Ilminster’s Cemetery, on New Road, has 9 WWI and WWII Commonwealth war graves, details of the graves, and the deceased are detailed below.
Driver William Ernest Moore
Royal Engineers
WWI
Plot: Al. 55.
Service Number: 34138
Died: 18 October 1915 Age 32
Information: Husband of Charlotte Dean (formerly Moore), of 52, Combe St., Chard.
2nd Lieutenant Kenneth Douglas Handel (Memorial)
53rd Sqdn. attd. 4th Sqdn., Royal Air Force
WWI
Plot: III. D. 15. Aire Communal Cemetery, France. Memorial at Ilminster Cemetery
Service Number:
Died: 25 June 1918 Age 24
Information: Son of Theophilus and Mary Anne Handel, of Ilminster, Somerset.
Gunner Alan James Hardie
247th Siege Bty., Royal Garrison Artillery
WWI
Plot: L. 19.
Service Number: 48222
Died: 21 January 1918 Age 20
Information: Son of Harman John and Ellen Howland, of The Laurels, Higher Horton, Ilminster.
Aircraftman 2nd Class Walter Benjamin Coombes
Royal Air Force Volunteer
WWII
Plot: Sec. I.2. Grave 70
Service Number: 1425075
Died: 20 September 1941 Age 31
Information: Husband of D. W. Coombes, of Ilminster.
Sapper Fredrick Albert Appleton
Royal Engineers
WWII
Plot: Sec. I.2. Grave 96
Service Number: 1861718
Died: 21 July 1941
Information: Son of Frederick James Appleton and May Appleton, of Ilminster.
Lance Corporal Harold Frank Clarke
Royal Army Service Corps
WWII
Plot: Sec. M.1. Grave 36
Service Number: T/133239
Died: 16 January 1945 Age 30
Information: Son of Arthur James Clarke and Sarah Jane Clarke, of Ilminster.
Corporal Thomas Adolphus Haycraft
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
WWII
Plot: Sec. M. Grave 35
Service Number: 1140842
Died: 29 Febuary 1944
Information:
Lieutenant Henry Richard Munden Maidlow (Memorial)
HMS Hunter, Royal Navy
WWII
Memorial: Panel 36, Column 1, Plymouth Naval Memorial. Memorial at Ilminster Cemetery. Buried at sea
Service Number:
Died: 10 April 1940
Information:
Polish Airmen Buried at Ilminster Cemetry
Sierzant Jan Brzezinski
53 (RAF) Sqdn, Polish Air Force
WWII
Plot: Sec. D2 Grave 55
Service Number: P/780234
Died: 22 November 1945 Age 25
Information:
Kaptian Leopold Mielecki
53 (RAF) Sqdn, Polish Air Force
WWII
Plot: Sec. D2 Grave 5
Service Number: P/76675
Died: 22 November 1945 Age 34
Information:
Porucznik Stanislaw Kleybor
53 (RAF) Sqdn, Polish Air Force
Distinguished Flying Cross
WWII
Plot: Sec. D2 Grave 25
Service Number: P/2416
Died: 22 November 1945 Age 25
Information:
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