The Well House Collection | Avon Memorial

Avon Memorial
Queen Mary Garden, Bath Road, Melksham

J Adams (1920-)
J	Adams		WWII

3/841	British Army	3rd Battalion	Sergeant Major	Germany

John Henry Alford (1886-1917)
J	Alford		WWI

R/1293	Royal Naval Division	189th Brigade Nelson Battalion	Able Seaman	France

12th General Hospital, died of gunshot wound 28/10/1917 to the buttocks in Battle of Passchendaele	died at age 31	Rouen, France

M Arnold (-)
M	Arnold		WWII

Ronald Edward Ashman (1916-1944)
R	Ashman		WWII

308042	Royal Artillery	10 Field Medium	Lieutenant

in battle, possibly friendly fire	died at age 28	Felaise Gap Railway Siding, France

Percy Herbert Charlie Baber (1876-1918)
P	Baber		WWI

204543	Rifle Brigade	22nd Battalion	Rifleman

	died at age 42

Douglas Summers Moore/Barton (1918-1944)
D	Barton		WWII

5570931	Wiltshire Regiment	5th Battalion	Corporal	France

	died at age 26

Edward Bath (1891-1917)
E	Bath		WWI

36772	Somerset Light Infantry	7th Battalion	Private	France, Belgium

killed in action	died at age 26	France & Flanders

Albert John Lampy Batten (1888-1917)
A	Batten		WWI

202935	Dorset Regiment	1st/4th Battalion	Private	Turkey, India

killed in action	died at age 28	Mesopotamia (Turkey)

Frederick James Bence (1898-1918)
F J	Bence		WWI

38434	Royal Berkshire Regiment	1st Battalion	Private	France

killed in action	died at age 19	France & Flanders

Arthur Thomas Benham (1891-1917)
A T R	Benham		WWI

291950	Devonshire Regiment	9th Battalion	Private	France, Belgium

killed in action	died at age 25	France & Flanders

Herbert Maurice Bird (1913-1945)
H M	Bird		WWII

1187049	Royal Air Force	Volunteer Reserve	Aircraftman 1st class

Lancaster bomber crash	died at age 32	RAF Hulllavington

John Henry "Jack" Bowden (1898-1917)
J H	Bowden		WWI

R/2506	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	Anson Battalion	Able Seaman	Belgium

wounded & missing; assumed killed in action	died at age 19	Paschendaele, Belgium

A Bowery (-)
A	Bowery		WWI

Stanley George Bowyer (1913-1940)
S G	Bowyer		WWII

2321990	Wiltshire Regiment	Infantry	Private	Belgium, France

	died at age 27

George Frederick Bright (1895-1916)
G F	Bright		WWI

19505	Wiltshire Regiment	6th Battalion	Private	France, Belgium

killed in action	died at age 21	France & Flanders

Albert Edward Brittain (1893-1915)
A	Brittain		WWI

200315	Wiltshire Regiment	1st/4th Battalion	Private	Turkey

died of wounds during war	died at age 21	Mesopotamia

Arthur Henry Brown (1917-1943)
A H	Brown	POW	WWII

556885	Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry	B Squadron	Trooper	Italy, Middlle East

died a prisoner of war	died at age 25	Italy

John Henry Burton (1923-1944)
J H	Burton		WWII

163716	Royal Air Force	356 Squadron	FO Air Bomber	India

	died at age 21

George Abel Cainey (1892-1918)
G	Cainey		WWI

204640	Wiltshire Regiment	1st Battalion	Corporal	France, Belgium

killed in action	died at age 26	France & Flanders

Francis Reginald "Frank" Candy (1892-1917)
F R	Candy		WWI

265678	Somerset Light Infantry	7th Battalion	Private	France, Belgium

killed in action	died at age 25	France

J Chisholm (-)
J	Chisholm		WWII

Herbert Reginald Clift (1891-1916)
H R	Clift		WWI

10556	Wiltshire Regiment	5th Battalion	Private	Turkey

killed in action	died at age 24	Mesopotamia (Turkey)

William Joseph John Comley (1895-1917)
W J J	Comley		WWI

200541	Wiltshire Regiment	1st/4th Battalion	Private	Egypt

died of wounds from war	died at age 22	Egypt

H E Crew (-)
H E	Crew		WWI

George Christopher Curnick (1897-1916)
G C	Curnick		WWI

18919	Wiltshire Regiment	5th Battalion	Private	Turkey

missing, reported killed in action	died at age 18	Mesopotamia (Turkey)

Ernest Alfred Day (1897-1916)
E A	Day		WWI

301846	London Regiment Rifle Brigade	5th (City of London) Battalion	Rifleman	France, Belgium

killed in action	died at age 18	France

Albert Edward Dodimead (1892-1915)
A	Dodimead		WWI

3/5802	Devonshire Regiment	1st Battalion	Private	Belgium

killed in action	died at age 23	Ostellorn, Belgium

Edward John Drew (1892-1918)
E J	Drew		WWI

14899	Royal Dublin Fusiliers	2nd Battalion	Private	France, Belgium

killed in action	died at age 26	France & Flanders

Arthur Francis Duck (1897-1916)
A	Duck		WWI

24891	Gloucestershire Regiment	14th Battalion	Lance Corporal	France, Belgium

killed in action	died at age 18	France

William Randolph Edwards (1916-1944)
W R	Edwards		WWII

1607130	Royal Air Force	Bomber Command, Halifax Ii	Sergt-Navigator

injuries from accident while on active service	died at age 28	Yorkshire Hospital, England

William Richard Elmes (1898-1916)
A T R	Elmes		WWI

R/16894	Kings Royal Rifle Corps	16th Battalion	Rifleman	France, Flanders

died of wounds from war	died at age 17	France & Flanders

John Kenneth "Jack" Escott (1919-1943)
K R	Escott		WWII

5570453	Wiltshire Regiment	1st Battalion	Private	South Africa

long illness	died at age 23	South Africa

J H Eyles (-)
J H	Eyles		WWII

William Thomas Ferris (1896-1918)
T	Ferris		WWI

1236	Prince of Wales Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)	2nd Battalion	Corporal	France, Belgium

died of wounds from war	died at age 22	France & Flanders

Charles Fortune (1881-1917)
C	Fortune		WWI

33158	Royal Hampshire	15th Battalion	Private	France, Belgium

died of wounds from war	died at age 35	France & Flanders

Walter George Gaby (1896-1918)
W	Gaby		WWI

12295	Wiltshire Regiment	7th Battalion	Private	France, Belgium

killed in action	died at age 22	France & Flanders

Peter Frederick Gale (1925-1944)
P F	Gale		WWII

D/JX 610222	Royal Navy	HMS Albatross	Ordinary Telegraphist

	died at age 19

William Fredrick Chaplin Gay/Sutcliffe (1890-1917)
W	Gay		WWI

200082	Wiltshire Regiment	1st/4th Battalion	Lance Sergeant	Egypt

died of wounds received in Palestine	died at age 27	Egypt

Melville Leonard Gingell (1913-1941)
M L	Gingell		WWII

1625759	Royal Artillery	48th Searchlight	Gunner

	died at age 28	Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

D Gordon (-)
D	Gordon		WWI

A Green (-)
A	Green		WWI

	joined colours before or during 1914

James Gregory (1885-1917)
J	Gregory		WWI

7007	Wiltshire Regiment	1st Battalion	Private	France, Belgium

killed in action	died at age 31	France

Lancelot Henry Griffen (1890-1918)
L	Griffen		WWI

200239	Wiltshire Regiment	1st/4th Battalion	Private	India, Egypt, Palestine

killed in action under heavy shelling; hit by a sniper	died at age 28	Palestine

Frederick Leonard Gulley (1905-1940)
F L	Gulley	POW	WWII

1069284	Royal Field Artillery	4 Medium Regiment	Gunner

ddied sometime between 28/5/1940 and 2/6/1940	died at age 34	France

Frederick George Gulliver (1896-1916)
F G	Gulliver		WWI

18910	Wiltshire Regiment	1st Battalion	Private	France, Belgium

killed in action	died at age 20	France & Flanders

William Henry Haines (1897-1918)
W H	Haines		WWI

201551	Wiltshire Regiment	4th Battalion	Private

died at home of wounds from war in a London military hospital (St Thomas)	died at age 20	Lambeth, Greater London, England

Adolphus Arthur Cyril Hardy (1895-1918)
C	Hardy		WWI

204125	Wiltshire Regiment	2nd Battalion	Corporal	France, Belgium

killed in action	died at age 22	France

J Harker (-)
J	Harker		WWII

Henry John Hatherell (1898-1917)
J	Hatherall		WWI

19452	Wiltshire Regiment	6th Battalion	Bugler; Private	France, Belgium

died in base hospital, one month following wounds received in war	died at age 19	No 13 General Hospital, Bolougne, France

Albert Edward Adam Hitchings (1890-1917)
A	Hitchings		WWI

22866	Machine Gun Corps	21st Company	Private	France, Belgium

killed in action in shellfire	died at age 26	France & Flanders

William Sidney Hobbs (1892-1917)
W S	Hobbs		WWI

18735	Dorset Regiment	1st Battalion	Lance Corporal	France, Belgium

killed in action	died at age 25	France & Flanders

Ronald Walter Hole (1920-1944)
W	Hole		WWII

5570685	Wiltshire Regiment	Infanctry	Lance Corporal

war-related	died at age 23	France

D C Holley (-)
D C	Holley		WWII

Frank Roland Holloway (1896-1916)
F	Holloway		WWI

18923	Wiltshire Regiment	8th Battalion

consumption, outside in dreadful training conditions	died at age 20	Staverton, Wiltshire, England

John Stephen Johnson (1890-1917)
J	Johnson		WWI

26407	Wiltshire Regiment	1st Battalion	Private

killed in trenches during an advance	died at age 27	France and Flanders

J Johnstone (-)
J	Johnstone		WWII

Henry Thomas Jones (1881-1914)
H F	Jones		WWI

5160	Wiltshire Regiment	2nd Battalion	Private	France, Belgium

killed in action	died at age 33	France & Flanders

Percy Edward King (1893-1917)
P E	King		WWI

19576	Wiltshire Regiment	6th Battalion	Private	France, Belgium

killed in action by a shell striking his head	died at age 23	France & Flanders

Herbert Howard Knott (1890-1915)
H H	Knott		WWI

11122	Wiltshire Regiment	2nd Battalion	Private	France, Belgium

killed in action	died at age 24	France & Flanders

Albert Victor Lane (1893-1916)
A V	Lane		WWI

22732	Wiltshire Regiment	1st Battalion	Private	France, Belgium

died of wounds from war	died at age 22	Somme, France

Seymour "Jim" Lovell-Hewitt (1908-1940)
S	Lovell Hewitt	POW	WWII

91182	Royal Warwickshire	Infantry	2nd Lieutenant	Belgium

	died at age 32	Belgium

Roy Douglas Male (1892-1917)
R	Male		WWI

20441	Wiltshire Regiment	1st/4th Battalion (Territorial)	Private	Palestine, Egypt

killed in action	died at age 25	Palestine

Walter Lewin Male (1896-1917)
W	Male		WWI

202009	Royal Hampshire	1/4th Battalion	Private	Turkey

killed by bomb in action	died at age 21	Bagdad

Philip Charles Henry Margetts (1901-1944)
P	Margetts		WWII

1414.3738	Royal Artillery		Gunner

war-related	died at age 42	Wiltshire, England

Claude Victor Merchant (1920-1945)
C V	Merchant		WWII

176835	Royal Artillery	164 Heavy Anti Aircraft Unit	Gunner	Orkneys

accidental mine discharge	died at age 25	Dover, Kent, England

David Jonathan Mitchell (1888-1918)
D J	Mitchell		WWI

226961	Royal Field Artillery	D Battery, 295th Bde	Driver	France, Belgium

	died at age 30	France & Flanders

Stanley Herbert Mizen (1898-1916)
S H	Mizen		WWI

19125	Wiltshire Regiment	5th Battalion	Private	Turkey

killed in action	died at age 17	Mesopotamia (Turkey)

Sidney Iver Morse (1897-1915)
S I	Morse		WWI

10257	Wiltshire Regiment	1st Battalion	Private	France, Belgium

killed in action	died at age 17	France & Flanders

Sydney Alfred Park (1897-1918)
S A	Park	POW	WWI

24520	Wiltshire Regiment	6th Battalion	Private	France, Flanders, Germany

Prisoner of War; pulmonary tuberculosis	died at age 20	Germany

Ronald James Park (1918-1946)
R J	Park		WWII

	Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry		Trooper

	died at age 28	Melksham, Wiltshire, England

Francis Edgar Payne (1894-1917)
F E	Payne		WWI

203134	Wiltshire Regiment	6th Battalion	Lance Corporal	France

killed by shell in action	died at age 23	France

G Pearce (-)
G	Pearce		WWI

	joined colours before or during 1914

Herbert Daniel Pearce (1896-1916)
H D	Pearce		WWI

19522	Wiltshire Regiment	5th Battalion	Private	Turkey

	died at age 19	Mesopotamia (Turkey)

Robert Henry "Bob" Pearce (1885-1917)
R	Pearce		WWI

PLY/2031/S	Royal Marine Light Infantry	1st Royal Marine, 188th Brigade	Private	Belgium

killed in action	died at age 32	Passchendaele Ridge, Ypres, Belgium

Edward Pegler (1892-1917)
E	Pegler		WWI

12292	Wiltshire Regiment	7th Battalion	Private	Greece, France

killed in action	died at age 25	Salonika, Greece

Thomas Eric "Tom" Plank (1886-1916)
T	Plank		WWI

19916	Devonshire Regiment	8th Battalion	Lance Corporal	France, Belgium

killed in action	died at age 29	France

E R Reynolds (-)
E R	Reynolds		WWI

Herbert Nelson "Bert" Reynolds (1892-1916)
H N	Reynolds		WWI

23661	Wiltshire Regiment	2nd Battalion	Private	France, Belgium

killed in action	died at age 24	Somme, France

Arthur Joseph Ricketts (1893-1915)
A J	Ricketts		WWI

10030	Wiltshire Regiment	1st Battalion	Private	France, Belgium

killed in action	died at age 22	France & Flanders

W Rogers (-)
W	Rogers		WWI

J K Rowland (-)
J K	Rowland		WWI

Albert Edward Scull (1893-1917)
A S	Scull		WWI

22706	Wiltshire Regiment	6th Battalion	Private	France, Belgium

died of wounds from war	died at age 24	France & Flanders

Hubert Seager (1891-1914)
H	Seager		WWI

3/8949	Wiltshire Regiment	1st Battalion	Private	France, Belgium

killed in action	died at age 23	France & Flanders

A Seviour (-)
A	Seviour		WWII

Percy Shrapnell (1893-1918)
P	Shrapnell		WWI

306640	Royal Warwickshire	1st/7th Battalion	Private	Italy

killed in action	died at age 25	Italy

J L Smith (-)
J L	Smith		WWII

F Stevens (-)
F	Stevens		WWI

	Wiltshire Regiment	1st 4th Battalion		India

Frederick Percy Sydee (1895-1918)
F	Sydee		WWI

320417	Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry	3rd Reserve Regiment of Hussars	Private

invalided with pleurisy and never recovered at Cambridge Military Hospital	died at age 23	Aldershot, Southampton, England

W J Taylor (-)
W J	Taylor		WWII

T L Thompson (-)
T L	Thompson		WWII

Henry John Timbrell (1895-1918)
H J	Timbrell		WWI

24174	Border Regiment	2nd Battalion	Private	Italy

killed in action	died at age 23	Italy

Arthur Usher (1894-1917)
A	Usher		WWI

9663	Wiltshire Regiment	5th Battalion	Private	Turkey

died of wounds from war	died at age 22	Mesopotamia (Turkey)

Harry Vanderstein (1897-1917)
H	Vanderstein		WWI

9669	Wiltshire Regiment	2nd Battalion	Private	France, Belgium, Balkans

killed in action	died at age 20	France & Flanders

W F Ward (-)
W F	Ward		WWII

Albert Percy Weston (1893-1917)
A P	Weston		WWI

12298	Wiltshire Regiment	7th Battalion	Private	Greece

killed in action	died at age 23	Salonika, Greece

R C Whittaker (-)
R C	Whittaker		WWI

Charles Frederick Williams (1898-1915)
C F	Williams		WWI

10966	Wiltshire Regiment	1st Battalion	Private	France, Belgium

died of wounds from war	died at age 17	France & Flanders

H O Williams (-)
H O	Williams		WWI

Henry Frank Wiltshire (1896-1918)
H F	Wiltshire		WWI

CH/2308/S	Royal Marine Light Infantry	2nd Royal Marine Battalion	Private	France

missing, assumed dead	died at age 22	Somme, France

Frederick Henry Wood (1896-1918)
F H	Wood		WWI

20570	Coldstream Guards	2nd Battalion	Private	France, Belgium

killed in action	died at age 22	France & Flanders

Albert Charles "Bert" Wootten (1897-1916)
A C	Wootten		WWI

18944	Wiltshire Regiment	6th Battalion	Private	France, Belgium

killed in action	died at age 19	France