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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]

Albert Thomas Fry

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 5524 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 5524 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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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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Albert Goddard

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 6847 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Suffolk Regiment - formerly 31812

British Army 328156 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Norman Mark Collins

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 11705 Private Wiltshire Regiment 5th Battalion

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Silas William Weeks

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 6183 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Frank Stanley Arthur

Born 1890

Died 1920

Canadian Expeditionary Force 301776

Canadian Expeditionary Force 301776 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 10th Brigade

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Frederick Cecil Ansty

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 10293 Private Wiltshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Frank Eyres

Born 1878

Died 1918

Royal Navy 286254 Chief Stoker HM Submarine "L.10"

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Thomas Walter Furnell

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 2058 Acting Regimental Serjeant Major Cheshire Regiment

British Army Captain Cheshire Regiment 7th Battalion (Territorial)

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Alfred Willie Dredge

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army S/16350 Private Royal Highlanders 9th Battalion

British Army S/16350 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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Richard Henry King

Born 1864

Died 1943

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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David Charles Shuttle

Born 1883

Died 1945

British Army 302837 Private Tank Corps

British Army 61266 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 1678 Trooper King Edward's Horse 2nd Battalion

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Arthur Worsley Holmes A Court

Born 1876

Died 1919

Canadian Expeditionary Force 474097

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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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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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Frank Stooke

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 11811 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Walter Stephen Gurd

Born 1892

Died 1940

British Army 32041 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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Charles Nigel Mapson

Born 1892

Died 1968

British Army 87755 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery

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William George Jones

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army GS/36387 Private Royal Fusiliers 10th Battalion

British Army 36387 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 10th Battalion

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