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Swindon connection
Swindon connection
People who were born, lived or worked in Swindon, Wiltshire, or who had a parent who lived there. Swindon was a railway town so almost all would have been employed by the Great Western Railway. Most served in the Wiltshire Regiment or Royal Engineers but some served in other branches of the armed forces, including the Royal Navy. If you know of people who you'd like to add to this Community, please contact me -- Bryan Pready (email bryan DOT pready AT btinternet DOT com) or via the message service on this site -- see top right of this screen. If you have more information about any of them, you can add it yourself to their life stories.
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Born 1900
Died 1918
British Army TRG/45203 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 52nd Battalion
More about Cyril Gordon Webb -
Born 1891
Died 1916
British Army 94706 Driver Royal Field Artillery 52nd Brigade
More about Herbert Charles Hillard -
Born 1893
Died 1915
British Army 10981 Private Wiltshire Regiment
British Army 10981 Lance Corporal Wiltshire Regiment 1st. Battalion
British Army 10981 Lance Corporal Wiltshire Regiment
More about William Stephen Leggett -
Born 1892
Died 1915
British Army 1800 Driver Royal Army Medical Corps 1st South Western Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance
More about Ernest Lambourne -
Born 1896
Died 1917
British Army 20795 Private Wiltshire Regiment 2nd Battalion
More about William Edward Hedges -
Born 1896
Died 1963
Royal Navy F11899 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Naval Air Service
Air Force (RAF/RFC) 211899 Air Mechanic 2nd Class
British Army 2699 Driver Royal Field Artillery 3rd Wessex Brigade (TF)
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More about William Edward Whatley -
Born 1884
Died 1952
British Army 7142 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion
More about Albert Froud -
Born 1891
Died 1915
British Army 10221 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion
British Army 10221 Private Wiltshire Regiment
More about George William Bathe -
Born 1890
Died 1917
British Army 11547 Private Wiltshire Regiment
British Army 11547 Corporal Wiltshire Regiment
British Army 11547 Lance Serjeant Wiltshire Regiment 2nd Battalion
More about Arthur George John Pelling -
Born 1886
Died 1965
British Army 7192 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion
More about William Thomas Lester -
Born 1889
British Army 7922 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion
More about Herbert Thomas Smith -
Born 1896
Died 1918
British Army G-71752 Private Royal Fusiliers
British Army 205626 L/Cpl. London Regiment 1st Battalion
British Army 205626 Lance Corporal London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
More about William Edward Painter -
Born 1897
Died 1918
Royal Navy F13545 Air Mechanic 1st.Class. Royal Naval Air Service
Air Force (RAF/RFC) 213545 Air Mechanic II E
Air Force (RAF/RFC) 213545 Air Mechanic I
More about Charles Henry Wiltshire -
Born 1893
Died 1972
British Army 520106 Sapper Royal Engineers Wiltshire (Fortress) Company
More about Ernest Frank Culling -
Born 1896
Died 1918
British Army 541 Private Wiltshire Regiment
British Army 29199 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers 6th.Battalion
More about James Charles Hugh Fisher -
Born 1894
Died 1917
British Army 19472 Private Wiltshire Regiment 7th Battalion
More about Arthur Launcelot Darling -
Born 1894
Died 1918
British Army T/550 Sapper Royal Engineers
British Army 520309 Sapper Royal Engineers Wiltshire (Fortress) Company
More about Joseph Henry Edwards -
Born 1899
Died 1918
Air Force (RAF/RFC) 234368 Air Mechanic 2nd Class
Air Force (RAF/RFC) 234368 Air Mechanic 2nd Class No. 1 School of Navigation and Bomb Dropping
More about Frederick Clarence Whatley -
Born 1893
Died 1915
British Army 46274 Sapper Royal Engineers 89th Field Coy.
More about Harry Asher Southwell -
Born 1887
Died 1946
British Army T213 Sapper Royal Engineers
British Army 520089 Sapper Royal Engineers Wiltshire (Fortress) Company
More about Francis George Perry