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North Bradley, Wiltshire [6]

Stourton, Wiltshire [5]

Gasper, Stourton, Wiltshire [3]

North Bradley, Westbury District, Wiltshire [3]

Trowbridge, Wiltshire [3]

Westbury District, Wiltshire, England [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

North Bradley, Wiltshire, England [2]

Semley, Wiltshire [2]

Avening, Gloucestershire [1]

Bath District, Somerset, England [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Bedminster District, Somerset, England [1]

Bengal [1]

Bickley, Bromley [1]

Bow, Poplar District, London [1]

Bradford District [1]

Bridgend District, Glamorganshire [1]

Brighton [1]

Brinkworth, Malmesbury District, Wiltshire [1]

Brokers Wood, Westbury, Wiltshire [1]

Brokers Wood, Wiltshire, England [1]

Bulkington, Wiltshire, England [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Carlshalton, Surrey [1]

Chevening, Kent [1]

Child Okeford, Sturminster District, Dorset [1]

Chippenham, Wiltshire [1]

Chislehurst, Kent [1]

Christian Malford, Wiltshire, England [1]

Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Clanfield, Oxfordshire [1]

Clapham, London [1]

Corfe Mullen, Dorset [1]

Crockerton, Wiltshire [1]

Deptford, London [1]

Dereham, Norfolk [1]

Devonport, Devon, England [1]

Devonport, Devonshire [1]

Dilton Marsh, Wiltshire [1]

Dorchester, Dorset [1]

Dore or Totley, Derbyshire, now part of Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Downton, Wiltshire, England [1]

Dublin [1]

Dumfriesshire,Scotland [1]

Dursley, Hawkeridge, Wiltshire [1]

East Orchard, Shaftesbury, Dorset [1]

Edmonton, London [1]

Epsom England [1]

Rank

Private [105]

Boy 2nd Class [15]

Boy 1st Class [14]

Stoker 1st Class [14]

Gunner [13]

Lieutenant [13]

Ordinary Seaman [13]

Stoker 2nd Class [13]

Lance Corporal [12]

Able Seaman [11]

Corporal [9]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Captain [6]

Driver [6]

Sapper [6]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [5]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [5]

Rifleman [5]

Serjeant [5]

Able Bodied Seaman [4]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [4]

Cadet [4]

Leading Seaman [3]

Midshipman [3]

Sub Lieutenant [3]

Acting Leading Stoker [2]

Boy Artificer [2]

Boy Telegraphist [2]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2]

Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Leading Telegraphist [2]

Major [2]

Ordinary Telegraphist [2]

Sergeant [2]

Telegraphist [2]

Worker [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

4th Class Chaplain [1]

Act. Eng. Rm. Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Bombardier/Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Acting Corporal/Corporal [1]

Acting Engine Room Artificer [1]

Acting Petty Officer Telegraphist [1]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [1]

Boy 1 Class [1]

Brigade Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Bugler [1]

Unit

Wiltshire Regiment [37]

HMSs Dolphin, Maidstone, HM Submarine E24 [12]

Royal Field Artillery [11]

HMS Maidstone, HM Submarine E24 [8]

Royal Engineers [8]

Gloucestershire Regiment [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

Dorsetshire Regiment [6]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

Corps of Hussars [4]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

Dorset Yeomanry [4]

Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment) [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3]

HMS Impregnable [3]

HMSs Dolphin, Maidstone HM Submarine E24 [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own) [2]

Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

HMS Dominion [2]

HMS Ganges [2]

HMSs Maidstone, Dolphin, Maidstone, HM Submarine E24 [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Labour Corps [2]

London Regiment [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

2nd Canadian Division [1]

3rd Infantry Brigade HQ [1]

5th Canadian Division [1]

7th Infantry Brigade [1]

Army Chaplains Department [1]

Army Chaplains' Department [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Attached 3rd Infantry Brigade HQ [1]

Attentive [1]

Australian Army Medical Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Blonde [1]

Bonaventure [1]

Service

British Army [152]

Royal Navy [47]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [21]

W [19]

B [18]

F [17]

S [17]

H [16]

K [15]

P [15]

M [10]

R [10]

A [9]

G [9]

D [8]

N [8]

L [6]

J [5]

T [4]

E [1]

O [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [203]

Country

United Kingdom [130]

Ireland [3]

Canada [2]

South Africa [2]

Australia [1]

India [1]

Malta [1]

Sri Lanka [1]

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People [210] Stories Communities

Place of birth

North Bradley, Wiltshire [6] Stourton, Wiltshire [5] Gasper, Stourton, Wiltshire [3] North Bradley, Westbury District, Wiltshire [3] Trowbridge, Wiltshire [3] Westbury District, Wiltshire, England [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] North Bradley, Wiltshire, England [2] Semley, Wiltshire [2] Avening, Gloucestershire [1] Bath District, Somerset, England [1] Battersea, London [1] Bedminster District, Somerset, England [1] Bengal [1] Bickley, Bromley [1] Bow, Poplar District, London [1] Bradford District [1] Bridgend District, Glamorganshire [1] Brighton [1] Brinkworth, Malmesbury District, Wiltshire [1] Brokers Wood, Westbury, Wiltshire [1] Brokers Wood, Wiltshire, England [1] Bulkington, Wiltshire, England [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Carlshalton, Surrey [1] Chevening, Kent [1] Child Okeford, Sturminster District, Dorset [1] Chippenham, Wiltshire [1] Chislehurst, Kent [1] Christian Malford, Wiltshire, England [1] Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England [1] Clanfield, Oxfordshire [1] Clapham, London [1] Corfe Mullen, Dorset [1] Crockerton, Wiltshire [1] Deptford, London [1] Dereham, Norfolk [1] Devonport, Devon, England [1] Devonport, Devonshire [1] Dilton Marsh, Wiltshire [1] Dorchester, Dorset [1] Dore or Totley, Derbyshire, now part of Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Dover, Kent [1] Downton, Wiltshire, England [1] Dublin [1] Dumfriesshire,Scotland [1] Dursley, Hawkeridge, Wiltshire [1] East Orchard, Shaftesbury, Dorset [1] Edmonton, London [1] Epsom England [1]

Rank

Private [105] Boy 2nd Class [15] Boy 1st Class [14] Stoker 1st Class [14] Gunner [13] Lieutenant [13] Ordinary Seaman [13] Stoker 2nd Class [13] Lance Corporal [12] Able Seaman [11] Corporal [9] Second Lieutenant [7] Captain [6] Driver [6] Sapper [6] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [5] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [5] Rifleman [5] Serjeant [5] Able Bodied Seaman [4] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [4] Cadet [4] Leading Seaman [3] Midshipman [3] Sub Lieutenant [3] Acting Leading Stoker [2] Boy Artificer [2] Boy Telegraphist [2] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2] Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [2] Leading Stoker [2] Leading Telegraphist [2] Major [2] Ordinary Telegraphist [2] Sergeant [2] Telegraphist [2] Worker [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 4th Class Chaplain [1] Act. Eng. Rm. Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Bombardier/Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Acting Corporal/Corporal [1] Acting Engine Room Artificer [1] Acting Petty Officer Telegraphist [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant [1] Boy 1 Class [1] Brigade Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Bugler [1]

Unit

Wiltshire Regiment [37] HMSs Dolphin, Maidstone, HM Submarine E24 [12] Royal Field Artillery [11] HMS Maidstone, HM Submarine E24 [8] Royal Engineers [8] Gloucestershire Regiment [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] Dorsetshire Regiment [6] Middlesex Regiment [5] Army Service Corps [4] Corps of Hussars [4] Devonshire Regiment [4] Dorset Yeomanry [4] Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment) [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3] HMS Impregnable [3] HMSs Dolphin, Maidstone HM Submarine E24 [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own) [2] Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] HMS Dominion [2] HMS Ganges [2] HMSs Maidstone, Dolphin, Maidstone, HM Submarine E24 [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Labour Corps [2] London Regiment [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] South Wales Borderers [2] Welsh Regiment [2] 2nd Canadian Division [1] 3rd Infantry Brigade HQ [1] 5th Canadian Division [1] 7th Infantry Brigade [1] Army Chaplains Department [1] Army Chaplains' Department [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Attached 3rd Infantry Brigade HQ [1] Attentive [1] Australian Army Medical Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Blonde [1] Bonaventure [1]

Service

British Army [152] Royal Navy [47] Canadian Expeditionary Force [6] Australian Imperial Force [3] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [21] W [19] B [18] F [17] S [17] H [16] K [15] P [15] M [10] R [10] A [9] G [9] D [8] N [8] L [6] J [5] T [4] E [1] O [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [203]

Country

United Kingdom [130] Ireland [3] Canada [2] South Africa [2] Australia [1] India [1] Malta [1] Sri Lanka [1]

Arthur E Sterland

Died 1916

British Army 37664 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Thomas Henry Watters

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 1295 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/6th Battalion-Territorial.

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Alastair Hugh Macdonald

British Army Second Lieutenant Seaforth Highlanders

British Army Lieutenant Seaforth Highlanders

British Army Captain Seaforth Highlanders

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James E Phillips

British Army 6/9464 Private Rifle Brigade

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E D Small

British Army P2005 Lance Corporal Military Mounted Police

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Archibald L Smith

British Army 40467 Lancashire Fusiliers

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Harold J Merritt

British Army 14955 Serjeant East Surrey Regiment

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Charles Beaven

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 32115 Private Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 33158 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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John Allen

Died 1917

British Army G/25413 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/25413 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

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Joseph Bailey

Died 1916

British Army 18485 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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Wilfred James Frederick Griffin

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 9955 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 23062 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 23062 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Howard Hillman

Died 1917

British Army 25838 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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Herbert Carter

British Army 25303 Private Army Veterinary Corps

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William Raine

British Army 16692 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

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John H W Roberts

British Army 99145 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Robert J Comber

British Army 8573 Private Yorkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Henry J Cockell

British Army 38805 Private Rifle Brigade

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Albert Charles Perrott

British Army 288026 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Gerald Haldane Unwin

British Army Lieutenant Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars attached Machine Gun Corps

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John Siegenberg

British Army 10472 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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