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq. Plot XII.
Row G Grave 4. |
| TAYLOR | W H | Private
278109 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Died In the United Kingdom
14th July 1918. Bridgwater (St John’s) Cemetery, Location ref 3.
1544. |
| THOMAS | Francis Felix Banks |
Private
M/414755 1st Base Mechanical Transnsport Company Royal Army Service
Corps. Died 19th February 1919. Aged 31, Son of Harry and Eliza
Thomas of Frampton-on-Severn, Gloucestershire. Bois Guillaume Communal
Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France. Row G. Grave 228. |
| THORNE | William | Private
34995 15th (Service) Battalion, (Carmarthenshire) Welsh Regiment.
(114th Infantry Brigade 36th Welsh Division). Died 6th August 1917.
Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Westvleteren, West Flanders, Belgium.
Plot II. Row E. Grave 1. |
| TINCKNELL | William |
Private
10902 6th (Service) Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Hit in the stomach by a stray bullet as the Battalion, pulled out
of dugouts west of Ypres, died of wounds 9th August 1915. Aged 23.
Son of Charles and Bessie Tincknell, of 102, Bristol Road, Bridgwater.
Lijssthenhoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West Flanders, Belgium.
Plot 1. Row C. Grave 4. |
| TOTTLE | Henry | Corporal
240754 1st/5th Battalion, (Territorial), Prince Albert’s (Somerset
Light Infantry). Killed in action 22nd November 1917 during the
Battle for Nabi Samweil on the approaches to Jerusalem. Henry Tottle
was the 21. Son of Mr and Mrs Tottle, of 8, Halswell Lane, Bridgwater.
He is buried in Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel. Row X. Grave 24. |
| TOTTLE | Walter James |
Corporal
202164 2nd/4th TF Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Died 3rd October 1918. Bridgwater (St John’s) Cemetery. 2. 2591. |
| TRELIVING | Walter Ricks | 2nd
Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps. Died in the United Kingdom
11th October 1918. Walter Treliving was the 42. Son of James Rufus
and Elizabeth treliving, of Bridgwater. Bridgwater (Wembdon Road)
Cemetery Church portion. Grave 8. |
| TRUNKS | Walter Benjamin |
Private
36221 43 Company Machine Gun Corps (Inf). Killed in action near
Arras, 3rd May 1917.(3rd Scarpe) Formerly 18850 Prince Albert’s
(Somerset Light Infantry) . Wancourt British Cemetert, Arras. Plot
V. Row E. Grave 21. |
| TURNER | Clifford | Lance
Sergeant 240350 1st/5th Battalion, (Territorial), Prince Albert’s
(Somerset Light Infantry). (233rd Infantry Brigade 75th Division).
Killed in action 9th April 1918 during the battle for the village
of Berukin, 9th-11th April Palestine. Clifford Turner was the son
of William Turner, of 25, Mary Street, Porth, by his wife, Elizabeth,
dan of Joseph Holman; born Bridgwater, 27th July 1897; educated
Albert Street Council School there; he was a miner who joined the
Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry) in March 1912; was called
up on mobilisation, and proceeded to India with his regiment; served
with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in Palestine from 10th January,
1917, and was killed in action 9th April, Buried in a little village
he helped to capture. Now in Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel. Row N.
Grave 36. |
| TURNER | Robert |
Private
241101 2nd/5th Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Died 12th August 1916. Baghdad (North Gate) Cemetery, Iraq. Plot
XXI. Row W. Grave 4. |
| TURNER | Sidney Joseph | Lance
Corporal 38509 12th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Died of
wounds (Gas) 2nd July 1921. (formerly Royal Army Service Corps).
Sidney Turner was the husband of B. Turner, of 53, Barclay Street,
Bridgwater. Bridgwater (St John’s) Cemetery (Chapel portion) Location
ref 2. 2442. |
| VALENTINE | John |
Private
29316 6th (Service) Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Died 26th June 1918. Hautmont Communal Cemetery, 3 miles Mabeuge,
Nord, France. Plot V. Row A. Grave 8. |
| VICKERY | Bertie James | Corporal
265492 1st Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Killed in action 31st August 1918 during the Second Battles of Arras,
August 26th- September 3rd. Vis-en-Artois Memorial., Pas de Calais,
France. Panel 4. |
| VICKERY | W G |
Private
89195 13th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Died In the United
Kingdom 28th November 1919. Age 26 Bridgwater (Wembdon Road ) Cemetery
(Chapel portion) Location ?? |
| VOWLES | Charles | Private
204412 1st Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Killed in action in France 16th April 1918 during the Germam Lys
offensive April 9th- 29th . Charles Vowles was the 32 year old husband
of Margaret Kate Vowles, of 84, Main Street, Walton, near Glastonbury.
Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panels 38-39. |
| WALFORD | Bertie |
Private
6780 1st Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry). Died
of wounds 14th July 1916. Sustained during the Battle of the Somme.
Aged 24. Son of Charles and Caroline Walford, of Bridgwater. Bertrancourt
Military Cemetery, Somme. Plot 1. Row H. Grave 15. |
| WALTERS | Alfred Charles | Able
Seaman Bristol Z/1811 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve S.S "Tanfield".
Died in the United Kingdom 20th February 1919. Alfred Walters was
the 19. Son of Alfred Charles Walters, of 31, Market Street, Bridgwater.
Bridgwater (Wembdon Road) Cemetery (church portion). Plot I. Row
5 Grave 14. |
| WARE | Thomas |
Private
26063 6th (Service) Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Killed in action 21st March 1918 the first day of Ludendorf’s Great
Spring offensive launched against the 5th and 3rd Armies 21st March-5th
April 1918. Aged 26. Son of Mathew and Mary Ware, of 12, Barclay
Street, Bridgwater. Poziers Memorial to the Fifth Army ‘Missing’
in 1918. Ovillers-la-Boiselle, Somme, France. Panels 25-26. |
| WARREN | Ernest William | Guardsman
15023 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. (1st Guards Brigade Guards
Division). Died of wounds 11th October 1915 probably sustained during
the Battle of Loos Son of Mrs E. Warren, of 53, Salmon Parade, Bridgwater.
Sailly-au-Bourse or La Bourse Communal Cemetery, Bethune, Pas de
Calais, France Row K. Grave 8. |
| WARREN | Sidney John |
Private
30489 1st/4th Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Transferred to 285828 Labour Corps. Died In the United Kingdom of
Pneumonia 27th November 1918 Sidney Warren was the 28. Son of George
and Elizabeth Warren, of 53, Salmon Parade, Bridgwater. Bridgwater
(St John’s) Cemetery. Location ref 2. 2579. |
| WASHER | Clifford | Private
19425 5th (Service) Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment. Killed in action
12th January 1917. Formerly 25920 Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light
Infantry). Aged 36 year old husband of Sarah Waher, of 129, Richmond
Road, Crewe. Ancre British Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel, Somme. Plot
IV. Row A. Grave 37. |
| WEBB | Dennis |
Private
20365 7th (Service) Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
(61st Infantry Brigade 20th Light Division). Died of wounds 5th
October 1916. Denis Webb was the 20. Son of Mr and Mrs T. Webb,
of Main Street, Walton near Glastonbury. St Sever Cemetery, Rouen,
Seine-Inf, France. Plot B. Row 15. Grave 47. |
| WEBB | Francis Henry | Private
202702 2nd/6th Battalion, (Territorial), Royal Warwickshire Regiment.
(182nd Infantry Brigade 61st (South Midland) Territorial Division).
Died 3rd September 1917. St Julien Dressing Station Cemetery, Langemarck,
Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium. Plot IV. Row B. Grave 6. |
| WEBBER | William Francis |
Private
241504 1st/5th Battalion, (Territorial), Prince Albert’s (Somerset
Light Infantry). (233rd Infantry Brigade 75th Division). Killed
in action in Palestine 3rd September 1917. William Webber was the
36. Son of William and Jane Webber, of Bridgwater; husband of M.
Webber, of 9, All Saint’s Terrace, Colly Lane, Bridgwater. Gaza
War Cemetery, Palestine. Plot XVI. Row G. Grave 14. |
| WELLMAN | William Norman | Private
38187 1st/5th Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Killed in action on the 11th April 1918 during fighting around Berukin
April 9th-11th At the time of the invasion of Palestine. Formerly
T/4/07167 Royal Army Service Corps. Aged 40. Son of Joseph and Susan
Wellman, of Eastleigh, Hampshire. Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel. Row
N. Grave 38. |
| WESTON | Harry |
Private
16676 1st Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Killed in action 1st July 1916. Harry Weston was the 24. Son of
George and Alice Weston, of 16, Staple Cottage, Bicknoller, Taunton.
was born at St Andrews, Bridgwater.. He has no known grave being
commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial to the ‘Missing’ of The Somme. |
| WILLCOX, D.C.M., Russian Order of St George, 4th Class. | Company
Sergeant Major C 8572 3rd Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light
Infantry). Accidentally killed 4th December 1919, whilst boxing
at the National Sporting Club, London. Aged 26, Son of Mrs S.E.
Willcox, of 298th Street, La Rochelle, Johannesburg, Transvaal,
South Africa Bridgwater (Wembdon Road) Cemetery (Church portion).
Plot III. Row 7. Grave 2. |
|
| WILLIAMS | Charles |
Private
9634 8th (Service) Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
(63rd Infantry Brigade 21st Division). Killed in action near Fricourt
1st July 1916, the first day of the 1916 Battle of the Somme. Charles
Williams is among the 73,412 who are commemorated on the Thiepval
Memorial to the ‘Missing’. |
| WILLIAMS | Edward | Driver
3 Company 29th Divisional Train Royal Army Service Corps. Aged 23.
Son of Zacharia and Clara Jane Williams, of 99, West Street, Bridgwater.
Faubourg d’ Amiens Cemetery, Arras, Pas de Calais, France. Plot
V. Row G. Grave 1. |
| WILLIAMS | Thomas |
Sapper
1326 503rd 2nd Wessex Field Company Royal Engineers. Died of wounds
in Mesopotamia 13th December 1916. Aged 36. Son of James and Elizabeth
Williams, of North Petherton, Bridgwater; husband od Ada Williams,
of 92, Chilton Street, Bridgwater. Struma Military Cemetery, Macedonia,
Greece. Plot VIII. Row B. Grave 11. |
| WINSLADE | Thomas | Private
19520 8th (Service) Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Killed in action on the 23rd April 1917 during heavy enemy counter-attacks
from the direction of Greenland Hill east of Arras. Second Battle
of Arras, April 23rd-24th, 1917. Brown’s Copse Cemetery, Roeux,
Arras, Pas de Calais, France. Plot 1. Row H. Grave 1. |
| WINTER | Arthur John |
Able
Seaman Bristol Z/1404. Hawke Battalion, Royal Naval Division. (189th
Infantry Brigade 63rd (Royal Naval) Division). Killed in action
near Arras 25th August 1918. Arthur Winter was the 26. Son of John
Thomas and Sarah Winter, of 36, St John’s Street, Bridgwater. Bagneux
British Cemetery, Gezaincourt, Somme. Plot IV. Row G. Grave 21. |
| WOOD | Ernest James | Driver
T4/212473 662nd Company Royal Army Service Corps. Died In the United
Kingdom 2nd March 1919. Ernest Wood was the 26. Son of Alfred and
Charlotte Wood, of 13, Devonshire Street, Bridgwater; husband of
Hilda Wood, of 8, Cranleigh Road, Bridgwater. Bridgwater (St John’s)
Cemetery. Location ref 2. 1624. |
| WOODBURY | William Alfred |
Private
20315 6th (Service) Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry)
Died In the United Kingdom of wounds 30th August 1916. William Woodbury
was the 17. Son of Mr A. R. Woodbury, of 17, Silver Street, Bridwater.
Born at Stowey. Bridgwater (St John’s) Cemetery. Location ref 1.
2987. |
| WOODWARD | T W | No
details. |
| WOOLLAN | Bertie Albert |
Sapper
3/8327 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Killed in action 26th
September 1915. Aged 23. Son of Henry John Woollan, of 11, Wyldsborough
Terrace, Bridgwater. Thiepval Memorial. Pier and Face 1C. |
| WRIGHT | William Henry | Gunner
105916 203 Siege Battery Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action
6th October 1917. Son of William Wright; husband of Ada Wright,
of 26, Groveland Avenue, Holyoake, Cheshire. Zuydcoote Military
Cemetery, Dunkirk, Nord, France. Plot 1. Row F. Grave 2. |
| WYATT | Arthur |
Able
Seaman. Bristol Z/1440 Nelson Battalion, Royal Navy Volunteer Rreserve
Royal Naval Division. Killed in action in the vicinity of Gavrelle
24th April 1917. Aged 19. Son of Rev Henry and Emily Wyatt, of The
Manse, Bratton, Wilitshire. Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
Bay 1.. |
| YOUNG | Frederick John | Private
7570 1st Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry). Died
of wounds 14th October 1914. Frederick Young was the son of William
and Emily Young, of 76, West Street, Bridgwater. Porte de Paris
Cemetery, Cambrai, Nord. France. Plot 1. Row A. Grave 34. |
| YOUNG | John Henry Charles |
Private
Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Not identified from 8 records. |
| YOUNG | William Charles | Gunner
71825 72nd or 77th Battery 38th Army Brigade Royal Field Artillery.
Died 1st October 1916. Aged 22. Son of Frederick John and Mary Ann
Young, of 39, Albert Street, Bridgwater. Delville Wood Cemetery,
Longueval, Somme. Plot XXIII. Row L. Grave 1. Bridgwater. |
1939-45 |
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| BATER | Harold Charles |
Chief
Petty Officer (Supply) D/M/37318 H.M.S. "Tamar" Royal
Navy. Died on Sunday the 25th October 1942. H.M.S. "Tamar"
was a shore base at Hong Kong. He was 42, the son of John and Selina
Bater,of Bridgwater. Yokohama War Cemetery. Japan British Section
Plot E Row D. Grave 9. |
| BINDING | Mervyn Kenneth | Private
5682987 4th Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Killed in action in Normandy 10th July 1944 during "Operation
Jupiter", the attack on Hill 112 in Normandy. Mervyn Binding
was the 21. Son of Evan and Gertrude Bessie Binding, of Bridgwater,
Somerset. Banneville-La-Campagne War Cemetery, Calvados, Normandy,
France. Plot IX. Row C. Grave 28. |
| BLACKMORE | Wilfred Arthur |
Private
5682988 4th Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Died 29th May 1944. Wilfred Blackmore was the 21. Son of William
James and Alice Maud Blackmore, of Bridgwater. Shorncliffe Military
Cemetery, Kent. Section Q. Row G. Grave 1137. |
| BOWERMAN | Stanley | Private
5666784 14th Army Field Workshop Royal Army Ordnance Corps./Prince
Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry). Killed in action whilst serving
with the British Expeditionary Force 23rd May 1940. He was 34. Son
of James and Elizabeth Bowerman; husband of Violet Nelly Bowerman
of Bridgwater. Dunkirk Memorial, Column 46. |
| BROKENSHIRE | Harry |
Able
Seaman D/JX155487 H.M. Submarine "Turbulent"Royal Navy.
Lost at sea when "Turbulent" was depth charged and sunk
by Royal Italian Navy MA/SB off Sardinia 23rd March 1943. Harry
Brokenshire was the son of William Henry and Winifred Grace Brokenshire
of Bridgwater. Plymouth Naval Memorial Panel 79. Column 1. |
| BULL | David Thomas | Private
5679824 1st Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Killed in action 21st October 1944. David Bull was the 27. Son of
James F.G. Bull and Elizabeth Bull, of Bridgwater. Rangoon War Cemetery,
Myanmar (Burma). Plot 6. Row F. Grave 9. |
| BYRD | William Alfred |
Sergeant
544393 2844 Squadron Royal Air Force Died whilst on air operations
over Europe 30th March 1945. William Byrd was the 24. Son of William
Hay and Dorothy Ellen Byrd of Bridgwater, Goirle Roman Catholic
Churchyard, 4 km from Tilburg, Netherlands. Row 3. Grave 9. |
| CHILCOTT | Brian | Gunner
14330629 62nd Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery. Killed in action
29th June 1944. Brian Chilcott was the 20. Son of Frederick James
and Althea Chilcott, of Bridgwater. Ryes War Cemetery, Bazenville,
Normandy. Plot IV. Row A. Grave 3. |
| CONOLLY | Cyril William |
Sergeant
87763 625 Squadron Royal Air Force. Bomber Command. Lost on air
operations 27th August 1944. Cyril Connolly was the son of John
William and Nellie Conolly, of Wembdon Runnymede Air Forces Memorial
Panel 227. |
| CRIDDLE | Charles | Corporal
5574751 2nd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment. Killed in action at Anzio
3rd June 1944. Charles Criddle was the 29. Son of Charles and Rose
Criddle; husband of Emily Hilda Criddle, of Lechlade Gloucestershire.
Beachead War Cemetery, Anzio, Italy. |
| CROKER | Alfred John |
Marine
Ply/X835 H.M.S. "Exeter" Royal Marines. Died 13th December
1939 during the encounter with the Graf Spee in the South "Exeter"
was a "York" Class Cruiser built at the H.M. Dockyard
Devonport in 1929, she was sunk by the gunfire of Imperial Japanese
Cruiser Myoko and Ashigara in the South Java Sea 1st March 1942.
Aged 25. Son of Lilla Croker of Bridgwater. Plymouth Naval Memorial.
Panel 35. Column 2. |
| CROUCH | Ronald Cecil Alexander | Pilot
Officer 171936 198 Squadron Royal Air Force. Volunteer Reserve.
Killed on offensive operations over Normandy 14th June 1944. Ronald
Crouch was the son of William Bertie and Ethell Maud Crouch of Bridgwater.
Bayeux War Cemetery, Calvados, Normandy, France. Plot II. Row G.
Grave 2. |
| DEADMAN | Cecil Frank |
Private
5672785 7th Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
(214th Infantry Brigade 43rd Wessex Division). Died of wounds sustained
during the fight for Mont Pincon Normandy 16th August 1944. Cecil
Deadman was the 24 year old husband of Phyllis Doreen Deadman, of
Bridgwater. Tilly-sur-Seulles War Cemetery, Calvados, Normandy,
France. Plot V. Row D. Grave 13. |
| DOUGHTY | Harry | Sergeant
977761 15 Squadron Royal Air Force. Killed on operations 30th May
1942. Harry Doughty was the 28. Son of Harry and Annie Doughty of
Bridgwater. Runnymede Air Forces Memorial, Surrey. Panel 82. |
| GILES | R |
Private
14704172 4th Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Died 2nd October 1944. Aged 18, Son of Albert and Emily E. Giles,
of Bridgwater. Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, Holland. Plot 7.
Row C. Grave 19. |
| GILL | Alfred George | Captain
Ply/X 657 H.M.S. "Repulse" Royal Marines. Killed in action
10th December 1941 when "Repulse" was torpedoed by aircraft
of the Imperial Japanes Navy in the South China Sea Alfred Gill
was the 29. Son of William Henry and Maud Gill, of Bridgwater; husband
of Minnie Freda Gill, of Bridgwater. Plymouth Naval Memorial Panel
59 Column 1. |
| GREEDY | Frederick Wilfred |
Petty
Officer D/J 114292 114292 H.M.S. "Hecla" Royal Navy. Died
on Thursday the 12th November 1942. H.M.S. "Hecla" was
a 10,850 ton Destroyer depot ship, she was sunk by a German U boat
west of the Straits of Gibraltar 12th November 1942. Aged 33. Son
of Fred and Caroline Greedy, of Bridgwater; husband of Lilian Irene
Greedy, of Bridgwater. Plymouth Naval Memorial. Panel 63. Column
2. |
| GREENWOOD | Arthur Henry | Sergeant
1720218 150 Squadron Royal Air Force. Killed in action 26th August
1943. Arthur Greenwood was then son of Henry and Edith Greenwood
of Bridgwater. Malta Memorial Panel 8. Column 2. |
| HAINES | John William |
Sergeant
259th (West Country) Field Company Royal Engineers. Died 15th December
1941. Bridgwater Quantock Road Cemetery. Section A. Grave 130. |
| HARRIS | Clifford | Private
1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Died 18th March 1942. Age
23. Rangoon Memorial. Myanmar (formerly Burma). |
| HARRIS | Raymond William |
Ordinary
Seaman Royal Navy. There is no CWGC record. |
| HAYWARD | Kenneth Allan | Guardsman
2659674 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Kenneth Hayward was the
25. Son of Frederick and Ruby Hayward; husband of Mary Hayward,
nephew of Miss T Houlsham, of Kidderminster. Heverlea War Cemetery,
Netherlands. Plot 6. Row B. Grave 20. |
| HILL | Herbert Dennis John |
Sergeant
5672996 1st Glider Pilot Regiment Army Air Corps. Killed in action
during the airborne invasion of Sicily 10th July 1943. Son of Roland
John and Elsie May Hill, of Bridgwater. Cassino
Memorial, Italy. Panel 12. |
| HOOPER | Leonard George | Leading
Seaman D/J 110317 H.M.S. "Onslow" Royal Navy. Died on
Thursday the 7th January 1943. Son of George Hubert and Eliza Jane
Hooper; husband of Evelyn Mabel Hooper of Bridgwater. Plymouth Naval
Memorial Panel 78. Column 3. |
| HOOPER | Robert Cecil |
Pilot
Officer 172176 630 Squadron Royal Air Force. 5 Group. Killed whilst
on air operations over Europe 22nd June 1944. Robert Hooper was
the 22. Son of Cecil and Lilian Hooper, of Bridgwater Heverlea War
Cemetery. Netherlands Joint Grave 6. Row F. Grave 11-12. |
| HUGHES | Ronald James | Fusilier
5680052 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London) Regiment.
Killed in action in Italy 1st July 1944 Ronald Hughes was the 31.
Son of Idris and Florence Hughes; husband of Evelyn Hughes, of Bridgwater.
Assisi War Cemetery, north of
Rome, Italy. Plot III. Row A. Grave 2. |
| HURST | David Picton |
Flight
Sergeant Pilot 1315897 101 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Killed during air operations over Germany 28th July 1943. Hamburg
Cemetery Germany Collective Grave Plot A. Row C. Grave 6-11. |
| JENNINGS | Frederick Tom | 5680849
9th Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry). Died 20th
December 1942. Aged 30, Son of Tom and AnnieMmaria Jennings of Bridgwater;
husband of Ida Theresa Jennings, of bridgwater. Fayid War Cemetery,
Egypt. Plot 1. Row C. Grave 18. |
| LOVELL | Frederick |
Gunner
1644973 "Z" Battery 142 Anti Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery.
Died 23rd April 1942. Frederick Lovell was the 32. Son of John and
Alice Maud Lovell; husband of Irene Mary Ann Lovell, of Bridgwater.
Bridgwater (Quantock Road) Cemetery. Section A grave 132. |
| MANCHIP | Arnold Rowland | Aircraftman
1st Class 1315240 186 Squadron Royal Air Force. Died on active service
24th March 1942. Arnold Manchip was the 20. Son of William George
and Hilda Manchip, of Bridgwater. Malta (Capuccini) Naval Cemetery
Prot Section (Mens) Collective Grave 109. |
| MANLEY | Albert Edward |
Warrant
Officer 1st Class (Company Sergeant Major). 5435033 2nd Battalion,
Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry. (10th Infantry Brigade 4th Infantry
Division).Eighth Army. Died 25th July 1944. Foiano Della Chiana
War Cemetery, 31 km S of Arrezzo, Italy. Plot II. Row P. Grave 4 |
| MARKS | Frederick John | Musician
RMB/X74 H.M.S. "Uganda" Royal Marines Royal Navy. Died
13th September 1943. Portsmouth Naval Memorial Column 3. |
| MELHUISH | Cecil Redvers |
Engineer
Merchant Navy. No record. |
| NOVAK | Rothes Gerald | Cadet
(Apprentice) Motor Vessel "Chama" (London) Merchant Navy.
Died at sea 23rd March 1941, The Motor Vessel "Chama",
a tanker of 8,077 tons was torpedoed by a U 97 in the North Atlantic,
WSW of Fastnet 49 degrees 35 North 19 degrees 13 West Voyage Androssan
to New York in ballast. A straggler from convoy OG 56. Her Master,
crew of 54 and 4 gunners were lost. Aged 18. Son of Henry and Minnie
Novak, of Bridgwater, Somerset. Tower Hill Memorial (London) Panel
27. |
| O’DONNELL | Hugh John James |
Private
14600580 2nd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters.(Nottinghamshire and
Derbyshire) Regiment. Killed in action on the 8th February 1944,
Hugh O’Donnell was the 20. Son of Hugh and Ada O’Donnell, of Bridgwater.
Anzio War Cemetery Italy. Plot 1 Row S. Grave 7 |
| OLIVER | Edgar Trevor | Corporal
2067159 261st (West Country) Field Company Royal Engineers. Died
20th September 1941. Buried in Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel. Row
S. Grave 8. |
| O’RIORDAN | Dennis Christopher |
Stoker
1st Class P/KX 88597 H.M Submarine "Perseus" Royal Navy.
Lost at sea 19th December 1941 when "Perseus" was torpedoed
by the Royal Italian Navy submarine "Enrico Toti" off
Zante. (Zackinthos) in the Ionian Sea off Western Greece. Dennis
O’Riordon was the 23. Son of Daniel and Nora O’Riordon; husband
of Kathleen Grace O’Riordon of Bridgwater. Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Panel 54. Column 12. |
| PADDICK | Sydney Robert | Warrant
Officer 657555, 169 Squadron, Royal Air Force (Bomber Command).
Lost whilst on air operations over Europe. 15th April 1945. Sydney
Paddick was the 26. Son of William John and Lily May Paddick; husband
of Anna Lilias Maud Paddick, of Bridgwater. Runnymede Air Forces
Memorial Panel 269. |
| PARKER | Clifford William George |
Corporal
5680381, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Killed in action 11th
July 1944. Son of Clifford William George and Flora Parker of Bridgwater;
husband of Gertrude Florence Parker of Bridgwater. Bayeux War Cemetery,
Calvados, Normandy. Plot XXI. Row E. Grave 12. |
| PASSCOE | Frederick Charles | Sergeant
Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry). Died in Palestine 8th
November 1941. Frederick Passcoe was the son of Sidney and Mabel
Perkins of Bridgwater. Khayat Beach War Cemetery, Israel. Plot B.
Row D. Grave 14 |
| PINNOCK | Victor George |
Leading
Aircraftman 639706 Royal Air Force. Died 28th June 1944. Victor
Pinnock was the 28. Son of George and Louisa Pinnock of Bridgwater.
Bridgwater Cemetery. Section 2. Grave 4348. |
| REDWOOD | William | Chief
Officer SS "Opawa" (Plymouth) Merchant Navy. Died at sea
6th February 1942 when the 10,354 ton steamer SS "Opawa"
was torpedoed by a U-Boat in the North Atlantic 38 degrees, 21 North
61 degrees 13 West. William Redwood was the husband of Gertrude
Kate Redwood, of Bridgwater, Somerset.. He was 37. Tower Hill Memorial
(London). |
| REES | David George |
Private
14600586 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died 9th June 1944
Aged 19. Son of Frederick George and Helen Rees, of Bridgwater.
Gosport (Ann’s Hill) Cemetery Hampshire. Plot 189 Grave 77. |
| RIDGWAY | George Edwin | Aircraftman
1st Class 611142 220 Squadron Royal Air Force. Coastal Command.
Died 15th April 1940. George Ridgway was the 19. Son of Henry and
Mabel Ridgway, of Bridgwater. Runnymede Air Forces Memorial, Windsor/Egham,
Surrey.. Panel 25. |
| ROMAN | Henry John |
Petty
Officer D/J 110319 H.M.S. "Itchen" Royal Navy. Died 23rd
September 1943. H.M.S. "Itchen" was a 1,325 ton Frigate
which was sunk in the North Atlantic by a U Boat 23rd September
1943. Aged 33 year old husband of Kathleen Roman, of Islington,
London. Plymouth Naval Memorial Panel 78. Column 2. |
| RUSSELL | Bert | Private
13115742 Royal Pioneer Corps. Died 11th September 1942. Bertie Russell
was the 37. Son of Alfred and Fanny Russell, of Woodville, Derbyshire.
Blackford (St Margaret) Churchyard. Somerset. |
| RUSSELL | Harold Arthur |
Corporal
7889682 4th Royal Tank Regiment. Royal Armoured Corps. Killed in
action in North Africa 21st November 1941. Harold Russell was the
21. Son of Rev Bertam John Russell and Edith Elizabeth Russell (nee
Edwards), of Bridgwater. Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya.
Plot 3. Row C. Grave 3. |
| SETTER | Henry James | Private
5672997 7th Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).
Died of wounds at Oosterhout, Netherlands, 24th September 1944.
Henry Setter was the 26. Son of Frederick George and Elizabeth Setter;
husband of Margaret Setter, of Washford, Bridgwater, Somerset. Jonkerbos
War Cemetery, Holland. Plot 23. Row A. Grave 6. |
| SMITH | Clifford |
Stoker
Petty Officer P/JX 290174 H M Launch CG (L) 16.Royal Navy. Died
26th April 1943. Son of James and Annie Smith, of Buxworth, Derbyshire.
Portsmouth Naval Memorial. Panel 75. Column 3. |
| SMITH, DFM | Edward George | Warrant
Officer 582 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Bomber Command.
Killed on air operations 6th July 1944. On the 5th/6th July 1944
542 aircraft attacked the flying bomb sites in France and Belgium.
Four Lancasters were lost. WO Edward Smith was a member of Lancaster
N169 piloted by Canadian Donald Manson (28) one of a force of 87
Lancasters despatched to attack Flying Bomb sites around Wizernes
in Northern France the crew consisted of Donald Manson Pilot Officer.
J/85487. 28. R.C.A.F. John. Geeves. **** 1717745 19. R.A.F.V.R.
John Stapleton. J/23460 28. R.C.A.F. Ero Salomaa. Flying Officer.
J/25513. 31. R.C.A.F. Alan Fretwell. Flight Sergeant. 1577087 23.
R.A.F.V.R. Douglas Eggleton. Sergeant. 752767 R.A.F.V.R. Edward
Smith DFM. Sergeant. 1316567. 21. R.A.F.V.R. Edward Smith was the
21. Son of Walter and Letitia Smith, of Bridgwater. Runnymede Air
Forces Memorial, Surrey. Panel 214. |
| SPROUTING | Albert William |
Gunner
5670320 9 Coast Regiment Royal Artillery. Died 16th February 1942
the day after Singapore was surrendered to the Japanese. Albert
Sprouting was the 25. Son of Annie Rose Sprouting; stepson of G
H Moggridge, of Wandsworth, London. Singapore Memorial Kranji War
Cemetery, Singapore. Column 31. |
| SUTHERLAND-CLIFT | Timothy Anthony Victor Hugh | Aircraftman
1st Class 550857 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 2nd March
1943. Aged 22. Son of Victor Hugh Sutherlan-Clift and Hilda Mary
Sutherland Clift, of Wembdon, Bridgwater. El Alia War Cemetery,
Algeria. Plot 12. Row K. Grave 32. |
| SWAYNE | Alan Raymond |
Trooper
14316166 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry Regiment Royal Armoured Corps.
Killed in action in Netherlands 27th November 1944. Alan Swayne
was the 20. Son of John and Edith Mary Swayne, of Bridgwater. Groesbeek
Memorial, Netherlands. Panel 1. |
| TUCKER | Henry George Charles | Able
Seaman D/JX 127544 H.M.S. "Glorious" Royal Navy. Lost
at sea 9th June 1940 when H.M.S. "Glorious" a 22,500 ton
aircraft converted aircraft carrier launched in 1916 was sunk by
the gunfire of the German Battlecruisers "Gniesenau "and
"Scharnhorst" west of Narvik, Norway 8th June 1940. Henry
Tucker was the 30. Son of Henry George and Clara Tucker of Bridgwater.
Plymouth Naval Memorial Panel 38. Column 2. |
| VIGNAUX | Vincent Ronald |
Flight
Sergeant 560946 806 Squadron Royal Air Force. Died during the defence
of Malta 10th January 1941. Malta Memorial Panel 1 Column 2. |
| WELLAND | Linaker James | Lance
Corporal 7595804 5 Base Ordnance Depot Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
Died on active service 8th July 1941 Aged 30. Son of Francis James
and Maggie Linaker Welland, of Bridgwater. Alamein Memorial, Egypt.
Column 83. |
| WEST | Charles Frederick William |
Gunner
1097381 Royal Artillery attached to 1055 Stevedore Battalion, Royal
Engineers. Died 20th July 1943. He was 34 the husband of Clara West
of Bridgwater. Syracuse War Cemetery, Sicily. Plot VIII. Row C.
Grave 7. |
| WEST | Samuel George | Lance
Bombardier 999470 77th Duke of Lancaster’s Own Medium Regiment Royal
Artillery. Killed in action 12th October 1944. Aged 33. Son of Charles
F West and Florence West, of Bridgwater. Overloon War Cemetery,
Holland. Plot IV. Row C. grave 11. |
| WHITELOCK | Sidney John |
Prince
Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry). No CWGC. |
| WILKINS | James | Gunner
1833953 90 Battery 49 Light Anti-aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery.
Killed in action in Italy 4th October 1943. James Wilkins was the
36. Son of James and Florence Wilkins; husband of Louisa Alice Wilkins,
of Southwark, London. Sangro River War Cemetery, Italy. Plot XI.
Row B. Grave 10. |
| WILLS | Percy Frank |
Royal
Army Service Corps. No further information currently available |
| WITHERIDGE | Norman | Private
5735270 Died 15th April 1945. The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey).
Norman Witheridge was the 23. Son of Harry and Mabel Witheridge,
of Bridgwater. Argenta Gap War Cemetery, Italy. Plot III. Row E.
Grave 12. |
| YOUNG | Roland Robert |
Flying
Officer 185679 576 Squadron Royal Air Force. Died whilst on operations
over Germany 14th February 1945. Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany.
Plot 1. Row J. Grave II. |
KOREA
1950-53 |
||
| UNKNOWN | Unknown | No further information currently available. |
FALKLANDS
1982 |
||
| BARR | Andrew R |
Able
Seaman (Sonar), HMS Ardent, Royal Navy. Killed when his ship was
bombed and sunk in Falkland Sound 21 May 1982. Aged 20. Resident
Bridgwater. |
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