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.