Roll of Honour - Somerset - Taunton Burma (Burmah) 1885, 1886, 1887

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TAUNTON BURMAH 1885-86-87 (BURMA) WAR MEMORIAL

Burmah 1885-6-7 - Detailed information
Compiled and Copyright © Archie Needs 2015

This Burma War Memorial stands to the north of Market House on the A3027, Taunton, Somerset . The memorial is to the dead of Prince Albert's Somersetshire Light Infantry. The memorial commemorates the Third Burmese War 1885-86-87. It takes the form of an Ashlar Celtic cross with a tapering shaft standing on a plinth of three high steps, Cross and shaft are decorated with chubby Celtic detail, mostly interlace with some foliage panels on south side. Names of main battle honours including Egypt, Burmah, Azim Curh, and Jellalabad are carved in thick letters towards the base. Full battle losses given by inset lead letters. It was relocated to its present location in 1996.

During the Third Anglo-Burmese War (1885–87), Colonel Knox-Leet commanded the Somerset Light Infantry's 2nd Battalion, of which 144 men lost their lives in battle. Their names are listed on the Burma Memorial; this was the 2nd Battalion's first operation. Knox-Leet was eventually promoted to Major General.

Photograph Copyright © Archie Needs 2015

IN MEMORY OF
THE OFFICERS, NON-COMMISIONED OFFICERS, ENSIGNS AND PRIVATES OF THE
2ND BATTALION, THE THIRTEENTH , THE PRINCE ALBERT’S SOMERSETSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY
WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR QUEEN AND COUNTRY IN THE 3RD BURMESE WAR
1885 – 86 – 87. ERECTED BY THE COLONEL, GENERAL LORD MARK KERR, C.B. AND THEIR
COMRADES OF THE 4 BATTALIONS OF THE REGIMENT, IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE

BRADSHAW	Frank Boyd	Major, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Shaftesbury Road, Southsea, Hampshire. Died 30 July 1886 at Ningyan, Upper Burma. Aged 37. Appears in Army List August 1878, 13th (1st Somersetshire Prince Albert's Light Infantry) as a Lieutenant (Adjutant). Born 1848. In the 1861 census he was aged 12, son of Robert Augustus and Augusta Julia Bradshaw, born Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, resident 3, Lansdown Place West, Walcot, Bath, Somerset. His birth was registered in the October to December Quarter 1848 in the Cheltenham Registration District, Gloucestershire. He was married in 1881 to either Frances Sophia Pitman or Catherine Douglas Nunn, in the Portsea Registration District, Hampshire. Extract from the National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations) 1887: BRADSHAW Frank. 15 October. The Will of Frank Bradshaw late of Bath in the ounty of Somerset a Major in the 2nd Battalion Somersetshire Light Infantry who died 30 July 1886 at Ningyan, Upper Burma was proved at the Principal Registry by catherine Douglas Bradshaw of 9 Shaftesbury-road Southsea in the County of Southampton Widow the Relict the sole Executrix. Personal Estate £471 18s.
COOPER	Richard	Major, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Uxbridge Road, Surbiton, Surrey. Died 27 December 1886 at or near Yemethen, Upper Burma. Appears in Army List August 1878, 13th (1st Somersetshire Prince Albert's Light Infantry) as a Lieutenant. Extract from the National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations) 1887: COOPER Richard. 14 March. The Will of Richard Cooper late a Major in the Somersetshire Regiment of Her Majesty's Army who died 27 December 1886 at or near Yemethen, Upper Burma was proved at the Principal Registry by Elizabeth Sara Cooper of 28 Russell-road Kensington in the County of Middlesex Widow the Mother the sole Executrix. Personal Estate £3,254 12s. 7d.
WILBRAHAM	Arthur George	Captain, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Northwick, Worcestershire. Died 21 July 1886 at Yewoom, Burma. Aged 30. Appears in Army List August 1878, 13th (1st Somersetshire Prince Albert's Light Infantry) as a Lieutenant. Born 1856. In the 1881 census he is list as Lieutenant, 1/13th Light Infantry, aged 25, umarried, born London, Middlesex, resident The Raglan Barracks, St Aubyn, Devonport, Devon. In the 1871 census he was aged 15, son of Roger W and Louisa Wilbraham, born London, Middlesex, resident High Street, Udney House, Teddington, Kingston, Surrey. In the 1861 census he is aged 5, son of Roger and Louisa Wilbraham, born Westminster, Middlesex, resident Rack Buildings, Marine Parade, South Bersted, Chichester, Sussex (his father was a Clerk In H M Treasury Whitehall). Born 17 February 1856, baptised 27 March 1856 in the parish of St Peter, Eaton Square, Pimlico; parents Rogerwilliam and Louisa Wilbraham. Extract from the National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations) 1887: WILBRAHAM Arthur George Esq. 3 February. Administration of the Personal Estate of Arthur George Wilbraham late of Delamere House Northwich in the County of Chester Esquire a Captain in Her Majesty's Army a Bachelor who died 21 July 1886 at Yewoom in Burmah was granted at Chester to Roger William Wilbraham of Delamere House Esquire the Father and Next of Kin. Personal Estate £59 9s. 9d.
SHUBRICK	Henry Thomas	Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Died 24 June 1886 at Thayamone in Burma. Aged 28. Resident, 93 Onslow Gardens, Kensington, Middlesex. Appears in Army List August 1878, 13th (1st Somersetshire Prince Albert's Light Infantry) as 2nd Lieutenant. From British India Office Wills of Soldiers he died 26 June 1886. Resident of Madras. Born Feb 1858, baptised 25 March 1858 at St Thmas Mount, madras, son of Louisa Mary Anne Rawdon and Charles John Shubrick. in the 1861 census he was aged 3, son of Charles J and Louisa M A R Shubrick, born East Indies, resident Queens Parade, 6, Ashfield, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Extract from the National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations) 1886: SHUBRICK Henry Thomas. 27 October. Administration of the Personal Estate of Henry Thomas Shubrick late of 93 Onslow-gardens in the County of Middlesex a Lieutenant in the 2nd Battalion Somersetshire Light Infantry a Bachelor who died 24 June 1886 at Thayamone in Burmah was granted at Principal Registry to Charles John Shubrick of 93 Onsolw-gardens Esquire the Father and Next of Kin. Personal Estate £85 6s. 4d.
ECKERSLEY	Henry Francis	Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Guiseley, Yorkshire. Died 13 November 1886 In Mandalay, Burma. Aged 23. Born 1863. Resident Standish. Executor of his will Nathanial Eckersley in Lancaster Court. Birth registered in the April to June Quarter 1853 in the Wigan Registration District, Lancashire. In the 1871 census he was aged 7, son of Nathaniel and Elisabeth Eckersley, born Lancashire, resident Carlton Cottage, Carlton, Wharfedale, Yorkshire. In the 1881 census he was aged 17, son of Nathaniel and Elisabeth Eckersley, born Wigan, Lancashire, resident Standish Hall, Standish with Langtree, Wigan, Lancashire. Extract from the National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations) 1887: ECKERSLEY Henry Francis. 29 September. Administration of the Personal Estate of Henry Francis Eckersley late of Standish Hall Standish in the County of Lancaster a Lieutenant in Her Majesty's Army a Bachelor who died 143 November 1886 at Kettha near Ningyan in Burmah was granter at Lancaster to Nathaniel Eckersley of Standish Hall Esquire the Father and Next of Kin. Personal Estate £496. 6s. 5d.
CARGILL	Thomas	Colour Sergeant, 1266, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Pimlico, Surrey.
EDWARDS	John	Colour Sergeant 705, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, South Newton, Wiltshire.
JENNINGS	Charles	Colour Sergeant 2201, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry.
SILVESTER	William	Colour Sergeant 1359, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Bath, Somerset.
BALE	Richard	Sergeant 1779, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Doniford, Somerset.
GIBBONS	Herbert H	Sergeant 2007, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.A.
LANGDON	John	Sergeant 525, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry.
LEDGARDE	Alfred	Sergeant 1505, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire.
LEE	Henry	Sergeant 331, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, 50 Denmark Street, Belfast, Co Antrim, Ireland.
McCULLOUGH	William	Sergeant 68, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Shankhill Road, Belfast, Co Antrim, Ireland.
SHERWOOD	Frederick	Sergeant 2073, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry.
BARBER	Charles	Corporal 263, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Bath, Somerset.
RENDALL	George	Corporal 2055, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, South Perrott, Somerset.
DAY	Frank	Bugler 1, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Taunton, Somerset.
WOODAND	John	Bugler 1307, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Westport, Somerset.
ADDICOTT	Charles	Private 504, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Langford, Somerset.
ANDREWS	Joseph	Private 692, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Woolstones, Southampton, Hampshire.
ARBUCKLE	Thomas	Private 985, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Water Side, Londonderry, Co Derry, Ireland.
BERRY	Richard	Private 57, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Broomfield, Somerset.
BOND	Benjamin	Private 694, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Carhampton, Somerset.
BRETT	William	Private 1335, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Yeovil, Somerset.
BROOKS	George	Private 202, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Bath, Somerset.
BROWN	James	Private 3251, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Wellington, Somerset.
BROWN	William	Private 369, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, 5 Macklin Street, Holborn, Middlesex.
BULLEN	Alfred E	Private 951, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Kingston, Surrey.
BULPITT	Joseph	Private 256, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry.
BURNETT	James	Private 1848, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Broomfield Park Cottages, Southgate, Middlesex.
BUTTON	William	Private 365, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Dunkerton, Somerset.
CABLE	Charles	Private 453, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, South Petherton, Somerset.
CABLE	Henry	Private 2024, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, High Ham, Somerset.
CARTER	Samuel	Private 852, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Walcot, Bath, Somerset.
CHESTER	Frank	Private 97, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Hardington, Somerset.
CLARKE	William	Private 1443, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Bridgwater, Somerset.
CLAYDON	Edward	Boy 1168, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Queens Street, London.
CLOTHIER	William	Private 922, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Twerton, Bath, Somerset.
COLLINS	Jessie	Private 400, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Exbury, Upton, Gloucestershire.
COLLINS	John	Private 669, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Canterbury, Kent.
COMPTON	Edwin	Private 687, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Newport, Glamorgan, Wales.
COURTICE	Joseph	Private 642, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry.
COURTNEY	John	Private 708, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry.
COX	Frank	Private 2079, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Pilton, Somerset.
COX	James	Private 526, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Long Sutton, Somerset.
CREED	Henry	Private 211, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Bruton, Somerset.
CRIDDLE	John	Private 1838, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry.
CROSS	Frederick	Private 446, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Yeovil, Somerset.
CULLING	Bazilla	Private 556, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Barton St David, Somerset.
DAY	John	Private 12, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Shepton Mallet, Somerset.
DAYMAN	John	Private 482, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Yeovil, Somerset.
DUECATELL	George	Private 841, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, East Street, Chatham, Kent.
DEAN	Joseph	Private 2001, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, 5 St Georges Place, Taunton, Somerset.
DONNELLY	William	Private 770, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry.
FRANCIS	Albert	Private 13, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Wraxall, Somerset.
FRANKS	John	Private 592, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Hemyock, Devon.
GADD	J	Private 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry.
GARDNER	Benjamin	Private 1747, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Aston, Oxfordshire.
GARRETT	Albert	Private 476, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, East Chinnock, Somerset.
GERRISH	Albert	Private 324, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Bath, Somerset.
GOODE	James M W	Private 1323, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Camberwell, Surrey.
GOODING	James	Private 363, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Glastonbury, Somerset.
GOVERD	Samuel	Private 1974, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Bruton, Somerset.
GUEST	Harry	Private 966, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Kidderminster, Worcestershire.
HALL	Robert	Private 2206, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Bruton, Somerset.
HARDING	William	Private 873, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Cardiff, Glamorgan, WAL.
HARP	Charles	Private 511, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Somerset.
HARVEY	James	Private 1381, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Belfast, Co Antrim, IRE.
HAWKINS	John	Private 2215, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Yeovil, Somerset.
HAWKINS	William H	Private 318, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Stafford, Staffordshire.
HICKS	George	Private 106, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Walcot, Bath, Somerset.
HILL	James	Private 958, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Brierley Hill, Staffordshire.
HOARE	Richard	Private 383, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, 20 Wilton Street, Taunton, Somerset.
HOLBROOK	Henry	Private 1998, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Pensford, Somerset.
HUNT	Arthur	Private 2077, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Frome, Somerset.
HUNT	Thomas	Private 510, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Thatcham, Berkshire.
HUTTON	John	Private 220, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Wells, Somerset.
JAMES	William	Private 669, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, St James, Bath, Somerset.
JEANS	Maurice	Private 996, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Stalbridge, Dorset.
JEFFERIES	William	Private 340, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Beaminster, Dorset.
JENKINS	Thomas	Private 1013, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Bilth, Breconshire, Wales.
JOHNSON	George	Private 302, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry.
KYLE	David	Private 823, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, 6 Farnesworth Street, Belfast, Co Antrim, Ireland.
LANE	W	Private 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry.
LEATHERBY	George	Private 536, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Stoke St Gregory, Somerset.
LEWIS	Samuel	Private 540, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Somerton, Somerset.
LEWIS	William	Private 695, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Bath, Somerset.
LINHAM	Edwin	Private 620, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Street, Somerset.
MATTHEWS	William	Private 50, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Ilminster, Somerset.
McGILTON	James	Private 830, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Holywood, Co Down, Ireland.
McLOUGHLIN	Michael	Private 1803, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Ballymena, Co Galway, Ireland.
MILES	John	Private 816, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Wales.
MULLENS	Alfred	Private 965, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Walcot, Bath, Somerset.
NORTH	Eli	Private 522, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Churchstanton, Somerset.
OWENS	James	Private 235, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, May, Co Tyrone, Ireland.
PARSONS	Alfred J	Private 390, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Wincanton, Somerset.
PERRY	Arthur	Private 786, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Wiltshire.
PERROTT	Henry	Private 464, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Long Load, Somerton, Somerset.
PETHERAM	George	Private 247, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Churchill, Somerset.
PHIPPS	William	Private 506, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry.
PICKETT	John	Private 385, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Luckington, Wiltshire.
PLANT	Anthony	Private 1781, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Dorley, Shropshire.
POWELL	Harry	Private 1049, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Harburn, Staffordshire.
PURCHASE	Frederick	Private 1440, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Sherborne, Dorset.
QUICK	George	Private 21, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Combe St Nicholas, Somerset.
RICKETTS	Charles	Private 1007, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Shaftesbury, Wiltshire.
ROBERTS	Alfred	Private 1473, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Blandford, Dorset.
ROLFE	George	Private 1720, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Kingsclere Common, Berkshire.
SALTER	William	Private 251, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Hemyock, Devon.
SAMWAYS	Walter	Private 182, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Wayford, Somerset.
SANSOM	Walter H	Private 444, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Churchstanton, Somerset.
SEER	Ernest	Private 767, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Bath, Somerset.
SHEEN	Joseph E	Private 2167, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Bath, Somerset.
SHUKER	John	Private 957, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Halesowen, Worcestershire.
SIMS	John	Private 859, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Bedminster, Somerset.
SIRL	John	Private 269, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Somerset.
SLAUGHTER	George	Private 857, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Bath, Somerset.
SMALE	William	Private 589, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry.
SMITH	John	Private 391, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Walcot, Bath, Somerset.
SOUTHWOOD	Frederick	Private 2038, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Ashbrittle, Somerset.
SPARROW	Charles	Private 989, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Huntsham, Somerset.
SPIERS	Frederick	Private 918, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Cropthorne, Worcestershire.
SPILLER	Thomas	Private 314, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, 42 Eastbourne Row, Taunton, Somerset.
SPILLER	William	Private 71, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, North Curry, Somerset.
STANFIELD	Robert	Private 1943, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Plush, Dorset.
STONE	Henry	Private 498, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, High Street, Honiton, Devon.
STRODE	William	Private 853, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Dorset.
SULLY	Charles	Private 442, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Bridgwater, Somerset.
THOMAS	Robert	Private 553, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Foundry Row, Taunton, Somerset.
TUCKER	John H	Private 440, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Long Load, Somerton, Somerset.
TUCKER	William	Private 661, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Bath, Somerset.
UNDERWOOD	Jacob	Private 331, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Street, Somerset.
VINING	Thomas	Private 847, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Somerset.
WALL	James	Private 539, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Ashcott, Somerset.
WATERMAN	Edward	Private 2065, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Spaxton, Somerset.
WHITE	Thomas	Private 1543, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Somerset.
WHITEHOUSE	William	Private 1118, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, South Stockton, Yorkshire.
WINDOW	William	Private 161, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Burston, Somerset.
WOODS	Samuel	Private 611, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Sampford Peverell, Devon.
WOODGATE	Roland	Private 837, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Godstone, Surrey.
WOOLLEY	George	Private 534, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Resident, Silver Street, Taunton, Somerset.

Significant dates for the Somerset Light Infantry until 1887 were:

1685 raised as the Earl of Huntingdon's Regiment of Foot
1688 became Hasting's Regiment
1706-1713 known as Pearce’s Dragoons
1752 became the 13th Regiment of Foot
1782 became the 13th (1st Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot
1822 became the 13th (1st Somersetshire) Regiment (Light Infantry)
1842 became the 13th (Prince Albert's Own) Regiment of Light Infantry
1881 became Prince Albert's (Somersetshire) Light Infantry

BATTLE HONOURS UP TO 1887

Killiekrankie	1689	Colonel F (Ferdinand) Hastings
The Boyne	1691
Flanders	1702-3	Colonel Earl of Barrymore
Gibraltar	1704-5	Major Moncell
Barcelona	1705	Lt. Colonel Pearce (Pearce’s Dragoons 1706-1713)
Almaza	1707
The Caya	1709	Colonel Earl of Barrymore
Gibraltar	1727	Colonel Lord Mark Kerr
Dettingen	1743	Colonel Hon. H. Pulteney
Fontendy	1745
Culloden	1746
Flanders	1746-7
St. Domingo	1793-4-5	Lt. Col. Whitelocke
Egypt	1801	Lt. Col. Bradshaw / Colonel Hon. C. Colville
Martinique	1809	Lt. Col. J. Keane
Burmah – Ava	1824-5-6	Lt. Col. R. Sale
Afghanistan	1839
Ghunzee	1839	Major B Tronson
Jellalabad	1841-2	Colonel R. Sales, C.B. / Colonel W. Dennis, C.B.
Cabool	1842	Captain Henry Havelock / Captain A. Wilkinson
Sevastopol	1855	Colonel Lord Mark Kerr
Indian Mutiny	1857-8-9
Azimgurh	1858
S. Africa
Kambula	1878-9	Lt. Col. V Gilbert / Major F.I. England
Ulundi
Burmah	1885-6-7	Colonel Knox-Leet, V.C.

Last updated 24 April, 2016

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