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War Memorial - Meare, Somerset, England


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Fred Baker
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Henry John Baker
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Private
5548
09 November 1916
19
1st/4th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment
Thiepval Memorial
Son of Phoebe Ann Baker,
of 51, Benedict St., Glastonbury, Somerset,
and the late Thomas Baker.
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Thomas Baker (Probably)
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41710
02 October 1916
34
23rd Bn. Welsh Regiment
Lahana Military Cemetery, Greece
Son of Martin L. and Mary Baker,
of Wiveliscombe, Somerset,
husband of Mrs. Baker,
of 4, Vale St., Barry, Glam.
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Harry Banwell (Probably)
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Lance Corporal
19449
11 January 1917
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5th Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
Thiepval Memorial
Son of Mary Ann Banwell,
of 27, White Cross Rd., Weston-super-Mare, Somerset,
and the late Alfred Banwell.
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Edward Rogers
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Private
6383
16 July 1918
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2nd Bn. Coldstream Guards
St. Hilaire Cemetery Extension, Frevent, France
Son of Sydney and Elizabeth Rogers,
of Westhay, Shapwick, Bridgwater,
husband of Hannah Harriett Rogers,
of Meare, Glastonbury, Somerset.
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Albert Simmons
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5978
23 January 1915
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2nd Bn. Welsh Regiment
Brown's Road Military Cemetery, Festubert, France
Son of Frank and Martha Simmons,
husband of Elizabeth Mary Whitcombe (formerly Simmons),
of Meare, Glastonbury, Somerset.
Native of Meare, Glastonbury.
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Victor John Reed Burgoyne
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Driver
57659
06 November 1918
27
"B" Bty. 67th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
Son of John Reed Burgoyne and the late Georgina Burgoyne,
of Meare, Glastonbury,
husband of Lilly Carter (formeriy Burgoyne),
of 29, Bere Lane, Glastonbury, Somerset.
Enlisted Dec., 1914.
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James Patch
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Private
21599
26 March 1917

7th Infantry Works Coy. Devonshire Regiment
Meare (St. Mary) Churchyard
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Edward Leigh
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John Russell
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Private
1439
20 October 1915
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West Somerset Yeomanry
Meare (St. Mary) Curchyard
Son of Henry and Ellen Russell,
of Meare Way, Meare, Glastonbury.
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Harry Russell
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Richard Difford
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295279
05 July 1918
28
12th Bn. Somerset Light Infantry
Tannay British Cemetery, Thiennes, France
Son of Thomas and Ellen Difford,
of The Hollies, Meare, Somerset.
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William A. Willcox (Probably)
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Serjeant
295282
02 September 1918

12th (West Somerset Yeomanry) Bn. Somerset Light Infantry
Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, France
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Raymond Baker
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Claude York
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Alfred Ward
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Arthur Payne
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James Callow (Probably)
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Private
22574
04 October 1917
27
1st Bn. Somerset Light Infantry
Tyne Cot Memorial
Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Callow,
of Westhay, Shapwick,
husband of Kate Elizabeth Hayes (formerly Callow),
of Westhay, Shapwick, Bridgwater, Somerset.
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Daniel Vowles
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Private
22459
25 August 1916
27
6th Bn. Somerset Light Infantry
Thiepval Memorial
Son of Frank and Mary Vowles,
of Porters Hatch, Meare, Glastonbury, Somerset.
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George Spencer (Probably)
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Driver
17250
30 September 1917
22
29th Div. Ammunition Col. Royal Field Artillery
Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium
Son of William and Jane Spencer,
of Westhay, Shapwick, Somerset.
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Ernest Whitcombe
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Gunner
17251
04 April 1917
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"D " Bty. 5th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, France
Son of Georgina and the late John Thomas Whitcombe,
of Meare, Somerset.
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Edward Fear
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Frank Hodges
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Private
30456
25 September 1918
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1st Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
Tournai Communal Cemetery, Allied Extension, Belgium
Son of Benjamin and Jane Hodges,
of Elmleigh, College St., Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset.
Born at Meare. Glastonbury.
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Herbert Davies
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Aaron Difford (Probably)
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Private
138395
20 July 1918

9th Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Ploegsteert Memorial
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Cecil Seymour
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Sidney Tansell
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John H. G. Francis
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Private
624270
09 June 1917
21
16th Coy. Canadian Machine Gun Corps
Villers Station Cemetery, Villers au Bois, France
Son of Arthur and Mary Ann Francis,
of 9, Mill Batch, Meare, Glastonbury, Somerset, England.
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Herbert J. Davis
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Ronald Herbert Difford
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Private
624270
09 June 1917
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16th Coy. Canadian Machine Gun Corps
Villers Station Cemetery, Villers au Bois, France
Son of Arthur and Mary Ann Francis,
of 9, Mill Batch, Meare, Glastonbury, Somerset, England.
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Stanley Lintell
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Gunner
1552551
06 January 1944
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9 Maritime Bty. Royal Artillery
Suez War Memorial Cemetery
Son of Edward and Ethel Lintell,
husband of Kate Elizabeth Lintell,
of Meare, Somerset.
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Verdun Whitcombe
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5675617
Between 21 January 1944 and 22 January 1944
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1st Bn. Somerset Light Infantry
Rangoon Memorial, Myanmar
Son of Thomas and Anna Whitcombe,
of West Hay, Somerset.
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William Whitcombe
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World War II





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