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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]

Charles William Froude

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 37445 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

British Army 283 Private Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry 2/1

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Charles Selwyn Awdry

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army Major Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry Attached Wiltshire Regiment

British Army Major Wiltshire Regiment

British Army Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry Attached Wiltshire Regiment

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Alexander George, Lord Thynne

Born 1873

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

British Army Lt.Col. Wiltshire regiment 6th (Royal Wilts) Batt

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Wiltshire Regiment

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Harold Conquest Clark

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 1361 Lance Corporal Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Wiltshire Regiment

British Army Captain Wiltshire Regiment 3 Attd 2

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Godfrey Lampson Tennyson Locker Lampson

Born 1875

Died 1946

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

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George Seymour Hunt

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 32999 Private Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 599 Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

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Albert Edward Ash

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 1152 Private Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

British Army 204229 Private Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 204229 Lance Corporal Wiltshire Regiment

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Roger Alvin Poore

Born 1870

Died 1917

British Army Major Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

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Robert William Awdry

Born 1882

Died 1949

British Army Captain Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

British Army Major Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

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Edgar John Hinton

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 1077 Private Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

British Army 203294 Private Wiltshire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 203294 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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Arthur Victor Cornish

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 2231 Private Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

British Army 203254 Private Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 2231 / 203254 Private Wiltshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Henry Morse

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 2096 Private Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry.

British Army 203315 Private Wiltshire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 203315 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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Allen Llewellen Palmer

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army Captain Wiltshire Yeomanry

British Army Captain 14th Hussars

British Army Major Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

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Charles Giddings

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 683 Private Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

British Army 204134 Private Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 204134 Lance Corporal Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire)Regiment 6th Battalion

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John Leopold Look

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 320391 1208 Private Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment

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Ivan S Morsley

Died 1918

British Army 58089 Private Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

British Army 28270 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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Charles E Frampton

Died 1918

British Army 320730 Private Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

British Army 204254 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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Percy Pike

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 2011 Private Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

British Army 203341 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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Charles E Prue

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 27847 Private Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

British Army 27285 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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Frederick J Bennett

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 2010 Private Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

British Army 203229 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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