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Warminster, Wiltshire [161]

Warminster, Wiltshire, England [7]

Heytesbury, Warminster, Wiltshire [2]

Upton Lovell, Warminster, Wiltshire [2]

Boreham, Warminster, Wiltshire [1]

Chitterne, Warminster, Wiltshire [1]

Codford St Mary, Warminster, Wiltshire [1]

Corsley, Warminster, Wiltshire [1]

Horningsham, Warminster, Wiltshire [1]

Near Warminster, Wiltshire [1]

Sutton Veny, Warminster, Wiltshire [1]

Upton Scudamore, Warminster, Wiltshire [1]

Upton, Warminster, Wiltshire [1]

Warminster Wiltshire [1]

Warminster Wiltshire [1]

Warminster, WIltshire [1]

Warminster, Westbury, Wiltshire [1]

Warminster,Wiltshire. [1]

Rank

Private [16]

Stoker 1st Class [7]

Able Seaman [4]

Gunner [4]

Lance Corporal [4]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Serjeant [2]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Captain [1]

Ch. Yeo. Sigs. [1]

Colonel [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Major General [1]

Marine [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Pioneer [1]

Sapper [1]

Stoker [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1]

Yeoman of Signals [1]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

Wiltshire Regiment [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

HMS IRON DUKE [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

3rd Brigade Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Army Chaplain's Department [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

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

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

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS Alexandra [1]

HMS BELLEROPHON [1]

HMS Bulwark [1]

HMS DEFENCE [1]

HMS Duke of Wellington II [1]

HMS Fearless [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS NEPTUNE [1]

HMS Princess Royal [1]

HMS Sapphire II [1]

HMS Southampton [1]

HMS TIPPERARY [1]

HMS Victoria and Albert [1]

HMS Victory II [1]

Household Cavalry And Cavalry Of The Line (Incl. Yeomanry And Imperial Camel Corps) [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

Prince Of Wales's Own West Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire) Regiment [1]

Prince of Wales's, (North Staffordshire) Regiment [1]

Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [1]

Royal Dragoon Guards [1]

Royal Dragoons [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Royal Marines Portsmouth Division [1]

Royal Naval Air Service [1]

South Wales Borderers [1]

South Wales Borderers Depot [1]

Suffolk Regiment [1]

Welsh Regiment [1]

Wiltshire Regiment. [1]

Service

Royal Navy [104]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [43]

British Army [29]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

P [26]

B [18]

C [17]

H [16]

T [16]

W [14]

D [11]

S [10]

G [9]

F [8]

N [8]

L [6]

R [6]

M [5]

A [4]

K [4]

O [3]

Y [3]

J [2]

Contribution

Military Service [176]

Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Warminster, Wiltshire [161] Warminster, Wiltshire, England [7] Heytesbury, Warminster, Wiltshire [2] Upton Lovell, Warminster, Wiltshire [2] Boreham, Warminster, Wiltshire [1] Chitterne, Warminster, Wiltshire [1] Codford St Mary, Warminster, Wiltshire [1] Corsley, Warminster, Wiltshire [1] Horningsham, Warminster, Wiltshire [1] Near Warminster, Wiltshire [1] Sutton Veny, Warminster, Wiltshire [1] Upton Scudamore, Warminster, Wiltshire [1] Upton, Warminster, Wiltshire [1] Warminster Wiltshire [1] Warminster Wiltshire [1] Warminster, WIltshire [1] Warminster, Westbury, Wiltshire [1] Warminster,Wiltshire. [1]

Rank

Private [16] Stoker 1st Class [7] Able Seaman [4] Gunner [4] Lance Corporal [4] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Serjeant [2] Able Seaman Driver [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Captain [1] Ch. Yeo. Sigs. [1] Colonel [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant [1] Major General [1] Marine [1] Petty Officer [1] Pioneer [1] Sapper [1] Stoker [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1] Yeoman of Signals [1]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [4] Somerset Light Infantry [3] Wiltshire Regiment [3] Army Service Corps [2] Canadian Infantry [2] HMS IRON DUKE [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] 3rd Brigade Royal Horse Artillery [1] Army Chaplain's Department [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Dragoon Guards [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] H.M.S. "Amphitrite" [1] H.M.S. "Mohawk" [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS Alexandra [1] HMS BELLEROPHON [1] HMS Bulwark [1] HMS DEFENCE [1] HMS Duke of Wellington II [1] HMS Fearless [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS NEPTUNE [1] HMS Princess Royal [1] HMS Sapphire II [1] HMS Southampton [1] HMS TIPPERARY [1] HMS Victoria and Albert [1] HMS Victory II [1] Household Cavalry And Cavalry Of The Line (Incl. Yeomanry And Imperial Camel Corps) [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] Prince Of Wales's Own West Yorkshire Regiment [1] Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire) Regiment [1] Prince of Wales's, (North Staffordshire) Regiment [1] Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [1] Royal Dragoon Guards [1] Royal Dragoons [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Horse Artillery [1] Royal Marines Portsmouth Division [1] Royal Naval Air Service [1] South Wales Borderers [1] South Wales Borderers Depot [1] Suffolk Regiment [1] Welsh Regiment [1] Wiltshire Regiment. [1]

Service

Royal Navy [104] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [43] British Army [29] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

P [26] B [18] C [17] H [16] T [16] W [14] D [11] S [10] G [9] F [8] N [8] L [6] R [6] M [5] A [4] K [4] O [3] Y [3] J [2]

Contribution

Military Service [176] Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [12] Canada [1]

Eber Maurice Pearce

Born 1885

Died 1933

British Army 3552 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 3552 Private Hampshire Regiment 2/6th Hants Depot Battalion

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Arthur Worsley Holmes A Court

Born 1876

Died 1919

Canadian Expeditionary Force 474097

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Charles Northover

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 15834 Private Prince of Wales's, (North Staffordshire) Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 15834 Private Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire) Regiment 7th Battalion

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Edward Maidment

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army 5193 Lance Corporal Dragoon Guards

British Army 50G/5193 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army 5193 Lance Corporal Household Cavalry And Cavalry Of The Line (Incl. Yeomanry And Imperial Camel Corps) 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's Own

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Ernest Prince

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 28953 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery

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George William Burroughs

Born 1899

Died 1917

British Army 222210 Pioneer Royal Engineers Wireless Training Centre

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William Frederick George Manners

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army 3/7275 Serjeant Wiltshire Regiment. 1st. Battalion

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Arthur Whatley

Born 1876

Died 1914

British Army 4680 Company Serjeant Major South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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William Garrett

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army M/399553 Private Army Service Corps M.T. Depot (Sydenham)

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Walter Titford

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 5632 Private Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 36490 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Charles Nash

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army T1940 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 504580 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Walter Thomas Holton

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 162940

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George Turner

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299238

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Alfred Herbert Coates

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267331

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Henry Darroll Smith

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285617

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Reginald Claude Tucker

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36285

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Herbert Rowland Sims

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 5191 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 203024 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 203024 Lance Corporal Dorsetshire Regiment 1st/4th Battalion

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Frederick William Cole

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277559

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William Jones

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 113002

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Charles Harold Day

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 303986

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