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Want to know more about the North Somerset Yeomanry? There are:6594 items tagged North Somerset Yeomanry available in our Library
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Those known to have served withNorth Somerset Yeomanry during the Great War 1914-1918. - Dolman MM. Richard. 2nd Lt.
- Harvey Victor G. Private (d.18th Nov 1914)
- Oakes Wilfred Cecil. Pte. 5th Btn. (d.1st Oct 1918)
- Skinner Arthur Winmill. Pte.
- Tompson Roland . L/Cpl.
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254193 Pte. Wilfred Cecil Oakes 5th Btn. Dorsetshire Regiment (d.1st Oct 1918) My great uncle Wilfred Oakes died on 1st of October 1918, aged 26. On 2nd of October 1915 he sent a postcard, to his elder brother Charles of some of the troops with whom he was stationed in Canterbury from 3 Troop C Squad. North Somerset Yeomanry.
The postcard reads "Dear Jim, A few lines to let you know I am going on alright. Photo of some of our Troop. Canterbury is a nice town but no lights at night because of Zep raids. A few miles from coast. Hern Bay 7, Deal 8, Folkestone about 17 miles. Buses run. Have nice rides in country. Hoping all are well. I remain yours, Wilf."
I believe that Wilfred is the middle of the 3 men stood at the back of the family photo.
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245961 Pte. Arthur Winmill Skinner North Somerset Yeomanry My Father Arthur Skinner joined the North Somerset Yeomanry in 1914 when he was 15. He spoke very little about the war. I have a photo of him in hospital blues in 1919 and I assume he was still suffering from a mustard gas attack though I don't know when that happened, perhaps when he'd been transferred to the Somerset Light Infantry sometime in August 1918. I wish I knew more. He died in 1964.
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205945 2nd Lt. Richard Dolman MM. North Somerset Yeomanry My great grandfather Dick Dolman joined the Nth. Somerset Yeomanry around 1909. Equivalent to the TA they were called up in Aug 1914. I have a photo of him in Queen Square, Bath with his horse, waiting to entrain for Salisbury Plain. I'm sure he told me he had to supply the horse himself.
At some point he moved to the Som LI and having been a sergeant in 1914 ended the war as a 2nd Lieut.
No one in the family knows for what deed his MM was awarded.
He survived the war unscathed and died in may 1970 at the age of 92.
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144722 Private Victor G Harvey North Somerset Yeomanry (d.18th Nov 1914) Victor was a tall strong man and it is this, according to family tradition, that proved his undoing as he was shot in the head by a German sniper near Yprs. He died of his wounds and is buried in Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery.
His regiment had been in France a matter of two or three weeks. Victor had survived the First Battle of Ypres only to be killed within days of it's official ending.
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141321 L/Cpl. Roland Tompson My Father, Roly Tomlinson attended Clarance School in Weston Super Mare.
He served as Lance Corporal at Ypres with the North Somerset Yeomanry. He used to tell us stories about the wonderful horses which he helped to break in, then the regiment went mechanical and the chaps were issued with motor-bikes, so at 18yrs of age he transferred to the RFC. He told us he trained at a flying school in Princess Risborough and was commissioned for duty with the RFC as a 2nd Lieutenant, stationed at St Leonards on Sea.
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