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Regiment War Graves, - Somerset Military Burial Ground, Bermuda |
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Somerset
Military Burial Ground, Bermuda
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This burial ground is on the north side of Somerset Island, between Somerset Ferry and the Public Wharf.
During the First World War, Bermuda was garrisoned successively by the 2nd Lincolns, the Royal Canadian Regiment, the 38th Bn. Canadian Infantry, the 163rd Bn. Canadian Infantry and the 2/4th East Yorkshire Regiment. The 3rd Bn. Jamaica War Contingent was there between March and May 1916. The Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps, Bermuda Militia and Garrison Artillery were pre-war auxiliary units raised on the island.
Somerset Military Burial Ground contains 13 Commonwealth burials of the First World War.
1 soldier who served with the Yorkshire Regiment is buried in this cemetery.
We are very grateful to both RosalieAnn and BKGenie of the Find a Grave Website for permisison to use their photos.
Private Milton Crowther. 203889.
2nd/4th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 6449 the Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of James and Susannah Crowther; husband of Helena Crowther, of 104, Molesworth
St., Rochdale. Born at Nelson, Lancs. Died 22 May 1918. Aged 41.
Born Nelson (Lancs), Enlisted Rochdale (Lancs).
Private Crowther's Headstone, - Somerset Military Burial Ground, Bermuda
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