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Highworth,Wiltshire. [137]

Highworth, Wiltshire [76]

Highworth Wiltshire [53]

Highworth Wiltshire. [28]

Highworth,Wiltshire [24]

Swindon,Highworth,Wiltshire. [19]

Highworth, Swindon, Wiltshire [9]

Blunsdon,Highworth,Wiltshire. [3]

Wroughton,Highworth,Wiltshire. [3]

Stratton st Margaret,Highworth,Wiltshire. [2]

Swindon Highworth Wiltshire [2]

Swindon,Highworth Wiltshire. [2]

Castle Eaton, Highworth, Wiltshire [1]

Coleshill, near Highworth, Wiltshire [1]

HIGHWORTH, Swindon, Wiltshire [1]

Hampton, Highworth, Wiltshire [1]

Hampton,Highworth,Wiltshire. [1]

Hannington Wick, Highworth, Wiltshire [1]

Haydon Wick,Highworth,Wiltshire. [1]

Highworth Registration District Wiltshire [1]

Highworth near Swindon Wiltshire [1]

Highworth, Swindon, Wiltshire. [1]

Highworth,Swindon,Wiltshire. [1]

Hodson, Chisledon, Highworth, Wiltshire [1]

Rodbourne Cheyney,Highworth,Wiltshire. [1]

Rodbourne,Highworth,Wiltshire. [1]

Stratton Highworth Wiltshire [1]

Stratton St Margaret, Highworth, Wiltshire [1]

Stratton St Margarets,Highworth,Wiltshire. [1]

Swindon Highworth Wiltshire. [1]

Swindon, Highworth, Wiltshire [1]

Wroughton, Highworth, Wiltshire [1]

Rank

Private [243]

Lance Corporal [26]

Corporal [23]

Serjeant [23]

Sapper [19]

Driver [15]

Gunner [14]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Captain [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant Major [2]

Bombardier [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lance Sergeant [2]

Pioneer [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bearer [1]

Chaplain [1]

Chaplain and Instructor Commander [1]

Chaplain and Naval Instructor [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Drummer [1]

Fitter Corporal [1]

Instructor Commander [1]

L/Cpl. [1]

Lance Corporal. [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lance corporal [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Naval Instructor [1]

Pilot [1]

Private Guardsman [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sargeant [1]

Trooper [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

lance/corporal [1]

Unit

Wiltshire Regiment [156]

Royal Engineers [26]

Royal Field Artillery [26]

Gloucestershire Regiment [15]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [14]

Royal Army Medical Corps [10]

Army Service Corps [9]

Somerset Light Infantry [9]

Dorsetshire Regiment [8]

Coldstream Guards [7]

Worcestershire Regiment [7]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Royal West Kent Regiment [4]

Wiltshire Regiment. [4]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

London Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps. [3]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

Tank Corps [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

Worcestershire Regiment. [2]

10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars [1]

10th.Hussars [1]

17th. Tank Corps [1]

1st Household Battalion [1]

4th. Liverpool Regiment [1]

7th. Battalion. Tank Corps [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Service Corps Transport [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Canadian Infantry,Manitoba Regiment. [1]

Service

British Army [337]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22]

Royal Navy [19]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

S [50]

B [39]

H [38]

W [31]

M [27]

C [25]

L [24]

G [23]

T [18]

P [16]

D [15]

F [12]

J [11]

A [10]

E [7]

R [7]

K [6]

N [5]

I [4]

O [3]

U [3]

V [3]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [371]

Country

United Kingdom [312]

South Africa [21]

Germany [20]

Australia [1]

France [1]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

Malta [1]

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People [378] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Highworth,Wiltshire. [137] Highworth, Wiltshire [76] Highworth Wiltshire [53] Highworth Wiltshire. [28] Highworth,Wiltshire [24] Swindon,Highworth,Wiltshire. [19] Highworth, Swindon, Wiltshire [9] Blunsdon,Highworth,Wiltshire. [3] Wroughton,Highworth,Wiltshire. [3] Stratton st Margaret,Highworth,Wiltshire. [2] Swindon Highworth Wiltshire [2] Swindon,Highworth Wiltshire. [2] Castle Eaton, Highworth, Wiltshire [1] Coleshill, near Highworth, Wiltshire [1] HIGHWORTH, Swindon, Wiltshire [1] Hampton, Highworth, Wiltshire [1] Hampton,Highworth,Wiltshire. [1] Hannington Wick, Highworth, Wiltshire [1] Haydon Wick,Highworth,Wiltshire. [1] Highworth Registration District Wiltshire [1] Highworth near Swindon Wiltshire [1] Highworth, Swindon, Wiltshire. [1] Highworth,Swindon,Wiltshire. [1] Hodson, Chisledon, Highworth, Wiltshire [1] Rodbourne Cheyney,Highworth,Wiltshire. [1] Rodbourne,Highworth,Wiltshire. [1] Stratton Highworth Wiltshire [1] Stratton St Margaret, Highworth, Wiltshire [1] Stratton St Margarets,Highworth,Wiltshire. [1] Swindon Highworth Wiltshire. [1] Swindon, Highworth, Wiltshire [1] Wroughton, Highworth, Wiltshire [1]

Rank

Private [243] Lance Corporal [26] Corporal [23] Serjeant [23] Sapper [19] Driver [15] Gunner [14] Second Lieutenant [6] Captain [3] Lieutenant [3] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Acting Staff Serjeant Major [2] Bombardier [2] Guardsman [2] Lance Sergeant [2] Pioneer [2] 2nd Corporal [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bearer [1] Chaplain [1] Chaplain and Instructor Commander [1] Chaplain and Naval Instructor [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Drummer [1] Fitter Corporal [1] Instructor Commander [1] L/Cpl. [1] Lance Corporal. [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lance corporal [1] Leading Seaman [1] Naval Instructor [1] Pilot [1] Private Guardsman [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Rifleman [1] Sargeant [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] lance/corporal [1]

Unit

Wiltshire Regiment [156] Royal Engineers [26] Royal Field Artillery [26] Gloucestershire Regiment [15] Royal Berkshire Regiment [14] Royal Army Medical Corps [10] Army Service Corps [9] Somerset Light Infantry [9] Dorsetshire Regiment [8] Coldstream Guards [7] Worcestershire Regiment [7] Machine Gun Corps [6] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Royal West Kent Regiment [4] Wiltshire Regiment. [4] Devonshire Regiment [3] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3] Grenadier Guards [3] London Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Army Medical Corps. [3] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] Tank Corps [3] Welsh Regiment [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] South Wales Borderers [2] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] Worcestershire Regiment. [2] 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars [1] 10th.Hussars [1] 17th. Tank Corps [1] 1st Household Battalion [1] 4th. Liverpool Regiment [1] 7th. Battalion. Tank Corps [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Service Corps Transport [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Canadian Infantry,Manitoba Regiment. [1]

Service

British Army [337] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22] Royal Navy [19] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

S [50] B [39] H [38] W [31] M [27] C [25] L [24] G [23] T [18] P [16] D [15] F [12] J [11] A [10] E [7] R [7] K [6] N [5] I [4] O [3] U [3] V [3] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [371]

Country

United Kingdom [312] South Africa [21] Germany [20] Australia [1] France [1] India [1] Ireland [1] Malta [1]

John Butler

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 125 Sapper Royal Engineers Wiltshire (Fortress) Company

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William John Bennett Jefferies

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 9408 Private Wiltshire Regiment 5th Battalion

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Alfred Tarrant

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 4/2195 Private Hampshire Regiment 1/4th (T.F.) Battalion.

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Edwin Riley Whitman

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 18441 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 18481 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Arthur Edward Read

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 10673 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 10673 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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James Frederick Cowley

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 1024 Corporal Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 200106 Serjeant Wiltshire Regiment 1st/4th Battallion

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Thomas Loveridge

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 3231 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Percy Seager

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army 7016 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 7016 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st.Battalion.

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Herbert Henry Williams

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army Captain Wiltshire Regiment

British Army Captain Wiltshire Regiment 6th.Battalion.

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Henry Morse

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 2096 Private Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry.

British Army 203315 Private Wiltshire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 203315 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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Ernest Allen Fraylen

Born 1866

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 409312

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Edgar Frank Baker

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 14146 Private Wiltshire Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 14146 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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Walter Forest

Born 1882

Died 1914

British Army 20149 Fitter Corporal Royal Field Artillery

British Army 20149 Fitter Corporal Royal Field Artillery 70th Battery.

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Edgar George Norton

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 15390 Private Coldstream Guards 2nd Battalion

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Horace Lett Golby

Born 1887

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 123583 Air Mechanic 2nd Class

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Albert Edward Cook

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 19170 Private Wiltshire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 19170 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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Albert Harry Cox

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 11615 Private Wiltshire Regiment 5th Battalion

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Frank Gough

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 9409 Private Wiltshire Regiment 5th Battalion

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William Herbert Bathe

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army GS/55130 Private Royal Fusiliers 4th Battalion

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Henry James Pitt - As Henry Eggleton

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 26636 Private Guardsman Grenadier Guards 1st. Battalion

British Army 26636 Private Grenadier Guards

British Army 26636 Private Grenadier Guards, attached Guards Divisional Signal Company

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