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2/4th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry
The 2/4th Battalion was formed as a second line Territorial battalion of The Somerset Light Infantry. The 2/4th joined 34th Division in France in July 1918, becoming a divisional pioneer battalion. They were in action at The Battles of the Soissonais, the Ourcq and the capture of Baigneux Ridge. They took part in the Final Advance in Flanders and at the Armistice was at rest in the area east of Courtrai. 34th Division was selected to join the Army of Occupation and began to move towards Germany on the 14th of November. On the 22nd of December a large number men with industrial and mining skills were demobilised. By the end of January 1919 the Division was occupying the Cologne bridgehead.
28th Jul 1918 Preparations
28th Jul 1918 In Action
30th Jul 1918 In Action
31st Jul 1918 Reliefs
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Pte. William Ralph Upshall 2/4th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry Will's War is a true story based on facts, dates and place names discovered in an old diary kept by my grandfather, William Upshall, passed on to his son Eric Upshall and transcribed by me some 80 years later.
The diary describes the life of Will and his close family in the village of Evercreech in Somerset and then Will's experiences during the Great War of 1914-18.
At 16 years of age Bill makes a brave decision to lie about his age in order to enlist in the Army and joins the Somerset Light Infantry.
His observations provide a fascinating personal view of the world during this eventful period of history.
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Pte. Arthur Ishmael Pepler 2nd/4th Btn. Somerset Light Infantry (d.16th April 1915) Private Pepler was the husband of Elizabeth Pepler, of 13 Claverton Buildings, Widcombe, Avon.
He was 37 when he died and is buried in the Calicut New Beach Cemetery in India.
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Pte. Gilbert Charles Taylor 2nd/4th Btn. Somerset Light Infantry (d.23rd Feb 1919) My second cousin Gilbert Taylor died at the end of World War 1, he was only 19, he died in Cologne in February 1919. My Aunt who was his cousin said that when he was on leave, he slept in my dad and her's house as there was not enough room for him to sleep at his own. She said he was such a nice person and she still has a tear as she speaks about him, she is now 97 years of age.
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