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Swindon, Wiltshire [1338]

Salisbury, Wiltshire [856]

Devizes, Wiltshire [276]

Chippenham, Wiltshire [261]

Trowbridge, Wiltshire [246]

Wiltshire [179]

Warminster, Wiltshire [161]

Marlborough, Wiltshire [150]

Highworth,Wiltshire. [137]

Westbury, Wiltshire [110]

Wiltshire England [105]

Melksham, Wiltshire [100]

New Zealand, Wiltshire, England [94]

Malmesbury, Wiltshire [86]

Pewsey, Wiltshire [77]

Calne, Wiltshire [76]

Highworth, Wiltshire [76]

Corsham, Wiltshire [63]

Tisbury, Wiltshire [55]

Highworth Wiltshire [53]

Mere, Wiltshire [51]

Downton, Wiltshire [46]

Salisbury, Wiltshire, England [41]

Wilton, Wiltshire [39]

Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire [35]

Cricklade, Wiltshire [32]

Highworth Wiltshire. [28]

Bradford On Avon, Wiltshire [27]

Highworth,Wiltshire [24]

Castle Combe, Wiltshire [23]

Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire [22]

Box, Wiltshire [21]

Amesbury, Wiltshire [20]

Wiltshire, England [20]

Swindon,Highworth,Wiltshire. [19]

Hungerford, Wiltshire [18]

Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire [16]

Devizes, Wiltshire, England [15]

Semley, Wiltshire [14]

Wroughton, Wiltshire [14]

Purton, Wiltshire [13]

Ramsbury, Wiltshire [13]

Stourton, Wiltshire [12]

Alderbury, Wiltshire [11]

Bradford, Wiltshire [11]

Aldbourne, Wiltshire [9]

Broad Hinton, Wiltshire [9]

Highworth, Swindon, Wiltshire [9]

Near Swindon, Wiltshire [9]

Shaftesbury, Wiltshire [9]

Rank

Private [1076]

Sapper [195]

Lance Corporal [100]

Gunner [95]

Corporal [88]

Serjeant [86]

Able Seaman [82]

Stoker 1st Class [65]

Driver [56]

Second Lieutenant [48]

Lieutenant [45]

Captain [43]

Ordinary Seaman [34]

Rifleman [27]

Boy 1st Class [25]

Acting Corporal [17]

Stoker 2nd Class [17]

Sergeant [16]

Leading Seaman [15]

Leading Stoker [13]

Pioneer [12]

Acting Serjeant [11]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [11]

Boy 2nd Class [10]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [10]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [10]

Major [10]

Deck Hand [9]

Stoker Petty Officer [9]

Petty Officer [8]

Bombardier [7]

Company Sergeant Major [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Stoker [6]

Acting Bombardier [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Mechanician [5]

Reverend [5]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [4]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [4]

Chief Stoker [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Corporal 2nd [4]

Guardsman [4]

Signalman [4]

Worker [4]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3]

Acting Leading Stoker [3]

Air Mechanic [3]

Unit

Wiltshire Regiment [472]

Royal Engineers [246]

Royal Field Artillery [91]

Hampshire Regiment [63]

Somerset Light Infantry [62]

Army Service Corps [52]

Gloucestershire Regiment [49]

Royal Garrison Artillery [44]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [40]

Dorsetshire Regiment [38]

Labour Corps [38]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [34]

London Regiment [30]

Devonshire Regiment [28]

Machine Gun Corps [28]

South Wales Borderers [28]

Duke Of Edinburgh's Wiltshire Regiment [25]

Royal Army Medical Corps [25]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [25]

Coldstream Guards [19]

Middlesex Regiment [19]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [19]

Worcestershire Regiment [19]

Royal Marine Artillery [18]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [18]

Royal Air Force [17]

Royal Fusiliers [16]

Canadian Infantry [15]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [14]

Rifle Brigade [13]

Grenadier Guards [12]

HMS INVINCIBLE [12]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [12]

Welsh Regiment [12]

HMS IRON DUKE [11]

Bedfordshire Regiment [10]

East Surrey Regiment [10]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [10]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [10]

Royal Flying Corps [10]

Royal Naval Air Service [10]

Royal Naval Reserve [10]

HMS BELLEROPHON [9]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [9]

HMS LION [8]

HMS MALAYA [8]

HMS Princess Royal [8]

HMS THUNDERER [8]

Training Reserve [8]

Corps of Hussars [7]

Service

Royal Navy [3082]

British Army [1645]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1492]

Australian Imperial Force [112]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [31]

Other Empire Force [11]

Indian Army [9]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

B [711]

H [669]

S [642]

C [574]

W [519]

M [461]

P [429]

G [342]

L [300]

R [283]

D [269]

T [240]

F [223]

A [219]

J [147]

N [138]

K [132]

E [128]

O [55]

V [41]

Y [41]

I [27]

U [13]

Q [4]

Z [3]

Contribution

Military Service [6161]

Merchant Navy [257]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [973]

South Africa [78]

Germany [31]

Canada [10]

India [5]

Australia [3]

Ireland [3]

France [1]

Malta [1]

New Zealand [1]

Singapore [1]

Turkey [1]

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Swindon, Wiltshire [1338] Salisbury, Wiltshire [856] Devizes, Wiltshire [276] Chippenham, Wiltshire [261] Trowbridge, Wiltshire [246] Wiltshire [179] Warminster, Wiltshire [161] Marlborough, Wiltshire [150] Highworth,Wiltshire. [137] Westbury, Wiltshire [110] Wiltshire England [105] Melksham, Wiltshire [100] New Zealand, Wiltshire, England [94] Malmesbury, Wiltshire [86] Pewsey, Wiltshire [77] Calne, Wiltshire [76] Highworth, Wiltshire [76] Corsham, Wiltshire [63] Tisbury, Wiltshire [55] Highworth Wiltshire [53] Mere, Wiltshire [51] Downton, Wiltshire [46] Salisbury, Wiltshire, England [41] Wilton, Wiltshire [39] Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire [35] Cricklade, Wiltshire [32] Highworth Wiltshire. [28] Bradford On Avon, Wiltshire [27] Highworth,Wiltshire [24] Castle Combe, Wiltshire [23] Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire [22] Box, Wiltshire [21] Amesbury, Wiltshire [20] Wiltshire, England [20] Swindon,Highworth,Wiltshire. [19] Hungerford, Wiltshire [18] Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire [16] Devizes, Wiltshire, England [15] Semley, Wiltshire [14] Wroughton, Wiltshire [14] Purton, Wiltshire [13] Ramsbury, Wiltshire [13] Stourton, Wiltshire [12] Alderbury, Wiltshire [11] Bradford, Wiltshire [11] Aldbourne, Wiltshire [9] Broad Hinton, Wiltshire [9] Highworth, Swindon, Wiltshire [9] Near Swindon, Wiltshire [9] Shaftesbury, Wiltshire [9]

Rank

Private [1076] Sapper [195] Lance Corporal [100] Gunner [95] Corporal [88] Serjeant [86] Able Seaman [82] Stoker 1st Class [65] Driver [56] Second Lieutenant [48] Lieutenant [45] Captain [43] Ordinary Seaman [34] Rifleman [27] Boy 1st Class [25] Acting Corporal [17] Stoker 2nd Class [17] Sergeant [16] Leading Seaman [15] Leading Stoker [13] Pioneer [12] Acting Serjeant [11] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [11] Boy 2nd Class [10] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [10] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [10] Major [10] Deck Hand [9] Stoker Petty Officer [9] Petty Officer [8] Bombardier [7] Company Sergeant Major [6] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Stoker [6] Acting Bombardier [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Company Serjeant Major [5] Mechanician [5] Reverend [5] Air Mechanic 1st Class [4] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [4] Chief Stoker [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Corporal 2nd [4] Guardsman [4] Signalman [4] Worker [4] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3] Acting Leading Stoker [3] Air Mechanic [3]

Unit

Wiltshire Regiment [472] Royal Engineers [246] Royal Field Artillery [91] Hampshire Regiment [63] Somerset Light Infantry [62] Army Service Corps [52] Gloucestershire Regiment [49] Royal Garrison Artillery [44] Royal Berkshire Regiment [40] Dorsetshire Regiment [38] Labour Corps [38] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [34] London Regiment [30] Devonshire Regiment [28] Machine Gun Corps [28] South Wales Borderers [28] Duke Of Edinburgh's Wiltshire Regiment [25] Royal Army Medical Corps [25] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [25] Coldstream Guards [19] Middlesex Regiment [19] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [19] Worcestershire Regiment [19] Royal Marine Artillery [18] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [18] Royal Air Force [17] Royal Fusiliers [16] Canadian Infantry [15] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [14] Rifle Brigade [13] Grenadier Guards [12] HMS INVINCIBLE [12] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [12] Welsh Regiment [12] HMS IRON DUKE [11] Bedfordshire Regiment [10] East Surrey Regiment [10] HMS BLACK PRINCE [10] HMS INFLEXIBLE [10] Royal Flying Corps [10] Royal Naval Air Service [10] Royal Naval Reserve [10] HMS BELLEROPHON [9] King's Royal Rifle Corps [9] HMS LION [8] HMS MALAYA [8] HMS Princess Royal [8] HMS THUNDERER [8] Training Reserve [8] Corps of Hussars [7]

Service

Royal Navy [3082] British Army [1645] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1492] Australian Imperial Force [112] Canadian Expeditionary Force [31] Other Empire Force [11] Indian Army [9] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

B [711] H [669] S [642] C [574] W [519] M [461] P [429] G [342] L [300] R [283] D [269] T [240] F [223] A [219] J [147] N [138] K [132] E [128] O [55] V [41] Y [41] I [27] U [13] Q [4] Z [3]

Contribution

Military Service [6161] Merchant Navy [257] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [973] South Africa [78] Germany [31] Canada [10] India [5] Australia [3] Ireland [3] France [1] Malta [1] New Zealand [1] Singapore [1] Turkey [1]

Reginald Victor Mapson

Born 1894

Died 1979

British Army 19034 Boy Royal Engineers Territorial Force

Royal Navy 12676 Private Royal Marine Artillery Q Company

Royal Navy 12676 Gunner 2nd Class Royal Marine Artillery J Company

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Arthur William Bence

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 6416 Lance Corporal Coldstream Guards 3rd Battalion

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Jeremiah Mapson

Born 1880

Died 1967

British Army 18448 Private Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 49519 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Cyril Narramore Were

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army Reverend Royal Army Chaplain's Department

British Army Chaplain 4th Class Army Chaplains' Department

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Simon Merritt

Born 1871

Died 1915

British Army 3/256 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 3/256 Acting Colour Serjeant Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 3/256 Company Quartermaster Serjeant Wiltshire Regiment

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Vere Benett Stanford

Born 1894

Died 1922

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery

British Army Major Royal Flying Corps

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Richard William Dugdale

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army Reverend Norfolk Regiment royal army chaplains department attached 1st Battalion

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Charles William Shadwell

Born 1893

Died 1968

British Army 200507 Private The Duke of Edinburgh’s (Wiltshire Regiment)

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Alfred Farr Shadwell

Born 1890

Died 1980

British Army 90113 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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John Henry Vincent

Born 1876

Died 1960

British Army R/445826 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army T/356244 Driver Army Service Corps

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William Charles Shadwell

Born 1884

Died 1917

Royal Navy J53836 Ordinary Seaman HMS Victory I [a shore base at Portsmouth Hampshire]

Royal Navy J53836 Ordinary Seaman HMS Paragon [an Acasta-class destroyer]

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Albert Edward Price

Born 1896

Died 1958

British Army 8102 Driver Royal Field Artillery 119

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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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Walter George Bugler

Born 1887

British Army 30947 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 3730 Private Dorset Regiment

British Army 98541 Private Labour Corps

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William Bailey

Born 1878

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 79047

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Corporal Royal Air Force 90th Squadron

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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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Alfred William Porter

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 242606 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 242606 Private (16) Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 242606 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 16th Battalion.

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Alfred Adams

Born 1866

Died 1918

Royal Navy 123528 Boy 2nd Class HMS St Vincent

Royal Navy 123528 Boy 1st Class HMS St Vincent

Royal Navy 123528 Boy 1st Class HMS Pegasus

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David William Mcneill Mapson

Born 1897

Died 1969

Royal Navy Z/1483 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Division 5th Battalion

Royal Navy Z/1483 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division 5th Battalion

Royal Navy Bristol Z/1483 Acting Leading Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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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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