East Coker: Church of St Michael (Somerset)
Identifications from the CWGC database:
Ordinary Seaman Albert Edward Ackerman (Service No: Bristol Z/2577), R.N. Depot, (Crystal Palace), Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve; died 3 November 1918, aged 18; buried in Beckenham Crematorium and Cemetery (W5. 7714.); son of Edward H. Ackerman, of East Coker, Yeovil: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/367701/ACKERMAN,%20AL...
Probably: Gunner J. Baker (Service No: RMA/14289), Royal Marine Artillery (H.M.S. "Britannia"); died 10 September 1918; buried in Freetown (King Tom) Cemetery, Sierra Leone (1. E. 11.) [HMS Britannia was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the King Edward VII class; from 1917 she was mainly used on convoy escort duty, based in Sierra Leone; she was sunk off Cape Trafalgar on the 9 November 1918, the final RN vessel to be lost during the First World War]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/419626/BAKER,%20J
Private J. C. Boucher (Service No: 19899), 5th Bn., Grenadier Guards; died 13 April 1918, aged 24; buried in East Coker Cemetery, Somerset (B. 171.); son of Charles Boucher; husband of Elsie Louisa Bellamy (formerly Boucher), of 5 Willows Terrace, Harlesden, London.; born at East Coker: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/394677/BOUCHER,%20J%20C
Lance Serjeant Walter John English (Service No: 10383), 6th Bn., Somerset Light Infantry; died 18 August 1916, aged 28; awards: Military Medal; name recorded on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme (Pier and Face 2 A.); son of the late William and Charlotte English: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/753587/ENGLISH,%20WAL...
Private Henry Hames Farnham (Service No: 10605), 5th Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment; died 21 August 1915, aged 22; name recorded on the Helles Memorial, Turkey (Panel 136 to 139.); son of Frank and Jessie Farnham, of Sunny Banks, Chilthorne Domer, Yeovil: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/695908/FARNHAM,%20HEN...
Private R. Hartland (Service No: 20611), 6th Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment; died 23 August 1918; buried in Pozières British Cemetery, Ovillers-la-Boisselle, Somme (I. J. 21.): www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/588966/HARTLAND,%20R
Captain Maurice Howard Helyar, 4th Bn., Rifle Brigade; died 24 January 1915, aged 36; buried in Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord (III. F. 63.); son of Francis and the Hon. Mrs. Helyar, of 11, Royal Crescent, Bath; husband of Mrs. V. R. Gosling (formerly Helyar), of Mailingford Hall, Norwich; served in the South African and Somaliland Campaigns: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/199845/HELYAR,%20MAUR...
Private Arthur Lambert (Service No: 3005A), 47th Bn., Australian Infantry, A.I.F.; died 5 April 1918, aged 26; name recorded on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Somme, France; son of Sarah Lambert, of North Coker, Yeovil, England, and the late John Lambert; born at Leigh, Sherborne, Dorset, England: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1455526/LAMBERT,%20AR...
Probably Bartie Alfred Neville (Service No: 17241), 2nd Bn., Coldstream Guards; died 26 September 1916; buried in Serre Road Cemetery No. 2, Somme (XL. M. 15.): www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/609493/NEVILLE,%20BAR...
Serjeant Ernest William Neville (Service No: 1978), 7th Bn., The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment); died 2 May 1916, aged 33; buried in Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery, Somme (II. G. 6.); son of Mrs. Ellen Baker, of Chapel Row, East Coker, Yeovil: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/260702/NEVILLE,%20ERN...
Private Sydney Ostler (Service No: 15284), 6th Bn., Somerset Light Infantry; died 25 September 1915; name recorded on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen (Panel 21.): www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1622964/OSTLER,%20SYDNEY
Second Lieutenant Archie Ernest Pragnell, 21st Bn. (E.E.F.)., London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles); died 30 December 1917, aged 32; buried in Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt (B. 37.); son of Frederick and Ruth Pragnell, of Yeovil, Somerset; husband of Grace Pragnell, of "Pendennis," Westminster Drive, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/476976/PRAGNELL,%20AR...
Private Edgar Tom Pulman (Service No: 9947), 1st Bn., Middlesex Regiment; died 17 April 1917, aged 26; buried in Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux, Pas-de-Calas (Henin-sur-Cojeul German Cemetery Mem. 17.); son of Tom and Mary Pulman, of Malvern House, Musbury, Axminster, Devon; native of North Coker, Yeovil, Somerset: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/179323/PULMAN,%20EDGA...
Lance Corporal Alfred Joseph Rendell (Service No: 6938), 1st Bn., Somerset Light Infantry; died 2 May 1915; name recorded on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen (Panel 21.): www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1625832/RENDELL,%20AL...
Lance Corporal Ralph Rendell [not possible to identify]
Sergeant Major George Rickets [not possible to identify]
Private Arthur Alexander Russell (Service No: 10400), 6th Bn., Somerset Light Infantry; died 13 August 1915, aged 18; buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen (III. D. 27A.); son of George and Annie Russell, of 4, Council House, East Coker, Yeovil: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/147343/RUSSELL,%20ART...
Private Frederick James Sandford (Service No: 10401), 6th Bn., Somerset Light Infantry; died 16 September 1916; name recorded on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France (Pier and Face 2 A.): www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/811163/SANDFORD,%20FR...
Private Charles Stevens (Service No: 17242), 3rd Bn., Coldstream Guards; died 12 September 1917, aged 26; name recorded on the Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen (Panel 9 to 10.); son of Robert and Annie Stevens, of East Coker, Yeovil, Somerset: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/3066188/STEVENS,%20CH...
Private H. Stevens (Service No: 10657), 8th Bn., Gordon Highlanders; died 19 October 1915, aged 17; buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen (I. B. 24A.); son of William Anthony Stevens and Susan Stevens, of Burton Cross, East Coker, Yeovil, Somerset: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/149615/STEVENS,%20H
Private Leonard C. Symes - The National Archives has a medal card record (WO/372/19) for a Leonard C. Symes (Service No: 132872), that seems to match: Private W. H. Symes (Service No: 132872), 21st. Bn., Machine Gun Corps (Infantry); died 12 April 1918; buried in Godewaersvelde British Cemetery, Nord, France (I. Q. 15.); son of James Symes, of 1, Chapel Row, Bathford, Bath; [Symes's Forces War Records entry says that he was born at East Coker and resident at Yeovil; Private Symes's name also appears on the Bathford war memorial]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/24239/SYMES,%20W%20H
Private Henry Ralph Squibb (Service No: 320490), 16th Bn., Royal Sussex Regiment; died 7 January 1918, aged 39; buried in the Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt (F. 3.); son of George and Annie Squibb; he was a farmer and joined voluntarily; native of Milton Clevedon, Somerset: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/477190/SQUIBB,%20HENR...
East Coker: Church of St Michael (Somerset)
Identifications from the CWGC database:
Ordinary Seaman Albert Edward Ackerman (Service No: Bristol Z/2577), R.N. Depot, (Crystal Palace), Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve; died 3 November 1918, aged 18; buried in Beckenham Crematorium and Cemetery (W5. 7714.); son of Edward H. Ackerman, of East Coker, Yeovil: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/367701/ACKERMAN,%20AL...
Probably: Gunner J. Baker (Service No: RMA/14289), Royal Marine Artillery (H.M.S. "Britannia"); died 10 September 1918; buried in Freetown (King Tom) Cemetery, Sierra Leone (1. E. 11.) [HMS Britannia was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the King Edward VII class; from 1917 she was mainly used on convoy escort duty, based in Sierra Leone; she was sunk off Cape Trafalgar on the 9 November 1918, the final RN vessel to be lost during the First World War]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/419626/BAKER,%20J
Private J. C. Boucher (Service No: 19899), 5th Bn., Grenadier Guards; died 13 April 1918, aged 24; buried in East Coker Cemetery, Somerset (B. 171.); son of Charles Boucher; husband of Elsie Louisa Bellamy (formerly Boucher), of 5 Willows Terrace, Harlesden, London.; born at East Coker: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/394677/BOUCHER,%20J%20C
Lance Serjeant Walter John English (Service No: 10383), 6th Bn., Somerset Light Infantry; died 18 August 1916, aged 28; awards: Military Medal; name recorded on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme (Pier and Face 2 A.); son of the late William and Charlotte English: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/753587/ENGLISH,%20WAL...
Private Henry Hames Farnham (Service No: 10605), 5th Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment; died 21 August 1915, aged 22; name recorded on the Helles Memorial, Turkey (Panel 136 to 139.); son of Frank and Jessie Farnham, of Sunny Banks, Chilthorne Domer, Yeovil: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/695908/FARNHAM,%20HEN...
Private R. Hartland (Service No: 20611), 6th Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment; died 23 August 1918; buried in Pozières British Cemetery, Ovillers-la-Boisselle, Somme (I. J. 21.): www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/588966/HARTLAND,%20R
Captain Maurice Howard Helyar, 4th Bn., Rifle Brigade; died 24 January 1915, aged 36; buried in Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord (III. F. 63.); son of Francis and the Hon. Mrs. Helyar, of 11, Royal Crescent, Bath; husband of Mrs. V. R. Gosling (formerly Helyar), of Mailingford Hall, Norwich; served in the South African and Somaliland Campaigns: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/199845/HELYAR,%20MAUR...
Private Arthur Lambert (Service No: 3005A), 47th Bn., Australian Infantry, A.I.F.; died 5 April 1918, aged 26; name recorded on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Somme, France; son of Sarah Lambert, of North Coker, Yeovil, England, and the late John Lambert; born at Leigh, Sherborne, Dorset, England: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1455526/LAMBERT,%20AR...
Probably Bartie Alfred Neville (Service No: 17241), 2nd Bn., Coldstream Guards; died 26 September 1916; buried in Serre Road Cemetery No. 2, Somme (XL. M. 15.): www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/609493/NEVILLE,%20BAR...
Serjeant Ernest William Neville (Service No: 1978), 7th Bn., The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment); died 2 May 1916, aged 33; buried in Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery, Somme (II. G. 6.); son of Mrs. Ellen Baker, of Chapel Row, East Coker, Yeovil: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/260702/NEVILLE,%20ERN...
Private Sydney Ostler (Service No: 15284), 6th Bn., Somerset Light Infantry; died 25 September 1915; name recorded on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen (Panel 21.): www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1622964/OSTLER,%20SYDNEY
Second Lieutenant Archie Ernest Pragnell, 21st Bn. (E.E.F.)., London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles); died 30 December 1917, aged 32; buried in Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt (B. 37.); son of Frederick and Ruth Pragnell, of Yeovil, Somerset; husband of Grace Pragnell, of "Pendennis," Westminster Drive, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/476976/PRAGNELL,%20AR...
Private Edgar Tom Pulman (Service No: 9947), 1st Bn., Middlesex Regiment; died 17 April 1917, aged 26; buried in Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux, Pas-de-Calas (Henin-sur-Cojeul German Cemetery Mem. 17.); son of Tom and Mary Pulman, of Malvern House, Musbury, Axminster, Devon; native of North Coker, Yeovil, Somerset: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/179323/PULMAN,%20EDGA...
Lance Corporal Alfred Joseph Rendell (Service No: 6938), 1st Bn., Somerset Light Infantry; died 2 May 1915; name recorded on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen (Panel 21.): www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1625832/RENDELL,%20AL...
Lance Corporal Ralph Rendell [not possible to identify]
Sergeant Major George Rickets [not possible to identify]
Private Arthur Alexander Russell (Service No: 10400), 6th Bn., Somerset Light Infantry; died 13 August 1915, aged 18; buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen (III. D. 27A.); son of George and Annie Russell, of 4, Council House, East Coker, Yeovil: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/147343/RUSSELL,%20ART...
Private Frederick James Sandford (Service No: 10401), 6th Bn., Somerset Light Infantry; died 16 September 1916; name recorded on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France (Pier and Face 2 A.): www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/811163/SANDFORD,%20FR...
Private Charles Stevens (Service No: 17242), 3rd Bn., Coldstream Guards; died 12 September 1917, aged 26; name recorded on the Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen (Panel 9 to 10.); son of Robert and Annie Stevens, of East Coker, Yeovil, Somerset: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/3066188/STEVENS,%20CH...
Private H. Stevens (Service No: 10657), 8th Bn., Gordon Highlanders; died 19 October 1915, aged 17; buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen (I. B. 24A.); son of William Anthony Stevens and Susan Stevens, of Burton Cross, East Coker, Yeovil, Somerset: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/149615/STEVENS,%20H
Private Leonard C. Symes - The National Archives has a medal card record (WO/372/19) for a Leonard C. Symes (Service No: 132872), that seems to match: Private W. H. Symes (Service No: 132872), 21st. Bn., Machine Gun Corps (Infantry); died 12 April 1918; buried in Godewaersvelde British Cemetery, Nord, France (I. Q. 15.); son of James Symes, of 1, Chapel Row, Bathford, Bath; [Symes's Forces War Records entry says that he was born at East Coker and resident at Yeovil; Private Symes's name also appears on the Bathford war memorial]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/24239/SYMES,%20W%20H
Private Henry Ralph Squibb (Service No: 320490), 16th Bn., Royal Sussex Regiment; died 7 January 1918, aged 39; buried in the Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt (F. 3.); son of George and Annie Squibb; he was a farmer and joined voluntarily; native of Milton Clevedon, Somerset: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/477190/SQUIBB,%20HENR...