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12th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry
The 12th (West Somerset Yeomanry) Battalion was converted from a yeomanry regiment to infantry in Egypt in January 1917, serving with the 74th Division. They were sent to France in May 1918.
7th July 1917 Table of Reliefs.
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Those known to have served with12th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry during the Great War 1914-1918. - Ashman Edward. Act.L/Sgt. (d.2nd Sep 1918)
- Bardell Louis Harvey. Pte. (d.6th Nov 1917)
- Bolsom J. H.. Pte. (d.6th Nov 1917)
- Bolsom J. H.. Pte. (d.6th Nov 1917)
- Chorley William Thomas. Pte.
- Crossman Clifford Albert. Pte. (d.9th Aug 1918)
- Crossman Clifford Albert. Pte (d.9th Aug 1918)
- Eades Robert Alfred. Pte. (d.2nd September 1918)
- Green George Henry. Pte. (d.27th December 1917)
- Hill Herbert John. Pte. (d.27th Dec 1917)
- Holden Wilfrid. L/Cpl. (d.2nd September 1918)
- Jenkins Francis Howard. 2Lt (d.2nd September 1918)
- Malpass Henry. Pte. (d.22nd Oct 1918)
- Pickles Joe. Pte. (d.2nd Sept 1918)
- Ray Frank. Pte.
- Trevelyan Sidney John. Pte. (d.6th Nov 1917)
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L/Cpl. Wilfrid Holden 12th (West Somerset Yeomanry) Bn Somerset Light Infantry. (d.2nd September 1918) Wilfrid Holden died on the 2nd September 1918, aged 27 and is buried in the Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension in France.
He was the son of Edward and Catherine Holden, of Gainsborough, Ribbleton Avenue, Preston.
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Pte. Henry Malpass 12th (West Somerset Yeomanry) Btn. Somerset Light Infantry (d.22nd Oct 1918) Henry Malpass was the brother of my gran Ethel May Twist (nee Malpass) and we only realised Henry had died in WW1 when my uncle, whilst researching the family tree, saw that Henry had died in Belgium in October 1918. As a family we now remember Henry along with his nephew William who died in WW2.
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Pte. George Henry Green 12th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry (d.27th December 1917) George Green's mother was Elizabeth Green and his dad was James Green all from Heywood in Lancashire.
He enlisted in Bury, Lancashire with the rank of private. His regiment was the 12th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry.
He was killed in action in Egypt
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Pte. William Thomas Chorley 12th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry Will Chorley was my father who, tragically, died three months before I was born. Formerly of the West Somerset Yeomanry, William Thomas Chorley enlisted at Taunton on the 11th of November 1914, and I am aware that with the Yeomanry he served in the Middle East participating in the various campaigns in this theatre, he was in Jerusalem in January 1918 for I have in my collection of his papers his certificate of confirmation, signed by the Bishop of Jerusalem on the 17th of January 1918. His discharge paper shows he transferred to the 12th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry and, I assume, would have arrived on the Western Front in May 1918.
My late mother, told me that while in France he was quite seriously wounded in the thigh and although on his discharge he returned to prewar work as a farm labourer, he walked with a limp for the rest of his relatively short life. His actual discharge is dated 3rd of March 1919, as being no longer physically fit for military service; the document is markerd 'Wound Stripes' One, Chevrons 3 Blue. Any information that you may be able to impart relating to his military service - particularly the actions involving the 12th Battalion in France, will be most welcome.
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Pte. Louis Harvey Bardell 12th Btn. Somerset Light Infantry (d.6th Nov 1917) Louis Bardell was a Birmingham lad. He attended KE VI Camp Hill School in Birmingham before becoming a clerk. He enlisted in Birmingham in 1916 and served in the EEF. He died in 1917, the last survivor of a Lewis Gun team.
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Pte. Herbert John Hill 12th Btn. Somerset Light Infantry (d.27th Dec 1917) Herbert John Hill is listed on the Creech St Michael war memorial.
I am researching all the names as the parish has no record of the men who served in the armed forces and I want to fill an important gap in the history of the village. Can anyone provide any information.
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Pte. J. H. Bolsom 12th Btn. Somerset Light Infantry (d.6th Nov 1917) Pte. J H Bolsom died on the 6th November 1917 and is buried in the Geersheba War Cemetery in Israel.
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Pte. Robert Alfred Eades 12th (West Somerset Yeomanry) Bn. Somerset Light Infantry (d.2nd September 1918) Robert Alfred Eades was killed in action on the 2nd of September 1918 and is commemorated on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial in France.
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Pte. J. H. Bolsom 12th Btn. Somerset Light Infantry (d.6th Nov 1917) Private JH Bolsom served with the 12th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry during WW1 and was killed in action on the 6th November 1917. He is buried in Beersheba War Memorial in Israel.
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Pte. Sidney John Trevelyan 12th Battlion Somerset Light Infantry (d.6th Nov 1917) My Uncle Sidney Trevelyan was the youngest in the family and lived with his Mother Martha on a farm near Wellington, Somerset. He was the first to join the forces, followed by his brother Edward who joined the Canadian CEF in 1916 and then his older brothers Albert in 1917 and Francis. Sidney was killed in action and is buried at the Commonwealth Graveyard in Beersheba.
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