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London [5]

Swindon, Wiltshire [3]

Taunton [2]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Bearsted, Kent [1]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Bettiah, Champeran [1]

Bridgwater, Somerset [1]

Broad Town, Wiltshire [1]

Brockley, Kent [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Ditcheat, Somerset [1]

Downton, Wiltshire [1]

Dublin [1]

Dundee [1]

Edington, Wiltshire [1]

Figheldean, Amesbury, Wiltshire [1]

Highworth Swindon [1]

Highworth, Wiltshire [1]

Highworth,Wiltshire. [1]

Kensington [1]

Lewannick, Launceston, Cornwall. [1]

Madras [1]

Manchester [1]

Market Lavington [1]

Marlborough [1]

Marlborough Wilts [1]

Middlesex [1]

Nottingham [1]

Redlynch Wiltlshire [1]

SWINDON,WILTS [1]

Salisbury [1]

South Stoneham, Hampshire [1]

Southampton, Hampshire [1]

Tilshead, Wiltshire [1]

Timsbury,Clutton,Somerset. [1]

Trowbridge [1]

Wootton Bassett [1]

Rank

Private [707]

Second Lieutenant [73]

Serjeant [69]

Corporal [55]

Lieutenant [31]

Captain [25]

Lance Corporal [25]

Sapper [20]

Major [13]

Pioneer [8]

Acting Corporal [7]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Farrier Serjeant [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Driver [5]

Gunner [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Saddler [2]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Staff Serjeant Major [2]

Trooper [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Bandsman [1]

Bombardier [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Corporal /Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal Private [1]

Corporal Serjeant [1]

Farrier Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [1]

Farrier Staff Serjeantt [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Assistant Deputy Commissary [1]

Lieutenant Quarter Master [1]

Lieutenant and Driver [1]

Lt.Col. [1]

Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Private Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry [873]

Wiltshire Regiment [414]

Corps of Hussars [108]

Royal Engineers [76]

Machine Gun Corps [36]

Wiltshire Yeomanry [35]

Labour Corps [32]

Worcestershire Regiment [17]

Gloucestershire Regiment [16]

Military Mounted Police [16]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [15]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [13]

Somerset Light Infantry [13]

Hampshire Regiment [11]

Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry Territorial Force [11]

Royal Field Artillery [10]

Army Service Corps [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [9]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [8]

Royal Air Force [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

London Regiment [6]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [6]

Military Foot Police [5]

North Somerset Yeomanry [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Army Cyclist Corps [4]

Hampshire Yeomanry [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Royal North Devonshire Yeomanry [4]

Cameron Highlanders [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Hussars [3]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Ayrshire Yeomanry [2]

Derby Yeomanry [2]

Dorset Yeomanry [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [2]

Lancers [2]

Northamptonshire Yeomanry [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Navy [2]

Sherwood Rangers [2]

Service

British Army [927]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Last name first letter

S [98]

B [94]

H [89]

M [76]

C [72]

W [68]

P [67]

G [51]

T [41]

R [40]

L [39]

D [34]

F [32]

J [26]

A [20]

E [19]

N [18]

K [17]

I [7]

V [7]

O [4]

U [4]

Y [2]

Z [2]

Contribution

Military Service [917]

Country

United Kingdom [28]

India [1]

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Place of birth

London [5] Swindon, Wiltshire [3] Taunton [2] Bath, Somerset [1] Bearsted, Kent [1] Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Bettiah, Champeran [1] Bridgwater, Somerset [1] Broad Town, Wiltshire [1] Brockley, Kent [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Ditcheat, Somerset [1] Downton, Wiltshire [1] Dublin [1] Dundee [1] Edington, Wiltshire [1] Figheldean, Amesbury, Wiltshire [1] Highworth Swindon [1] Highworth, Wiltshire [1] Highworth,Wiltshire. [1] Kensington [1] Lewannick, Launceston, Cornwall. [1] Madras [1] Manchester [1] Market Lavington [1] Marlborough [1] Marlborough Wilts [1] Middlesex [1] Nottingham [1] Redlynch Wiltlshire [1] SWINDON,WILTS [1] Salisbury [1] South Stoneham, Hampshire [1] Southampton, Hampshire [1] Tilshead, Wiltshire [1] Timsbury,Clutton,Somerset. [1] Trowbridge [1] Wootton Bassett [1]

Rank

Private [707] Second Lieutenant [73] Serjeant [69] Corporal [55] Lieutenant [31] Captain [25] Lance Corporal [25] Sapper [20] Major [13] Pioneer [8] Acting Corporal [7] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Acting Serjeant [6] Farrier Serjeant [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Driver [5] Gunner [5] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Colour Serjeant [2] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Saddler [2] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Staff Serjeant Major [2] Trooper [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Bandsman [1] Bombardier [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Corporal /Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal Private [1] Corporal Serjeant [1] Farrier Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Farrier Staff Serjeant [1] Farrier Staff Serjeantt [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Assistant Deputy Commissary [1] Lieutenant Quarter Master [1] Lieutenant and Driver [1] Lt.Col. [1] Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Private Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry [873] Wiltshire Regiment [414] Corps of Hussars [108] Royal Engineers [76] Machine Gun Corps [36] Wiltshire Yeomanry [35] Labour Corps [32] Worcestershire Regiment [17] Gloucestershire Regiment [16] Military Mounted Police [16] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [15] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [13] Somerset Light Infantry [13] Hampshire Regiment [11] Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry Territorial Force [11] Royal Field Artillery [10] Army Service Corps [9] Royal Army Service Corps [9] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [8] Royal Air Force [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] London Regiment [6] Royal Berkshire Regiment [6] Military Foot Police [5] North Somerset Yeomanry [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Army Cyclist Corps [4] Hampshire Yeomanry [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Royal North Devonshire Yeomanry [4] Cameron Highlanders [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Hussars [3] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Ayrshire Yeomanry [2] Derby Yeomanry [2] Dorset Yeomanry [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] Essex Regiment [2] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [2] Lancers [2] Northamptonshire Yeomanry [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Navy [2] Sherwood Rangers [2]

Service

British Army [927] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Last name first letter

S [98] B [94] H [89] M [76] C [72] W [68] P [67] G [51] T [41] R [40] L [39] D [34] F [32] J [26] A [20] E [19] N [18] K [17] I [7] V [7] O [4] U [4] Y [2] Z [2]

Contribution

Military Service [917]

Country

United Kingdom [28] India [1]

Walter J Mead

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 1218 Private Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

British Army 320399 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 320399 Private Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

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James Duck

British Army Second Lieutenant Wiltshire Yeomanry

British Army Captain Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

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Percy George Hart

British Army 692 Corporal Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Wiltshire Yeomanry

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Gerald James Buxton

British Army Captain Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

British Army Major Wiltshire Yeomanry

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Arthur Frowde Dickinson

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 1175 Private Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers

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William Fleetwood Fuller

Born 1865

British Army Major Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

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Frank J Wort

British Army 2014/320796 Private Wiltshire Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 539193 Private Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

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Charles Brown

British Army 204099 Private Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 539191 Private Wiltshire Yeomanry Territorial Force

British Army 2000 Private Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry Territorial Force

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Sidney Charles Chesterman

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 321238 Private Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

British Army 30331 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

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Alfred Edward Duck

Born 1877

British Army 806 Farrier Serjeant Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

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Percy Michael Lewis Edmunds

Born 1893

British Army Lieutenant Lancers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant

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Harry Fortescue Percy

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

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Elijah Cook

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 58106 Private Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

British Army 43258 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Bertie R C Palmer

Died 1920

British Army 320010 Serjeant Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

British Army 603884 Serjeant Labour Corps

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Charles A H Miles

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 58030 Private Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

British Army 43272 Private Worcestershire Regiment 2nd/8th.worcest Battalion

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Hon. Arnold Henderson

Born 1883

Died 1933

British Army Captain Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

British Army Staff Captain Reinforcement Unit

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Herbert Holloway

Died 1918

British Army 58122 Private Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

British Army 43267 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Edmund Portman Awdry

Born 1892

Died 1978

British Army Lieutenant Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant 10th Hussars

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Henry J Fruen

British Army 320707 Private Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

British Army 204163 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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James Phillips

British Army 865 Private Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

British Army 207769 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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