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1st Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment    1st Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment were based at at Tidworth with 7th Brigade, 3rd Division when war broke out in August 1914. They proceeded to France with the BEF, landing at Rouen on the 14th of August. They saw action in The Battle of Mons and the rearguard action at Solesmes, The Battle of Le Cateau, The Battle of the Marne, The Battle of the Aisne, at La Bassee, Messines and the First Battle of Ypres. They took part in the Winter Operations of 1914-15, The First Attack on Bellewaarde and the Actions at Hooge. On the 18th of October 1915 they transferred with 7th Brigade to 25th Division. They were in action in defence of the German attack on Vimy Ridge in May 1916. They then moved to The Somme and joined the Battle just after the main attack, with 75th Brigade making a costly attack near Thiepval on the 3rd of July. The Division was in action at The Battle of Bazentin, The Battle of Pozieres and The Battle of the Ancre Heights. In 1917 they were in action at The Battle of Messines attacking between the Wulverghem-Messines and Wulverghem-Wytschaete roads. In the Third battle of Ypres were were in action during The Battle of Pilkem. In 1918 they were in action on The Somme, in the Battles of the Lys, and on the 21st of June 1918 they transferred to 110th Brigade, 21st Division. They took part in the Battles of the Hindenburg Line and the Final Advance in Picardy. At the Armistice the 21st Division were around Berlaimont, on the 12th they moved to Beaufort, then in mid December they moved west of Amiens and demobilisation began being completed by the 19th of May 1919. 5th August 1914 Mobilization 11th August 1914 Advance Party arrives 14th August 1914 Quartering Arrangements Completed 16th August 1914 Movement Orders 17th August 1914 On the Move 18th August 1914 On the Move 19th August 1914 Changes in quartering arrangements 20th August 1914 Changes in quartering arrangements 21st August 1914 Taking up stations in assigned areas. 22nd August 1914 Taking up stations in assigned areas. 23rd August 1914 German attack crosses Canal 23rd Aug 1914 Defensive Positions 24th August 1914 Withdrawals 25th August 1914 Ongoing Retirement 25th Aug 1914  Rear Guard 26th August 1914 In Action 26th August 1914 Retirement 26th August 1914 Ongoing Retirement 27th Aug 1914 Rear Guard 27th August 1914 Continued withdrawals 28th Aug 1914 Rear Guard 28th August 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1914 Bridges 29th September 1914 Ongoing fighting on all fronts 30th September 1914 September Intelligence Summary 1st Oct 1914 Relief 1st October 1914 Commencement of Move 2nd Oct 1914 On the March 3rd Oct 1914 On the March 4th Oct 1914 On the March 5th Oct 1914 On the March 6th Oct 1914 Into Billets 7th Oct 1914 On the March 8th Oct 1914 Outpost Duty 9th Oct 1914 On the March 10th Oct 1914 Inro Billets 11th Oct 1914 On the March 12th Oct 1914 In Action   13th Oct 1914 In Action   14th Oct 1914 Alarm 15th Oct 1914 Wounded Rejoin 16th Oct 1914 Difficult Relief 17th Oct 1914 Advance Continues 17th Oct 1914 Advance 18th Oct 1914 Shelling 19th Oct 1914 In Action 20th Oct 1914 Holding the Line 20th Oct 1914 Snipers 21st Oct 1914 Break Through 22nd Oct 1914 Another Attack 23rd Oct 1914 On the March 24th Oct 1914 Shelling 25th Oct 1914 Under Shellfire 26th Oct 1914 In Action   27th Oct 1914 In Action   28th Oct 1914 Reliefs   29th Oct 1914 In Billets   30th Oct 1914 On the March   31st Oct 1914 On the March 1st Nov 1914 Ruins 1st Nov 1914 On the March 2nd Nov 1914 Orders 3rd Nov 1914 Information 4th Nov 1914 Orders 5th Nov 1914 Reliefs 6th Nov 1914 Patrol 6th Nov 1914 On the March   7th Nov 1914 Reliefs 8th Nov 1914 Heavy Shelling 9th Nov 1914 Reliefs 10th Nov 1914 Reliefs 11th Nov 1914 Reliefs 12th Nov 1914 Shelling 13th Nov 1914 Attack Made 14th Nov 1914 Attack Made 15th Nov 1914 Under Attack 16th Nov 1914 Heavy Shelling 17th Nov 1914 In Action 18th Nov 1914 Trench Work 19th Nov 1914 Attack 20th Nov 1914 Intermittent Shelling 21st Nov 1914 On the March   22nd Nov 1914 Church Parade   23rd Nov 1914 Training   24th Nov 1914 At Rest   25th Nov 1914 At Rest   26th Nov 1914 Address   27th Nov 1914 On the March 28th Nov 1914 In Billets 29th Nov 1914 Recce 30th Nov 1914 Reliefs 1st Dec 1914 Holding the Line 2nd Dec 1914 Quiet 3rd Dec 1914 Reliefs   4th Dec 1914 Reorganisation   5th Dec 1914 Reorganisation   6th Dec 1914 On the March 7th Dec 1914 In Billets 8th Dec 1914 Into Reserve 9th Dec 1914 Reliefs 10th Dec 1914 Shelling 11th Dec 1914 Gun Fire 12th Dec 1914 Reliefs 13th Dec 1914 At Rest 14th Dec 1914 Alert 15th Dec 1914 Reliefs 16th Dec 1914 Shelling 17th Dec 1914 Artillery Active 18th Dec 1914 Heavy Shelling 19th Dec 1914 Reorganisation 20th Dec 1914 At Rest 21st Dec 1914 At Rest 22nd Dec 1914 At Rest 23rd Dec 1914 At Rest 24th Dec 1914 Reliefs 25th Dec 1914 Fog 26th Dec 1914 Shelling 27th Dec 1914 Reliefs   28th Dec 1914 At Rest   29th Dec 1914 At Rest   30th Dec 1914 At Rest   31st Dec 1914 On the March   1st Jan 1915 In Billets 2nd Jan 1915 In Billets 3rd Jan 1915 At Rest 4th Jan 1915 Reliefs 5th Jan 1915 Quiet 6th Jan 1915 Artillery Active 7th Jan 1915 Artillery Active 8th Jan 1915 Reliefs 9th Jan 1915 In Billets 10th Jan 1915 In Billets 11th Jan 1915 At Rest 12th Jan 1915 Reliefs 13th Jan 1915 Holding the Line 14th Jan 1915 Quiet 15th Jan 1915 Rifle Fire 16th Jan 1915 Reliefs 17th Jan 1915 In Billets 18th Jan 1915 At Rest 19th Jan 1915 At Rest 20th Jan 1915 Reliefs 21st Jan 1915 Trench Work 22nd Jan 1915 Heavy Shelling 23rd Jan 1915 Heavy Shelling 24th Jan 1915 Heavy Shelling 25th Jan 1915 In Billets 26th Jan 1915 In Billets 27th Jan 1915 Reinforcements 28th Jan 1915 Reliefs 29th Jan 1915 Aircraft Active 30th Jan 1915 Shelling 31st Jan 1915 Snipers 1st Feb 1915 Reliefs 2nd Feb 1915 In Billets 3rd Feb 1915 At Rest 4th Feb 1915 At Rest 5th Feb 1915 Reliefs 6th Feb 1915 Quiet 7th Feb 1915 Quiet 8th Feb 1915 Quiet 9th Feb 1915 Reliefs 10th Feb 1915 Reinforcements 11th Feb 1915 In Billets 12th Feb 1915 At Rest 13th Feb 1915 Reliefs 15th Feb 1915 Quiet 16th Feb 1915 Holding the Line 17th Feb 1915 Relief Delayed 18th Feb 1915 Shelling 19th Feb 1915 Reorganisation 20th Feb 1915 Shelling 21st Feb 1915 Shelling 22nd Feb 1915 Reliefs 23rd Feb 1915 Rest 24th Feb 1915 Rest 25th Feb 1915 Rest 26th Feb 1915 Reliefs 27th Feb 1915 Shelling 28th Feb 1915 Shelling 1st Mar 1915 Shelling 2nd Mar 1915 Shelling 3rd Mar 1915 Quiet 4th Mar 1915 Reliefs 5th Mar 1915 In Billets 6th Mar 1915 Working Parties 7th Mar 1915 At Rest 8th Mar 1915 At Rest 11th Mar 1915 At Rest 12th Mar 1915 Attack Made 13th Mar 1915 At Rest 14th Mar 1915 Heavy Fire 15th Mar 1915 Standing by 16th Mar 1915 Reliefs 17th Mar 1915 In the Trenches 18th Mar 1915 In the Trenches 18th of March 1915 Quiet Day   19th Mar 1915 Quiet 20th Mar 1915 Reinforcements 21st Mar 1915 Quiet 22nd Mar 1915 Shelling 23rd Mar 1915 Reliefs 24th Mar 1915 In Billets 25th Mar 1915 In Billets 26th Mar 1915 On the March 27th Mar 1915 Reliefs 28th Mar 1915 Quiet 29th Mar 1915 Quiet 30th Mar 1915 Working Parties 31st Mar 1915 Reliefs 1st Apr 1915 Trench Work 2nd Apr 1915 Quiet 3rd Apr 1915 Trench Motars 4th Apr 1915 Reliefs 5th Apr 1915 In Billets 6th Apr 1915 In Billets 7th Apr 1915 In Billets 8th Apr 1915 Reliefs 9th Apr 1915 Rifle Fire 10th Apr 1915 Quiet 11th Apr 1915 Aircraft Active 12th Apr 1915 Zeppelin 13th Apr 1915 Working Parties 14th Apr 1915 Working Parties 15th Apr 1915 Working Parties 16th Apr 1915 Reliefs 17th Apr 1915 Demonstration 18th Apr 1915 Shells 19th Apr 1915 Shelling 20th Apr 1915 Working Parties 21st Apr 1915 Working Parties 22nd Apr 1915 Working Parties 23rd Apr 1915 Gun Fire 24th Apr 1915 Reliefs 25th Apr 1915 Bombs 26th Apr 1915 Gun Fire 27th Apr 1915 Shelling 28th Apr 1915 Reliefs 29th Apr 1915 At Rest 2nd May 1915 Reliefs 3rd May 1915 Gun Fire 4th May 1915 Artillery Active 5th May 1915 Rifle Fire 6th May 1915 Holding the Line 7th May 1915 Enemy Active 8th May 1915 Quiet 9th May 1915 Enemy Active 10th May 1915 Enemy Active 11th May 1915 Reliefs 12th May 1915 In Billets 15th May 1915 Shelling 17th May 1915 Reliefs 18th May 1915 Quiet 19th May 1915 Snipers 20th May 1915 Shelling 21st May 1915 Reliefs 22nd May 1915 In Billets 23rd May 1915 At Rest 24th May 1915 At Rest 25th May 1915 Reliefs 26th May 1915 Enemy Aircraft 27th May 1915 Quiet 28th May 1915 Quiet 29th May 1915 Enemy Active 30th May 1915 Reliefs 31st May 1915 At Rest 1st Jun 1915 At Rest 2nd Jun 1915 At Rest 3rd Jun 1915 On the March 4th Jun 1915 Reliefs 5th Jun 1915 Trench Work   6th Jun 1915 Shelling   7th Jun 1915 Wire   8th Jun 1915 Reliefs   9th Jun 1915 On the March   10th Jun 1915 On the March   11th Jun 1915 At Rest   12th Jun 1915 Accident   13th Jun 1915 At Rest   14th Jun 1915 At Rest   15th Jun 1915 On the March   16th Jun 1915 Attack Made   16th Jun 1915 Attack Made   16th Jun 1915 In Action   16th Jun 1915 Preparations   17th Jun 1915 Reliefs   18th Jun 1915 Reliefs   19th Jun 1915 In the Trenches   20th Jun 1915 Shelling   21st Jun 1915 Orders   22nd Jun 1915 Attack Made   24th Jun 1915 At Rest 25th Jun 1915 At Rest 26th Jun 1915 Accident 27th Jun 1915 Reliefs 28th Jun 1915 Reliefs   30th Jun 1915 Attacks   1st Jul 1915 Bombardment   2nd Jul 1915 At Rest 3rd Jul 1915 Training 4th Jul 1915 Church Parade 5th Jul 1915 Reliefs 6th Jul 1915 Wiring 7th Jul 1915 Visit 8th Jul 1915 Reliefs 9th Jul 1915 At Rest 10th Jul 1915 Training 11th Jul 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1915 Working Parties 22nd Aug 1915 Refitting 23rd Aug 1915 At Rest 24th Aug 1915 Reliefs 26th Aug 1915 Bombardment 27th Aug 1915 Trench Work   28th Aug 1915 At Rest 29th Aug 1915 Baths 30th Aug 1915 Reliefs 31st Aug 1915 Trench Work   1st Sep 1915 Shelling   2nd Sep 1915 Exchange of Fire   3rd Sep 1915 Reliefs   4th Sep 1915 At Rest   5th Sep 1915 Bombardment   6th Sep 1915 Working Parties   7th Sep 1915 Working Parties   8th Sep 1915 Working Parties   9th Sep 1915 Reliefs   10th Sep 1915 Quiet   11th Sep 1915 Shelling   12th Sep 1915 Shelling   13th Sep 1915 At Rest 14th Sep 1915 At Rest 15th Sep 1915 Inspection 16th Sep 1915 Sports 17th Sep 1915 Working Parties 18th Sep 1915 On the March 19th Sep 1915 Working Parties   20th Sep 1915 Artillery Active   21st Sep 1915 Heavy Shelling   22nd Sep 1915 Heavy Shelling   23rd Sep 1915 Heavy Shelling   24th Sep 1915 Orders   25th Sep 1915 Attack Made   26th Sep 1915 Reliefs   27th Sep 1915 Heavy Rain   28th Sep 1915 Rain   29th Sep 1915 At Rest   30th Sep 1915 Orders   1st Oct 1915 Reliefs   2nd Oct 1915 Working Parties   3rd Oct 1915 Shelling   4th Oct 1915 Working Parties   5th Oct 1915 Working Parties   6th Oct 1915 Instruction   7th Oct 1915 Reliefs   8th Oct 1915 Instruction   9th Oct 1915 Working Parties   10th Oct 1915 Working Parties   11th Oct 1915 Working Parties   12th Oct 1915 Enemy Aircraft 13th Oct 1915 Artillery in Action 14th Oct 1915 Reliefs 15th Oct 1915 On the March 16th Oct 1915 The Derby Scheme 16th Oct 1915 Baths 17th Oct 1915 Address 18th Oct 1915 Route March   19th Oct 1915 Training   20th Oct 1915 Training   21st Oct 1915 Inspection   22nd Oct 1915 Training   23rd Oct 1915 Training   24th Oct 1915 On the March   25th Oct 1915 Training   26th Oct 1915 Training   27th Oct 1915 Trench Work   28th Oct 1915 Working Parties   29th Oct 1915 Working Parties   30th Oct 1915 Working Parties   31st Oct 1915 Church Parade   1st Nov 1915 Reliefs   1st Nov 1915 Reliefs   2nd Nov 1915 Wet Weather   3rd Nov 1915 Wet Weather   4th Nov 1915 Trench Work   5th Nov 1915 Trench Work   6th Nov 1915 Trench Work   7th Nov 1915 Reliefs   8th Nov 1915 Working Parties & Baths   12th Nov 1915 Working Parties   13th Nov 1915 Reliefs   13th Nov 1915 Reliefs   14th Nov 1915 Trench Work   15th Nov 1915 Snipers   16th Nov 1915 Raid   17th Nov 1915 Premature   18th Nov 1915 Under Fire   19th Nov 1915 Reliefs   20th Nov 1915 Inspections   21st Nov 1915 Working Parties   22nd Nov 1915 Working Parties   23rd Nov 1915 Working Parties & Baths   24th Nov 1915 Reliefs   24th Nov 1915 Bombardment   25th Nov 1915 Trench Work   26th Nov 1915 Patrols   27th Nov 1915 Whiz Bangs   28th Nov 1915 Patrols   29th Nov 1915 Reliefs   30th Nov 1915 Quiet   1st Dec 1915 Derby Scheme Armlets 1st Dec 1915 Artillery in Action   2nd Dec 1915 Reliefs   3rd Dec 1915 Working Parties   4th Dec 1915 Reliefs   5th Dec 1915 Trench Work   6th Dec 1915 Trench Raid   7th Dec 1915 Water   8th Dec 1915 Snipers   9th Dec 1915 Reliefs   10th Dec 1915 Baths   11th Sep 1915 Last day of Derby Scheme Recruitment 11th Dec 1915 Working Parties   12th Dec 1915 Working Parties   13th Dec 1915 Working Parties   14th Dec 1915 Reliefs   15th Dec 1915 Shelling   16th Dec 1915 Recce   17th Dec 1915 Trench Motars   18th Dec 1915 Trench Work   19th Dec 1915 Trench Raid   20th Dec 1915 Award   21st Dec 1915 Working Parties   22nd Dec 1915 Working Parties & Baths   23rd Dec 1915 Wet Day   24th Dec 1915 Reliefs   25th Dec 1915 White Flag   26th Dec 1915 Trench Work   27th Dec 1915 Shelling   28th Dec 1915 Shelling   29th Dec 1915 Reliefs   30th Dec 1915 Working Parties & Baths   31st Dec 1915 Working Parties & Baths   1st Jan 1916 Festive Celebrations   2nd Jan 1916 Working Parties   3rd Jan 1916 Reliefs   4th Jan 1916 Artillery Active   5th Jan 1916 Trench Motars   6th Jan 1916 Artillery Active   7th Jan 1916 Reliefs   8th Jan 1916 Working Party and Training   9th Jan 1916 Training   10th Jan 1916 Group System Reopens 10th Jan 1916 Working Parties and Training   11th Jan 1916 Training   12th Jan 1916 Shelling   13th Jan 1916 Reliefs   14th Jan 1916 Artillery Active   15th Jan 1916 Enemy Quieter   16th Jan 1916 Exchange of Fire   17th Jan 1916 Shelling   18th Jan 1916 Awards   19th Jan 1916 Reliefs   20th Jan 1916 Baths 21st Jan 1916 Working Parties 22nd Jan 1916 Inspections 23rd Jan 1916 Reliefs 24th Jan 1916 On the March 25th Jan 1916 Inspections 26th Jan 1916 Training and Football 27th Jan 1916 Training and Football 27th Jan 1916 Non Commissioned Officers 28th Jan 1916 Training and Football 29th Jan 1916 Route March 30th Jan 1916 Church Parade 31st Jan 1916 Football 1st Feb 1916 Route March 2nd Feb 1916 Parades 3rd Feb 1916 Route March 4th Feb 1916 Training 5th Feb 1916 Training 6th Feb 1916 Church Parade 7th Feb 1916 Training and Football 8th Feb 1916 Cross Country 9th February 1916 Call Ups 9th Feb 1916 Inspection 10th Feb 1916 Poor Weather 11th Feb 1916 Football 12th Feb 1916 Awards 13th Feb 1916 Church Parade 14th Feb 1916 Training 15th Feb 1916 Route March 16th Feb 1916 Orders Received 17th Feb 1916 Training 18th Feb 1916 Training 19th Feb 1916 Route March & Football 20th Feb 1916 Sports 21st Feb 1916 Route March & Football 22nd Feb 1916 Snow Storm 23rd Feb 1916 Route March 24th Feb 1916 Training 25th Feb 1916 Demonstration 26th Feb 1916 Route March 27th Feb 1916 Orders Received 28th Feb 1916 Preparations 29th Feb 1916 Route March 21st Apr 1916 Reliefs   16th May 1916 Reliefs 24th May 1916 Reliefs   16th June 1916 Training 1st July 1916 1st Wiltshires in reserve near Albert  1st Wiltshire Regiment are held in reserve at Varennes, NW of Albert. 2nd Jul 1916 1st Wiltshires move forward to trenches  1st Wiltshires move forwards in an easterly direction via Hedauville and Aveluy Wood into the trenches at Authuille. 3rd Jul 1916 1st Wiltshire and 3rd Worcesters fight side by side.  1st Wiltshires enter the Leipzig Salient and fought side by side with the 3rd Worcestershire until they were relieved on July 7th. 3rd Jul 1916 In Action 4th Jul 1916 Reliefs   4th Jul 1916 Shelling   6th Jul 1916 Attack Made 7th Jul 1916 1st Wiltshire and 3rd Worcesters relieved  1st Wiltshires and 3rd Worcesters are relieved in the Leipzig Salient. 26th Aug 1916 Reliefs 17th Feb 1917 Trench Raid  A trench raid was carried out in conjunction with a party of the 10th Cheshire Regiment (200 in strength) the objective allotted to the Brigade being the enemy's defences N and S of Factory Farm, the farm itself included. Zero hour was 10.40a.m. The enemy seemed to be taken quite by surprise and his trenches were gained with but slight loss. All objectives were seized, with the exception of Factory Farm, where stout resistance was offered. Elsewhere very few of the enemy were found. It is believed that about 20 Germans were killed in this Battalion's objective exclusive of casualties caused by shell fire. Two prisoners were taken, and no identification was secured. 1 died of wounds, 1 missing. The majority of these were caused by hostile machine gun fire, which was brought to bear upon the parties as they returned to our line. Unit history 7th of June 1917 Attack Launched   9th of June 1917  On the Move   1st Jan 1918 In Camp 2nd Jan 1918 Reliefs 5th Jan 1918 Enemy Active 7th Jan 1918 Trench Work 8th Jan 1918 Relief Complete   11th Jan 1918 Reinforcements 14th Jan 1918 Working Party   17th Jan 1918 Working Parties 18th Jan 1918 Working Parties 19th Jan 1918 Working Parties 20th Jan 1918 Working Parties 21st Jan 1918 Working Parties 22nd Jan 1918 Working Parties 23rd Jan 1918 Working Parties 24th Jan 1918 Working Parties 25th Jan 1918 In Camp 26th Jan 1918 Working Parties and Training 27th Jan 1918 Quiet 29th Jan 1918 Reinforcements 31st Jan 1918 Aircraft Active 1st Apr 1918 Reliefs   2nd Apr 1918 Gas Shells   3rd Apr 1918 Shell Fire   4th Apr 1918 Relief Complete   5th Apr 1918 Reorganisation   6th Apr 1918 Baths   7th Apr 1918 Reliefs   8th Apr 1918 Quiet   9th Apr 1918 Ground Lost   10th of April 1918 Under Attack   10th Apr 1918 Enemy Attack   11th of April 1918 Quiet...and then...   11th Apr 1918 Attack Made   12th Apr 1918 In Defence   13th Apr 1918 Counter Attack Launched   14th Apr 1918 Shelling   15th of April 1918 A Quiet Day   15th Apr 1918 Artillery Active   16th Apr 1918 On the Move   17th Apr 1918 Heavy Shelling   18th Apr 1918 Move   19th Apr 1918 Reorganisation   20th Apr 1918 Reorganisation   21st Apr 1918 On the March   22nd Apr 1918 In Camp   23rd Apr 1918 Reinforcements   24th Apr 1918 Reorganisation   25th Apr 1918 On the March   26th Apr 1918 Advance   27th Apr 1918 Reliefs   28th Apr 1918 Gas Shells   29th of April 1918 Under Fire Again   29th Apr 1918 Enemy Breaks Through   30th of April 1918 Reliefs and Attacks   30th Apr 1918 Counter Attack Launched   28th Aug 1918 Reliefs   7th Nov 1918 Attack Made If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 1st Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment? There are:5876 items tagged 1st Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. Those known to have served with 1st Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment during the Great War 1914-1918. Balson Bertie. Pte. (d.26th April 1918) Blackmore Ewart Gladstone. 2nd Lt. Brake Charles George. Pte. Bushnell George Henry. Pte. (d.22nd Sep 1914) Carpenter John Abraham. (d.30th March 1918) Connor James. Pte. (d.23rd Oct 1918) Cook Albert Henry. Pte. (d.16th Sep 1914) Crampton Charles John. Pte. Daniels Bertie. Pte. Dean Harry Thomas. Pte. (d.1st Sept 1918) Farr Henry John. Pte. (d.23rd Sep 1915) Flippance George Noah. Pte. (d.26th Oct 1914) Foard Sydney. Pte. (d.12th April 1918) Foster Sidney Dent. Cpl. (d.17th Feb 1917) Fox J. S.V.. L/Cpl. (d.20th Apr 1915) Green Arthur. Cpl. (d.12th April 1918) Hatherell Alfred James. L/Cpl. (d.24th March 1918) Hayward VC, MC. Reginald Frederick Johnson. Lt.Col. Hunt Edward. Private (d.24th Mar 1918) McKay Henry Donald. Pte. (d.7th Jun 1917) Paginton Tom. Pte. Pearce MM Albert Edward. Pte. (d.7th June 1917) Reeves Maurice William. L/Cpl. Ricketts Leonard Frank. Pte. Robinson Benjamin. Cpl. (d.25th Sept 1915) Seager Hubert. Pte (d.14th Nov 1914) Sealey John. L/Cpl. (d.22nd Mar 1918) Shiner Ernest Frederick. Pte. (d.20th Jun 1917) Smith Herbert. Swindells James Henry. Pte. Tanner Edward. Pte. (d.27th Oct 1914) Titcombe Walter Edmond. Pte. Wild Ernest Frederick. Pte. (d.10th May 1916) Wiltshire Herbert. Pte. (d.27th Dec 1914) All names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List Records of 1st Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment from other sources. 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If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great battalion regiment artillery Did you know? We also have a section on World War Two. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations.   Pte. Leonard Frank Ricketts 1st Btn. Wiltshire Regiment Leonard Ricketts was one of my great-great-grandmother's brothers, of whom two fought in WW1. His war record does not survive, but he was wounded by a gunshot through the hand in 1915 and was captured at Ploegsteert on 11th of April 1918. He survived the war, married, had two children, and moved to Wales, where he died in 1968. Michael Add to this record.   Pte. George Noah Flippance A Coy, 1st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment (d.26th Oct 1914) George Flippance was born in 1886 and was from Collingbourne, Wiltshire. Before the outbreak he married Lillian Kent in June 1914 As a member of the Regular Army at the outbreak of war he was in A Company, 1st Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment. His unit was one of the first to travel to France with the 80,000 strong British Expeditionary Force arriving in early August. As one of the first British units to fight in France he was involved in the Battle of Mons and then part of what became know as the Great Retreat where by the BEF delayed the advance of the German Forces despite being outnumbered 3-1 and so helped contribute to the halting of the German advance at the subsequent Battle of the Marne. In October 1914 he was involved in the first Battle of Ypres here he was killed on the 26th of October just 3 days after the birth of his son, Joshua Noah Flippance. George is among the many thousand of soldiers without a known grave but is commemorated at the Le Touret Memorial in France and on the War Memorial in his home village of Collingbourne, Wiltshire. He was posthumously awarded the 1914 Star, 1914-1918 War Medal and the Victory Medal. Add to this record.   Pte. Sydney Foard 1st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment (d.12th April 1918) My grandfather's uncle fought in WW1 and was killed in action during the Battle of Lys. The 1st Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment were defending Hill 63 when the Germans advanced. A message came through to flee the hill but there was a miscommunication. The message they received was to hold their position on the hill and fight to the last. This had tragic consequences for 1st Wilts, including the death of Sydney Foard Joanne Jones Add to this record.   Pte. George Henry Bushnell 1st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment (d.22nd Sep 1914) George Bushnell was born in Wexcombe, Wiltshire to parents Albert and Fanny Bushnell. He died at the Valley of Aisne. George is buried at Vailly Cemetery, France and is remembered on the War memorial plaque in Fyfield Church, Hampshire. Tracey Piper Add to this record.   Pte. Charles George Brake 1st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment My father Charles Brake originally joined the 8th Battalion the Somerset Light Infantry during the early part of 1917 and was transferred to the 1st Battalion the Wiltshire Regiment and demobbed on the 5 March 1919. Despite being injured on two occasions he was one of the very lucky survivors and lived to the age of 75 years. His war service was never discussed and sadly the precise details of his service and experiences are unknown despite extensive research my myself. Many will be aware that the majority of service records were destroyed during World War 11 and so I have relied on the available books published in relation to both Battalions and extracts from the war diaries. I have been able to establish the activities and movements of both Battalions during this period also the various Battles including the 3rd Battle of Ypres, Passchendale where interestingly both Battalions were in action and in close proximity with very heavy casualties so perhaps that is when his transfer occurred. Anthony Brake Add to this record.   Cpl. Arthur Green 1st Btn. Wiltshire Regiment (d.12th April 1918) Arthur Green was born and raised in the Hampshire town of Whitchurch. He enlisted with the Hampshire Regiment and served for 3 years as a regular soldier before returning to his home town where he worked as a groom and barman in local hotels and public houses. He married and started a family but was recalled as a reservist at the very outbreak of the Great War. He fought alongside his comrades in the 1st Hampshires throughout 1915 And into 1916 when, on the terrible first day of The Battle of the Somme, he was seriously injured on Redan Ridge and evacuated to England. Having recovered Arthur was rebadged and was soon at the front again with 1st Wiltshires. April 1918 found him in front of Plugstreet Wood as a Corporal facing the onslaught of what was to be the last desperate attempt by the Germans to achieve victory on the Western Front. We can only assume that Arthur was wounded in this battle and captured as he was buried in a German cemetery at La Basse Ville, Warneton, close by a German hospital and several miles in the rear of their front. Corporal Arthur Green now rests in The Strand Cemetery proudly remembered by his succesors and their extended families. Peter Bailey Add to this record.   Pte. Walter Edmond Titcombe 1st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment My great grandfather, Walter Titcombe, fought at the Battle of Mons and at some point was taken captive. He was sent to Germany and spent the rest of the war as a POW. He became allocated to a local farm as a source of free labour. He cut tiny slithers from the turnips he was harvesting and ate them raw as like other POWs he was extremely malnourished. By all accounts he was a very quiet man after the war and didn't like to talk of his experiences very much. Jamie Titcombe Add to this record.   Pte. Charles John Crampton 1st Btn. Wiltshire Regiment My grandfather, Charles John Crampton, was a school teacher who joined the army aged 38, which seems quite late for someone in a profession to be joining up. He joined the Army Cycle Corps which again seems an unusual unit to join at that age. I have inherited his war diary which tells us of some of his comrades who were injured or killed in WW1 between June 1916 and 26th Jan 1919. I would like to learn more about him as I never knew him. Mary Crampton Add to this record.   2nd Lt. Ewart Gladstone Blackmore 1st Btn. Wiltshire Regiment Ewart Gladstone Blackmore was born on Saturday 21st May 1898 at 3, Northcote Road, St. George, Gloucestershire and was one of eleven children born to Frederick Charles and Augusta Susan Wesley Blackmore (nee Smith); he was christened on Wednesday 7th February 1900 at St. George The Martyr, St. George, Bristol. Because of the need for junior officers in the Great War it was routine during war-time for men to be selected to attend Officer Cadet Units or Officer Cadet Schools. Ewart would have been compulsorily conscripted on or about his 18th birthday and would have trained as a recruit. He must have shown leadership potential enabling his commanding officer to put his name forward for officer selection. As a private soldier becoming an officer he would have been struck off the strength of his original unit and added to the officer strength of his new unit. There is no record of the unit that Ewart had originally served in before being selected for officer training. The London Gazette of 19th April 1918 listed Ewart as being appointed a Second-Lieutenant from an Officer Cadet Unit with effect from 27th March 1918 and joined up with the 1st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment (Territorial Force) on 3rd October 1918. He was subsequently seconded to the 6th Battalion Wiltshires for recruiting and reconstruction purposes following huge losses it had sustained during the fighting in France and Flanders where it was reduced to cadre strength. On the 27th of September Ewart, along with 151 Other Ranks, left England to join the Battalion, eventually joining up with them on 3rd October 1918 at the Divisional Reception Camp near Villers-Guislain in time for the planned assault on the Beaurevoir Line; Battalion HQ was based at Kitchen Crater. Ewart and the Wiltshires pushed on and occupied part of the Hindenburg Line at Rancourt Farm with the 7th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment on the left, the 33rd Division on the right and the 6th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment in support. The 64th Infantry Brigade was holding the front line at Montecouvez Farm. The Wiltshires took up a position east of the farm for an attack on an enemy position in the Beaurevoir Line. The companies were to rendezvous on the eastern edge of the Rancourt Copse at 22.45 hrs. Owing to it being a very dark night and the amount of barbed wire to be passed through, the rendezvous was not completed until 23.30 hrs. The companies then moved off in column of route with increased distances via the tracks and roads and sunken roads. Due to the darkness and state of roads and other traffic the companies did not reach the predetermined point until 00.45 hrs. They were formed up as follows - Front Line - C Company on the right, D company on the left. Support Line - A Company on the right, B Company on the left. On the 7th October Ewart was involved with the attack on the Beaurevoir Line following a heavy bombardment by the Allied artillery. The casualties taken by the 1st Wiltshires in the assault were 2 Officers and 11 Other Ranks killed; 3 Officers and 78 Other Ranks wounded and Other Ranks Missing 2. Captures comprised 81 enemy Other Ranks, one T.M.B. (Trench Mortar Battery) and two Machine Guns. On the 23rd October the Wiltshires prepared themselves for their night attack on Ovillers situated on the left of the Albert-Bapaume Road which was one of the front line villages held by the Germans, situated on a spur which gave it an excellent view over the British lines. On the opposite side of the valley stood La Boiselle, It was another equally heavily fortified village that commanded the north side of what was called 'Mash Valley'. This attack was a phase of the Battles of the German Hindenburg Line. The Wiltshires succeeded in taking all of its objectives and held them until 6th Battalion, Leicestershire Regt and 62nd Infantry Brigade went through to capture further objectives. The Wiltshire Regiment casualties during the attack were Officers Killed; 2nd Lieuts H R Palmer, H B Cooper. Other Ranks 23 Wounded Officers: Lieut.W.J.E Ross, 2nd Lieuts E.G. Blackmore and H. Aston. Other Ranks 120. Missing Officers Nil. The Battalions War Diary states that Ewart suffered a gunshot wound to the left eye and after first receiving attention at the Regimental Aid Post and then the Advanced Dressing Station, the was sent to the 34 Casualty Clearing Station at Grevillers on the 24th October. A day later he was admitted to the officers surgical ward at No.3 General Hospital at Le Treport roughly 20 miles north east of Dieppe. Ewarts case was clearly more serious than the CCS could attend to so was sent to No.3 General Hospital at le Treport. He was evacuated to England on 5th November aboard the Hospital Ship Carisbrook Castle. She had previously been used as a troop ship in the Boer War and regularly sailed in the Cape mail service for the Union-Castle Mail Steamship Line during peacetime. The Carisbrook Castle would have docked at Southampton with being Ewart transported by train to Bristol Temple Meads Station before being transferred to the 2nd Southern Area Military Hospital (the Bristol Royal Infirmary) for rehabilitation. Before he was discharged the Armistice was signed by the warring factions so Ewart was never to see active service again. David Blackmore Add to this record.   Pte. Tom Paginton 1st Btn. Wiltshire Regiment Tom Paginton was my great grandfather who was wounded at the Battle of Mons. I have found some information but not a lot. He was eligible for 1914 Mons Star, clasp and SWB dated as 28th August 1914. I cannot find any other information or his medals. Also cannot find any information about his enlistment which due to his number would have been between January 1909 and March 1910. Chris Wilson Add to this record.   L/Cpl. Maurice William "Knocker" Reeves 1st Btn. Wiltshire Regiment Maurice Reeves was my grandfather. He joined the Wilshires in 1907. He got wounded and became a POW very early on in the War. He was interred in Friborg, Switzerland at the end of 1917 and was demobed in 1919. If any one has more on him or photos I would love to make contact. John Reeves Add to this record.   Cpl. Sidney Dent Foster 1st Btn Wiltshire Regiment (d.17th Feb 1917) Sidney Dent Foster was born in 1896, in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, where his family had lived for several generations. His older brother, Percy, is my great-grandfather. My family are fortunate to have kept several artefacts, medals and papers from both brothers, which I now hold. It is from these, and some research, that I can share some of Sidney's story. Sidney worked as a clerk for the gas board in Nuneaton. As well as Percy, he had a younger sister and 2 brothers. There is a formal studio shot of him taken just before the war in his Sunday best. After his older brother enlisted as a volunteer at the start of the war Sidney, too, joined up. He initially joined the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 13th Battalion, probably in October 1914. We have a picture (photo 3) of him standing in his first uniform, outside the house where he was billeted during training. One of the addresses kept by his brother shows that he was at a training camp near Blandford in Dorset. At some point Sidney seems to have transferred across to the 16th Battalion (3rd Birmingham Pals) and probably arrived in France with them in November, 1915. We have a picture of him as a Lance Corporal with some friends (photo 4), clearly showing the antelope cap badge of the Royal Warwickshires. From the state of their uniforms I assume this was taken before their arrival in France. Whilst serving in France Sidney was transferred again, this time to the Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's), 1st Battalion, C Company. This was a regular army unit in the 25th Division but we are not sure how or when this transfer took place. At the start of 1917 the 1st Battalion of the Wiltshires was stationed in the line around Ploegsteert Wood, south of Ypres in Belgium. Here, between 12th - 14th February, Sidney's C Company was withdrawn from the rest of the battalion to prepare for a daylight trench raid. They rehearsed this attack many times while positioned at Pont de Nieppe, right on the French-Belgian border directly south of Ypres. At 10:40 am on 17th February the raid commenced, following preparatory work to cut the wire defences in no-man's-land. C Company was joined by soldiers from 10th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment, totalling about 200 in the raiding party. The objectives were north and south of Factory Farm, as well as the farm itself, the primary aim being to surprise the enemy and retrieve prisoners and information. The raid was successful in surprising the enemy, approximately 20 being killed by the preliminary bombardment or during the fighting. All objectives were taken, with the exception of Factory Farm where, in the words of the official war diary 'stout resistance was offered'. Other than the dead enemy, however, no German prisoners were captured and no useful identifications were made. This minor skirmish cost the raiding party (again, from the war diary) 4 other ranks killed, 26 wounded, 1 died of wounds and 1 missing. Most of this seems to have resulted from enemy machine gun fire as the party returned to the British lines. Cpl. Sidney Foster was one of those killed. He was 20 years old. The following day his battalion was withdrawn from the front line. As well as official documents mentioning this incident, the family also received 3 letters that help to explain some of the circumstances surrounding Sidney's death. The first of these, dated 19th February, was from his platoon commander, Lt. G. K. Wait, who described the raid and some of the bombing that went on. He also mentions the enemy machine guns that fired on the returning group, a bullet hitting Sidney in the head. The second letter was from one of Sid's best friends in 10 Platoon, Sgt. David Mansell, D.C.M. He wrote to Sid's parents to express his condolences and sense of loss at his friend's death. He briefly explains that Sidney was hit by shrapnel in the chest – not a bullet – and died almost instantly. (We will never know which story is most accurate. Many such letters describe a quick death when sent to the bereaved.) The final letter, dated 28th February, is the Army form B. 104-82, officially notifying the family of the death. It is a very dry document, listing the titles and numbers identifying Sidney and noting the cause of death as Killed In Action. By far the most significant document for the family, however, remains the hand-written final letter that Sidney wrote to his father during training for the raid, only 4 days before he was killed. He thanks everyone for the parcels that just arrived with gifts of cigarettes, food and so on. He sounds in good spirits and sends his love to all the family. Most of the remaining paperwork the family kept relates to Sidney's final resting place. An official grave card and picture was sent between the wars (photo 5), after the original crosses had been turned into headstones by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Sidney seems to be unusual in that he still lies in exactly the same place he was buried in 1917. He rests in a corner of the Berks Cemetery Extension, alongside his comrades from the Wiltshire and Cheshire regiments who fell on the same day. Sidney's father, Frederick Foster, chose the inscription to be added to his gravestone, as a lasting tribute: 'At Rest, Ever Remembered By Loved Ones'. In some small way, telling this story is my own way of honouring those words. Matthew Hall Add to this record.   Pte. Herbert Wiltshire 1st Btn Wiltshire Regiment (d.27th Dec 1914) Herbert Wiltshire served with "D" Coy. 1st Bn, Wiltshire Regiment. He died age 26 on 27th of December 1914. He was the son of Mr. G. and Mrs. C. Wiltshire, of Stert, Devizes. Remembered with honour at the Ypres Menin Gate Memorial. Add to this record.   Pte. Albert Henry Cook 1st Btn. Wiltshire Regiment (d.16th Sep 1914) Albert Cook was born c 1887 in Stratton near Swindon. He was the husband of Margaret Annie Cook, of Westcott House, Miskin Square, Trealow (Rhondda), Glamorgan and the father of Ivy (1911) and Reggie (1912). In the 1911 census he was newly married and a colliery stoker living at Ruabon House, New Road, Garnant, Carmarthenshire. He attested in Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment) - 62nd & 99th Foot in 1903 at the age of 17. His final resting place is unknown but he is listed on the Memorial at La Ferte-sous-Jouarre in France. Add to this record.   Pte. Ernest Frederick Wild 1st/5th Btn. Wiltshire Regiment (d.10th May 1916) Ernest Frederick Wild was the son of Frederick and Sarah Wild. He married Sarah Anne Reeves in 1909, lived in Calne Wiltshire. He joined the 1st Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment and was injured at La Bassee in October 1914. After his recovery, he transferred to the 5th Battalion. He was wounded in fighting in Mesopotamia and died on 10th May 1916 as a result of his wounds. He is buried in Kirkee 1914-1918 war cemetery in India. Danny Wilde Add to this record.   Pte. James Connor 1st Btn. Wiltshire Regiment (d.23rd Oct 1918) James Connor served with the 1st Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment and died on 23rd October 1918. Angela Murphy Add to this record.   Pte. Edward Tanner 1st Btn. Wiltshire Regiment (d.27th Oct 1914) Edward Tanner was executed for desertion 27/10/1914 aged 33. His name is on Le Touret Memorial, in the Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L'Avoue, France. Pte Tanner, of the Wiltshire Regiment, was executed on October 27 1914 after being found guilty of desertion. The 33-year-old soldier, who had fought at Mons and had recently recovered from dysentry, was charged after being found in civilian clothes. His plea of shattered nerves was ignored and he was sentenced to death. s flynn Add to this record.   L/Cpl. J. S.V. Fox 1st Btn. Wiltshire Regiment (d.20th Apr 1915) L/Cpl. J S V Fox served with the Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion, and was attached to the 3rd Division Cyclists’ Company. He was executed for desertion on 20th April 1915, aged 20, and is buried in Dickebusch New Military Cemetery, Belgium. s flynn Add to this record.   Pte. Bertie Daniels 1st Btn. Wiltshire Regiment My Grandfather, Bertie Daniels enlisted in the Army on 21st August 1905 and served with B Company the 1st Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment. He landed in Rouen, France on 21st November 1914. He was shot in the head and was taken to 4C Field Ambulance on 23rd November 1914. He was admitted to 7 Stat Hospital Boulogne and on 3rd Dec 1914 taken back to England on the Carisbrook Castle. He was eventualy transferred to the Northumberland Fusiliers 3rd Garrison Battalion. Bertie past away in 1946 in Frome, Somerset. Tony Daniels Add to this record.   Pte. Bertie Balson 1st Battalion (Duke of Edinburgh's) Wiltshire Regiment (d.26th April 1918) Bertie Balson was the son of Alfred Charles and Emily Ellen Balson (nee Bosley). He is buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery. Martyn Rundle Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices. The 25th Division in France and Flanders Lieut.-Col. M. Kincaid-Smith A history of the 25th Division, completed in February and in July 1918. The book contains 429 pages of fairly detailed history, including many statistics such as casualties, promotions and awards. The main periods are the Somme in 1916, the various battles of 1917 and the German and British offensives of 1918. From Amazon.co.uk: New Army division formed in September 1914. To France in September 1915. Armentieres, Vimy Ridge (1916), Somme, Messines. Third Ypres and the Aisne (1918). 48,289 casualties (623 officers and 12,623 other ranks dead). Reconstituted in England June 1918. More information on: The 25th Division in France and Flanders Links Suggest a link

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