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Devizes, Wiltshire [276]

Devizes, Wiltshire, England [15]

Devizes England [13]

Devizes [5]

Potterne, Devizes, Wiltshire [5]

West Lavington, Devizes, Wiltshire [4]

Devizes Wiltshire [2]

Devizes, Devon [2]

Devizes, Wilts [2]

Saint Devizes, Cornwall [2]

Stert, Devizes, Wiltshire [2]

Bromham, Devizes, Wiltshire [1]

Bulkington, Devizes, Wiltshire [1]

DEVIZES [1]

Devizes Wilts [1]

Devizes Wilts England [1]

Devizes, Cornwall [1]

Devizes, Hampshire [1]

Devizes,Wilts [1]

Devizes,Wilts. [1]

Devizes,Wiltshire [1]

Devizes,Wiltshire. [1]

Enford, Devizes, Wiltshire [1]

Etchilhampton, Devizes, Wiltshire [1]

Great Cheverell, Near Devizes, Wiltshire [1]

Hartmoor, Devizes, Wiltshire [1]

Market Lavington, Devizes, Wiltshire [1]

Market, Devizes [1]

Normansland Devizes Wiltshire [1]

Patney, Devizes, Wiltshire [1]

Potterne, Devizes [1]

Rodbourn Cheney, Devizes, Wiltshire [1]

Rowde, Devizes, Wiltshire [1]

St James, Devizes, Wiltshire [1]

Stert,Devizes,Wilts. [1]

Tilshead, Devizes, Wiltshire [1]

West Lavington, Devizes, wilts [1]

West Lavington,Devizes,Wilts. [1]

Rank

Private [37]

Serjeant [8]

Captain [6]

Corporal [6]

Lieutenant [6]

Lance Corporal [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Sergeant [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Company Sergeant Major [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Gunner [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Sapper [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Cadet [1]

Cook's Mate 2nd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

First Lieutenant [1]

Flight Commissary [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Rifleman [1]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [1]

Stoker Second Class [1]

Surgeon Lieutenant Commander [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Wiltshire Regiment [20]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [5]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

HMS INVINCIBLE [2]

HMS MALAYA [2]

HMS QUEEN MARY [2]

Royal Fleet Reserve [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

(R.F.R. Dev. B. 1939) H.M.S. "Vivid." [1]

2nd York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

6th Dragoon Guards [1]

6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers) [1]

90th Punjabis [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

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

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

H.M.S. Victory. [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS Fearless [1]

HMS Goliath [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS Hardy [1]

HMS King George [1]

HMS Mischief [1]

HMS Paragon [an Acasta-class destroyer] [1]

HMS SHARK [1]

HMS THUNDERER [1]

HMS Victory [1]

HMS Victory I [a shore base at Portsmouth Hampshire] [1]

HMS Victory II [1]

HMS Vivid [1]

Hussars [1]

King's (Liverpool Regiment) [1]

London Regiment [1]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1]

Machine Gun Corp [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [198]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [70]

British Army [56]

Australian Imperial Force [14]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [40]

C [38]

H [38]

G [32]

M [30]

W [30]

S [27]

D [19]

P [18]

R [18]

L [13]

A [11]

N [8]

E [7]

K [7]

T [7]

F [5]

U [5]

J [2]

Contribution

Military Service [331]

Merchant Navy [14]

Country

United Kingdom [36]

South Africa [3]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Devizes, Wiltshire [276] Devizes, Wiltshire, England [15] Devizes England [13] Devizes [5] Potterne, Devizes, Wiltshire [5] West Lavington, Devizes, Wiltshire [4] Devizes Wiltshire [2] Devizes, Devon [2] Devizes, Wilts [2] Saint Devizes, Cornwall [2] Stert, Devizes, Wiltshire [2] Bromham, Devizes, Wiltshire [1] Bulkington, Devizes, Wiltshire [1] DEVIZES [1] Devizes Wilts [1] Devizes Wilts England [1] Devizes, Cornwall [1] Devizes, Hampshire [1] Devizes,Wilts [1] Devizes,Wilts. [1] Devizes,Wiltshire [1] Devizes,Wiltshire. [1] Enford, Devizes, Wiltshire [1] Etchilhampton, Devizes, Wiltshire [1] Great Cheverell, Near Devizes, Wiltshire [1] Hartmoor, Devizes, Wiltshire [1] Market Lavington, Devizes, Wiltshire [1] Market, Devizes [1] Normansland Devizes Wiltshire [1] Patney, Devizes, Wiltshire [1] Potterne, Devizes [1] Rodbourn Cheney, Devizes, Wiltshire [1] Rowde, Devizes, Wiltshire [1] St James, Devizes, Wiltshire [1] Stert,Devizes,Wilts. [1] Tilshead, Devizes, Wiltshire [1] West Lavington, Devizes, wilts [1] West Lavington,Devizes,Wilts. [1]

Rank

Private [37] Serjeant [8] Captain [6] Corporal [6] Lieutenant [6] Lance Corporal [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Able Seaman [4] Sergeant [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Company Sergeant Major [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Gunner [2] Leading Seaman [2] Sapper [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Cadet [1] Cook's Mate 2nd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1] First Lieutenant [1] Flight Commissary [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Petty Officer [1] Rifleman [1] Shoeing Smith Corporal [1] Stoker Second Class [1] Surgeon Lieutenant Commander [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Wiltshire Regiment [20] Royal Berkshire Regiment [5] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] South Wales Borderers [3] Army Service Corps [2] HMS INVINCIBLE [2] HMS MALAYA [2] HMS QUEEN MARY [2] Royal Fleet Reserve [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] (R.F.R. Dev. B. 1939) H.M.S. "Vivid." [1] 2nd York and Lancaster Regiment [1] 6th Dragoon Guards [1] 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers) [1] 90th Punjabis [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] H.M.S. "Victory" [1] H.M.S. Victory. [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS Fearless [1] HMS Goliath [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS Hardy [1] HMS King George [1] HMS Mischief [1] HMS Paragon [an Acasta-class destroyer] [1] HMS SHARK [1] HMS THUNDERER [1] HMS Victory [1] HMS Victory I [a shore base at Portsmouth Hampshire] [1] HMS Victory II [1] HMS Vivid [1] Hussars [1] King's (Liverpool Regiment) [1] London Regiment [1] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1] Machine Gun Corp [1] Manchester Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [198] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [70] British Army [56] Australian Imperial Force [14] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [40] C [38] H [38] G [32] M [30] W [30] S [27] D [19] P [18] R [18] L [13] A [11] N [8] E [7] K [7] T [7] F [5] U [5] J [2]

Contribution

Military Service [331] Merchant Navy [14]

Country

United Kingdom [36] South Africa [3] Canada [1]

William Henry Raine

Born 1896

Died 1941

British Army Private Wiltshire Regiment 8th

British Army Lance Corporal Wiltshire Regiment 8th

British Army Wiltshire Regiment 8th

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Frederic Harry Humby

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 14/692 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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John Claude Raine

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 18950 Corporal Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 18950 Acting Serjeant Wiltshire Regiment

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Alfred Farr Shadwell

Born 1890

Died 1980

British Army 90113 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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William Charles Shadwell

Born 1884

Died 1917

Royal Navy J53836 Ordinary Seaman HMS Victory I [a shore base at Portsmouth Hampshire]

Royal Navy J53836 Ordinary Seaman HMS Paragon [an Acasta-class destroyer]

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Frank Stooke

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 11811 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Harold Charles Ponting

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 5541 Private King's (Liverpool Regiment) 10th Battalion

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Thomas William Bailey

Born 1874

Died 1917

British Army 105 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 520019 Sapper Royal Engineers 565th (Wilts) Army Troops Company

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Herbert John Weston

Born 1895

Died 1980

British Army 23573 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Cecil Henry Weston

Born 1898

Died 1971

British Army 18915 Private Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 015192 Private Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 18915

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Samuel James Raine

Born 1895

Died 1966

Canadian Expeditionary Force 29004

Canadian Expeditionary Force 29004 Sergeant 16th Battalion

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Thorold Perkins

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 7422 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army Flight Commissary Royal Flying Corps

British Army Captain Royal Flying Corps 41 Squadron

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James Hayward

Born 1890

Died 1965

British Army 75200 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

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Eric Laurence Arthur Hart Burges

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Wiltshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Wiltshire Regiment att. 2nd (99th Foot) Battalion

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Arthur Murray Stewart Tordiffe

Born 1879

Died 1918

South African Services 738 Sergeant South African Infantry 4th Regt

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Robert William Bridewell

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 4938 Private London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

British Army 4938 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 372346 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Alfred Charles Ashfield

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 16400 Corporal Royal Berkshire Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 16400 Lance Corporal Royal Berkshire Regiment 5th Battalion

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Herbert Pendlebury

Born 1890

Died 1919

Royal Navy 239381

Royal Navy 239381 Petty Officer H.M.S. Victory.

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Bertie James Clack

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 64073 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 64073 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps 18th Battalion

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David Robbins

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 3/9085 Serjeant Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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