Roll of Honour - Somerset - Yeovil - World War 1

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YEOVIL WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 - Detailed information
Compiled and Copyright © Transcribed Robin Clay 2018
Research Martin Edwards

WORLD WAR 1
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PALMER	Harold John	Lance Sergeant 203159, 2nd/4th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) formerly 21127, Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry). Killed in action 22 August 1917. Born and resident Yeovil, Somerset, enlisted Aldershot. Buried in TYNE COT CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot III. Row D. Grave 24.
PARMITER	Robert	Lance Corporal 2903, 2nd/5th Battalion, Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry). Died on service in India 11 June 1915. Aged 22. Born and resident Yeovil, Somerset, enlisted Taunton, Somerset. Son of Mrs. Susanna Parmiter, of 14, Great Western Terrace, Yeovil, Somerset. Buried in TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY, Myanmar. Plot 27. Row J. Grave 8.
PARSONS	Arthur Edward	Private 36878, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 26 September 1917. Aged 19. Born Yeovil, Somerset, enlisted Dorchester. Son of Mr. I. W. and Emily Parsons, of "Roseville," Mudford Rd., Yeovil, Somerset. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 40 to 41.
PARSONS	Arthur John	Private 53827, 17th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Died on service 2 August 1916. Aged 25. Born Milborne Port, Somerset, enlisted Yeovil, Somerset. Son of Samuel and Emily Parsons, of 22, St. Michael's Rd., Penn Mill, Yeovil. Buried in LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot VII. Row D. Grave 18A.
PARSONS	Harrie	Officer's Steward 3rd Class L/5179, H.M.S. "Hampshire," Royal Navy. Killed when his ship sank after hitting a mine just off Marwick Head, Orkney, 5 June 1916. Aged 19. Born 20 November 1895 in Yeovil, Somerset. Son of John and Annie Parsons, of 19, Queen St., Huish, Yeovil. General Labourer prior to enlistment. Height 5 feet 5½ inches, chest 35½ inches, brown hair, hazel eyes, fresh complexion. In the 1911 census he was aged 14, born Yeovil, Somerset, a Bricklayer's Labourer, son of John James Read and helena Ann Parsons, resident 2 Charlotte Place, Sherborne Road, Yeovil, Somerset. No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 17.
PARTRIDGE	Arthur John	Private 16971, 8th Battalion, Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry). Died of wounds 27 January 1916. Aged 37. Born Hardington, Somerset, resident Yeovil, Somerset, enlisted Taunton, Somerset. Husband of Mrs. L. E. Partridge, of 25, Camborne Grove, Pen Mill, Yeovil. Buried in CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES, Nord, France. Plot IX. Row E. Grave 52.
PATTEN	Frederick John	Private 355937, 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Killed in action 4 October 1917. Aged 21. Born Yeovil, Somerset, resident Arnford, Somerset, enlisted Southampton. Husband of Laura May Woolman (formerly Patten), of 9, Broke Rd., Queen's Rd., Dalston, London. Buried in POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot XIV. Row E. Grave 8.
PAYNE	Wilfred S G	Guardsman 24017, 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Killed in action 25 September 1916. Born and enlisted Yeovil, Somerset. Buried in GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS, Somme, France. Special memorial 73. Note: There are now 3,137 casualties of the First World War buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 1,644 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to 83 soldiers known or believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials record the names of five casualties buried in Ginchy A.D.S. Cemetery, whose graves were destroyed by shell fire, and three officers of the 2nd Bn. Coldstream Guards, killed in action on 26 September 1916 and known to have been buried together by the roadside near Lesboefs, whose grave could not later be located.
PENNELL	Bert	Private 25453, 14th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Killed in action 23 October 1916. Born Yeovil, Somerset, resident and enlisted Abertillery, Monmouthshire. Buried in KNIGHTSBRIDGE CEMETERY, MESNIL-MARTINSART, Somme, France. Row F. Grave 56.
PENNELL	Reginald	Corporal 3/6458, 1st Battalion, Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry). Died of wounds 2 July 1916. Born Trinity, Yeovil, Somerset, enlisted Taunton, Somerset. Son of Mrs. M. J. Pennell, of 154, Park St., Yeovil, Somerset. Buried in COUIN BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row A. Grave 3.
PHILLIPS	Frederick Henry John	Private 52010, Royal Army Medical Corps. Died at sea 4 May 1917. Aged 32. Born and resident Yeovil, Somerset, enlisted Taunton, Somerset. Husband of M. E. Phillips, of 23, Eastland Rd., Yeovil, Somerset. No known grave. Commemorated on SAVONA MEMORIAL, Italy.
PHILLIPS	William A	Private 38299, 1st Battalion, Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry). Died of wounds 21 March 1918. Born and resident Yeovil, Somerset, enlisted Taunton, Somerset. Buried in FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VII. Row B. Grave 10.
PIKE	Abendago Richard	Private 6925, 1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment. Killed in action 24 August 1914. Aged 29. Born and resident Yeovil, Somerset, enlisted Sherborne, Dorset. Son of the late Eli and Janet Pike; husband of Bessie Pike, of 35, Great Western Terrace, Yeovil. No known grave. Commemorated on LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL, Seine-et-Marne, France. Extract from Western Chronicle - Friday 2 October 1914, page 4: LOCAL MEN KILLED AND WOUNDED. Private A, Pike, Yeovil. Private Richard Abednigo ("Ben") Pike, a reservist of the Dorset Regiment, was on Wednesday, September 23rd, officially stated, by the War Office to have been killed. Deceased, who lived at 35, Great Wester-terrace, Yeovil, leaves a widow and three young children, the eldest being only six. About a week ago his wife received notification that the deceased was wounded and missing, and on the morning of September 23rd the fateful news that he had died from wounds sustained at Wurns (sic), near Mons, France. We have received the following communication signed “A Friend, from West Down South, Salisbury Plain, August 25: “Much sympathy is felt tor Pte. W. Pike and his brother on Salisbury Plain who received the sad news of the death of their brother, who was killed in the Battle of Mons.’’
PIKE	B	No further information currently available
PINNEY	Edward	Private 8189, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment). Died on service 16 June 1916. Born Henford, Somerset, resident Yeovil, Somerset, enlisted Chippenham, Wiltshire. Buried in NIEDERZWEHREN CEMETERY, KASSEL, Hessen, Germany. Plot VI. Row L. Grave 10.
PINNEY	Ira Stanley Clifford	[Listed as I C S PINNEY on memorial] Private 266886, 1st/6th Battalion (Territorials), Devonshire Regiment. Died on service in Mesopotamia 4 November 1918. Born and enlisted Yeovil, Somerset. Buried in BASRA WAR CEMETERY, Iraq. Plot I. Row S. Grave 10.
PIPE	Ralph Leonard	Sapper 2617, 2nd/2nd (West Riding) Field Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action 2 March 1916. Aged 24. Enlisted Sheffield. Son of E. W. and Emma Mary Pipe, of 27, Crofton Park, Yeovil, Somerset. Buried in YPRES RESERVOIR CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row B. Grave 28.
PIPPARD	Imbert Stanley	[Listed on memorial as J S STANLEY] Lance Corporal 9720, 1st Battalion, Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry). Killed in action 9 August 1916. Aged 21. Born Preston, Plucknett, Somerset, enlisted Yeovil, Somerset. Son of George Walter and Sarah Pippard, of Preston Plucknett, nr. Yeovil, Somerset. Buried in FERME-OLIVIER CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot 1. Row C. Grave 9.
PLYMPTON	James	Private 12210, 7th Battalion, Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry). Died in United Kingdom 31 January 1916. Aged 41. Born and enlisted Yeovil, Somerset. Husband of Elizabeth Plympton, of 20, Queen St., Huish, Yeovil. Buried in YEOVIL CEMETERY, Somerset. Plot/Row/Section/Area B. Grave 2728.
POOLE	Frederick Charles	Sapper 505893, 496th Kent Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died on service in Egypt 23 October 1918. Aged 27. Born Yeovil, Somerset, enlisted Taunton, Somerset. Son of Charles and Elizabeth Jane Poole, of 10, Seaton Rd., Yeovil, Somerset. Buried in GAZA WAR CEMETERY, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). Plot XXVII. Row E. Grave 1.
POOLE	Maurice Arthur	Air Mechanic 2nd Class 160690 (Rigger Aero - Engine fitter), "X" Aircraft Depot, Royal Air Force. Died on service in Egypt 25 June 1919. Aged 18. Born 16 October 1900 in Yeovil, Somerset. Son of Arthur George and Ellen Poole, of 21, Orchard St., Yeovil, Somerset. In the 1901 census he was newborn, born Yeovil, Somerswet, son of Arthur G and Ellen Poole, resident Orchard Street, Yeovil, Somerset. In the 1911 census he was aged 10, born Yeovil, Somerset, at school, son of Arthur george and Ellen Poole, resident 21 Orchard Street, Yeovil, Somerset. Attested 20 April 1918, aged 17, religious denomination Baptist, height 5 feet 11 inches, chest 33¾ inches, black hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion, served in Egypt 29 August 1918 to 25 June 1919. Buried in ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Section B. Grave 144.
POOLE	Percy William	Private 205814, 4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers formerly 2915, Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry). Died on service in Mesopotamia 14 September 1918. Aged 20. Born Yeovil, Somerset, enlisted Taunton, Somerset. Son of Arthur George and Ellen Poole, of 21, Orchard St., Yeovil, Somerset. Buried in TEHRAN WAR CEMETERY, Iran. Plot V. Row D. Grave 9.
POUND	John Biggin	Private 240833, 1st/5th Battalion, Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry). Died on service 22 December 1918. Aged 29. Son of Mr. W. and Mrs. C. Pound, of 45, Victoria Rd., Yeovil, Somerset. In the 1911 census he was aged 22, born Yeovil, Somerset, a Printer, son of William B and Charlotte Pound, resident 45, Victoria Road, Yeovil, Somerset. Buried in DEIR EL BELAH WAR CEMETERY, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). Section C. Grave 28.
POWNEY	Joseph	Gunner 860608, "C" Battery, 217th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Died on service in India 6 July 1918. Aged 32. Born St. John's, Yeovil, Somerset, enlisted Bridport. Son of W. H. Powney and Annie L. Powney, of Yeovil, Somerset. No known grave. Commemorated on KARACHI 1914-1918 WAR MEMORIAL, Pakistan.
PRIDDLE	George [William]	Private 203054, 1st Battalion, Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry). Killed in action 14 April 1918. Aged 20. Born Yeovil, Somerset, resident Chard, Somerset, enlisted Taunton, Somerset. Son of George William and Ellen Priddle, of 9, Hillside Terrace, Yeovil. No known grave. Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 3.
PURCHASE	Herbert Charles	Private 40553, 2nd/4th (T.F.) Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Killed in action 20 July 1918. Aged 33. Born and enlisted Yeovil, Somerset. Husband of Ellen Louisa Purchase, of 29, Percy Rd., Yeovil. Buried in MARFAUX BRITISH CEMETERY, Marne, France. Plot I. Row C. Grave 9.
PURCHASE	Walter John	Private 22133, 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Killed in action 12 October 1917. Aged 40. Born Preston, Yeovil, Somerset, enlisted Yeovil, Somerset. Son of Walter John and Ruth Purchase, of Kingston, Yeovil; husband of Sarah Ann Purchase, of 50, South St., Yeovil, Somerset. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 9.
PURCHASE	Wilfred Stanley Edwin	Acting Corporal 240266, 1st/5th Battalion, Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry). Killed in action in Egypt 20 November 1917. Born and enlisted Yeovil, Somerset. Buried in JERUSALEM WAR CEMETERY, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). Section P. Grave 12.
PURCHASE	William Thomas	Private 1333(S), Plymouth Division, Royal Marine Light Infantry. Born 17 September 1897 in Preston, Yeovil, Somerset. Baptised 17 October 1897 in Preston Plucknett, Somerset, son of Charles and Preston. . Prior to enlistment he was a Dairyman. Religious denomination Church of England. Enlisted 29 December 1912 in Exeter, aghed 18 years 3 months 12 days. Discharged as invalided 12 April 1917. Date of death and place of burial unknown but the latter is probably in Yeovil.
PURSER	A	No further information currently available

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