Somerton, Somerset

18/8/2019

SOMERTON

Stone soldier on plinth in town square, inscription on faces of plinth.

2011

2019

Front face of plinth.

"Lest we forget" In grateful nad everlasting memory of the Somerton men who laid down their livea for their King and Country in the Great War 1914 - 1919 ---- ----

Lt. Col.
Major.
Capt.
Sergt.
Corpl.
Bomb.
Bomb.
L/Corpl.
Pte.
..
..
..
..
..

C.F. Pretor Pinney D.S.O.
F.A. Dickinson
H.H. Martyn
H.J. Edwards
W. Whittle
J.W. Farrel
W.H. Gillett
N. Lee
C. Attwood
E.W. Atkinson
W.H. Ayre
V. Brown
W. Brown
W.C. Adams

Right side face of plinth.

Pte.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..

G.W. Burroughs
H.T. Burfitt
R.J. Case
A.G. Donovan
S. Drew
F. Drewitt
G.F. Edwards
F.G. Edwards
R.H.L.C. Elwes
J. Fevin
P. Garland
W.C. Gaylard
F.G. Gaylard
F.C. Gillett
T. Griffen
W. Hamlett
R.H.J. Hannam
N. Harding
R. Hartland
R.N. Hunt

Left side face of plinth.

Rifleman
Pte
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Able Seaman
Pte
..
..
..
..
..
..
..

J.A. Johnson
W.J. Lawrence
S.A.W. Lock
P.V. Mundy
H.J. Norris
P. Norris
P.J. Nutt
J. Peddle
W.E.G. Shore
H.F. Surmon
W. Sweet
F. Sweet
F.A. Taswell
W.G. Taswell
J.R. Taswell
H.A. Tatchell
T. Tatchell
F. Townsend
J. Townsend
H. Trott
W. Ransome

Brass plaque on wall in St Michael & All Angels Church.

+ To the Glory of God and in grateful Memory of of Somertonians who fell in the Great War 1914-1919.

E.W.Atkinson,
C.Attwood,
W.H.Ayre,
W.Brown,
V.Brown,
H.T.Burfitt,
G.W.Burroughs,
F.A.Dickinson,
R.J.Case,
S.Drew,
A.G.Donovan,
H.J.Edwards,
G.F.Edwards,
F.G.Edwards,
J.Fevin.

T.Griffin,
W.C.Gaylard,
F.G.Gaylard,
W.H.Gillett,
F.C.Gillett,
N.Harding,
R.T.Hartland,
R.H.J.Hannam,
R.N.Hunt,
J.A.Johnson,
W.J.Lawrence,
N.Lee,
S.A.W.Lock,
P.V.Mundy,
H.H.Martyn,
W.Whittle.

H.J.Norris,
P.Norris,
P.J.Nutt,
C.F.Pretor Pinney,
J.Peddle,
F.Sweet,
W.Sweet,
H.F.Surmon,
F.A.Taswell,
W.G.Taswell,
J.R.Taswell,
T.Tatchell,
H.A.Tatchell,
J.Townsend,
F.Townsend,

Also of R.H.L.C.Elwes, (Killed on the way to join H.M.Forces.)
"Waxed valiant in fight: turned to flight the armies of the aliens." Heb.XI.34.

Brass cross on high altar in St Michael & All Angels Church, inscriptions on front of altar plinths.

To the Glory of God
In loving memory of
Ernest Brocklesby Wesche S.Lancs.Regiment killed in action in the Cameroons Oct. 19th 1914 On we go.

Marble plaque on wall in St Michael & All Angels Church.

To the Glory of God. and in ever loving memory of Private Norman Harding, of the 2nd Hants Regiment, the dearly beloved younger son of F.G. and H. Harding, of Somerton Mill, who died at Ypres March 13th 1918, aged 19 years. Interred in North Cemetery Ypres God took him to a higher service.

Glazed framed scroll on ledge/shelf in St Michael & All Angels Church.
(Difficult to decipher some of the letters)

Roll of Honour Parish of Somerton, Somerset
The following Officers & Men connected with this Parish answered the call of their King & Country to do service in the Great War 1914 - 1919. + Denotes those who have laid down their lives for their Country

Fasken Maj:Genl.
+Dickinson Maj: F.
Hornby Maj:G.Phipps
+Pretor Pinney Maj:
Cunningham Capt.G
+Cunningham Capt.E.M.,M.C.
Dickinson Capt. S.
Fasken Capt.
+Martyn Capt. H.
Bradfield Lieut.
Coomer Lieut:
Cunningham Lt.C.C.
+Gough Lieut.
Jones Lieut: N.P.
Locke Lieut O.
Mundy Lieut.G.
Rendle Lieut.
Strang Lieut.J.
Abbott M.
+Attwood C
Atkinson F.A.
Atkinson H.P.
+Atkinson E.W.
Atkinson H.R.
+Ayre W.
Ayre G.
Ayre B.
Baker A.
Barber W.
Barnard C.
Baynham W.S.
Beaton A.
Bennett W.
Best W.
Bown B.
Bromfield G.
Bromfield R.
Brown P.
Brown F.
+Brown V.
+Brown W.
Budd G.
+Burfitt H.
Burfitt A.
Burfitt W.
Burfitt F.
+Burroughs G.
Burford W.
Burt R.
Cafe A

Carey E
Carter A
Canvin E
+Case R.+
Cavill W.
Chant J.
Churchill F.
Cook A.
Cook G.
Cooke R
Coomer J.
Coomer V.R.
Coomer W.
Cooper J.
Cox H.
Cox A.
Cox J.
Cox F.
Crabb S.R.
Culliford H.
Dark A.
Davey A.
Davey C.
Davey H.
Davey W.
Davies J.
Dean O.
Dean C.
Donovan A+
Donovan W.
Donovan D.
Drew S.+
Drewitt F.+
Duckworth K.
Duddridge W.
Dunster G.
Duckworth F.
Edwards G.
Edwards J.
Edwards H+
Edwards H.
Edwards G+
Edwards F+
Edwards A.
Edwards Jas.
Edwards C.
Eyers C.
Farrell J.W.+
Ferguson J.
Fevin J.+
Fevin R.

Fevin A.
Ffitch W
Ffitch N.
Fowler F.
Fudge W.
Gare S.
Gardner H.
Garland P.+
Gaylard F.+
Gaylard A
Gaylard S.
Geard A.
Gibbs H.J
Gibbs F.L.C
Gibbs G.
Gibbs A.E.T.
Gibbs H.P.
Gillett W.
Gillett F.+
Gillett E.+
Greaves A.
Griffin J.+
Hamlett W.+
Hann F.
Hannam F.
Hannam R.+
Harding W.
Harding N.+
Harris E
Harris Edwd.
Haskett G.
Hartland F
Hartland R+
Hawker J
Hawkins C
Hayes J.J.
Hewitt W W
Hewitt J.B.
Hockey P.
Hookway C.
Hooper A.
Horsey J.
Horsey P.
Horsey L.
Hughes W.
Humphries V.
Hunt W.J.C
Hunt R.+
Hunt H.G.
Hunt W.G.
Hutchins H.

Johnson G+
Jones E.
Kiddle C
Kiddle E
Kiddle Chas.
Lacey J.
Lawrence W.
Lawrence J+
Lawrence C
Lawrence W.
Lee N.+
Lee E.
Lee H.
Lewis G.
Lewis W.C.+
Lewis H.
Lewis A.
Lewis W.
Lidbury W.J.
Lidbury W.L.
Lintern T
Liscombe H.
Lock E
Lock T
Lock J
Lock W.+
Longmire W.
Macey R.
Major J.
Martin F.
Martin W
Martin J.
Martin E.
Matthews A
Maud W.
Mitchell C.+
Moore C.
Mundy P.+
Mundy R.S.
Mundy W.
Noonan E.
Noonan F.
Norris C.
Norris A.
Norris H+
Norris P+
Norris W.
Nutt P.+
Oram G.
Parker F.
Parsons F.

Parsons F.
Pattimore E.
Pattimore F.
Pattimore E.
Pattimore R.
Pattimore S.
Payne A.
Peddle O.
Peddle Josh.
Peddle J+
Peppard J.
Pierce E.
Pierce W.
Pike P.
Pittard H.
Pittard R.
Pinkard H.
Plowman C.
Plowman F.
Ransome W.+
Rayson W.
Rayson J.
Reed H.
Reed E.
Rendle R.
Richards J.
Richardson R.
Russell, H.
Rutter J.
Sams P.
Sams E.J.
Scriven J.
Searle N.
Searle C
Sharpe H.
Shave A.
Shore W.+
Singleton C
Small M.
Smith W.
Snow F.
Spink J.
Stenson T.
Stevens P.
Stone C.
Strang H.
Strang P.
Strang A.
Strange G.
Strange H.
Strode W.+

Stroud W.
Stroud J.
Surmon F.
Surmon W.
Surmon H+
Swain J.
Swain T.
Sweet W+
Sweet F.+
Sweet G
Sweet H
Taswell F
Taswell J.R.+
Taswell F.A.+
Taswell W.G.+
Tatchell T.
Tatchell A.+
Taylor H.
Taylor F.
Taylor E.
Thyer F
Thyer H
Thyer P.
Townsend J+
Townsend E.
Townsend W.
Townsend F.+
Townsend T.
Trapnell J.
Travers W.
Trott H.+
Tuttiett J.
Tuttiett G.
Tuttiett F.
Tuttiett C.
Wakeley J.
Webber A
Weech R.
Webley C.
West E.
Westlake F
Westlake R.
Wheller F.
Whelpton G.
White F.
White W.
Whittle G.
Williams H.
Whittle W.+
Wood A.
A.G.Webb Dec 1919.

Window in St Michael & All Angels Church, inscriptions at bottom of each pane.

Fight the good fight

To the Glory of God
Major G.H.Phipps Hornby

He emdured as seeing him. Heb.11.27.

& in thanks giving for the
9th Lancers from the war

S.George.

 

safe return of

in France. 1914-1919.

In book but not on memorial.

Ernest Charles Walker