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Swindon, Wiltshire [1338]

Swindon England [83]

Swindon,Wilts. [27]

Swindon [26]

Swindon,Highworth,Wiltshire. [19]

Swindon,Highworth,Wilts. [12]

Swindon, Wilts [10]

Highworth, Swindon, Wiltshire [9]

Near Swindon, Wiltshire [9]

Swindon, Wiltshire, England [7]

Wroughton, Swindon, Wiltshire [7]

Purton, Swindon, Wiltshire [6]

Stratton St Margaret, Swindon, Wiltshire [6]

New Swindon, Wiltshire [5]

Rodbourne, Swindon, Wiltshire [4]

Swindon, Berkshire [4]

Gorse Hill, Swindon, Wiltshire [3]

Haydon Wick, Swindon, Wiltshire [3]

Highworth,Swindon. [3]

Swindon Wiltshire [3]

Highworth Swindon Wilts [2]

Highworth, Swindon [2]

Highworth,Swindon,Wilts. [2]

Kingsdown, Stratton St Margaret, near Swindon, Wiltshire [2]

Lydiard Tregoze, Swindon, Wiltshire [2]

Old Swindon, Wiltshire [2]

Old Town, Swindon, Wiltshire [2]

Purton West Swindon, Wiltshire [2]

Purton, Swindon, Wilts [2]

Rodbourne, Swindon, Wilts [2]

SWINDON,WILTS [2]

St Barnabas, Swindon, Wilts [2]

Stratton st Margarets,Swindon,Wilts [2]

Swindon Highworth Wiltshire [2]

Swindon Wilts [2]

Swindon, Gloucestershire [2]

Swindon, London [2]

Swindon, Staffordshire [2]

Swindon, Wiltshire. [2]

Swindon,Highworth Wiltshire. [2]

Wanborough, Swindon, Wiltshire [2]

Aldbourne, Swindon, Wiltshire [1]

Ashton Keynes, Swindon, Wiltshire [1]

Baydon, Swindon, Wiltshire [1]

Berwick Bassett, near Swindon, Wiltshire [1]

Bishopstone, Swindon, Wiltshire [1]

Blunsdon,Swindon,Wilts. [1]

Brinkworth, near Swindon, Wiltshire [1]

Broad Hinton Vicarage, Swindon, Wiltshire [1]

Broad Hinton, Swindon [1]

Rank

Private [262]

Sapper [137]

Lance Corporal [30]

Gunner [27]

Serjeant [25]

Corporal [23]

Able Seaman [18]

Driver [16]

Stoker 1st Class [12]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Acting Corporal [10]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [7]

Sergeant [6]

Leading Stoker [5]

Ordinary Seaman [5]

Aircraftsman 2nd Class [3]

Captain [3]

Corporal 2nd [3]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [3]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Pioneer [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Chaplain to the Forces [2]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2]

Company Sergeant Major [2]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2]

Fitter [2]

Lance Sergeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Reverend [2]

Rifleman [2]

Second Corporal [2]

2/Private [1]

A/Cpl [1]

Acting Chaplain to the Forces [1]

Acting Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1]

Acting Second Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Wiltshire Regiment [169]

Royal Engineers [159]

Royal Field Artillery [31]

Machine Gun Corps [13]

Army Service Corps [10]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

Hampshire Regiment [7]

Labour Corps [7]

Royal Air Force [7]

Royal Naval Air Service [7]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [6]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [6]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6]

HMS BELLEROPHON [5]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Somerset Light Infantry [5]

South Wales Borderers [5]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

Dorsetshire Regiment [4]

HMS THUNDERER [4]

HMS TIGER [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry [4]

HMS INVINCIBLE [3]

HMS LION [3]

HMS Monmouth [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

HMS Defence [2]

HMS Erin [2]

HMS Good Hope [2]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [2]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

HMS Queen Mary [2]

HMS Vanguard [2]

HMS Vivid [2]

Service

Royal Navy [728]

British Army [473]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [442]

Australian Imperial Force [85]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

H [211]

B [165]

S [151]

C [139]

W [134]

P [117]

M [103]

T [95]

R [91]

G [82]

L [76]

A [58]

D [55]

F [54]

E [43]

K [39]

J [37]

N [25]

V [14]

O [13]

Y [9]

I [7]

Q [2]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1676]

Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [290]

South Africa [51]

Germany [16]

Ireland [3]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

Turkey [1]

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Place of birth

Swindon, Wiltshire [1338] Swindon England [83] Swindon,Wilts. [27] Swindon [26] Swindon,Highworth,Wiltshire. [19] Swindon,Highworth,Wilts. [12] Swindon, Wilts [10] Highworth, Swindon, Wiltshire [9] Near Swindon, Wiltshire [9] Swindon, Wiltshire, England [7] Wroughton, Swindon, Wiltshire [7] Purton, Swindon, Wiltshire [6] Stratton St Margaret, Swindon, Wiltshire [6] New Swindon, Wiltshire [5] Rodbourne, Swindon, Wiltshire [4] Swindon, Berkshire [4] Gorse Hill, Swindon, Wiltshire [3] Haydon Wick, Swindon, Wiltshire [3] Highworth,Swindon. [3] Swindon Wiltshire [3] Highworth Swindon Wilts [2] Highworth, Swindon [2] Highworth,Swindon,Wilts. [2] Kingsdown, Stratton St Margaret, near Swindon, Wiltshire [2] Lydiard Tregoze, Swindon, Wiltshire [2] Old Swindon, Wiltshire [2] Old Town, Swindon, Wiltshire [2] Purton West Swindon, Wiltshire [2] Purton, Swindon, Wilts [2] Rodbourne, Swindon, Wilts [2] SWINDON,WILTS [2] St Barnabas, Swindon, Wilts [2] Stratton st Margarets,Swindon,Wilts [2] Swindon Highworth Wiltshire [2] Swindon Wilts [2] Swindon, Gloucestershire [2] Swindon, London [2] Swindon, Staffordshire [2] Swindon, Wiltshire. [2] Swindon,Highworth Wiltshire. [2] Wanborough, Swindon, Wiltshire [2] Aldbourne, Swindon, Wiltshire [1] Ashton Keynes, Swindon, Wiltshire [1] Baydon, Swindon, Wiltshire [1] Berwick Bassett, near Swindon, Wiltshire [1] Bishopstone, Swindon, Wiltshire [1] Blunsdon,Swindon,Wilts. [1] Brinkworth, near Swindon, Wiltshire [1] Broad Hinton Vicarage, Swindon, Wiltshire [1] Broad Hinton, Swindon [1]

Rank

Private [262] Sapper [137] Lance Corporal [30] Gunner [27] Serjeant [25] Corporal [23] Able Seaman [18] Driver [16] Stoker 1st Class [12] Second Lieutenant [11] Acting Corporal [10] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [7] Sergeant [6] Leading Stoker [5] Ordinary Seaman [5] Aircraftsman 2nd Class [3] Captain [3] Corporal 2nd [3] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [3] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3] Lieutenant [3] Pioneer [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Chaplain to the Forces [2] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2] Company Sergeant Major [2] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2] Fitter [2] Lance Sergeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Petty Officer [2] Reverend [2] Rifleman [2] Second Corporal [2] 2/Private [1] A/Cpl [1] Acting Chaplain to the Forces [1] Acting Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1] Acting Second Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Wiltshire Regiment [169] Royal Engineers [159] Royal Field Artillery [31] Machine Gun Corps [13] Army Service Corps [10] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] Hampshire Regiment [7] Labour Corps [7] Royal Air Force [7] Royal Naval Air Service [7] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Royal Berkshire Regiment [6] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [6] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6] HMS BELLEROPHON [5] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Somerset Light Infantry [5] South Wales Borderers [5] Devonshire Regiment [4] Dorsetshire Regiment [4] HMS THUNDERER [4] HMS TIGER [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry [4] HMS INVINCIBLE [3] HMS LION [3] HMS Monmouth [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Canadian Infantry [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] HMS Defence [2] HMS Erin [2] HMS Good Hope [2] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [2] HMS INFLEXIBLE [2] HMS Impregnable [2] HMS Queen Mary [2] HMS Vanguard [2] HMS Vivid [2]

Service

Royal Navy [728] British Army [473] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [442] Australian Imperial Force [85] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

H [211] B [165] S [151] C [139] W [134] P [117] M [103] T [95] R [91] G [82] L [76] A [58] D [55] F [54] E [43] K [39] J [37] N [25] V [14] O [13] Y [9] I [7] Q [2] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1676] Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [290] South Africa [51] Germany [16] Ireland [3] Australia [1] Canada [1] Turkey [1]

The Revd. Thomas Sidney Goudge, M.a.

Born 1870

Died 1954

British Army Acting Chaplain to the Forces Army Chaplains' Department Woolwich

British Army Chaplain to the Forces Army Chaplains' Department Stanhope Lines, Aldershot

British Army Acting Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class Army Chaplains' Department South Africa

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George Allen Birks

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 7432 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps

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Arthur William Loveday

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 6975 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 6975 Company Sergeant Major Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Allan James Mapson

Born 1883

Died 1937

British Army 69621 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 69621 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 69621 Serjeant Royal Engineers

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Albert Edward Price

Born 1896

Died 1958

British Army 8102 Driver Royal Field Artillery 119

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William James Tanner

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 22649 Private Wiltshire Regiment No. 1 Infantry Works Company

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Frederick Charles Coleman

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army Wiltshire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 6th Wiltshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Wiltshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Heber Henry Turton

Born 1888

Died 1954

Royal Navy 233350 Petty Officer HMS. BARHAM

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Arthur Launcelot Darling

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 19472 Private Wiltshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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William J Ackrill

Born 1885

British Army 193280 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Percy Harold Comley

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 218815 Sapper Royal Engineers No.2 Lt Railway ,Op Coy.

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Clarence Victor Robert Shadwell

Born 1900

Died 1981

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 295180 Air Mechanic 3 Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 295180 Aircraftman 2 Royal Air Force

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William Henry Coleman

Born 1898

Died 1976

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 60132

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2/Private

Air Force (RAF/RFC) A/Cpl

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Frederick Loveday

Born 1889

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 11201 Air Mechanic 1st Class

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Ralph Allen Partridge

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 97132 Private Royal Army Medical Corps K Company

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Sidney Hall

Born 1874

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 288146

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 288146 Air Mechanic 3rd Class Royal Air Force

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Frederick Cecil Ansty

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 10293 Private Wiltshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Arthur George Tyler

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 3636 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Albert Froud

Born 1884

Died 1952

British Army 7142 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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John Bowles

Born 1868

Died 1951

British Army 873 Private Wiltshire Regiment Deopt

British Army 873 Private Wiltshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 284940 Private Labour Corps 637 Company

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