The Walk Is 1.8 Miles (2.9Km) Long

The Walk Is 1.8 Miles (2.9Km) Long

Map of the route and walking guide – the walk is 1.8 miles (2.9km) long The route starts at St John the Baptist (1) and from the Forecourt crosses Bath Street and continues along Palmer Street and up Catherine Hill turning right into Whittox Lane and then left into Castle Street before turning 3 right into Trinity Street and continuing to Holy Trinity Church (2). From the Car Park to the left of Holy Trinity porch go right and continue down the path and follow Valley 2 View onto Whatcombe Road. Go left up the hill and turn left on Vallis Road taking great care as there is no footpath here. Vallis Road Cemetery (Dissenters' Cemetery) (3) is on your left. Leave the Cemetery by crossing the road with care and turn left keeping on the footpath along Vallis Rd and then after crossing Broadway and Nunney Road you will come to Christ Church (4). After leaving Christ Church cross the road by the Pelican Crossing 1 and visit the Memorial Theatre (5) where you 5 4 can see the statue of Charlie Robbins, a Frome Great War veteran and dedicated to all who fought in the War. This walk has been inspired by the men of Frome who fought in the Great War, 224 of whom are remembered on the War Memorial in the Memorial Theatre. It has been designed by members of the Royal British Legion, the Royal Naval Association and the Royal Air Force Association. Walkers are reminded to take care on hills, grassy slopes and busy roads. Frome St John the Baptist Captain Hugh Cyril Arthur Brooking North Somerset Yeomanry Frome Holy Trinity Corporal Norman Stanley Allard Northamptonshire Regiment Private Charles Baily Somerset Light Infantry Corporal George Edgar Budgett Oxford & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Serjeant Charles Flower Somerset Light Infantry Private Herbert Edgar Ford Bedfordshire Regiment Private Joseph Charles Henry MM Royal Fusiliers Serjeant Bertie Richard Moody Wiltshire Regiment Private Albert Edward Sparrow Somerset Light Infantry Private Albert Reginald Stent Somerset Light Infantry Private William Talbot Somerset Light Infantry Driver Edgar James Wilcox Royal Engineers Private A Withey Army Service Corps Frome Vallis Rd - Dissenters Stoker Lionel James Fowler Bennett HMS Vivid Private Percy Herbert Coward Machine Gun Corps Private Everett Ferriday Gloucestershire Regiment Sergeant Edwin Lloyd Dorsetshire Regiment Bombardier Daniel McAuley Royal Field Artillery Quartermaster Serjeant Percy George Macey Devonshire Regiment FROME Stoker 1st Class Herbert Hastings Rose HMS Cambrian GREAT WAR COMMEMORATION Stoker 1st Class Arthur Edgar Smith HMS Vivid Private Frederick James White Devonshire Regiment 2018 Private Percy White Kings (Liverpool) Regiment Frome Christ Church REMEMBRANCE WALK Corporal Cyril Starr Allen Royal Welsh Fusiliers Gunner William Percy Avenell Royal Field Artillery Private Frederick Charles Crook Somerset Light Infantry There are 35 Commonwealth Private Graham Grant Gloucestershire Regiment War Graves Commission graves Private Jack Hallett Royal Irish Dragoon Guards Driver Arthur Heathfeld Royal Field Artillery from the Great War in Frome – Private Henry James Maidment Somerset Light Infantry at St John’s, Holy Trinity, Christ Colour Sergeant John Duncan Paulin Border Regiment Church, and the Dissenters’ Private Edward Arthur James Pike Army Service Corps Bandsman William James Pothecary Seaforth Highlanders Cemetery. This walk takes you Private Thomas Singer Somerset Light Infantry to these Great War graves. Private Walter Charles Sparey Somerset Light Infantry Each cemetery will have the Great War graves marked with a cross. .

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