
WILSFORD
WAR MEMORIAL
World War 1 & 2 -
Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright
© carolynn Langley 2008
The
memorial is sited in a brick wall to left of the lane leading to church
of St. Michael at Wilsford, Wiltshire. Wilsford is approximately 2-3
miles from Amesbury, nearr Salisbury. The memorial is hand painted consisting
of a a blue board with the names in gold paint which are beginning to
flake in places, in a wooden frameThe board is rectangular and in the
portrait position, with a curved top. The frame has a small triangular
tiled roof above it and the whole piece is mounted onto a wall. It has
a wooden slated bench running underneath the memorial, along the wall.
The memorial is in the portrait position, with a curved top, the frame
has a small triangular tiled roof above it and the whole piece is mounted
onto a wall
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Photograph
© David Cockman 2013 |
SORROW
ARE PAST
AND IN
THE END IS SHOWN
THE TREASURE OF
IMMORTALITY IN
LIVING MEMORY OF
1914 – 1918
CANNING |
Bertred
|
Private
18346, 2nd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment. Died 26th July 1915.
Aged 24. Son of Mrs. E. H. Canning, of 38, West Amesbury, Salisbury.
Buried in ST. VAAST POST MILITARY CEMETERY, RICHEBOURG-L'AVOUE,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row H. Grave 3. |
COOMBS |
William
|
[3rd
Wilts Regt on Memorial] Private 140530, 8th Company, Machine Gun
Corps (Infantry). Died 24th March 1918. Aged 30. Son of Thomas
and Jane Coombs, of Great Durnford, Salisbury; husband of Alice
Louisa Coombs, of Wilsford Lake, Salisbury Buried in PARGNY BRITISH
CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot I. Row B. Grave 7. |
DARTS |
Reginald
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3rd
Wiltshire Regiment. No further information currently available.
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FOLLIAT |
John
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Durham
Light Infantry. No further information currently available. |
GRAY |
Charles
[Herbert] |
[3rd
Wilts on memorial] Possibly
Private 22013, 6th (Wiltshire Yeomanry) Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment.
Died 4th April 1921. Aged 22. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gray,
of 16, Haydon St., Swindon; husband of A. J. Gray. Buried SWINDON
(RADNOR STREET) CEMETERY, Wiltshire. Grave reference B. 2321. |
MOULD |
Edward
|
[3rd
Wilts on memorial] Possibly
Private 18439, 2nd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment. Died 21st March
1918. Commemorated POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 64. |
NOBLE |
Harry
aka Henry [William] |
Serjeant
19638, "J" Battery, Royal Horse Artillery. Died 11 February
1916 in a military hospital in Rouen. Aged 36. Born at Downton,
Wiltshire in 1882, enlisted Poole, Dorset. Previously served for
7 years in the Royal Horse Artillery (RHA) from 1901 - 1908 mainly,
at St. John's Wood barracks. He left the RHA with the rank of
sergeant in 1908 obtaining a job as groom/coachman to Lord and
Lady Glenconner at Wilsford Manor. At the outbreak of the 1914
War he was immediately recalled to service, as he was in the reserve
army. Husband of Mary J. Noble, of Lode Hill, Downton, Salisbury.
Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France. Plot
A. Row 17. Grave 14.
See
also Downton |
PALMER |
Henry
|
[2nd
Wilts on memorial] Possibly
Serjeant 10358, 1st Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment. Died 23rd December
1916. Aged 22. Son of John and Mary Ann Palmer, of Ivy Cottage,
Southampton Rd., Salisbury. Buried BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot VIII. Row C. Grave 191. |
TENNANT |
Hon.
Edward Wyndham |
Lieutenant,
4th Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Died 22nd September 1916. Aged
19. Son of Edward Priaux, 1st Baron Glenconner and Lady Glenconner,
(now Viscountess Grey of Falloden). One of the war poets. Buried
in GUILLEMONT ROAD CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot 1. Row B. Grave
18 |
1939
- 1945 |
BAILEY |
Douglas
|
R.F.
No further information currently available. |
MILLS |
Robert
A |
5TH
Wilts No further information currently available. |
WHELAN |
Alexander
‘Alec’ [Edwin] |
Gunner
5574056, 191 (The Hertfordshire and Essex Yeo.) Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery. Died 21st July 1944. Aged 34. Son of William
John and Georgina Whelan, of Lake, Wiltshire. Buried in LA DELIVRANDE
WAR CEMETERY, DOUVRES, Calvados, France. Plot VIII Row L. Grave
8. |
"Their
Name Liveth For Evermore" |
Last updated
14 September, 2013
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