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Trowbridge, Wiltshire [246]

Trowbridge England [8]

Trowbridge [7]

Hilperton, Trowbridge, Wiltshire [3]

Trowbridge, Wilts [3]

Holt, Trowbridge, Wiltshire [2]

North Bradley, Trowbridge, Wiltshire [2]

Southwick, Trowbridge, Wiltshire [2]

Staverton, Trowbridge, Wiltshire [2]

Steeple Ashton, Trowbridge, Wiltshire [2]

Trowbridge,Melksham,Wilts. [2]

Hindon, Trowbridge, Wiltshire [1]

Holt Trowbridge, Wiltshire [1]

North Bradley, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, england [1]

Staverton Trowbridge, Hampshire [1]

Trowbridge Wiltshire [1]

Trowbridge Wiltwhire [1]

Trowbridge, England [1]

Trowbridge, Lancashire [1]

Trowbridge,Wilts [1]

West Ashton, Trowbridge, Wiltshire [1]

Wingfield, Trowbridge, Wiltshire [1]

Rank

Private [30]

Able Seaman [9]

Serjeant [5]

Gunner [4]

Leading Seaman [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Sapper [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Captain [2]

Corporal [2]

Driver [2]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Regimental Sergeant Major [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Engine Room Articifer [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Mechanician [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Sergeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [5]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Somerset Light Infantry [5]

Labour Corps [4]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [2]

HMS Monmouth [2]

HMS Queen Mary [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Wiltshire Regiment [2]

45 Squadron [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

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

HM Submarine "L.10" [1]

HM Submarine E10 [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS Carnarvon [1]

HMS Erin [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

HMS NESSUS [1]

HMS PORPOISE [1]

HMS PRINCESS ROYAL [1]

HMS Pegasus [1]

HMS Superb [1]

HMS TIPPERARY [1]

HMS Tiger [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

North Somerset Yeomanry [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Princess Charlotte Of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Fleet Reserve [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Service

Royal Navy [158]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [77]

British Army [43]

Australian Imperial Force [8]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

B [37]

H [33]

S [24]

C [23]

G [23]

M [21]

W [19]

R [18]

P [17]

L [15]

A [13]

D [9]

J [8]

N [8]

F [5]

O [4]

Y [4]

E [3]

T [3]

K [2]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [286]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

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Place of birth

Trowbridge, Wiltshire [246] Trowbridge England [8] Trowbridge [7] Hilperton, Trowbridge, Wiltshire [3] Trowbridge, Wilts [3] Holt, Trowbridge, Wiltshire [2] North Bradley, Trowbridge, Wiltshire [2] Southwick, Trowbridge, Wiltshire [2] Staverton, Trowbridge, Wiltshire [2] Steeple Ashton, Trowbridge, Wiltshire [2] Trowbridge,Melksham,Wilts. [2] Hindon, Trowbridge, Wiltshire [1] Holt Trowbridge, Wiltshire [1] North Bradley, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, england [1] Staverton Trowbridge, Hampshire [1] Trowbridge Wiltshire [1] Trowbridge Wiltwhire [1] Trowbridge, England [1] Trowbridge, Lancashire [1] Trowbridge,Wilts [1] West Ashton, Trowbridge, Wiltshire [1] Wingfield, Trowbridge, Wiltshire [1]

Rank

Private [30] Able Seaman [9] Serjeant [5] Gunner [4] Leading Seaman [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Sapper [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Captain [2] Corporal [2] Driver [2] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2] Lieutenant [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Regimental Sergeant Major [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [1] Engine Room Articifer [1] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Lance Corporal [1] Mechanician [1] Nursing Sister [1] Sergeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [5] Royal Field Artillery [5] Somerset Light Infantry [5] Labour Corps [4] Devonshire Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] South Wales Borderers [3] Army Service Corps [2] HMS BLACK PRINCE [2] HMS Monmouth [2] HMS Queen Mary [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Wiltshire Regiment [2] 45 Squadron [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Powerful" [1] HM Submarine "L.10" [1] HM Submarine E10 [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS Carnarvon [1] HMS Erin [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] HMS NESSUS [1] HMS PORPOISE [1] HMS PRINCESS ROYAL [1] HMS Pegasus [1] HMS Superb [1] HMS TIPPERARY [1] HMS Tiger [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Hertfordshire Regiment [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] North Somerset Yeomanry [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Princess Charlotte Of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Fleet Reserve [1] Royal Fusiliers [1]

Service

Royal Navy [158] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [77] British Army [43] Australian Imperial Force [8] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

B [37] H [33] S [24] C [23] G [23] M [21] W [19] R [18] P [17] L [15] A [13] D [9] J [8] N [8] F [5] O [4] Y [4] E [3] T [3] K [2] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [286] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

James Frederick Jeynes

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 1426 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 1426 Serjeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 1426 Sergeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Frank Connor

Born 1894

Died 1965

British Army 9064 Private Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 9064 Serjeant Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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William James Robinson

Born 1889

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 18897 Air Mechanic 1st Class 45 Squadron

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Jesse Herbert Lester

Born 1873

Died 1918

British Army 1461 Driver Royal Field Artillery 2nd Welsh Brigade 1/3 Glamogan Battery

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Arthur Henry Mead

Died 1917

British Army 5928 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 5928 Serjeant Wiltshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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William Edwin Jenkins

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army Captain Northumberland Fusiliers

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Leslie Howard Mattock

Born 1897

British Army 88505 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal West Surrey Regiment

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Albert Ash

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 15393 Gunner Royal Field Artillery royal field artillery 6th Battalion

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Thomas William Ludlow

Died 1914

British Army T/24385 Driver Royal Army Service Corps

British Army T/24385 Driver Army Service Corps

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Sidney Percy Hartley

Died 1914

British Army 9494 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 9494 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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Charles Alfred Grant

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 5010 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 5010 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st/8th Battalion

British Army 5010 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2/8th Battalion

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Isabella Henshaw

Born 1869

Died 1919

British Army Nursing Sister Territorial Force Nursing Service

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William Howard Copp

Born 1883

Died 1970

British Army Private Labour Corps

British Army SS/22166 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 307706 Private Labour Corps

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Henry Gerrish

Born 1886

Died 1966

Canadian Expeditionary Force 20312

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Hedley Alexander Grant

Born 1895

Died 1918

Royal Navy J13016 Able Seaman HM Submarine "L.10"

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John Herbert Graham

Born 1876

Died 1918

British Army 26052 Private Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 255049 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Albert Ernest Cooper

Born 1883

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 427234

Canadian Expeditionary Force 427234 Private Canadian Machine Gun Corps

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Charles Herbert Case

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292925

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Charles Edwin Randall

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 298558

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John Saunders

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192821

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