WW1 Kingsbury Episcopi
This publication contains some background information on each of the men who were killed in the First World War. Their names are recorded on the War Memorials within the Civil Parish of Kingsbury Episcopi and it is this name that appears at the top of each man’s pages of information. There is also information about the men’s families. Four years of research by the Kingsbury Time Travellers, the local area History Group, have unearthed a wealth of photographs, documents, maps and memories. Through the Kingsbury Time Travellers’ Facebook page, we have been able to link up with people and families connected to these men, and so uncover more material.
This publication contains some background information on each of the men who were killed in the First World War. Their names are recorded on the War Memorials within the Civil Parish of Kingsbury Episcopi and it is this name that appears at the top of each man’s pages of information. There is also information about the men’s families. Four years of research by the
Kingsbury Time Travellers, the local area History Group, have unearthed a wealth of photographs, documents, maps and memories. Through the Kingsbury Time Travellers’ Facebook page, we have been able to link up with people and families connected to these men, and so uncover more material.
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DECIMUS GUMMER<br />
22<br />
Rank, service number<br />
and regiment<br />
Enlisted<br />
Home Address<br />
No.14 on Plaque<br />
Private 20771 Somerset Light Infantry & 19461 5th Battalion,<br />
Dorsetshire Regiment<br />
Yeovil<br />
Lavers Row, K.E. This row of cottages was demolished in the<br />
mid 20th century. In living memory the cottages used to<br />
flood regularly. They once stood on the right-hand side of the<br />
Coombe Lane drove, backing onto the ditch, facing south, with<br />
the gable-end facing onto Thorney Road. The photo above<br />
shows their location. There is now a stable in the approximate<br />
location of the cottages.<br />
Date of death 4 October 1917<br />
Age at death<br />
Circumstances of death<br />
Where buried<br />
Date of birth & full<br />
name<br />
Occupation<br />
Parents<br />
22 years<br />
In early October 1917 the 5th Battalion Dorset Regiment sustained<br />
heavy casualties trying to wrest Poelcapelle from enemy<br />
control in the horrific closing phase of the Third Battle of Ypres.<br />
This battle is known as Passchendaele. It was infamous not only<br />
for the scale of casualties but also atrocious, muddy battlefield<br />
conditions.<br />
Decimus’s body was never recovered from the deep mud, along<br />
with many others. He is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial<br />
to the Missing, Panel 92.<br />
21 June 1896. EDWARD DECIMUS GUMMER<br />
General labourer<br />
William Gummer and Martha Ann Gummer (nee Eves) of K.E.<br />
William was a master carpenter.<br />
Spouse and children Dorcas Rhoda Gummer (nee Tribley). They married in 1917.<br />
No children.<br />
Awards<br />
British War Medal and Victory medal.
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