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By Vic_Meldrew

Tuesday, January 26, 2010, 13:23

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Bank of poppies at the Thiepval Memorial, The Somme, France.
Bank of poppies at the Thiepval Memorial, The Somme, France.
  • Bois Guillaume Communal Cemetery, Rouen, France. Grave I. E. 5. Resting place of Private 20599 Alfred Thomas Brookman. 8th Bn. (Prince Albert's) Somerset Light Infantry. Age 20. Died of Wounds 02/07/1916 at No.8 General Hospital, Bois Guillaume. Son of Edward Francis and Kate Rosina Brookman of Keynsham. Born and lived in Keynsham. Enlisted Bristol
  • Bank of poppies at the Thiepval Memorial, The Somme, France.
  • Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, France. 72,000 names of officers and men who have no grave.
  • Captain John Kenneth Gilmore, 6th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment, Age 26 Killed in Action 22/08/1916. Pier and Face 5a and 5b Thiepval Memorial. Son of Mary Eleanor and John Crosby Gilmore, of 56 St. John's Road, Clifton.
  • Private 19983 Ernest S Baker, 6th Bn. (Prince Albert's) Somerset Light Infantry, Age 20. Killed in Action 19/09/1916. Pier and Face 2a Thiepval Memorial. Son of John and Caroline Baker, of Durley Hill Keynsham. Born and lived in Keynsham. Enlisted at Bath
  • Private 211764 Edward G Barnett, 1/4th (City of Bristol) Bn. (Territorial Force) Gloucestershire Regiment, Age 24 Killed in Action 19/07/1916. Pier and Face 5a and 5b, Thiepval Memorial. Son of Mrs Sarah Barnett, of Brass Mills, Saltford. Born Keynsham. Enlisted Bristol
  • Private 20822 Harold Louise Knight 1st/6th Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Age 16 Killed in Action 18/08/1916. Pier and Face 9a, 9b and 10b Thiepval Memorial. Son of William and Annie Knight 15 Grove Park Avenue, Brislington. Born in Bedminster. Lived in Keynsham. Enlisted Bristol.
  • Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte, Near Albert, France.
  • Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte, Nr Albert, France.
  • Gunner 10378 William Thomas Andrews, "C" Bty. 91st Bde Royal Field Artillery. Age 20 Died of Wounds 09/10/1916. Grave I. J. 41 Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte, France. Son of Francis and Fanny Andrews of 171 Southmead Road, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol. Born at College Green, Bristol.
  • Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel, Grave C. 94. Resting place of Lance Serjeant 201005 Harold Andrews, 2/4th Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment. Age 21 Died of Wounds 23/11/1917 in Egypt. Son of James and Emily Andrews, of 20 Newton St. Loe. Born Saltford. Enlisted Gillingham, Dorset.
  • Londonderry City Cemetery, County Londonderry. Grave G mil. 4. Resting place of Private 80208 Douglas Norman Atkins. 4th Bn. Devonshire Regiment. Died at Home on 26/09/1918. Born and lived in Keynsham. Enlisted at Taunton.
  • Talana Farm Cemetery, Ieper, Belgium.
  • Private 11019 Charles Baker. 1st Bn. (Prince Albert's) Somerset Light Infantry. Killed in Action 06/07/1915. Grave I. B. 6 Talana Farm Cemetery, Ypres. Born Brislington. Lived in Keynsham. Enlisted Bristol.
  • Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing, Ieper, Belgium. 54,000 names of officers and men who have no known grave.
  • Private 7609 Thomas Beck 1st Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed in Action 22/10/1914. Menin Gate Memorial Panel 22 and 24. Born at Chard. Enlisted Bristol.
  • Close up of panel.
  • Private 9048 Percival Victor Price, 2nd Bn.Gloucestershire Regiment. Age 24. Killed in Action 30/01/1915. Son of Fredrick Henry and Sarah Ann Price, Steel Mills, Keynsham. Born and lived in Keynsham. Enlisted at Bristol
  • Private 503 George Wakefield Richardson. North Somerset Yeomanry, Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line. Killed in Action 17/11/1914. Menin Gate Memorial Panel 5. Born Bristol. Lived in Keynsham. Enlisted in Bristol.
  • (Possible) Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Nr Arras, France. Grave II. D. 17. Resting place of Private 25889 Edmund John Blunden. 6th Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment. Age 28. Died of Wounds 24/04/1917. Born Hoddesdon, Herts. Son of Edmund and Emily Blunden, of 16 York Street, Mina Road, Bristol.
  • Cape Town (Maitland) Cemetery, South Africa. Grave Section 4. 97456B. Resting place of Private M2/152654 Robert Bowring. Army Service Corps 648th M.T. Coy. Died 29/07/1918. Son of R A and Norah C Bowring, of Rockhill Keynsham. Lived in Keynsham. Enlisted Victoria, British Columbia.
  • Basra Memorial, Iraq. Memorial to the Missing who fought in Mesopotamia. 40,667 officers and men who have no known grave. Panel 1 and 60. Resting place of Petty Officer 1st Class 136300 Fredrick William Bray. Royal Navy, HMS Alert. Died 20/05/1916. Son of Walter and Eliza Bray; husband of Emily Bray, of 'Sunnyside' Avon Road, Keynsham.
  • Bois Guillaume Communal Cemetery, Rouen, France. Grave I. E. 5. Resting place of Private 20599 Alfred Thomas Brookman. 8th Bn. (Prince Albert's) Somerset Light Infantry. Age 20. Died of Wounds 02/07/1916 at No.8 General Hospital, Bois Guillaume. Son of Edward Francis and Kate Rosina Brookman of Keynsham. Born and lived in Keynsham. Enlisted Bristol
  • Bank of poppies at the Thiepval Memorial, The Somme, France.

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