Private Norman Pipe
Private Norman Pipe 2nd/5th Somerset Light Infantry, attached ot 2nd Dorset Regiment. He lived in Owl Street, East Lambrook - in a cottage that has been demolished. He was amongst the allied soldiers who were besieged at the town of Kut-al-Amara, in the Basra province of Iraq. They surrendered after many months of reduced rations, suffering from starvation, scurvy and dysentry and were taken prisoner, then forced to march through the desert. There was terrible loss of life, and many didn't survive the march or captivity. The photo is on a postcard that was sent home to his mother. The first lines on the back read :"Just a few words to tell you that I am all right". He died age 21 in April 1916.
