Private 201805. 2nd/4th Battalion, Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry). Killed in action 31 July 1918. Aged 32. Born and resident Chippenham, Wiltshire, enlisted Bath. Son of Albert H. J. and Phoebe Hull, of 11, Park Fields, Chippenham, Wiltshire. No known grave. Commemorated on SOISSONS MEMORIAL, Aisne, France.

Second Lieutenant (Pilot), 1st Squadron, Royal Air Force and 10th Battalion, London Regiment. Killed in action while flying in a Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5, serial number B7909, 26 October 1918. Aged 24.Born 4 August 1894. Son of Henry Hope Hunt and Sarah Ann Hunt, of 67, Park Lane, Chippenham, Wiltshire.Admitted to Chippenham Secondary Day / Grammar School, Chippenham, Wiltshire 14 September 1907, son of Henry Hunt, left 30 July 1913 to attend St Mark's Training College as a Student Teacher. Buried in TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot VII. Row A. Grave 2.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1920:

† Lieutenant, General List and 92nd Trench Mortar Battery, Royal Field Artillery attahced 9th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action 8 November 1917. Aged 26. Native of Stroud, Gloucestershire. Son of George and M. E. Hunt, of 24, Langley Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire. Buried in ROCLINCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot III. Row E. Grave 6.

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Extract from Wiltshire Telegraph - Saturday 17 November 1917, page 3:

LIEUT. P. G. H. HUNT KILLED IN ACTION.

The news of the death in action of Lieutenant Peicival George Havelock Hunt, only son of Mr. George Havelock Hunt, of Albany House, was received with deep regret in Chippenham and Calne, where he was held in much respect. The intelligence was conveyed to the deceasea’s sister in London by a brother officer who immediately after the action returned from France prior to proceeding to India. It appears that in an engagement on Friday last Lieut. Hunt was directing the fire of the battery of which he was in command, when he was struck on the head with a shell and killed instantly. On receiving the news Miss Hunt came home, and informed her father, and his painful task it was to communicate it to his wife, who was devoted to her only son. Before the war Lieut Hunt was a member of the Territorials and served four years in the Calne detachment of the R.AM.C. In December 1914 he joined the 4th Wilts and was subsequently transferred to the 8th Battalion, with which he went to Bovington camp for training. His general intelligence and knowledge, of military duties marked him out for promotion; he attained the rank of Sergeant-Major, and about 18 months ago was given a commission and was transferred to another reglment, which he accompanied to France. Since then he had taken part in many engagements. He was wounded at the beginning of the year, but remained in France. Last summer he was invalided home, and on his health being restored he returned to duty: soon after that he was promoted Lieutenant. The blow is a severe one to his parents with whom there is widespread sympathy. The deceased, who was 26 years of age, assisted his father in his business, and his death cuts short what promised to be a successful career. He had business capabilities above the average, and shortly after he came of age he had the entire management and control of a large undertaking at Bristol. His death adds another to the lengthening list of old boys of the Calne County Secondary School, who have made the great sacrifice.

Private 155330, Royal Army Medical Corps (Temporary Chaplain to the Forces, 1916-1918). Died 29 November 1918. Aged 30. Son of Arthur D. and Mary J. Lough, of Whitby; husband of Marjorie Lough (nee McCormack), of Northwick, Pilning, Bristol, married 14 September 1915 in Northwick, St Thomas, Bristol, Gloucestershire. Educated Durham University and London College of Divinity. Ordained Saturday 21 December 1912 in Bristol Cathedral. In the 1901 census he was aged 12, born Whitby, Yorkshire, son of Arthur Dudley and Mary Jane Lough, resident 9, Plymouth Road, Barry, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales. Buried in CHIPPENHAM (LONDON ROAD) CEMETERY, Wiltshire. Grave 318.

Extract from Bristol Times and Mirror, Tuesday 3 December 1918, page 6:

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1919:

Private 31358, 9th (Service) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Killed in action 26 October 1917. Born and enlisted Chippenham, Wiltshire. Brother of Ernest H. Pond, of "Westwood," York Avenue, Guernsey, Channel Islands. In the 1901 census he was aged 19, born Chippenham, Wiltshire, a Grocer's Assistant, son of George William and Mary A Pond, resident 1, High Street, Chippenham, Chippenham Within, Wiltshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 30, born Chippenham, Wiltshire, a grocer's Assistant, son of George William and Mary Ann Pond, resident 1 High Street Chippenham, Chippenham Within, Wiltshire,. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 38 to 40.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1919:

† Captain, Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry attached to 2nd Battalion, Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment). Died of influenza contracted while on active service 8 October 1918. Aged 28. Son of Mortimer and Fredericka Charlotte Louisa Rooke, of The Ivy, Chippenham. Mentioned in Despatches (MiD). Matriculated 1908 Oxford University, Brasenose College. In the 1911 census he was aged 20, born St Georges, Hanover Square, London, a University student, son of Mortimer Rooke (a solicitor), resident 54 Eccleston Square, London S.W., St George Hanover Square, London & Middlesex. Mobilised August 1914. Buried in CHIPPENHAM (LONDON ROAD) CEMETERY, Wiltshire. Grave 1055.

Extract from Western Daily Press, 18 October 1918, page 4:

INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC.
FATAL CASES AT CHIPPENHAM.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1919:

Second Lieutenant (Pilot), 2 Figting School, Royal Air Force. Drowned at sea while flying off Marske in a Bristol F2B Fighter, serial number E2550, when the aircraft collided in the air and crashed into the sea 28 October 1918. Born 23 October 1892 in Chippenham, Wiltshire. Admitted to Hockworthy Church of England School, Hockworthy, Devon, 28 October 1896, son of John Taviner. In the 1911 census he was aged 18, born Giddea Hall, Wiltshire, an Apprentice to an Outfitter, son of John Alderman Taviner and Sarah Agnes Taviner, resident 11 Malmesbury Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire. Permnent address on enlistment was old Harbour, Kington Langley, Chippenham, Wiltshire. Registered in Los Angeles, California, USA, as a Hotel Clerk, medium height, medium build, brown eyes, brown hair, he was employed by the Saratoga Hotel, 31780, Flower Street, Los Angeles, as a Clerk and was resident there. Body not recovered. No known grave. Commemorated on HOLLYBROOK MEMORIAL, SOUTHAMPTON, Hampshire.

Extract from Wiltshire Times And Trowbridge Advertiser, 30 October 1920, page 3:

Second Lieutenant, 29th Training Depot Station, Royal Air Force formerly Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry. Killed flying in a Sopwith F.1 Camel, serial number D1815, when his aircraft was seen spinning into ground caused by stalling on top of a roll 13 January 1919. Aged 24. Born 11 January 1895. Son of James Bakewell Warrilow and Clara Sophia Warrilow, of Amesbury House, Chippenham; brother of Algernon Aubrey Bakewell Warrilow (above). In the 1901 census he was aged 6, born Chippenham, Wiltshire, son of J B and Calara Sophia Warrilow, resident New Road, Chippenham, Chippenham Within, Wiltshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 16, born Chippenham, Wiltshire, an Outfitter Apprentice, son of James Bakewell and Calata Sophia Warrilow, resident 12 New Road Chippenham, Chippenham Within, Wiltshire. Buried in CHIPPENHAM (ST. PAUL) CHURCHYARD, Wiltshire. Row K. Grave 11.

Court of Inquiry No. 75506

† Captain, 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Died of wounds 29 September 1915. Aged 22. Born 5 March 1893. Baptised 30 May 1893 in Chippenham, Wiltshire, son of Mervyn Seppings Wilson and Helena Jane Wilson, 19, St. Mary Street, Chippenham, Wiltshire. Son of Mervyn Seppings Wilson and Helena Jane Wilson, O.B.E., of 19, St. Mary Street, Chippenham, Wiltshire; brother of Geoffrey and Herbert (below). No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 40 and 41.

Extract from Wiltshire Telegraph - Saturday 16 October 1915, page 1:

CAPTAIN E. S. WILSON.

Extract from Wiltshire Telegraph, 23 October 1915, page 3:

† Captain, 114th Mahrattas attached to 105th Mahratta Light Infantry, Indian Army. Died in Mesopotamia 9 January 1917. Aged 28. Born 29 September 1888. Baptised 17 November 1888 in Chippenham, St Andrew, son of Mervyn Seppings and Helena Jane Wilson, resident St Mary Street, Chippenham. Son of Mervyn Seppings Wilson and Helena Jane Wilson, of 19, St. Mary Street, Chippenham, Wiltshire; brother of Evelyn and Geoffrey (above). Buried in AMARA WAR CEMETERY, Iraq. Plot XXIII. Row J. Grave 17.

Extract from The London and China Telegraph - 15 Jnuary 1917, page 49:

Extract from Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette, 20 January 1917, page 3, and The Wiltshire Advertiser, Thursday 18 January 1917, page 4:

THREE SONS KILLED.

Extract from North Wilts Herald, 26 January 1917, page 5:

Sapper 1874050, 13th Search Light Battery, 30 Fortress Company, Royal Engineers. Died from Malaria as a Japanese Prisoner of War in Thailand, Camp 4, July 1943. Aged 28. Born Born 17 June 1915, and resident, Wiltshire. Resident The Butts, Chippenham, Wiltshire. Son of Herbert Besant, of 30 Marshall Street, Chippenham, Wiltshire. In the 1921 census he was aged 6, born Chippenham, Wilshire, son of Herbert and Ethel Besant, resident 5, Landslane, Chippenham, Chippenham Within, Wiltshire. Enlisted 29 January 1937 in Devizes, Wiltshire. Buried in KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY, Thailand. Plot 4. Row A. Grave 1.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1945:

Northern Ireland - Gunner, Royal Artillery. Died 16 December 1979. Aged 19. He was one of four soldiers killed when a large IRA landmine exploded underneath their Land Rover as they travelled along the Ballygawley Road in Tyrone as part of a two vehicle mobile patrol.