Research on the names on the Merriott World War One Memorial
Courtesy of Sue Smith. Thanks again Sue. All are listed as Commonwealth War Dead. Most information comes from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission site at: http://www.cwgc.org . Some men were not able to be tracked down on this site – usually because there were too many of the same surname and initial, or there seemed no obvious connection with Merriott. If anyone has detail to add on these men, please email Sue@merriottfamiliesgenealogy.net. Thank you.
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| Name | Rank, Regiment/Service and Unit | Age | Date of Death | Details | Grave/Memorial Ref | Additional Information |
| Henry George BUTCHER | Boy 2nd Class, Royal Navy. HMS “Powerful”. | 18 | 27/9/1918 | Died: at home. | Merriott (All Saints) Churchyard, Somerset, United Kingdom. | Son of Henry & Sarah Ann Butcher, of Shiremoor Hill, Merriott. Service No: J/92488. 1901 census of Shiremoor Hill, Merriott – see below. |
| Archibald DOBBIE | ||||||
| Herbert William DOBBIE | Second Lieutenant, Royal Berkshire Regiment. 3rd Bn. attd. 1st Bn | 19 | 14/11/1916 | Killed in Action | Thiepval Memorial Somme, France. Pier and Face 11 D |
Son of Colonel (Brevet) Herbert H Dobbie and Margaret Dobbie (nee Forlong Gordon). |
| Albert ELSWOOD | Private, Somerset Light Infantry. “A” Coy, 6th Bn
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32 | 16/9/1916 | Killed in Action. | Thiepval Memorial Somme, France. Pier and Face 2A |
Born Merriott. Enlisted Crewkerne. Residence Merriott. Service No 7035. Son of Frank and Emma Elswood of Tinker’s Lodge, West Crewkerne; husband of Elizabeth Emma Chant (formerly Elswood) of Quarry Farm, West Chinnock, Somerset. 1901 Census – Tinker’s Lodge, Crewkerne (see below). |
| Thomas ELSWOOD | Gunner, Royal Field Artillery. 29th Div. Ammunition Col. | 7/10/1918 | Killed in Action France/Flanders. |
Dadizeele New British Cemetery, Moorslede, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. ll. D. 15. |
Born Crewkerne. Enlisted Tredegar, Monmouthshire. Service No 117487. 1901 census – Tinker’s Lodge, as per Albert Elswood entry above. |
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| Arthur John FRENCH | Private, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry | 25 | 16/4/1915 | Died at home. | Merriott (All Saints) Churchyard. Buried 22 April, 1915. | Enlisted Oxford; Residence Crewkerne, Somerset. Service No 3144. 1901 census of Billing’s Mill, Merriott – see below. |
| Harold Henry S GREENHAM *Note: Details corrected 16th Nov 2007. |
Private, Welsh Regiment, 2nd Bn | 4/10/1918 | Awarded: MM. Killed in action France/Flanders. |
Bellicourt British Cemetery, Aisne, France. Sp. Mem. A. 3. |
Born Merriott. Enlisted Mountain Ash. Residence: Miskin, Glamorgan. Service Number 34566. 1901 census: Broadway, Merriott. NOTE: details corrected 16th November 2007. See below. |
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| William Kenneth HAILE | Private, Royal Fusiliers, 20th Bn | 18 | 18/5/1916 | Killed in Action: France/Flanders | Cambrin Churchyard Extension, M. 45. Pas de Calais, France |
Born Madagascar. Enlisted: Howe. Residence: Merriott, Somerset. Service No PS/8641. Son of John H and Annie E Haile, of The Manse, Briston, Norfolk |
| Arthur HAINES (Arthur Stanley HAINES) |
Private, 11th Bn Middlesex Regiment | 26 | 20/3/1916 | Killed in France | Abbeville Communal Cemetery, France | Born Crewkerne, Enlisted Shepherd’s Bush. Parents William & Martha Haines; wife Lilian Rose Haines of 11 High St, Homerton, London. (married June qtr 1915, Hackney registration district). 1901 census of West Crewkerne: Lived Tail Mills with father William (Groom/Gardener) and his second wife Beatrice. |
| Frederick HOOPER | Private, Somerset Light Infantry, 7th Bn | 30 | 1/7/1916 | Died of Wounds. France/Flanders. | Boulogne Eastern Cemetery Pas de Calais, France. VIII. B. 117. |
Born, Enlisted & Residence: Crewkerne, Somerset. Son of Mr and Mrs John Hooper, of Pye Corner, West Crewkerne. 1901 census – Pye Corner, Crewkerne. See below. |
| Frederick George LACEY | Lance Corporal, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 2nd/6th Bn. Formerly 4646 Somerset Light Infantry. |
19 | 6/9/1917 | Killed in action: France/Flanders. | New Irish Farm Cemetery. Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. XXII. D. 9 |
Born Merriott. Enlisted Crewkerne. Residence Merriott. Service No 260261. Son of Henry & Emma Lacey, of Broadway, Merriott, Somerset. 1901 census of Merriott – see below. |
| William LACEY | Private, Somerset Light Infantry, 7th Bn | 20 | 9/9/1916 | Died of Wounds, France. | St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen. Seine-Maritime, France. B. 25. 13 |
Born Crewkerne, Enlisted Taunton. Son of Henry & Annie Lacey. Service No 14821. See below. |
| Walter LARCOMBE | Private, Somerset Light Infantry, 1st Bn | 31 | 1/11/1914 | Died of Wounds. France/ Flanders. | Bailleul Communal Cemetery Nord, France. C. 14. |
Born Bower Hinton, Somerset. Enlisted Cardiff. Residence Merriott. Service No 6355. Son of Alford and Jane Larcombe of Merriott, Somerset. 1891 census of Martock – see below. |
| Albert Edward LAWRENCE | Private, Devonshire Regiment, 2nd/4th Bn | 5/1/1917 | Where died – not known. | Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery. Iraq. XXI. M. 16 |
Born Merriott. Enlisted Exeter. Residence Merriott. Service No 2718. |
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| Fred LAWRENCE | Private, Somerset Light Infantry, 11th Bn | 22 | 15/11/1918 | Died in France. | Lille Southern Cemetery. Nord, France. I. A. 1. |
Born Merriott. Enlisted Taunton. Residence Crewkerne. Service No 41322. Son of Robert Lawrence, of Higher St, Merriott. 1901 census of Boozer Pit, Merriott – see below. |
| Henry (Harry) LAWRENCE | Private, Somerset Light Infantry, 6th Bn | 22 | 22/1/1918 | Died of wounds at home. | Merriott (All Saints) Churchyard. Buried 26 Jan 1918, aged 22. | Born Merriott. Enlisted Taunton. Service No. 17222. ? Son of Samuel Lawrence and Rose Pattemore. Possible Census entry – see below. |
| Thomas LAWRENCE | Driver, Royal Field Artillery, 65th Bty, 8th Bde. | 13/9/1914 | Killed in action: France. | Vailly British Cemetery. Aisne, France. II. G. 17. |
Born Merriott. Enlisted Crewkerne. Service 42183. 1901 Census – Broadway, Merriott. See below. | |
| John William (Jack) LETHEBE | Private, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, 2nd Bn. Formerly 10007, 3rd Dorset Regiment. |
19 | 20/5/1915 | Killed in Action: Flanders. | Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 20. | Born: Weston Super Mare, Somerset. Enlisted: Bournemouth. Residence: Merriott. Service No 19883. Son of Mary Ellen Carter, of Police Station, Street, Somerset |
| Reginald MARTIN [Information from Glyn Davies of Merriott, added April 2008.] |
Private
3367, 19th Bn., London Regiment |
17 | 01/06/1915 | Lillers Communal Cemetery | Son of the late William Henry Martin and of Flora Martin, of “Springhead” 10 Cotham Gardens, Redland, Bristol. Born Merriott, Crewkerne, Somerset. Remembered with Honour |
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| Percy Stanley MITCHELL | Corporal, Royal Irish Regiment, 2nd Bn. Formerly 18162, Hussars. |
24 | 5/7/1916 | Killed in action: Flanders. | Thiepval Memorial Somme, France. Pier and Face 3A |
Born Merriott. Enlisted Taunton. Residence: Merriott. Service No 8502. Son of Samuel & Susan Mitchell, of Lower St, Merriott, Somerset. 1901 census: Church St, Merriott. See below. |
| Edgar OSBORNE | Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery, 6th Siege Bty | 29/10/1915 | Killed in action: Flanders. | Ypres Reservoir Cemetery Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. IV. E. 12. |
Born: Merriott. Enlisted: Crewkerne. Service No 28237. 1901 Census: Church St, Merriott. See below. |
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| Henry OSBORNE | Sapper, Royal Engineers, 2nd Railway Coy. Royal Monmouthshire | 32 | 11/9/1916 | Killed in action: France – Somme. | Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension. Somme, France. J. 39. |
Born: Yeovil. Enlisted: Monmouth. Service No: 7966. Son of Samuel Osborne, of Crewkerne, Somerset. Not sure which Samuel Osborne. |
| William OSBORNE | Lance Corporal, Somerset Light Infantry, 7th Bn | 25 | 16/9/1916 | Thiepval Memorial Somme, France. Pier and Face 2A |
Service No. 12805. Son of Mrs W E Osborne, of Knapp, Merriott. 1901 census of Merriott – see below. |
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| Henry William PARKER | Private, Wiltshire Regiment, 6th Bn | 19 | 10/4/1918 | Killed in action: Flanders. | Tyne Cot Memorial Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 119 to 120 |
Born Merriott. Enlisted Yeovil. Residence Merriott. Service No 36918. Son of Henry W and Amelia Parker, of Broadway, Merriott, Somerset. 1901 Census of Merriott – see below. |
| Percy PATTEMORE | Corporal, Somerset Light Infantry, 8th Bn | 5/4/1918 | Killed in action: France | Arras Memorial Pas de Calais, France. Bay 4 |
Born Merriott. Enlisted Taunton. Residence Merriott. Service No 17067. Not sure which Percy Pattemore this is – one is son of Henry & Sarah Pattemore born about 1899, and the other is son of Joseph & Harriet Pattemore, born about 1893, both families of Merriott. | |
| William PATTEMORE | Corporal, Somerset Light Infantry, 1st Bn | 19/12/1914 | Ploegsteert Wood Military Cemetery. Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium. II. B. 1. |
Service No 3/5583. | ||
| George RENDALL | Private, Gloucestershire Regiment, 1st/5th Bn | 31 | 9/3/1917 | Killed in action: France – Somme. | Hem Farm Military Cemetery, Hem-Monacu. Somme, France. I. L. 5 |
Born Merriott. Service No 242526. Son of Charles & Emma Rendall, of Broadway, Merriott. 1901 census of Merriott – see below. |
| Archibald SWEET | Private, Somerset Light Infantry, Ist Bn | 24 | 15/5/1915 | Died of wounds: Belgium/ Heuvelland, West Vlaanderen | Klein-Vierstraat British Cemetery. Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. V. E. 14 |
Born Merriott. Enlisted Crewkerne. Residence Merriott. Service No 15323. Son of Robert & Elizabeth Sweet of Shiremoor Hill, Merriott. 1901 census – see below. |
| Henry George SWEET | Private, Somerset Light Infantry, 1st Bn | 24/8/1916 | Killed in action: Flanders. | Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 21. |
Born Merriott. Enlisted Crewkerne. Residence Merriott. Service No 21589. 1901 Census of Merriott – see below. |
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| Arthur STUCKEY | Private, Somerset Light Infantry, 7th Bn | 27 | 30/11/1917 | Killed in action: France. | Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord, France. Panel 4 and 5 |
Born Merriott. Enlisted Crewkerne. Residence Merriott. Service No 17070. Son of Mrs Annie Stuckey of 2, Bridge St, Dunsford, Exeter. 1901 census of West Chinnock – see below. |
| Richard Jesse TRASK | Private, Machine Gun Corps, 49th Bn. Formerly 203444, Welsh Regiment. |
30 | 5/5/1918 | Died of wounds: France. | Boulogne Eastern Cemetery. Pas de Calais, France. IX. B. 52 |
Born Merriott. Enlisted Pontypridd, Wales. Service No 130350. Husband of Kate Marion Trask of 46, Queen St, Treforest, Glamorgan. Native of Somerset. 1901 census of Merriott – see below. |
| Roger Wentworth WATSON | Lieutenant, King’s Royal Rifle Corps. “C” Coy. 8th Bn | 21 | 20/7/1915 | Killed in action: Flanders. | Sanctuary Wood Cemetery. Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. II. D. 4 |
Son of Edith Deverell Watson, of Upland Cottage, Kingsley Green, Haslemere, Surrey, and the late John William Watson. Educated at Winchester. (Senior commoner prefect) and King’s College, Cambridge. 1901 Census of Merriott: See below. |
| Henry (? Albert or Bertie) WETHERALL | Private, Hampshire Regiment, 1st Bn. Formerly 18764, Dorsetshire Regiment |
28/3/1918 | Killed in action: France. | Point-Du-Jour Military Cemetery, Athies. Pas de Calais, France. I. J. 19 |
Born Merriott. Enlisted Wareham, Dorset. Service No 27403. Son of Mrs Elizabeth Wetherall of Merriott; husband of the late Susan Ann Wetherall (formerly Lawrence). 1891 census of Merriott – see below. Bertie Wetherall married Susan Ann Lawrence in Merriott on 26 Dec 1904; Susan Ann died and was buried in Merriott on 19th Feb 1917. |
Census data matching the above men:
| Year | Place | Details | |
| 1901 | Shiremoor Hill, Merriott, Somerset | Henry BUTCHER 24 Nursery Labourer, born Merriott Sarah Ann 25 Shirt Maker born Merriott |
Henry George 5 months born Merriott. |
| 1901 | Tinker’s Lodge, West Crewkerne, Somerset | Frank ELSWOOD 39 Painter born Merriott Emma 37 born Merriott William 18 Web Weaver born Merriott Albert 16 Sail Cloth Weaver born Merriott Beatrice 15 Shirt Ironer born Merriott May 14 Shirt Factory Hand born Merriott |
Herbert 9 born Merriott Frank 8 born Merriott Alfred 6 born Merriott Thomas 5 born Merriott Harold 3 born Merriott Harry 2 born Merriott |
| 1901 | Billing’s Mill, Merriott | John G FRENCH Head M 43 Miller of Flour Mills born Devon, Plymouth Annie Wife M 39 born Australia |
Ella Dau S 15 School Teacher born Merriott Edward Son S 13 Merriott Arthur Son S 11 Merriott |
| 1901 | Broadway, Merriott | Samuel GREENHAM Head M 29 General Labourer born Merriott Kate Wife M 27 Shirt Ironer born Merriott |
Harry Son 4 Born Merriott Elsey Dau 3 Born Merriott Albert Son 2 Born Merriott |
| 1901 | Pye Corner, West Crewkerne, Somerset | John HOOPER 42 Market Gardener born Crewkerne Sarah 44 born Chillington Sydney 19 Market Gardener born Crewkerne Annie 17 born Crewkerne |
Fred 15 Born Crewkerne Emma 13 born Crewkerne Beatrice 11 born Crewkerne Charles 9 born Crewkerne |
| 1901 | Broadway, Merriott, Somerset | Emma LACEY Wife 27 born Merriott Frank 8 born Merriott |
Willie 5 born Merriott Fredy 2 born Merriott |
| 1901 | Broadway, Merriott, Somerset | Thomas OSBORNE Head M 53 General Dealer Own account Merriott Jane OSBORNE Wife M 35 Crewkerne Sarah PAULL Dau S 14 Crewkerne William LACEY Nephew S 4 years Crewkerne. |
[NOTE: Jane Osborne nee Paull’s first spouse (1) was unknown (daughter – Sarah Paull) and (2) was married to Thomas Osborne. William Henry Levi Lacey was the son of Jane’s sister Anne Paull, who was married to Henry Lacey (1865 – 1897). I have been unable to find Anne Lacey (nee Paull) in the 1901 or the 1911 censuses, and it appears her son went to live with his aunt and uncle in Merriott.] |
| 1891 | Hurst, Martock, Somerset | Alfred LARCOMBE Widower 45 Farmer’s Carter born Bower Hinton Annie (Sister) 34 born Bower Hinton |
Edwin 14 born Bower Hinton Walter 8 born Bower Hinton |
| 1901 | Boozer Pit, Merriott Somerset | Robert LAWRENCE 53 Nursery Gardener born Merriott Selina 56 born Merriott Bessie 14 Servant born Merriott Robert James 12 born Merriott |
Walter John 10 born Wales, Glamorgan William Charles 9 born Wales, Glamorgan Fred 4 born Merriott |
| 1901 | Boozer Pit, Merriott, Somerset | Samuel LAWRENCE Head M 38 General Labourer Merriott Rose Wife M 35 Mill Hand Canvas Sail Cloth Merriott Nellie Dau 13 Mill Hand Canvas Sail Cloth Merriott Susan Dau 11 Merriott |
Fred Son 8 Ferndale, Glamorgan, Wales Harry Son 4 Merriott Edith Dau 2 Merriott |
| 1901 | Broadway, Merriott, Somerset | Samuel LAWRENCE 50 Agricultural Labourer born Merriott Elizabeth 50 born Merriott Susann 23 Laundress born Merriott Rose 19 Laundress born Merriott |
Henry 16 Ordinary Agricultural Lab, born Merriott Mark 14 Machinist Sail, born Merriott Thomas 12 born Merriott Reuben 7 born Merriott |
| 1901 | Church St, Merriott, Somerset | Samuel MITCHELL 49 Labourer in farm, born Merriott Susan 53 born Merriott Luke 17 Factory hand Sail Cloth, born Merriott |
Rose 14 Factory hand Sail Cloth, born Merriott Percy Stanley 8 born Merriott |
| 1901 | Church St, Merriott, Somerset | Samuel OSBORNE 55 Market Gardener born Crewkerne Elizabeth 48 born Merriott Louise 20 born Merriott Samuel 18 born Merriott Mary 17 Shirt Ironer born Merriott |
Thirza 13 born Merriott Luke 12 born Merriott Edgar 10 born Merriott Nellie 7 born Merriott Rose 6 born Merriott |
| 1901 | Lower St, Merriott, Somerset | William OSBORNE Head M 41 Blacksmith born Merriott Elizabeth Wife M 41 born Merriott Harry Son 15 Quiller Canvas Sail Cloth born Merriott |
William E Son 10 born Merriott Fred Son 7 born Merriott Walter Son 2 Born Merriott Emma Dau 1m born Merriott |
| 1901 | Lower St, Merriott, Somerset | William PARKER Head M 28 Carter at works Crewkerne Amelia Wife M 30 Crewkerne |
Henry W Son 2 Merriott John Son 9 m Merriott |
| 1901 | Broadway, Merriott, Somerset | Charles RENDALL Head M 43 Fish Hawker Own Account Merriott Emma Wife M 40 Misterton Lilly Dau S 20 Canvas Spooler Sail Cloth Crewkerne Charles Son S 18 Sail Cloth Weaver Crewkerne |
Emma Dau S 17 Spooler Sail Cloth Merriott ? Feeble Minded George Son S 15 Machine Minder Canvas Sail Cloth Merriott Annie Dau S 13 Laundress Factory Merriott |
| 1901 | Shiremoor Hill, Merriott, Somerset | Robert SWEET Head M 47 Sail Cloth Canvas Weaver Merriott Elizabeth Wife M 44 Lopen Mary Susan Dau S 20 Yarn Canvas Spooler Lopen Alfred Son S 16 Sail Cloth …. Lopen |
Samuel Son S 15 Heckler Boy Lopen Frederick Son S 12 Lopen Archibald Son 10 Lopen Beatrice Annie Dau 7 Merriott Walter Son 3 Merriott |
| 1901 | Townsend, Merriott, Somerset | James SWEET Head M 33 Horse Carter on Farm Merriott Ann Wife M 32 Quilter Canvas Sail Cloth Merriott |
Henry Son S 5 Merriott |
| 1901 | West Chinnock, Somerset | Albert STUCKEY 41 Coachman Domestic, born Lambrook Arthur 13 born Merriott Alice 11 born West Chinnock |
Gladys 5 born West Chinnock Elizabeth Slade 68 Mother in law, widow, born East Coker. |
| 1901 | Shiremoor Hill, Merriott, Somerset | Charles TRASK Head W 49 Sail Cloth Canvas Weaver Hardington, Somerset William Son S 19 Sail Cloth Weaver Merriott Richard Son S 14 Oil Boy in Factory Merriott |
Sydney Son 9 Merriott Bessie Dau S 22 Merriott Polly Dau S 21 Merriott |
| 1901 | Marks Barn House, Merriott, Somerset | John WATSON 53 Wine Merchant born Hornsey Lane, Highgate, Middlesex, England Edith Deverill Watson 32 born Surbiton, Surrey |
Joyce Honor 10 born Chelsea Ruth Millicent 8 born Kensington Roger Wentworth 7 born Kensington Agnes 5 born Haslemere, Surrey |
| 1891 | Beadon Lane, Merriott, Somerset | Elizabeth WETHERELL Head Widow 31 Charwoman born Merriott | Albert Son 8 Scholar Merriott John Son 6 Scholar Merriott |