
EAST BRENT WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Detailed information
Compiled
and Copyright © Martin Edwards 2014
transcription Neil Olsen
The
East Brent War Memorial can be at the junction of Weston Road and Old
Bristol Road, stadnign in Weston Road, East Brent. The memorial takes
the form of a large stone cross set on a tapering, octagonal, stone
column that stands on a two-tiered stone plinth; the top plinth is narrower
than lower plinth. There are four figures, an airman, a sailor, a merchant
seaman and a soldier, standing on a level with the upper plinth. The
lower plinth bears the inscriptions and the whole memorial stands on
a two-stepped stone base. There are 17 names listed for World War 1,
1 for World War 2 and 1 for the Korean War (1950-1953).
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TO
THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN PRAISE AND GRATEFUL
MEMORY
OF THE FOLLOWING SOLDIERS
FROM OR CONNECTED WITH
THIS PARISH
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
FOR THEIR COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-1918
"YE THAT LIVE ON MID
ENGLISH PASTURES GREEN
REMEMBER US AND THINK
WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN"
COMER |
George
Inman |
No
further information currently available |
CREES |
Bertram
Frank |
Private
202313, 2nd/4th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Died 5 July
1916. Aged 25. Son of Mrs. K. Cox, of 7, Great Eastern Rd., Brentwood,
Essex. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais,
France. Panel 60 to 64. |
DERRICK |
John
Leslie |
No
further information currently available |
DINWIDDY |
Harry |
No
further information currently available |
DURSTON |
John |
No
further information currently available |
EMERY |
Edward
[John] |
Serjeant
9408, 2nd Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment. Died in Mesopotamia 17
August 1918. Born East Brent, enlisted Taunton, resident Rooksbridge.
Formerly 4708, Somersetshire Light Infantry. |
FISHER |
Ernest |
No
further information currently available |
GAMLEN |
William
Henry |
Private
266522, 1st/6th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Died 23 July
1916. Aged 39. Son of William and S. A. Gamlen, of Chapel Farm,
East Brent, Highbridge, Somerset. No known grave. Commemorated on
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 5 A and 5 B. |
GRANT |
Alfred |
No
further information currently available |
HAM |
Frederick
Charles |
Private
1735, 2nd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment (Territroial Force).
Killed in action 1 July 1916. Born East Brent, enlisted Blaenavon,
Monmouthshire, resident Highbridge, Somerset. |
HAM |
Sidney
William |
Sapper
971, 2nd (Wessex) Field Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action
2 October 1915. Aged 18. Enlisted Weston-Super-Mare, resident East
Brent. Son of Jeffery and Emily Ham, of East Brent, Highbridge,
Somerset. Buried in HANGARD COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme,
France. Plot I. Row K. Grave 8. |
HARRISON |
Albert |
Private
5655, 2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed in action
9 May 1915. Aged 35. Born Chipping Norton, Oxon, enlisted Stroud.
Son of James Harrison, of 35, Gloucester Rd., Trowbridge, Wilts.;
husband of Hannah Harrison, of East Brent, Highbridge, Somerset.
No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 22 and 34. |
POPHAM |
Frederick |
No
further information currently available |
POPHAM |
Ralph |
No
further information currently available |
POPLE |
Charles |
Private
40544, 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Killed in action
23 April 1917. Born East Brent, enlisted Weston-Super-Mare, resident
Rooksbridge. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas
de Calais, France. Bay 6. |
PUDDY |
John |
No
further information currently available |
STUDLEY |
William
Henry |
No
further information currently available |
1939-1945 |
TAYLOR |
Louis
William |
Gunner
1156556, 80 (The Scottish Horse) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery.
Died 3 February 1944. Son of Louis William Taylor, and of Annie
Taylor, of East Brent, Somerset. Buried in ANZIO WAR CEMETERY, Italy.
Plot IV. Row J. Grave 3. |
KOREA
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COMER |
Ernest
Henry |
Sapper
14469719, 55 Field Squadron, Corps of Royal Engineers. Died 6 April
1952. Aged 21. Born 15 November 1930. Buried in UN MEMORIAL CEMETERY,
PUSAN, Korea. Plot 22. Row 2. Grave 1422. |
Last updated
30 November, 2016
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