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Highworth,Wiltshire. [137]

Highworth, Wiltshire [76]

Highworth Wiltshire [53]

Highworth Wiltshire. [28]

Highworth,Wiltshire [24]

Swindon,Highworth,Wiltshire. [19]

Swindon,Highworth,Wilts. [12]

Highworth, Swindon, Wiltshire [9]

Highworth,Wilts. [8]

Highworth [5]

Blunsdon,Highworth,Wiltshire. [3]

Highworth,Swindon. [3]

Wroughton,Highworth,Wiltshire. [3]

HIGHWORTH,WILTS [2]

Highworth Swindon Wilts [2]

Highworth, Swindon [2]

Highworth,Swindon,Wilts. [2]

Highworth,Wilts [2]

Rodbourne,Highworth,Wilts. [2]

Stratton st Margaret,Highworth,Wiltshire. [2]

Swindon Highworth Wiltshire [2]

Swindon,Highworth Wiltshire. [2]

Bishopstone,Highworth,Wilts [1]

Broad Blunsdon, Highworth, Wilts [1]

Castle Eaton, Highworth, Wiltshire [1]

Castle Eaton,Highworth,Wilts [1]

Chiseldon,Highworth,Wilts [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,Wilts. [1]

Haydon Wick,Highworth,Wiltshire. [1]

Haydon Wick,Rodbourne Cheyney,Highworth,Wilts [1]

Highworth England [1]

Highworth Registration District Wiltshire [1]

Highworth Swindon [1]

Highworth near Swindon Wiltshire [1]

Highworth, Swindon, Wiltshire. [1]

Highworth, Wilts [1]

Highworth, nr Swindon, Wilts [1]

Highworth,Swindon,Wilts [1]

Highworth,Swindon,Wiltshire. [1]

Highworth,Swindon.Wilts. [1]

Highworth,Swindon.Wiltshire. [1]

Highworth,Wilts.. [1]

Hodson, Chisledon, Highworth, Wiltshire [1]

Marston,Highworth,Wilts [1]

Rodbourne Cheyney,Highworth,Wiltshire. [1]

Rank

Private [294]

Serjeant [29]

Lance Corporal [28]

Corporal [24]

Sapper [21]

Driver [17]

Gunner [15]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Captain [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

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 Unpaid Lance-Sergeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Band Corporal [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]

Lance-Corporal [1]

Lance-Sergeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Musician [1]

Naval Instructor [1]

PRIVATE [1]

Pilot [1]

Private Guardsman [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sargeant [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

Wiltshire Regiment [194]

Royal Engineers [27]

Royal Field Artillery [27]

Gloucestershire Regiment [16]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [15]

Dorsetshire Regiment [11]

Army Service Corps [10]

Royal Army Medical Corps [10]

Somerset Light Infantry [9]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Coldstream Guards [7]

Worcestershire Regiment [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Wiltshire Regiment. [6]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Royal West Kent Regiment [4]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

London Regiment [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps. [3]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

Tank Corps [3]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Labour Corps [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

Worcestershire Regiment. [2]

Yorkshire 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]

Service

British Army [396]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22]

Royal Navy [20]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

S [54]

H [44]

B [43]

W [35]

M [32]

L [30]

C [29]

G [27]

T [24]

P [20]

F [17]

D [15]

A [13]

J [12]

K [8]

R [8]

E [7]

N [7]

I [4]

O [4]

U [3]

V [3]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [432]

Country

United Kingdom [365]

Germany [24]

South Africa [22]

Ireland [2]

Australia [1]

France [1]

India [1]

Malta [1]

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People [440] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Highworth,Wiltshire. [137] Highworth, Wiltshire [76] Highworth Wiltshire [53] Highworth Wiltshire. [28] Highworth,Wiltshire [24] Swindon,Highworth,Wiltshire. [19] Swindon,Highworth,Wilts. [12] Highworth, Swindon, Wiltshire [9] Highworth,Wilts. [8] Highworth [5] Blunsdon,Highworth,Wiltshire. [3] Highworth,Swindon. [3] Wroughton,Highworth,Wiltshire. [3] HIGHWORTH,WILTS [2] Highworth Swindon Wilts [2] Highworth, Swindon [2] Highworth,Swindon,Wilts. [2] Highworth,Wilts [2] Rodbourne,Highworth,Wilts. [2] Stratton st Margaret,Highworth,Wiltshire. [2] Swindon Highworth Wiltshire [2] Swindon,Highworth Wiltshire. [2] Bishopstone,Highworth,Wilts [1] Broad Blunsdon, Highworth, Wilts [1] Castle Eaton, Highworth, Wiltshire [1] Castle Eaton,Highworth,Wilts [1] Chiseldon,Highworth,Wilts [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,Wilts. [1] Haydon Wick,Highworth,Wiltshire. [1] Haydon Wick,Rodbourne Cheyney,Highworth,Wilts [1] Highworth England [1] Highworth Registration District Wiltshire [1] Highworth Swindon [1] Highworth near Swindon Wiltshire [1] Highworth, Swindon, Wiltshire. [1] Highworth, Wilts [1] Highworth, nr Swindon, Wilts [1] Highworth,Swindon,Wilts [1] Highworth,Swindon,Wiltshire. [1] Highworth,Swindon.Wilts. [1] Highworth,Swindon.Wiltshire. [1] Highworth,Wilts.. [1] Hodson, Chisledon, Highworth, Wiltshire [1] Marston,Highworth,Wilts [1] Rodbourne Cheyney,Highworth,Wiltshire. [1]

Rank

Private [294] Serjeant [29] Lance Corporal [28] Corporal [24] Sapper [21] Driver [17] Gunner [15] Second Lieutenant [7] Captain [4] Lieutenant [4] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] 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 Unpaid Lance-Sergeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Band Corporal [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] Lance-Corporal [1] Lance-Sergeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Musician [1] Naval Instructor [1] PRIVATE [1] Pilot [1] Private Guardsman [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Rifleman [1] Sargeant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

Wiltshire Regiment [194] Royal Engineers [27] Royal Field Artillery [27] Gloucestershire Regiment [16] Royal Berkshire Regiment [15] Dorsetshire Regiment [11] Army Service Corps [10] Royal Army Medical Corps [10] Somerset Light Infantry [9] Machine Gun Corps [8] Coldstream Guards [7] Worcestershire Regiment [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Wiltshire Regiment. [6] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Royal West Kent Regiment [4] Devonshire Regiment [3] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] London Regiment [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Army Medical Corps. [3] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] Tank Corps [3] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [3] Welsh Regiment [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Labour Corps [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry [2] South Wales Borderers [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] Worcestershire Regiment. [2] Yorkshire 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]

Service

British Army [396] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22] Royal Navy [20] Australian Imperial Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

S [54] H [44] B [43] W [35] M [32] L [30] C [29] G [27] T [24] P [20] F [17] D [15] A [13] J [12] K [8] R [8] E [7] N [7] I [4] O [4] U [3] V [3] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [432]

Country

United Kingdom [365] Germany [24] South Africa [22] Ireland [2] Australia [1] France [1] India [1] Malta [1]

John Edward Ernest Buckland

Born 1895

Died 1980

British Army 290 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 520142 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 520142 2nd Corporal Royal Engineers 4 RB

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Edward Clack

Born 1896

Died 1984

British Army 9459 Private Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 9459 Private Wiltshire Regiment 5th (Service) Battalion

British Army 9459 Wiltshire Regiment 6th (Service) Battalion

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William Henry Mapson

Born 1894

British Army 17922 Private Coldstream Guards 5th (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 17922 Private Coldstream Guards 3rd Battalion

British Army 17922 Private Coldstream Guards 5th (Reserve) Battalion

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The Revd. William Henry Goudge, M.a., O.b.e.

Born 1877

Died 1967

Royal Navy Chaplain

Royal Navy Naval Instructor

Royal Navy Chaplain and Naval Instructor HMS Russell

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Frederick Graham Lovelock

Born 1889

Died 1920

British Army 200921 Private Middlesex Regiment 1/7th Battalion

British Army 3428 Private Middlesex Regiment 1/7th Battalion

British Army 200921 Serjeant Middlesex Regiment

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Stanley Llewellyn Jenkins

Born 1880

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 3687 Private Australian Infantry 11th Bn

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Walter James Cornish

Born 1883

Died 1936

British Army 1858 Driver Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force

British Army 870020 Driver Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force

British Army 1858 870020 Essex Regiment 3 WILTS BATTERY

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Maurice Swinnerton Hemsley

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 205671 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 205671 Private Kent Regiment queen's own 7th. (royal west Battalion

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Basil Henry A Eames

Born 1895

British Army 759 Private Dorset Yeomanry

British Army 230158 Serjeant Corps of Hussars

British Army 759 Serjeant Dorset Yeomanry

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Walter John Twining

Born 1884

Died 1914

British Army 23217 Lance Corporal 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars

British Army 23217 Lance Corporal 10th.Hussars

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Cuthbert Lionel William Gibbs

Born 1893

Died 1965

British Army 8832 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army C 461 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 204347 Royal Garrison Artillery

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Charles Howes

Born 1895

Died 1914

British Army 11014 Private South Wales Borderers 1st. Battalion

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Hedley Uriah Loveday

Born 1898

Died 1919

British Army 37199 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 8th Battalion

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Percy Thomas Ricketts

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army 7013 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 7013 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Alfred Owen Birks

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 1/1/4785 Acting Staff Serjeant Major Army Service Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Dorsetshire Regiment

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Joseph Leonard Carter

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 1023 Private Welsh Guards

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James Sharps

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 7135 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 7135 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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Fred Owen Jones

Died 1915

British Army 3/840 Serjeant Wiltshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Alfred Henry Gibbs

Born 1889

Died 1946

British Army 135426 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Joseph Albert Clarke

Born 1889

Died 1978

British Army S/4090956 Private Army Service Corps

British Army S/4090956 Serjeant Army Service Corps Supply

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