The First yeovil Recruits for the Great War
The First yeovil RECRUITS
The first 698 Yeovil Recruits for the Great War
The following is a list of the first 698 Yeovil men who fought in the Great War. The list was compiled by the Western Gazette and was completed up to 1 December 1914. Thanks to Roger McElliott for posting the list.
Those whose names are marked in red are linked to their own pages in this website. I have added date of death in brackets where known.
For a list of Yeovil men who fell in the Great War - click here.
Abbott, Eli - 26 Queen Street, Kitchener's Army, Somersets |
Abbott, Lionel Albert - Camborne Street, HMS Commonwealth |
Abbott, Stanley Frank - 179 Huish, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Abbott, Walter John - 13 Higher Kingston, Royal Marines (3 Nov 1916) |
Abbott, William - 44 Southville, 5th Somersets |
A'Court, H - 96 St Michael's Avenue, 5th Somersets |
Adams, Stanley - 81 St Michael's Avenue, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Albutt, F - 4 Hendford, 5th Somersets |
Alcott, A - Yeovil County School, 3rd University & Public Schools Corps, 20th Service Batt. |
Aldridge, Percy - 26 Higher Kingston, 3rd Somersets |
Allen, Alfred W - 48 Queen Street, A Coy. 9th Somersets |
Allen, GH - Preston Villa, RHA, active service |
Allen, James - Gordon House, Earle Street, 5th Somersets, Taunton |
Allen, WG - Preston Villa, 2nd Coy. 2nd Grenadier Guards, active service |
Andoire, H - c/o Mr Foote, 2 Kingston |
Andrews, William S - 52 Sherborne Road, 5th Somersets |
Annesley, JHS - Sherborne Road |
Austin, Samuel - 14 Glenville Road, 5th Somersets |
Axe, Sidney - 47 Queen Street, B Coy. 10th Devons |
Babbage, William - 22 High Street, West Somerset Yeomanry |
Bagg, SC - 3 West Coker Road, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Bagwell, H - 5 Gordon Road, 6th Somersets |
Bailey, Alfred J - 10 Everton Road, Yeomanry |
Baker, Edward - 33 Beer Street, HMS Conqueror |
Baker, Harold K - Vincent Place, Army Service Corps |
Baker, Henry - 2 Clarence Place, 7th Somersets |
Ball, Reginald - 7 Vicarage Street, Royal Engineers |
Ball, Victor - 7 Vicarage Street, Devon Territorials |
Bambury, Sidney - 176 Huish, Somersets |
Barge, Stanley - 93 Beer Street, 4th Dorsets, foreign service |
Barnes, Frederick Charles - 75 Earle Street, 5th Somersets, foreign service (23 Nov 1917) |
Barr - The Beeches, Hendford, West Somerset Yeomanry |
Bart, Jesse - 3 West Street, Somersets |
Bealing, Rupert L - 124 Park Street, 5th Dorsets |
Beare, Cuthbert - Quicksilver Mail, Hendford Hill, North Somerset Yeomanry |
Beare, George - 33 Park Street, Kitchener's Army, Somersets |
Beaton, S - 2 Highfield Road, 3rd Somersets |
Beer, G - 63 Eastland Road, 6th Dragoon Guards, active service |
Belben, Jack - 22 Market Street, 5th Hants, foreign service |
Belben, Leonard - 22 Market Street, Army Ordnance Corps, Kitchener's Army |
Berry, EJ - Sunnybank, West Hendford, Kitchener's Army |
Bervas, Albert - 31 Queen Street, West Somerset Yeomanry |
Bervas, James - 31 Queen Street, 6th Battalion, 1st Canadian Contingent |
Bicknell, John - 82 St Michael's Avenue, 10th Devons |
Bidgood, John James - 12 Ilchester Road, 1st Somersets, active service (6 Jul 1915) |
Bindon, William John - 28 Beer Street, 1st Somersets, active service (28 Apr 1917) |
Bird, Alec - 4 Woodland Terrace, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Bird, George - 4 Woodland Terrace, 5th Somersets |
Bird, GG - Christchurch Villas, The Park, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Blake, AF - 22 Talbot Street, Northamptons |
Blake, Herbert Charles - 1 Smith's Terrace, Coldstream Guards, active service (25 Dec 1916) |
Blake, P - 1 Smith's Terrace, 5th Somersets |
Boll, F - Summerlands, Dorset Yeomanry |
Boll, Frank - 48 Sherborne Road, Dorset Yeomanry |
Bollen, Percy - 1 Mary Street, Royal Field Artillery, active service |
Boobyer, Edgar - 77 West Hendford, Royal Engineers |
Boon, Sidney - 38 Crofton Park, Army Service Corps, active service |
Boon, Stanley - 6 Church Terrace, Somersets |
Bowers, Charles - 103 Park Street |
Bradford, Gordon - Penn House, Motor Transport, active service |
Bradford, WH - Hendford Hill, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Bragg, Ernest - 49 St Michael's Avenue, 6th Somersets |
Brake - 7th Somerset LI |
Breakspeare, Edward - 19 Alexandra Road, 3rd Somersets, active service |
Brown, Albert Edward - 3 Clarence Street, 11th Royal Fusiliers |
Brown, AS - 53 Hendford, Royal Field Artillery |
Brown, F - 62 South Street |
Brown, Percy - 4 Crown Buildings, 5th Somersets |
Brutton, Robert Hall - The Park, 5th Somersets (15 Jan 1916) |
Bryer, Jordan - 1 Frederick Place, 6th Devons |
Burdis, T - 44 Mount Pleasant, 6th Somerset LI |
Burrows, Herbert Norman - 14 Mount Pleasant |
Burrows, Stanley - 61 West Hendford, HMS Indefatigable (31 May 1916) |
Burt, George Henry - 36 Brunswick Street, Somersets |
Bussell, William - 12 Manor Road, Kitchener's Army (1 Jul 1916) |
Buswell, Thomas - 4 Crofton Avenue, Yeomanry |
Butcher, Arthur Henry - 13 Mudford Road, HMS Marlborough |
Butts, Frederick - 42 Southville, 1st Gordon Highlanders, active service (wounded) |
Buxton, L - 1 Nelson tarrace, 3rd Somersets |
Cambridge, A - Kilbride, The Avenue, 3rd Somersets, active service |
Campbell, AV - Elgar House, West Somerset Yeomanry |
Card - Hendford, 5th Somerset, active service |
Card, A - 9 Victoria Buildings, Somersets, foreign service |
Card, W - 9 Victoria Buildings, Somersets |
Channing, A - 91 Eastland Road, HMS Lion, foreign service |
Chant, Charles - 45 Queen Street, Royal Engineers |
Chant, H - Camborne Place, Dragoon Guards |
Chaplin, Thomas - 18 South Western Terrace, HMS Calgarian |
Chapman, Reginald - 126 Huish, 5th Somersets |
Childs, Ernest George - Penncliffe, Penn Hill, 3rd Hussars |
Childs, Wilfred - Penncliffe, Penn Hill, 3rd Hussars |
Chislett, Arthur - Lyde Road, 3rd Dorsets, active service (wounded) |
Chislett, Jesse - Lyde Road, 5th Somersets |
Chudleigh, Leslie Hugh - Grove Avenue, West Somerset Yeomanry |
Churchill, CAP - 8 Mary Street, 1st Somersets, active service |
Churchill, EF - 8 Mary Street, HMS Charybdis |
Clapp, James - 33 Everton Road, Royal Marines |
Clark, T - 3 Anchor Court, Devons |
Clark, William Henry - 18 Crofton Avenue, Royal Engineers |
Clark, William John - 99 West Hendford, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Clarke, TW - 68 Eastland Road, 6th Somersets |
Clements, Arthur - 10 Westville, 2nd Somersets (wounded) |
Clements, Frank - 10 Westville, 5th Somersets |
Coleman, William E - 32 Sherborne Road, Australian Contingent |
Coles, Sidney T - 20 West Street, 2nd Somersets, foreign service |
Collard, William Walter - 4 Vincent Street, HMS Exmouth |
Collins, Francis E - 26 Queen Street, Royal Marine Light Infantry, HMS Minerva |
Collins, H Beale - Prince Street, Royal Field Artillery |
Collins, Robert Rendell - 6 Wellington Street, 5th Somersets, foreign service (24 Dec 1918) |
Connelly, William Edward - 25 Reckleford, 5th Somersets |
Connock, Francis Jos. - 43 Vicarage Street, HMS Goliath |
Cook, Arthur - 10 Crofton Avenue, 5th Somersets |
Cook, Arthur Charles - 22 Vincent Street, Dorsets |
Cook, Harry - Orchard House, Huish, 5th Somersets |
Cook, Walter - 10 Crofton Avenue, 70th Batt. Royal Field Artillery, active service |
Cooper, Percy S - 28 Vicarage Street, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Cornelius, Albion Jas. - 3 Clarence Place, HMS Conqueror |
Cornelius, Frederick - 7a Reckleford, 1st Somersets, active service |
Cossins, Arthur - 38 Vicarage Street, 5th Somersets |
Cossins, Charles - 38 Vicarage Street, National Reserve |
Cossins, Gerald MV - 3 Camborne Place, 5th Devons |
Cottle, William George - 38 Sherborne Road, 3rd Somersets |
Courtney, Albert - Huish, Coldstream Guards (wounded) |
Courtney, Tom - 2nd Somerset LI, foreign service |
Cousins, Percival - Belmont Cottage, Park Street, 5th Somersets |
Cox, Bertie Jas. - 49 Earle Street, 5th Somersets |
Cox, Charles - 17 South Western Terrace, HMS Itchen |
Cox, Robert - 11 Brunswick Street, 10th Devons |
Crouch, Percy - 50 Park Street, Somersets |
Crowder, C - 29 Rosebery Avenue, Somersets |
Crowder, Charles - Glenville Road, 5th Somersets |
Cupper, Stanley - Foundry Cottage, Huish, 1st Cornwalls, active service |
Curtis, Edward - 19 Belmont Street, 6th Somersets (25 Sep 1915) |
Curtis, F - 32 Hendford, Dorset Yeomanry |
Dade, HG - 69 Southville, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Darke, TW - 10 Mary Street, HMS Leander |
Davey - Brickyard Lane, Royal Field Artillery |
Davey, FJ - 2 Ivy Buildings, 5th Somersets |
Davey, Frederick - 2 Hollands, 5th Somersets |
Davey, SG - 2 Ivy Buildings, 5th Somersets |
Davey, Thomas Charles - 2 Ivy Buildings, Yorks & Lancs, foreign service (8 May 1915) |
David, William - 150a Park Street, Kitchener's Army, Somersets |
Davis, Ernest J - The Nurseries, Hendford, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Davis, FJ - 79 Hendford, Yeomanry |
Davis, John - 5 Frederick Place, 1st Wilts, active service (wounded) |
Dawe, H - 2 Kingston |
Dawe, W - Brickyard Lane, 10th Devon Regiment |
Day, Frederick - 100 Park Street, Kitchener's Army, Somersets |
Day, George - 160 Park Street, 2nd Dorsets |
Dear, Frank - 11 Rustywell, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Delamere, J - Crown Inn, Army Service Corps |
Diment, ER - 37 Camborne Street, HMS Indefatigable |
Diment, GA - 37 Camborne Street, HMS Larne |
Diment, L - 37 Camborne Street, Royal Engineers, active service |
Dobson, George - 18 Crofton Avenue, Royal Engineers |
Dodge, Edwin - 6 Woodland Terrace, 5th Somersets |
Dodge, Wreford - Hill View, Park Street, Kitchener's Army, Somersets |
Donovan, Albert George - 7 Quidham Place, Somersets (1 Nov 1918) |
Donovan, Dennis Edward - 7 Quidham Place, Somersets |
Donovan, William - 7 Quidham Place, Somersets |
Dougherty, JL - 17 Cecil Street, Inniskilling Fusiliers |
Dune, Robert - 17 Mudford Road, 5th Somersets |
Dunster, B - Grass Royal, 5th Dragoon Guards |
Durrant, Jas. - 4 Union Street, Royal Army Medical Corps, active service |
Dyke, HJ - Great Western Terrace, 2nd Dorsets, foreign service |
Eason, Edwin - 40 South Street, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Eason, Samuel Phillip - 40 South Street, 1st Somersets, active service (missing) (2 Nov 1914) |
Edmond, Arthur - 28 Queen Street, 17th Lancers |
Edmunds, RT - 5 Silver Street, 5th Somersets |
Ellen, G - 88 Eastland Road, 5th Somersets |
Elliott, Albert William - 6 Church Terrace, 6th Somersets |
Elliott, EJ - 36 South Street, West Somerset Yeomanry |
England, FC - Drill Hall |
England, John - 27 Hendford Hill, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
England, W - 48 Southville Road |
English Albert - 41 Queen Street, 1st Somersets, active service (wounded and prisoner) |
Evis, Henry - 112 St Michael's Avenue, 5th Somersets |
Ewens, FS - 24 Kingston, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Ewens, Gilbert B - Penn Grove House, Royal Engineers |
Ewens, Percival Charles - 24 Kingston, 5th Somersets |
Ewens, Russell B - Penn Grove House, Motor Transport, active service |
Farr, EJ - 45 Hendford Hill, 6th Somersets |
Farrant, Frederick Charles - 9a Reckleford Hill, HMS Exmouth |
Fenwick, G - Ardlui, Hendford, 6th Somersets |
Field, Douglas - 8 Wyndham Street, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Firkins, CE - Wellington Street, HMS Vernon |
Foan, W - Picketty Row, Wellington Street, BTA Battery |
Fone, RT - 40 West Street, 5th Somersets |
Fone, RW - Park Street, Royal Field Artillery |
Fooks, Alonzo - 44 Vicarage Street |
Fooks, P - 52 Cromwell Road, 5th Lancers, active service |
Fooks, Ptolemy Harry - 44 Vicarage Street, 5th Somersets (16 Aug 1919) |
Fooks, Reggie - 44 Vicarage Street, 5th Somersets |
Foot, E - 2 Kingston, 6th Somersets |
Foot, Henry George - Hollands Inn, National Reserve |
Forse, A - South Street, 4th Dorsets, foreign service |
Forsey, G - 10 Percy Road, Grenadier Guards |
Foster, John - 8 Edwards Buildings, HMS Achilles |
Fox, H - 52 Cromwell Road, 1st Dorsets, active service |
Foyle, Oliver - 10 Hillside, 5th Somersets |
Frampton, Walter - 71 Sherborne Road, 3rd Somersets |
Francis, F - 9 Camborne Grove, 2nd Somersets |
Francis, P - 9 Camborne Grove, 1st Somersets, active service (wounded and prisoner) |
Francis, Percival Robert - 13 Crofton Avenue, 1st Somersets, active service (wounded and prisoner) |
Freestone, Fred - 21 Mary Street, HMS Agincourt |
Freke, William George Albert, 2 Horsey's Lane, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Fribance, GE - 76 Southville, Somersets |
Fursland, A - 2 Kingston, Somersets |
Gailliott, HJ - 14 Park Terrace, Navy, wounded |
Gailliott, John - 6 St Michael's Avenue, Navy |
Gale, FT - 5 Penfield, 5th Somersets |
Gale, Leonard Alfred - 28 Eastland Road, 7th Somersets (25 Sep 1915) |
Gale, Reggie - 5 Penfield, 7th Somersets (30 Jul 1916) |
Gale, Tom - 28 Eastland Road, Cornwalls |
Gambling, L - Sherborne Road, Hants Royal Garrison Artillery |
Gambling, S - 42 Eastland Road, Royal Garrison Artillery |
Garrett, Bertie - 116 Park Street, Royal Engineers, abroad |
Garrett, Clement - 26 Hendford Hill, Somersets |
Garrett, Fred - 37 King Street, 11th Welsh Batt. Territorials |
Garrett, William - 67 Southville |
Gay, Francis Stanley - 18 Market Street, Somersets |
Gaylard, Sidney - 31 Westville, 1st Dorsets, active service |
Gerrard, Edwin - 12 Market Street, National Reserve |
Gerrard, Frank - 1 Orchard Street, Somersets |
Gerrard, Fred - 12 Market Street, Somersets |
Gerrard, Henry Charles - 12 Market Street, Royal Engineers |
Gibbs, HJ - 2 Huish Gardens, Somersets |
Gibbs, RS - 21 Seaton Road, 5th Somersets |
Gibbs, WH - 2 Huish Gardens, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Gifford - 2 Kingston |
Giles, Edwin - 32 Sherborne Road, Marine Artillery |
Giles, Edwin - 4 South Place, South Street, Kitchener's Army |
Giles, G - 33 St Michael's Road, National Reserve |
Giles, W - 4 Smith's Terrace, Navy |
Giles, W - 66 Queen Street, Royal Field Artillery |
Gill, Ernest - 2 Park Row, Somersets |
Gillard, George - Summerhouse Road, Dorsets |
Glanville, WS - The Beeches, Hendford, West Somerset Yeomanry |
Godfrey, Norman - The Park, 6th Somersets |
Gosney, B - Great Western Terrace, 5th Somersets |
Gosney, Harold - Great Western Terrace, South Wales Borderers, active service |
Gosney, P - Great Western Terrace, Dorsets |
Gosney, W - Great Western Terrace, Welsh Fusiliers |
Gough, Wreford - 73 Park Street, Royal Engineers |
Gould, Bertie - 33 Sherborne Road, Marine Artillery |
Gray, EB - 34 Mount Pleasant |
Green, Jas. - 37 Brunswick Street, National Reserve / Somersets |
Greening, Stanley - Foundry Cottages, Huish, 5th Somersets |
Greenwood, John - 46 Vicarage Street, Royal Garrison Artillery |
Gregory, ERG - 2 Park Way, 2nd South Lancashires, prisoner in Germany |
Gregory, Ernest - 62 Lyde Road, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Griggs, Edwin - 16 Beer Street, Army Service Corps |
Gulley, Percy - Lyde Road, Royal Marines |
Gundry, John - Mill Lane, 3rd Somersets |
Gwynne, Claude - Wyndham Street, 1st Somersets |
Haggett, William - 6a Mary Street, Royal Marine Light Infantry, active service |
Haines, F - Victoria Road, Dragoon Guards |
Hallett, George - 7 Clarence Terrace, Garrison Artillery, active service |
Hallett, Henry - 8 Market Street, Somersets |
Hallett, J - 4 Nelson Terrace, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Hallett, Sidney H - 30 Vicarage Street, Somersets |
Hallett, W - 20 Southville, Royal Field Artillery |
Hambridge, F - St Michael's Road, West Somerset Yeomanry |
Hambridge, FJ - 81 Alexandra Road, West Somerset Yeomanry |
Hammett, Conrad, 9 Sparrow Lane, 18th Coy., Royal Engineers (15 Apr 1918) |
Hann, A - Great Western Terrace, 6th Somersets |
Hann, AB - 5 Cecil Street, West Somerset Yeomanry |
Hann, Albert - 13 St Michael's Avenue, National Reserve |
Hann, Alfred - 51 Vicarage Street, Grenadier Guards |
Hann, Charlie - 13 St Michael's Avenue, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Hann, F - 68 Hendford, Military Police |
Hann, Fred - 13 St Michael's Avenue, active service |
Hann, George - 3 Clarence Terrace, Somersets, active service |
Hann, H - 7 Hill View, Royal West Surrey Territorials |
Hann, James - 13 St Michael's Avenue, HMS Bellepheron |
Hann, Tom - 13 St Michael's Avenue, 5th Somersets |
Hann, Victor - 5 Cecil Street, 5th Dragoon Guards, active service |
Hannam, Cecil - 1 Wyndham Street, Somersets |
Hardy, T - Victoria Road, Worcester Regiment |
Harley, Oswald - 3 Aldon Tarrace, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Harrison, R - 128 Huish, Royal Flying Corps |
Harrison, Stanley - 65 West Hendford, West Somerset Yeomanry |
Hatcher, Edbert - 77 Park Street, Somersets |
Hawker, Frederick - 1 South Western Terrace, 3rd Somersets |
Hawkings, B - 2 Gordon Road, HMS Princess Royal |
Hawkins, Arthur - 102 Huish, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Hawkins, Edward - 39 Vicarage Street, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Hawkins, Frank - 39 Vicarage Street, Somersets |
Hawkins, Leonard - 39 Vicarage Street, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Hawkins, Mark - 20 Seaton Road, Somersets |
Hawkins, Ralph - 102 Huish, 5th Somersets |
Hawkins, Rowland - 39 Vicarage Street, Royal Engineers |
Hayward, Arthur Samson - 3 Hollands, 6th Somersets (3 Dec 1916) |
Hayward, Sidney - 11 Bond Street, 5th Somersets |
Hayward, William H - 23 Beer Street, 5th Somersets |
Heard, Horace Cyril Casley - 17 Brunswick Street, Scots Greys (6 Oct 1915) |
Helliar, Stanley - 8 Vincent Place, Somersets |
Helyar, B - Great Western Terrace, 1st Somersets, active service (wounded) |
Henwood, Bert - Lyde Road, Rifle Brigade |
Henwood, Percy - Lyde Road, 5th Somersets |
Henwood, Sidney Herbert - Lyde Road, Grenadier Guards (20 Jul 1915) |
Herrin, Herbert W - 187 Huish, 1st East Lancashires, active service |
Hicks, Walter Charles - 22 Middle Street, Gloucesters (Bristol Batt.) |
Hillard, Ernest - The Park, 5th Somersets |
Hillard, William John - The Park, 5th Somersets |
Hillard, William O - 42 Beer Street, 5th Somersets |
Hillborne, Percy - 15 Mudford Road, 5th Somersets |
Hinder, Arthur - 57 Everton Road, 5th Somersets |
Hoare, FA - White Horse Inn, West Somerset Yeomanry |
Hoare, GR - White Horse Inn, West Somerset Yeomanry |
Hobbs, Bertie H - 126 Park Street, Somersets |
Hobbs, EE - Victoria Road, Royal Field Artillery |
Hobbs, George L - 126 Park Street, Somersets |
Hobby, W - 1 Wyndham Street, Royal Engineers |
Hockey, A - Grass Royal, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Hockey, E - 13 Reckleford Hill, South Wales Borderers |
Hockey, Henry - 11 Market Street, Royal Engineers, active service |
Hockey, Jesse - 11 Market Street, Royal Engineers, active service |
Hockey, M - Grass Royal, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Hoddinott, Cecil - 5 Silver Street, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Hodges, GJ - 15 Peter Street, Kitchener's Army |
Holland, Frederick W - Dampier Place, National Reserve |
Holland, Harold W 'Harry' - Dampier Place, 5th Somersets, foreign service (27 Nov 1917) |
Holt, Percy Lionel - 42 Vicarage Street, 5th Somersets, foreign service (13 Nov 1917) |
Holt, Richard - 51 Lyde Road, Dragoon Guards |
Hood, WG - 17 Percy Road, 1st Life Guards, active service |
Hook, William Stwerat - 14 Middle Street, 12th Lancers, active service |
Hooper, Frederick Thomas - 40 Southville, Somersets (16 Sep 1916) |
Hooper, PF - 42 Huish, 9th Somersets |
Hooper, Victor R - 7 South Street, 18th Devons (14 Jul 1917) |
Hooper, William - 7 South Street, National Reserve |
Horrox, William - The Park, Royal Engineers |
Hoskins, H George - 38 Orchard Street, 5th Somersets |
Hoskins, Richard - 34 Huish, Royal Field Artillery |
Hoskins, Walter - 28 Queen Street, HMS Vivid |
Hoskyns, G - Reckleford, Royal Engineers, active service, injured |
Hunt, Albert - 9 Bond Street, 5th Somersets |
Hussey, Frederick - 24 Seaton Road, Navy, mine sweeper |
Hutchings, Arthur - 131 Huish, 5th Somersets |
Hutchings, Charles - 131 Huish, 5th Somersets (23 Jul 1916) |
Hutchings, Ernest - Princes Street, West Somerset Yeomanry |
Hutchings, Thomas - 5 Vicarage Street, Devons |
Hutchings, Tom - 28 South Street, 10th Devons |
Hutchings, William - 114 Park Street, Somersets |
Inkpen, Alfred - 31 Earle Street, Royal Engineers |
Inkpen, Herbert George - 31 Earle Street, Royal Army Medical Corps, active service |
James, Herbert B - 55 Huish, 6th Somersets |
January, Alfred - 23 Earle Street, 5th Somersets |
Jeans, Edwin - 106 Park Street, Royal Engineers (Kitchener's Army) |
Jennings, Ernest A - 18 West Street, Royal Engineers |
Jennings, Frederick - 6 Clarence Terrace, 6th Somersets |
Jones, Douglas A - 18 Brunswick Street, Royal Engineers, active service (23 Aug 1917) |
Jones, Gilbert - 18 Brunswick Street, West Somerset Yeomanry |
Jones, Trevor - 18 Brunswick Street, West Somerset Yeomanry |
Kempster, M - Preston Villas, West Somerset Yeomanry |
King, George - 46 Reckleford, Regular Army, foreign service |
Kirkman, B - Sunny Bank, West Hendford |
Knight, C - Great Western Terrace, Marine Artillery |
Labberrow, B - 13 Queen Street, National Reserve |
Lambert, Bertram - 13 Camborne Grove, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Langdon, E - 3 Nelson Terrace, 3rd Somersets |
Langdon, F - North Terrace, 5th Somersets, active service |
Lanham, Ernest - 13 Summerhouse Terrace, 11th (Service) Battalion, Hants Regiment |
Lanham, Frank - 13 Summerhouse Terrace, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Larcombe, Reginald - Sherborne Road, West Somerset Yeomanry (10 Sep 1918) |
Law, Herbert - Elgar House, 6th Somersets |
Leach, H - Beer Street, Royal Army Medical Corps |
Lee, WJ - 41 Victoria Road, active service |
Lester, William - 35 Beer Street, National Reserve |
Lewis, A - 78 Eastland Road, Dorsets |
Lewis, AE - 34 West Street, 6th Dorsets |
Leworthy, William - 1 Mount Pleasant, Newtown, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Light, WA - 53 Eastland Road, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Linthorne, BC - 24 Eastland Road, 1st Somersets, active service |
Lock, Walter - 5 Hallett's Gardens, 16th Lancers |
Lodge, Ernest - 33 South Street, Royal Irish Fusiliers |
Lodge, F - 26 Eastland Road, 5th Somersets |
Long, Fred - 61 Reckleford, 6th Dragoons |
Lowman, Edward John - 190 Huish, 5th Somersets |
Loxton, Francis Willoughby - Hendford Hill, 6th Somersets (11 Aug 1915) |
Lucas, William - 25 Higher Kingston, National Reserve |
Luffman, EJ - 98 Sherborne Road, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Lukins, Charles J - Sherborne Road, 4th Devons |
Lukins, John - Sherborne Road, 5th Somersets |
Maidment, A - 39 Eastland Road, 42nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, active service |
Maidment, Ewart - Sherborne Road, RE, War Office |
Maidment, Leonard - Sherborne Road, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Major, Frederick John - 40 Park Street, Somersets (11 Jan 1915) |
Major, Robert G - 40 Park Street, HMS Minerva |
Major, William T - 40 Park Street, Somersets |
Mansell, Alfred - 7 Reckleford Hill, Dorsets |
Manthorp, RW - 47 West Hendford, Somersets |
Marsh, Duncan - 133 Sherborne Road, 6th Hants |
Marsh, Edward Waters Harbin - Old Sarum House, South Lancashires (30 Dec 1915) |
Martin, AS - Rhystone, Grove Avenue, 5th Somersets |
Martin, Stanley George - 27 Crofton Avenue, 6th Somersets |
Massie, Henry James - 18 Crofton Avenue, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Masters, George - 166 Park Street, 1st Somersets, active service |
Masters, GER - 1 Peter Street, Queen Victoria's Rifles |
Matthews, Donald - 35 The Avenue, 5th Somersets, foreign service (9 Apr 1918) |
Matthews, Harold E - 35 The Avenue, Notts & Derby Territorials |
Matthews, Thomas Percy - 35 The Avenue, Notts & Derby Territorials (26 Jun 1915) |
Maunder, John - 22 High Street, West Somerset Yeomanry |
Maunder, RG - 1 Victoria Road, Royal Engineers |
Maunder, Rochford - 118 Park Street, 2nd Somersets (28 Mar 1918) |
May, Frederick J - 20 Woodland Terrace, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
May, Wreford J - 20 Woodland Terrace, Army Service Corps |
McMillan, AR - Lyde Road, 2nd Dorsets |
Meech, Wilfred - 59 Everton Road, 5th Somersets |
Middleditch, FW - 171 Huish, Royal Army Medical Corps, active service |
Midlin, JH - 94 Eastland Road, National Reserve |
Miles, William Henry - 5 Summerhouse Road, Somersets |
Miller, Albert - Lyde Road, 5th Somersets |
Miller, WG - 18 Market Street, Royal Engineers |
Mills, Charles - 18 Vincent Place, 5th Somersets |
Mills, Charles - 52 Sherborne Road, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Milton, J - Great Western Terrace, 7th Dragoon Guards, active service |
Milton, T - 5 Frederick Place, Royal Field Artillery |
Mintern, Albert - 103 Huish, 5th Somersets |
Mintern, William - 103 Huish, 1st Somersets, active service (missing) |
Mitcham - 1 King Street, HMS Vernon |
Mitchell, Cornelius - 61 Higher Kingston, 5th Somersets |
Mitchell, Earle - 25 Vicarage Street, 5th Somersets, foreign service (23 Nov 1917) |
Mitchell, William - 6 Earle Street, West Somerset Yeomanry |
Mitchell, William J - 57 Beer Street, Royal Engineers |
Mitson, Albert - 11 Higher Kingston, 4th Somersets, foreign service |
Mold, A - Crofton Park, 6th Somersets |
Moon, E - 6 Gordon Road, Somersets |
Moore, F - 62 Hendford, West Somerset Yeomanry |
Moore, RB - Higher Kingston, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Moore, Thomas J - Higher Kingston, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Moores, William - 89 Park Street, Somersets |
Morris, Percy - 4 Clarence Terrace, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Mountain, AC - 8 Wyndham Street, Scots Greys |
Murley, Arthur - 12 Hendford Grove, Rifle Brigade, active service (prisoner) |
Murrell, Wilfred Hooper - The Park, 6th Somersets |
Nance, Frederick - 2 Vincent Street, Ordannce Dept., foreign service |
Nance, Walter - 2 Vincent Street, 10th Hussars, active service |
Napper, Charles - 12 South Western Terrace, HMS London |
Napper, Tom - 12 South Western Terrace, Royal Engineers Expeditionary Force |
Narramore, John - Wellington Street, HMS Doris |
Newis, Caleb Edney - Preston Road, 6th Somersets (16 Sep 1916) |
Newman, Alfred - 77 Park Street |
Newman, B - Huish, West Somerset Yeomanry |
Newman, W - 3 Picketty Row, The Reserve Park, France, active service |
Newman, Walter H - 6 Park Way, 13th Hussars, active service |
Newton, Joe - 81 St Michael's Avenue, Royal Engineers |
Noble, Walter Cary - Tamar, Grove Avenue, London Scottish |
Nock, Ernest P - 21a Crofton Park |
Norman, E - 14 Hendford, Royal Engineers |
Norris, Harry Valentine - 4 Halletts Gardens, Somersets |
Norris, Henry Ambrose - 12 Bond Street, 6th Somersets |
Norris, Sidney - York Place, 1st Dorsets, active service (wounded) |
Nutland, Albert - 130 Park Street, 1st Somersets, active service |
Nutland, Ernest William - 130 Park Street, Somersets (Kitchener's Army) (16 Sep 1916) |
Nutland, Percy - 130 Park Street, 1st Somersets, active service (wounded) |
Ostler - Grass Royal, 5th Somersets |
Ostler, Leslie - 10 Westville, HMS Impregnable |
Ostler, R - 3 Hendford, Somersets |
Ostler, William - 33 Wellington Street, 5th Somersets |
Otten, A - 3 Hendford, Dorsets |
Palmer, A - 48 Southville, Queen's Own Rifles |
Palmer, T - 9 Gordon Road, Army Service Corps |
Pardy, John - 1 Salisbury Terrace, active service |
Parker, John H - 9 Beer Street, HMS Dublin |
Parker, Percival J - 66 Park Street, Royal Army Medical Corps, active service |
Parker, Robert George - 130 Huish, 5th Somersets |
Parker, William - 68 Park Street, Royal Army Medical Corps, active service |
Parmiter, Robert - Great Western Terrace, 5th Somersets (11 Jun 1915) |
Parsons - Cromwell Road, 1st Somersets |
Parsons, Arthur - 124 St Michael's Avenue, Queen's Own Rifles |
Parsons, Cyril J - 84 Earle Street, Bristol's Own |
Parsons, Edgar - 124 St Michael's Avenue, Royal Army Medical Corps |
Parsons, F - 24 Mount Pleasant, 6th Somersets |
Parsons, Harry - 14 Queen Street, Torpedo Boat No 22 |
Parsons, HE - 84 Earle Street, Royal Berkshires, foreign service |
Parsons, Henry - 11 Vicarage Street, National Reserve |
Parsons, TF - The Park, 6th Somersets |
Parsons, TR - The Park, 6th Gloucesters |
Parsons, Walter - 57 Earle Street, Royal Field Artillery |
Passmore, Wallace John - 16 Crofton Avenue, HMS Collosus |
Passmore, Walter Henry - 16 Crofton Avenue, HMS Foresight |
Paull, Wilfred James - 123 Goldcroft, Royal Engineers |
Payne, C - 173 Huish, Somersets |
Payne, Frederick - 5 Newton Road, HMS Hindustan |
Peapell, Percy - 49 West Hendford, Royal Marine Artillery |
Peart, JB - Borough Restaurant, West Somerset Yeomanry |
Pennell, Reginald - 162 Park Street, 1st Somersets (2 Jul 1916) |
Pennell, S - 92 Eastland Road, Royal Horse Artillery |
Penny, G - 11 Vicarage Street, 7th Somersets |
Penny, WG - 13 Eastland Road, National Reserve |
Perry, Horace E - 56 St Michael's Road, Grenadier Guards |
Perry, HW - 51 Seaton Road, HMS Roxburgh |
Petter, HC - The Beeches, Hendford, Flying Corps |
Phillips, C - Great Western Terrace, Army Service Corps |
Phillips, EJ - Great Western Terrace, 5th Somersets, active service |
Phillips, WH - 4 Park Way, 6th Somersets |
Pike, B - Great Western Terrace, 5th Dorsets |
Pike, Ben - Great Western Terrace, 2nd Dorsets, active service, killed (24 Aug 1914) |
Pike, Leslie Samuel - 22 Mudford Road, HMS Berwick |
Pike, R - Great Western Terrace, 5th Somersets |
Pike, W - Great Western Terrace, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Pilton, John - 9 Orchard Street, Somersets |
Pinney, Edward - 18 Talbot Street, 2nd Wilts, active service (prisoner) (16 Jun1916) |
Pipe, Cecil - 12 Everton Road, Naval Hospital SBA |
Pitcher, Charles Thristle - Mermaid Hotel, West Somerset Yeomanry |
Pittard, WE - Woodlands, National Reserve |
Plimpton, J - 8 Addlewell Lane, Somersets |
Plowman, HW - Preston Grove, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Poole, AT - 10 Seaton Road, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Poole, GR - West Coker Road, HMS Pegasus |
Poole, W Percy - 21 Orchard Street, 5th Somersets |
Pound, John Biggin - 45 Victoria Road, 5th Somersets, foreign service (22 Dec 1918) |
Price, W - North Terrace, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Pullen, Reginald - 37 Eastland Road, Somerset National Reserves |
Purchase, Henry W - 47 Alexandra Road, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Purchase, S - 20 Percy Road, 1st Somersets, active service (wounded) |
Purchase, Stanley - 33 King Street, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Purchase, William - Wellington Street, 5th Somersets |
Raper, A - 8 Victoria Buildings, Middlesex |
Raymond, Frederick - The Park, Sportsmen's 2nd Battalion |
Read, CJ - 41 Seaton Road, 5th Somersets |
Read, HW - 41 Seaton Road, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Redman, William - 28 Mount Pleasant, 6th Somersets (18 Aug 1916) |
Redmond, P - 94 Eastland Road, 5th Somersets |
Reese, William James - 3 Woodland Grove, Royal Canadian Dragoons |
Reeves, Frank - 172 Park Street, 5th Somersets |
Rendall, BGL - 33 Earle Street, 5th Somersets |
Rendell, Reginald - 12 King Street, 5th Somersets (discharged owing to injury to knee) |
Renout, CP - Jersey House, 4th University & Public School Corps, 21st Service Battalion |
Richards, J - 54 Eastland Road, HMS Ocean |
Robins, Frederick - 7 Park Street, 10th Devons |
Robins, JN - 63 West Hendford |
Robins, W - 152 Park Street, Somersets, foreign service |
Rodber, Henry Thomas - 29 Vicarage Street, Royal Engineers |
Rodber, John - 43 Queen Street, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Rogers, Bert - 29 Crofton Avenue, Kitchener's Army |
Rose, F - Grass Royal, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Rose, William - Grass Royal, Artillery, active service (22 Jan 1918) |
Rose, Walter - 51 Higher Kingston, 10th Gloucesters |
Rose, William, 51 Higher Kingston, Royal Marine Artillery |
Rowland, Samuel - 9 Glenville Road, North Somerset Yeomanry |
Rowsell, AV - 4 Crofton Avenue, Royal Engineers |
Rowsell, Frederick - 138 St Michael's Avenue, 5th Somersets, forign service |
Rowsell, William Charles - 4 Crofton Avenue, Royal Engineers |
Rudd, CHC - County School, The Buffs |
Rumsey, George herbert - Middle Street, 6th Somersets |
Russell, Harold SH - 35 Reckleford, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Russell, Sidney J - 10 Market Street, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Russell, SS - 16 Queen Street, D Squadron, North Somerset Yeomanry |
Ryland, Oscar - 60 Park Street, Somersets |
Samways, Charles - 10 South Western Terrace, West Somerset Yeomanry (6 Nov 1918) |
Sansom, H - 23 Crofton Avenue, 5th Somersets |
Sartin, Edward - 2 Park Street, Grenadier Guards |
Sartin, T - 6 Victoria Buildings, 5th Somersets |
Sartin, WT - 6 Victoria Buildings, 5th Somersets |
Saunders, C - 38 Crofton Park, Royal Horse Artillery |
Score, W - 35 Southville, Dorset Yeomanry |
Scott, Daniel - 9 Park Street, Royal Field Artillety, active service |
Sculpher, George William - 14 Mount Pleasant |
Sercombe - Park Street, 1st Aldershot Brigade, Naval Reserve |
Seymour, F - 35 Percy Road |
Shackle, J - Great Western Terrace, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Shearstone, J - 2 Victoria Buildings, Middlesex |
Shearstone, W - 2 Victoria Buildings, 2nd Somersets, active service |
Shepherd, Walter - 7 South Western Terrace, Kitchener's Army |
Shutler, WW - 2 Mead yard, 6th Dragoons, active service (missing) |
Silvester, Frederick George - Somersets (19 April 1916) |
Sims, Ernest - 118 Park Street, 1st Dorsets, active service |
Singleton, E - Grass Royal, 5th Somersets |
Singleton, Ernest - 18 Westville, 5th Somersets |
Skinner, R - North Terrace, National Reserve |
Slade, W Charles - 8 Crofton Park, 1st Manchesters, active service |
Slater, Henry, 5 Stars Lane, Royal Navy |
Slater, Horatio - Stars Lane, Royal Marine Artillery |
Slater, James - 5 Stars Lane, HMS Kent |
Smith, F - Grass Royal, 5th Somersets |
Smith, F - Grass Royal, HMS Revenge |
Smith, Herbert Victor - 17 Sparrow Lane, 5th Somersets, foreign service (4 Dec 1917) |
Smith, JE - 10 Orchard Street, North Somerset Yeomanry |
Smith, L - Grass Royal, Marines |
Smith, PW - 16 Seaton Road, Royal Engineers, active service |
Snook, Cecil - 13 Westville, Somerset Yeomanry |
Snook, WG - 4 Hendford, West Somerset Yeomanry |
Spear, P - 70 Eastland Road, 2nd Dorsets, active service |
Spurle, Albert - 120 St Michael's Avenue, Royal Field Artillery |
Spurle, CD - 2 Alexandra Road, HMS New Zealand |
Stanton, G - Goldcroft |
Staple, JH - Summerlands, Army Service Corps |
Staves, HG - 1 Clarence Street, 7th Somersets |
Stephens, Harry - 40 Wellington Street, Mounted Infantry, abroad |
Stevens, Bertram - 93 West Hendford, 2nd Wilts, active service |
Stevens, FJ - Cromwell Road, 5th Somersets |
Stidson, R - 120 Huish, HMS Erin |
Stidson, W - 120 Huish, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Stone, E - 2 Kingston |
Stone, P - 3 Hendford, 3rd Somersets |
Stone, Percy - 14 Cecil Street, 3rd Somersets |
Stott, WW - 4 Peter Street, 10th Hussars |
Sturgess, E - 14 Hendford, Somersets |
Sutton, AC - 51 Alexandra Road, Somersets, active service (wounded) |
Sutton, Charles A - Alexander Road, 1st Somersets, active service |
Sutton, F - Glenville Road, Berks & Bucks |
Sutton,PR - 38 Glenville Road, 5th Somersets |
Swaffield, FG - Newtown, Royal Horse Artillery |
Swaffield, Frederick - 18 Mount Pleasant |
Sweet, William Frank - 5 Higher Kingston, 5th Somersets, died of pneumonia (4 Oct 1914) |
Swetman, EV - 30 Reckleford, Royal Engineers |
Swetman, GJ - Great Western Terrace, 5th Somersets |
Swetman, LT - 30 Reckleford, Somersets, foreign service |
Symes, EC - 1 Hillside Terrace, Royal Marines |
Symes, TJ - 13 Silver Street, Royal Horse Artillery |
Symms, Ernest - 40 Wellington Street, 5th Somersets |
Tasker, Archie - 23 High Street |
Tavenor, FV - 156 Park Street, Somersets |
Tavenor, Stanley - 5 Park Street, Somersets, active service |
Taylor, AG - Hillside, Sherborne Road, West Somerset Yeomanry |
Taylor, CRE - Vicarage Street, Dorsets |
Templeman, AH - 66 Crofton Park, 5th Somersets |
Templeman, Henry - 122 Park Street, Somersets, active service |
Templeman, HW - 66 Crofton Park, Canadian Highlanders |
Terry, William - 8 West Hendford, Dorsets, active service (invalided home) |
Thompson, AG - 30 Park Street, East Yorks |
Thorne, Bernard - 61 Beer Street, Royal Field Artillery |
Titmus, William - York Place, Marines |
Tompkins, Victor - 164 Park Street, Dorsets |
Tonks, J - 57 Earle Street, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Toogood, Frederick - 50 Middle Street, 3rd Somersets |
Toogood, Walter - 32 Mount Pleasant, Somersets |
Tracey, Philip - 2 York Place, Royal Field Artillery, active service |
Trigger, Frederick - 22 Westville, Royal Engineers |
Trim, FH - 5a Vicarage Street, 10th Devons |
Trim, GA - 5a Vicarage Street, 3rd Dorsets |
Trott, Arthur - 13 Beer Street, 4th Wilts |
Tucker, Clarence Endicott - 10 Silver Street, 5th Somersets, foreign service (18 Feb 1918) |
Tucker, H - 4 Gordon Road, Hussars, active service |
Tucker, P - 41 Rosebery Avenue, 4th Dragoons |
Tucker, RG - 26 Westville, 4th Dorsets, foreign service |
Tucker, S - 4 Gordon Road, 4th Royal Irish Dragoons |
Tucker, S - 8 Wyndham Street, Scots Greys |
Tucker, T - 5 Morton terrace, 18th Hussars, active service |
Tucker, WL - 5 North Terrace, Newtown, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Tulk, Alfred Lionel - 30 Great Western Tarrace, Royal Field Artillery |
Tuttou, F - 1 Mount Pleasant, Newtown, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Upton, Fh - 8 Wyndham Street, Royal Army Medical Corps |
Urwick, FD - The Park, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Uzzell, W - Felix Place, Royal Engineers |
Vaughan, Frank - Station House, West Somerset Yeomanry |
Vicary, Leonard - 40 Sherborne Road, Dorset Yeomanry |
Vivian, J - Dampier Place, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Volsey, S - 15 Hendford, West Somerset Yeomanry |
Vowles, WJ - 2 Brunswick Street, West Somerset Yeomanry |
Waddleton - 4 Waterloo Lane, active service |
Wadman, Charles A - 20 Alexandra Road, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Wall, Frederick - 108 Park Street, Army Service Corps, active service (7 Nov 1918) |
Wall, S - Victoria Road, West Somerset Yeomanry |
Wallis, B - Noth Terrace, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Ward, George - 9 St Michael's Avenue, 1st Wilts, active service (wounded) |
Warr, Frank - 6 Park Street, 5th Somersets |
Warr, Frank W - 14 Camborne Street, HMS Gibraltar |
Warr, GH - 14 Camborne Street, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Warr, MJ - 14 Camborne Street, HMS Ajax |
Warr, SC - 14 Camborne Street, 2nd Somersets, active service |
Warren, WH - 5 Salisbury Terrace, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Warry, HE - The Cedars, Preston Road, 12th Hampshires |
Waters, William J - 84 Huish, Royal Field Artillery |
Webb, Claude - Crofton Park, Berkshire Regiment |
Welch, William - 39 Kingston, 6th Somersets |
Wellman, John - 112 Eastland Road, HMS Duke of Edinburgh, foreign service |
Westcott, Robert - 6 Cecil Street, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Weston, FJC - 15 Crofton Park, Army Ordnance Corps |
Whale, Arthur - 61 St Michael's Avenue, Hants Carabineers |
White, A - 36 Eastland Road, Royal Field Artillery |
White, LE - 8 Frederick Place, 15th Coy. Army Ordnance Corps, active service |
White, R - 43 Wellington Street, 5th Somersets |
White, TM - 23 Eastland Road, Grenadier Guards |
White, W - 16 Wellington Street, Royal Field Artillery |
White, William J - 44 Seaton Road, Royal Engineers |
Whittington, Stanley - 63 Alexandra Road, 5th Somersets |
Whittington, William - 63 Alexandra Road, 5th Somersets (31 Jul 1918) |
Wilce, JW - Great Western Terrace, 3rd Grenadier Guards, active service |
Willey, JT - 45 Southville, Somersets |
Williams, PE - 92 Huish, Army Service Corps, active service (wounded) |
Wills, William F - 5 West Street, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Wills, William John - 150 Park Street, 5th Dorsets (14 Nov 1918) |
Wilson, GWS - 52 Park Street, HMS Prince of Wales |
Windsor, FO - 7 Woodland Grove, 2nd Dorsets, foreign service |
Windsor, PG - 7 Woodland Grove, 1st Dorsets, active service (wounded) |
Winsor, Alexander GA - 47 Goldcroft, 2nd Life Guards |
Wood, JG - 25 Park Street, Somersets |
Wyatt, F - 9 Kingston |
Yarham, AE - North Terrace, 5th Somersets, foreign service |
Yarham, AM - West Somerset Yeomany |
Yarham, W - North Terrace, HMS Dominion |
Young, A - 171 Huish, Somersets, active service (wounded) |
Young, E - Glenville, Royal Engineers, active service |
Young, Frank - 41 St Michael's Road, Hampshires |
Young, WR - 171 Huish |
On Bank Holiday Monday, 4 August 1914, Yeovil men of 'E' (Yeovil) Company, 1st (West) Somerset Battalion of the National Reservists, known colloquially as the 'Straw Hat Brigade', line up in the Borough before marching to the Town Railway Station and travelling to Taunton. War was declared at midnight.