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Midsomer Norton |
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Methodist Church |
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History notes |
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Frederick William Gay Born 6th February 1894 Youngest son of Frederick and Emily Gay 37 High Street, Midsomer Norton He had three brothers and two sisters who survived infancy 7219 Sapper 5th Siege Company, Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers Died 25th September 1915 aged 22 Buried at sea and remembered on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli |
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Herbert George Holpin Born 1894 and registered in Thornbury registration district Son of Charles and Sarah Holpin, of Brinkmarsh Farm, Falfield, Glos. In 1911 Herbert was in Falfield and it not clear what his connection with either Midsomer Norton or the Church is. His name is also on Falfield village's War Memorial. There is no reference to his death in The Somerset Guardian & Radstock Observer but his name also appears on the town war memorial 16489 Private 12 Battalion (Service)(Bristol) Gloucestershire Regiment Entered war 21st November 1915 Killed in action 17th July 1917 aged 23 Buried at Roclincourt Military Cemetery, France |
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Frank (Francis) Hutchinson Born 1889 in Son of Rev Arthur Elward Hutchinson, Minister at Midsomer Norton 1916 to 1919 and Mrs Emily Hutchinson. The nature of Rev Hutchinson's calling has made it difficult to trace this family but Frank had at least one sister and brother. He was born in Thirsk, Yorkshire. He married Winifred Woodcock in Birmingham in 1912 and his son, Edward, was born in Bristol in 1914 34353 Corporal 7 Bn Somerset Light Infantry Died 16th August 1917 aged 28 Remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial |
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The men on the memorial |