Armistice Day: Lest We Forget Yeovil's fallen Part Nine

3:40pm Wednesday 11th November 2009

By Steve Sowden

THE ninth part of our memorial to Yeovil’s fallen war dead as we commemorate Armistice Day.

RATTLE, Edgar: Died on October 24, 1918, aged 24, while serving as a Private with the Somerset Light Infantry. His parents lived in Camborne Grove, Yeovil.

REDMAN, William: Died on August 18, 1916, while serving as a Private with the 6th Battalion of the Somerset Light Infantry. His wife had lived in Eastland Road, Yeovil, for some time.

RENDELL, Arthur Thomas: Died on February 2, 1917, aged 34, while serving as a Private with the 7th Battalion of the Somerset Light Infantry. His wife lived at Chant’s Path, Yeovil, and they had three young children.

RENDELL, Frederick Harwood: Died on May 31, 1916, aged 23, while serving as a Private with the Royal Marine Light Infantry on board HMS Invincible. The ship was sunk during the Battle of Jutland. His parents lived at Huish, Yeovil.

RENDELL, Giles: Died on June 7, 1917, aged 38, while serving as a Private in the Machine Gun Corps of the Hampshire Regiment. He lived in Higher Kingston, Yeovil, with his wife and had two children.

RICKETTS, Albert Charles: Died on August 27, 1918, aged 20, while serving as a Private with the 13th Battalion of the Welsh Regiment.

RICKETTS, Arthur: Died on November 20, 1917, while serving as a Private with the 7th Battalion of the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry. His father lived in Sherborne Road, Yeovil.

RICKETTS, George: Died on August 7, 1915, while serving as a Staff Sergeant-Major in the 5th Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment in Galliopoli. He was classed as an Army “pensioner” having had 21 years service to his credit. He was a native of Yeovil and his parents lived in Lyde Road.

RODBER, William: Died on October 26, 1918, while serving as a Private with the 1st Battalion of the Somerset Light Infantry. He was married with two children and lived in Huish, Yeovil.

ROOKS, Clifford Stanley: Died on August 27, 1918, aged 19, while serving as a Rifleman with the Artists’ Rifles. His father lived in Eastland Road, Yeovil.

ROSE, William: Died on January 22, 1918, while serving as a Gunner with the Royal Garrison Artillery. He was married and lived at Mount Pleasant, Yeovil.

ROSS, William Theophilus: Died on October 4, 1916, while serving as a Sergeant with the Royal Garrison Artillery. His parents lived in Huish, Yeovil.

ROWLAND, Charles Albert: Died on August 27, 1918, aged 37, while serving as a Gunner with the Royal Field Artillery. His wife lived at Hendford, Yeovil.

ROWSELL, Archibald Claud Victor: Died on July 23, 1916, while serving as a Sapper with the Royal Engineers 63rd Field Company. His mother lived at Goldcroft, Yeovil.

ROWSELL, Ernest: Died on February 13, 1915, aged 21, while serving as a farrier with the West Somerset Yeomanry.

ROWSELL, Horace Baden: Died on July 2, 1919, aged 19, while serving as a Private with the Worcester Regiment. His parents were William and Bessie Rowsell, of Yeovil.

SAMWAYS, Charles: Died on November 6, 1918, aged 25, while serving as a Private with the 12th Battalion of the Somerset Light Infantry.

SAMWAYS, George Bernard: Died on April 27, 1918, aged 26, while serving as a Private with the 1st Battalion of the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry. His parents lived in Woodland Grove, Yeovil.

SANSOM, Ancil Croydon: Died on January 18, 1917, aged 31, while serving as a Private with the 6th Battalion of the Somerset Light Infantry. His wife lived at Crofton Park, Yeovil.

SARTIN, Augustus Bertie: Died on June 3, 1918, aged 20, while serving as a Trooper with the Life Guards. His father lived at South Street, Yeovil.

SARTIN, Francis Sidney: Died on April 28, 1917, while serving as a Private with the 8th Battalion of the Somerset Light Infantry. He was the first of two sons lost by Mr E. Sartin, of the Globe Inn, South Street, Yeovil, during the Great War.

SCRIVEN, Ernest George: Died on November 1, 1914, aged 23, while service as a Leading Carpenter’s Crew on board HMS Monmouth which was sunk in the battle off Coronel. His parents lived in Rosebery Avenue, Yeovil.

SEARS, Clive Rewi: Died on August 16, 1916, aged 23, while serving as a Private with the 13th Battalion of the King’s Liverpool Regiment.

SHARPE, Frederick: Died on October 13, 1914, aged 34, while serving as a Private with the 1st Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment. He was married with two children and his parents lived in Eastland Road, Yeovil.

SILVESTER, Frederick G: Died on April 19, 1916, while serving as a Private with the 7th Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment. His parents lived in Middle Street, Yeovil.

SMALLEY, Cecil: Died on May 3, 1917, while serving as a Private in the 6th Battalion of The Buffs East Kent Regiment. He had lived in Yeovil for about a year before he joined the Forces where he worked as a junior clerk in the Yeovil branch of the London City and Midland Bank.

SMITH, Herbert Victor: Died on December 4, 1917, while serving as a Private in the 1st/5th Somerset Light Infantry. His parents lived at Sparrow Road, Yeovil.

SMITH, William Charles: Died on November 27, 1916, aged 23, while serving as a Private with the 27th Battalion of the Canadian Infantry Manitoba Regiment. His parents lived in Eastland Road, Yeovil.

SPILLER, William Henry: Died on July 1, 1916, aged 26, while serving as a Lance Corporal with the 1st Battalion of the Somerset Light Infantry. His parents lived at Wellington Street, Yeovil.

STROUD, William: Died on October 22, 1917, while serving as a Private with the 14th Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment. He had lived in Park Street, Yeovil, with his wife.

SUGG, William Henry: Died on October 21, 1918, aged 37, while serving as a Rifleman with the Rifle Brigade. He lived in Market Street, Yeovil, and was married with five young children.

SUMSION, Stanley John: Died on September 11, 1918, aged 29, while serving as a Private with the 8th Battalion of the King’s Liverpool Regiment. His mother lived in Gordon Road, Yeovil.

SUTTON, Roland Valentine: Died on August 23, 1917, aged 35, while serving as a Private with the 6th Battalion of the Somerset Light Infantry. He was married and lived in Mount Pleasant, Yeovil, while his parents lived in St Michael’s Road.

SWEET, William Frank: Died on October 4, 1914, aged 16, while serving as a Private with the 5th Battalion of the Somerset Light Infantry. His mother lived at Higher Kingston, Yeovil.

Our commemoration of Yeovil’s fallen war dead will continue throughout today – Armistice Day.

For more information on these servicemen from Yeovil who died during the First World War look at www.yeoviltown.com/warmemorial.aspx or click on the link in our related articles section on this page of our website.