As we commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, which started on 1st July 1916, let us remember two Ebrington Soldiers whose names are recorded on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Battle.
We remember
Sergeant John Yeatman, 1st
Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment; born 1883 in Ebrington, a Reservist,
Married, who re-enlisted.
Killed by
shell-fire, 22nd August 1916 near High Wood, France, Age 43.
Thiepval Memorial, France, Pier 5, Faces A-B.
Reported
Missing, subsequently confirmed killed, 3rd September 1916, Age 22.
Thiepval
Memorial, France, Pier 9 , Faces A-B & Pier 10 Face B.
- St Eadburgha's Church
- Ebrington
- Chipping Campden
- Gloucestershire
- GL55 6NG