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Roll of Honour of Officers of Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry)

Who Died in the Great War

Copyright and source:  British Military Badges

Roll of Honour

Surnames   -   B

(45 officers)

 

BACKLAKE, Denis Ives

Second Lieutenant.   1st Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 19th October 1916.   Aged 20.

 

BAILEY, Hugh Gardner

Lieutenant.   1/4th Battalion.   Died of accidental injuries in India on 31st January 1919.   Aged 37.

 

BAILEY, Robert Humphrey David

Lieutenant.   8th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 3rd May 1917.   Aged 27.

 

BAKER, Aubrey Halliwell

Captain.   1/4th Battalion.   Killed in action in Mesopotamia on 8th March 1916.   Aged 26.

 

BAKER, Harold Glasspool

Captain, MC*.   8th Battalion.   Died of wounds in France on 5th April 1918.   Aged 28.

 

BAKER, Sidney

Captain.   8th Battalion.   Died of wounds in UK on 28th May 1917.   Aged 36.

 

BAKER, Silvanus Wilfred

Second Lieutenant.   8th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 26th September 1915.   Aged 18.

 

BAKER, Wilfred Harry

Second Lieutenant.   8th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 2nd July 1916.   Aged ?

 

BANES-WALKER, Gerald

Captain.   1/5th Battalion.   Killed in action in Palestine on 22nd November 1917.   Aged 28.

 

BARNES, Arthur Randall

Second Lieutenant.   8th Battalion.   Killed in aerial action in Belgium on 4th October 1917.   Aged 18.

 

BARTELT, Fritz William

Captain.   2/4thBattalion.   Died of illness in India on 11th September 1916.   Aged 28.

 

BASKER, Reginald Hugh

Second Lieutenant.  8th Battalion.  Killed in action in France on 26th September 1915.   Aged 26.

 

BEALEY, Adam Crompton

Captain.   2/4th Battalion.   Died of wounds in Palestine on 22nd November 1917.   Aged 44.

 

BECK, Theodore David Vodden

Second Lieutenant.   6th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 16th September 1916.   Aged 22.

 

BENHAM, Ralph George

Second Lieutenant.   6th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 11th September 1918.   Aged 28.

 

BENN, Oliver Williams

Captain   Attached to 1st Battalion Essex Regiment.   Killed in action in Gallipoli on 6th June 1915.   Aged 28.

 

BERRIDGE, William Eric

Second Lieutenant.   6th Battalion.   Died of wounds in France on 20th August 1916.   Aged 22.

 

BERRY, Samuel George

Lieutenant.   7th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 22nd March 1918.   Aged 42.

 

BETTELEY, William Lawrence

Second Lieutenant, MC.   7th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 25th June 1917.   Aged 46.

 

BIRRELL, Stuart Erskin

Captain, .   6th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 11th July 1916.   Aged 30.

 

BISSET, Fenton

Captain.   Attached to 1/5th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment.   Died of wounds in France on 16th April 1918.   Aged 40.

 

BLACK, John Neil

Major, MiD.   6th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 9th April 1917.   Aged 22.

 

BLAKE, Edward William Richmond

Second Lieutenant.   8th Battalion.   Killed in action in Belgium on 31st July 1917.   Aged 20.

 

BOND, Charles Nesbitt

Lieutenant.   Attached to 1/4th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment.   Died of wounds in France on 30th June 1916.   Aged 22.

 

BONE, Thomas William

Captain.   1st (Garrison) Battalion.   Died of illness in India on 6th August 1918.   Aged 49.

 

BOUCHER, Henry Mason

Captain, MC.   1st Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 23rd April 1918.   Aged 27.

 

BOWER, Alfred Percy

Second Lieutenant.   1st Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 1st November 1918.   Aged 25.

 

BOWERMAN, Arthur James

Lieutenant.   Seconded to 22nd Squadron Royal Flying Corps.   Killed in aerial action in France on 9th September 1916.   Aged 20.

 

BRADFIELD, James Thomas

Captain.   Special List (Asst Political Officer).   Killed in action in Mesopotamia (Iraq) on 13th August 1920.   Aged 25.

 

BRADNEY, Philip Edwin

Captain.   6th Battalion.   Killed in action in Belgium on 31st July 1915.   Aged 35.

 

BRADSHAW, Frank Seymour

Captain.   1st Battalion.   Killed in action in Belgium on 19th December 1914.   Aged 31.

 

BRAITHWAITE, Valentine Ashworth

Lieutenant, MC.   1st Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 2nd July 1916.   Aged 20.

 

BRIGGS, Orrie

Captain.   8th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 4th November 1918.   Aged 30.

 

BRODIE-INNES, Ian Stuart

Second Lieutenant, MiD.   8th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 25th September 1915.   Aged 28.

 

BROOKS, Horace William

Second Lieutenant, MC.   8th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 4th November 1918.   Aged 24.

 

BROWN, William Noel Sneade

Lieutenant.   4th (Reserve) Battalion TF.   Died of illness in UK on 1st August 1919.   Aged 24.

 

BRUTTON, Robert Hall

Major, TD.   1/5th Battalion.   Died of illness in India on 15th January 1916.   Aged 53.

 

BUCKLAND, John Arnold

Second Lieutenant.   7th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 1st March 1917.   Aged 20.

 

BULLIVANT, Roland Walter

Second Lieutenant.   8th Battalion.   Died of wounds in France on 1st May 1917.   Aged 21.

 

BURGESS, Wilfrid Charles

Second Lieutenant.   6th Battalion.   Killed in action in Belgium on 22nd August 1917.   Aged 26.

 

BUSE, Philip

Second Lieutenant.   1st Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 23rd April 1918.   Aged 31.

 

BUSH, John Stewart De Lisle

Captain.   Seconded to 41st Squadron Royal Flying Corps.   Killed in aerial action in France on 25th August 1917.   Aged 21.

 

BUSSELL, Henry Richard

Second Lieutenant.   7th Battalion.   Killed in action in Belgium on 17th August 1917.   Aged 38.

 

BUTLER, Stanley Reginald

Second Lieutenant, MM.   7th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 27th March 1918.   Aged 22.

 

BUTTON, Norman Frederick

Lieutenant.   Attached to 11th Trench Mortar Battery.   Killed in action in France on 4th November 1917.   Aged 23.

 

 

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