Soldier and elder brother of Lord Raglan.
From : "... in 1815 they {the Life Guards} were part of The Household Brigade at the Battle of Waterloo under Major-General Lord Edward Somerset." And the Life Guards are part of the Household Cavalry, the mounted regiment of which was based at Knightsbrige Barracks, now Hyde Park Barracks, since 1795. All of which explains why we think the "Somerset" bust on display at the Hyde Park Barracks is this Lord Somerset.
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Lord Edward Somerset
These two must be Somerset and Raglan but which is which we can't tell you.
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do visit the picture source web site - it has a fascinating collection of maps. Â And we enjoyed these photos of current WW2 ev...
Died in WW1 serving in the 22nd Battalion, The London Regiment. One of the 11 additions on the right hand wall of the Old Jamaica Road memorial.
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