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Kingston Deverill World War I Casualty Biographies Dunford, Walter - Private 16826 - 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment - Died of wounds 1st September 1915 - Born in 1895 - Enlisted at Warminster Fourth son of Charles and Amelia of Manor Farm, Monkton Deverill; Walter had 4 brothers and 4 sisters; His father was a farmer - Buried at St. Acheul French National Cemetery, Amiens, Somme, France - Grave/Memorial Reference - 11. Garrett, Percy D. - Private 203611 - 1st/4th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment - Died 20th September 1918 - Born in 1892 - Enlisted at Bradford on Avon - Eldest son of Abraham and Catherine Garrett of 51 Kingston Deverill. Walter had 2 sisters one of whom was his twin and 1 brother - Buried at Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt - Grave/Memorial Reference - O. 245. Grevett, William - There is no defining information available to identify this casualty within the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Registers. And there is no valid information to link him to the area. Lewer, Edwin Thomas - Lance Corporal 10261 - 1st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment - Died 2nd September 1915 - Age 27 - Born in Horningsham - Resident of Frome, Somerset - Enlisted at Devizes - Second son of Mr. William. H. and Sarah Ann Lewer of The Hollies, East Woodlands, Frome, Somerset; He had 3 brothers and 2 sisters; Edwin was employed as a wheelwright at the time of enlistment - Commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium - Grave/Memorial Reference - Panel 53. Mabbett, Frank - Private PO/7273 - Royal Marine Light Infantry - Died 1st June 1916 serving aboard H.M.S. Malaya - Age 39 - Born in Monkton Deverill - Son of Robert and Ann Mabbett; Husband of Kate Lavinia Mabbett of 17 Melville Road, Gosport, Hampshire; Frank served in the South African War aboard H.M.S. Powerful - Buried at Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery, Orkney - Grave/Memorial Reference - D. 24. Poolman, Henry - Private 45197 - 2nd Battalion Durham Light Infantry - Died 27th August 1918 - Age 31- Son of Mrs. T. Poolman; Husband of A. M. Poolman of 53 Codford St. Mary - Buried at Valenciennes (St. Roch) Communal Cemetery, Nord, France - Grave/Memorial Reference - P.O.W. Special Memorial (Special memorials commemorate 19 casualties who died as prisoners of war, of whom nine are buried here (Plot IV, Row A.) and ten at Le Quesnoy Communal Cemetery Extension, none of whom could be individually identified; all are therefore commemorated at both sites. Tudgay, Albert - Driver T4/110349 - Army Service Corps, Base H. T. Depot Salonika - Died 2nd June 1917 - Age 40 - Son of Thomas and Eliza Tudgay of Kingston Deverill; Husband of Sarah Ann Tudgay of 48 West Woodlands, Frome, Somerset - Commemorated on the Chatby Memorial, Egypt ©Wiltshire OPC Project/2014 .