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Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire [35]

Bradford On Avon, Wiltshire [27]

Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire [16]

Bradford-On-Avon, Wiltshire [3]

Bradford On Avon, Wiltshire, England [1]

Bradford on Avon,Wiltshire. [1]

Near Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire [1]

Winsley, Bradford On Avon, Wiltshire [1]

Rank

Private [11]

Able Seaman [3]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Artificer Engineer [1]

Commissioned Engineer [1]

Corporal [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4c [1]

Gunner [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Storekeeper [1]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Wiltshire Regiment [2]

420th Agricultural Company Labour Corps [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

H.M.S. "Birmingham" [1]

HMS GALATEA [1]

HMS HAMPSHIRE [1]

HMS Hercules [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS Niger [1]

HMS PORPOISE [1]

Mercantile Marine Reserve, H.M.S. "Alcantara" [1]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS VALIANT [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1]

Somerset Light Infantry [1]

Welsh Regiment [1]

Young Mens Christian Association [1]

Service

Royal Navy [43]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [26]

British Army [11]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [11]

H [10]

B [9]

D [8]

W [8]

S [6]

C [5]

G [5]

P [5]

A [3]

J [3]

N [3]

L [2]

R [2]

T [2]

E [1]

O [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [82]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

Canada [1]

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People [85] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire [35] Bradford On Avon, Wiltshire [27] Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire [16] Bradford-On-Avon, Wiltshire [3] Bradford On Avon, Wiltshire, England [1] Bradford on Avon,Wiltshire. [1] Near Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire [1] Winsley, Bradford On Avon, Wiltshire [1]

Rank

Private [11] Able Seaman [3] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2] Acting Corporal [1] Artificer Engineer [1] Commissioned Engineer [1] Corporal [1] Deck Hand [1] Engine Room Artificer 4c [1] Gunner [1] Lieutenant [1] Rifleman [1] Storekeeper [1]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [3] South Wales Borderers [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Wiltshire Regiment [2] 420th Agricultural Company Labour Corps [1] Australian Infantry [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Birmingham" [1] HMS GALATEA [1] HMS HAMPSHIRE [1] HMS Hercules [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS Niger [1] HMS PORPOISE [1] Mercantile Marine Reserve, H.M.S. "Alcantara" [1] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS VALIANT [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1] Somerset Light Infantry [1] Welsh Regiment [1] Young Mens Christian Association [1]

Service

Royal Navy [43] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [26] British Army [11] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Australian Imperial Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [11] H [10] B [9] D [8] W [8] S [6] C [5] G [5] P [5] A [3] J [3] N [3] L [2] R [2] T [2] E [1] O [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [82] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [7] Canada [1]

Percy Wilson Harding

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 160231

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Cecil Hubert Harman

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262150

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John Holmes Dotesio

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 202679 Corporal Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 29780 Corporal Somerset Light Infantry

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William Giles

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 3234 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 331411 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 331411 Rifleman Hampshire Regiment 1/8th Battalion

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William Redding

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 287040

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Desmond Harry Coward

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 297291

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Alfred George Grist

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 180583

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Edward Connery

Born 1888

British Army 244630 Private 420th Agricultural Company Labour Corps

British Army 9392 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 9392 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Samuel Herbert Edmonds

Born 1878

Died 1916

Other Empire Force Storekeeper Mercantile Marine Reserve, H.M.S. "Alcantara"

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Charles Herbert Dainton

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6144

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Leonard Victor Dainton

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 165057

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Herbert Martin

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 238078

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Gilbert Alan Crouch

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 21081

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Henry Helps

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 297275

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Leno John Whatley

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 297293

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Sidney Herbert Walton

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 298903

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Herbert William Howell

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 298902

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Ernest Leonard Simms

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 304205

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Frank Arthur Hawkins

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 303768

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Edgar Charles Summers

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 16190 Private Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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