VILLIERS+SOMERSET

Somerset, Villiers Henry Plantagenet, Private, 20375, 10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry Born Derby Enlisted Valcartier Camp, Quebec, Canada Killed in action 22nd April 1915 aged 24 Son of John H. W. Somerset, of "Glenwood," Bronshill Rd., Torquay, England, and the late Mary de Chair Somerset. Commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

Canadian Army Service records information: Villiers Somerset was born in Derby, on the 16th August 1890. He enlisted at Valcartier Camp, Quebec, Canada, 22nd September 1914, stating his occupation as a gentleman, and his next of kin as C. T. Wilde, of Highfield House, Derby. He had previously served in the Officers Training Corps and was a member of the Canadian Militia. He was five feet nine and a half inches in height, had a medium complexion, brown eyes and dark brown hair, and he belonged to the Church of England.


 * Back to Memorial**