Ashton Keynes Casualties of WWI

BARTLETT, GEORGE - Bombardier 87580 - 168th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery - Died 5th July 1917 of wounds - Age 30 - Born in Ashton Keynes; Resident of Ashton Keynes; Enlisted at Swindon; Son of Jesse and Eliza Jane Bartlett of Park Place, Ashton Keynes; Husband of Jennie Alberta Bartlett of Fore Street, Ashton Keynes - Buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium - Grave/Memorial Reference:- XV. C. 12. - Commemorated on the Ashton Keynes War Memorial, Holy Cross Churchyard - Commemorated on the Holy Cross Church Roll of Honour, Ashton Keynes

BARTLETT, H. - Sergeant R4/066420 - Royal Army Service Corps - Died 7th November 1919 - Age 44 - Born in Little Compton, Gloucestershire; Son of John Bartlett; Husband of Janet Bartlett, of 6, Council Cottages, Ashton Keynes; Mentioned in Despatches - Buried at Somerford Keynes (All Saints) Churchyard, Somerford Keynes - Grave/Memorial Reference:- South East of Church

BENNETT, ALFRED - Private 200673 - 1st/4th Battalion King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment - Died 20th November 1917 - Age 22 - Enlisted at Ulverston, Cumbria; Son of M. J. and S. Bennett of Church Lane, Ashton Keynes- Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France - Grave/Memorial Reference:- Pier and Face 5d and 12b. - Commemorated on the Ashton Keynes War Memorial, Holy Cross Churchyard - Commemorated on the Holy Cross Church Roll of Honour, Ashton Keynes

BOOTH, WILLIAM H. - Private 305940 - The King’s Liverpool Regiment - Died 14th December 1920 - Age 41 - Husband of M. A. Booth, of Derry Cottage, Ashton Keynes - Buried at Stockport (Willow Grove) Cemetery, reddish Road, Stockport, Cheshire - Grave/Memorial Reference:- Screen Wall. E. 2653.

CANNON, CECIL ROBERT - Private 37216 - 14th Battalion Devonshire Regiment trans. to (92088) 154th Company, Labour Corps - Died 30th August 1917 - Age 29 - Born in Babcary, Somerset; Enlisted in Taunton, Somerset; Son of William and Jane Cannon of Babcary, Taunton, Somerset; Husband of Alice Emily Cannon of Mill House, Ashton Keynes - Buried at Coxyde Military Cemetery, West Vlaanderen, Belgium - Grave/Memorial Reference:- III. C. 30.

CHAPMAN, EDWIN ALBERT - Gunner 183921 - C (Anti-Aircraft) Battery, Royal Field Artillery - Died 25th May 1917 - Age 30 - Resident of Ashton Keynes; Enlisted at Swindon; Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Chapman, of Ashton Keynes - Buried at Bully-Grenay Communal Cemetery, British Extension, Pas de Calais, France - Grave/Memorial Reference:- II. G. 6. - Commemorated on the Ashton Keynes War Memorial, Holy Cross Churchyard - Commemorated on the Holy Cross Church Roll of Honour, Ashton Keynes

CURTIS, ALBERT GEORGE - Lance Corporal 18556 - Wiltshire Regiment - Died 20th March 1916 at home - Age 28 - Born in Leigh; Enlisted at Devizes; Son of George and Emily Curtis of Ashton Keynes - Buried at Ashton Keynes (Holy Cross) Churchyard, Ashton Keynes - Grave/Memorial Reference:- None - Commemorated on the Ashton Keynes War Memorial, Holy Cross Churchyard - Commemorated on the Holy Cross Church Roll of Honour, Ashton Keynes.

DASH, PERCY EDWARD - Private 20888 - 5th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment - Died 9th April 1916 - Age 18

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- Born in Purton; Resident of Swindon; Enlisted at Devizes; Son of Francis James and Ellen Dash, of 36 Clifton Street, Swindon - Buried in Amara War Cemetery, Iraq - Grave/Memorial Reference:- XVI. L. 1. - Commemorated on the Ashton Keynes War Memorial, Holy Cross Churchyard - Commemorated on the Holy Cross Church Roll of Honour, Ashton Keynes

ELLISON, WALTER J. - Sapper 37390 - 133rd Army Troops Company, Royal Engineers. Died 1st October 1917 - Age 25 - Born in Ashton Keynes; Enlisted at Swindon; Son of Walter John and Julia Ellison of Ashton Keynes - Buried in Godewaersvelde British Cemetery, Nord, France - Grave/Memorial Reference:- I. L. 2. - Commemorated on the Ashton Keynes War Memorial, Holy Cross Churchyard - Commemorated on the Holy Cross Church Roll of Honour, Ashton Keynes

FOWLER, W. - 2nd Corporal 260996 - Railway Operating Division, Royal Engineers - Died 8th November 1918 - Age 32 - Son of Noah and Mary Ann Fowler of Fore Street, Kent End, Ashton Keynes - Buried at St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France - Grave/Memorial Reference:- S. III. X. 23 - Commemorated on the Ashton Keynes War Memorial, Holy Cross Churchyard - Commemorated on the Holy Cross Church Roll of Honour, Ashton Keynes

GEE, WILLIAM HENRY - Private 6868 - 1st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment - Died 26th October 1914 - Born in Ashton Keynes; Resident of Gorse Hill, Stratton St. Margaret, Son of William and Annie Gee; Husband of Annie Gertrude Gee. - Commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France - Grave/Memorial Reference:- Panel 33 and 34. - Named in the Calne & District Memorials Lists

GEEN, WILLIAM HENRY - Private 13983 - 10th Battalion Devonshire Regiment - Died 10th February 1917 in Salonika - Born in Bridgwater, Somerset; Enlisted at Taunton, Somerset; Husband of Ria Annie Geen of Rixon Gate, Ashton Keynes - Commemorated on the Doiran Memorial, Greece - Grave/Memorial Reference:- None

GODWIN, FREDERICK - Private 8683 - 2nd Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment - Died 8th March 1918 in Salonika - Age 23 - Born in Ashton Keynes; Enlisted at Cirencester, Gloucestershire; Son of Richard and Hester Kate Godwin of Kent End, Ashton Keynes - Commemorated on the Doiran Memorial, Greece - Grave/Memorial Reference:- None - Commemorated on the Ashton Keynes War Memorial, Holy Cross Churchyard - Commemorated on the Holy Cross Church Roll of Honour, Ashton Keynes

GREGORY, JOHN - Lance Corporal 18142 - 2nd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment - Died 21st March 1918 - Age 35 - Born in Ashton Keynes; Resident of Cricklade; Enlisted at Devizes; Son of Walter Gregory, of Fore Street, Ashton Keynes; Husband of Edith Mary Gregory of 3 Park Mead Road, Wyke Regis, Dorset - Commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France - Grave/Memorial Reference:- Panel 64. - Commemorated on the Ashton Keynes War Memorial, Holy Cross Churchyard - Commemorated on the Holy Cross Church Roll of Honour, Ashton Keynes

GRUBB, THOMAS - Driver 202474 - 44th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery - Died 28th September 1918 - Born in Ashton Keynes; Resident of Cherhill; Enlisted at Swindon; Son of Thomas and Sophia Grubb - Buried at Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France - Grave/Memorial Reference:- IV. L. 18 - Named in the Calne & District Memorials Lists

HEAVENS, FRED - Private 8261 - 2nd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment - Died 2nd November 1914 - Born in Ashton Keynes; Resident of Ashton Keynes; Enlisted at Devizes - Commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium - Grave/Memorial Reference:- Panel 53 - Commemorated on the Ashton Keynes War Memorial, Holy Cross Churchyard - Commemorated on the Holy Cross Church Roll of Honour, Ashton Keynes

JONES, GEORGE - Lance Corporal 7170 - 1st Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment - Died 29th October 1914 - Age 29 - Born in Kemble, Gloucestershire; Enlisted at London, Middlesex; Husband of A. J. Upton (formerly Jones) of 43, Hunter Road, Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire - Commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium - Grave/Memorial Reference:- Panel 53 - Commemorated on the Ashton Keynes War Memorial, Holy Cross Churchyard - Commemorated on the Holy Cross Church Roll of Honour, Ashton Keynes

LONG, THOMAS - Private 10521 - 1st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment - Died 16th June 1915 - Age 29 - Born in Sapperton, Gloucestershire; Resident of Cricklade; Enlisted at Devizes; Son of Minnie Elizabeth and the late Worthy Long, of South Cerney, Gloucestershire - Commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium - Grave/Memorial Reference:- Panel 53 - Commemorated on the Ashton Keynes War Memorial, Holy Cross Churchyard - Commemorated on the Holy Cross Church Roll of Honour, Ashton Keynes

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MAISEY, WALTER - Private 3/9902 - 2nd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment - Died 2nd October 1917 - Born in Haydon Wick, Rodborne Cheney; Resident of Swindon; Enlisted at Devizes - Buried in Cologne Southern Cemetery, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany - Grave/Memorial Reference:- II. C. 23. - Commemorated on the Ashton Keynes War Memorial, Holy Cross Churchyard - Commemorated on the Holy Cross Church Roll of Honour, Ashton Keynes

McNELLEE, EDWARD PRICHARD - Private 5436 - 12th Battalion Australian Infantry, A.I.F. - Died 21st July, 1918 of wounds - Age 20 - Born in New South Wales, Australia; Husband of Ada Alice McNellee of Park Place, Ashton Keynes - Buried at Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France - Grave/Memorial Reference:- V. C. 92.

MILLING, CHARLES CYRIL - Trooper 13/238B - Auckland Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force - Died 28th August 1915 - Resident of Te Kuiti, New Zealand; Son of the Rev. Matthew John Tyne and Edith Maud Milling of The Vicarage, Ashford Keynes; Charles was a self-employed farmer - Commemorated on the Hill 60 New Zealand Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey - Grave/Memorial Reference:- None - Commemorated on the Ashton Keynes War Memorial, Holy Cross Churchyard - Commemorated on the Holy Cross Church Roll of Honour, Ashton Keynes.

NICHOLLS, HAROLD JOHN - Corporal 106748 - Royal Flying Corps - Died 30th December 1917 of drowning at sea whilst aboard H. M. Transport Ship Aragon which was sunk by torpedo attack whilst anchored outside the port of Alexandria, Egypt - Son of the late John F. Nicholls, of Ashton Keynes; Husband of Betty Nicholls - Commemorated on the Chatby Memorial, Alexandria, Egypt - Grave/Memorial Reference:- None

POOLE JOHN WILLIAM - Private 4986 - A Company, 1st/8th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment - Died 16th September 1916 of wounds - Age 34 - Resident of Cricklade; Enlisted at Devizes; Son of Frederick and Mary Poole of Ashton Keynes - Buried at Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France - Grave/Memorial Reference:- X. D. 18A. - Commemorated on the Ashton Keynes War Memorial, Holy Cross Churchyard - Commemorated on the Holy Cross Church Roll of Honour, Ashton Keynes - Commemorated on the Cricklade Village War Memorial.

PRANGLEY NORMAN CONWAY - Lance Corporal 23332 - 23rd Battalion Royal Fusiliers - Died 17th February 1917 - Age 21 - Born in Swindon; Resident of Sturminster Newton, Dorset; Enlisted at Sturminster Newton, Dorset; Son of George Conway and Louisa Prangley of Ashton Keynes - Buried in Regina Trench Cemetery, Grandcourt, Somme, France - Grave/Memorial Reference:- I. E. 4. - Commemorated on the Ashton Keynes War Memorial, Holy Cross Churchyard - Commemorated on the Holy Cross Church Roll of Honour, Ashton Keynes

ROBINSON, LEONARD - Private 22377 - 7th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment - Died 25th April 1916 - Born in Westcott, Surrey; Enlisted at Portsmouth, Hampshire - Commemorated on the Basra Memorial, Iraq - Grave/Memorial Reference:- Panel 17 - Commemorated on the Ashton Keynes War Memorial, Holy Cross Churchyard - Commemorated on the Holy Cross Church Roll of Honour, Ashton Keynes

SAUNDERS JOHN - Private 8450 - 2nd Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment - Died 27th May 1916 - Age 26 - Son of John and Ellen Saunders of Fore Street, Ashton Keynes - Buried at Ashton Keynes (Holy Cross) Churchyard, Ashton Keynes - Grave/Memorial Reference:- None - Commemorated on the Ashton Keynes War Memorial, Holy Cross Churchyard - Commemorated on the Holy Cross Church Roll of Honour, Ashton Keynes.

SAUNDERS, SAMUEL - Private 20881 - 5th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment - Died 18th April 1916 - Age 18 - Born in Ashton Keynes; Resident of Swindon; Enlisted at Devizes; Son of Mrs. Lucy Saunders of Fore Street, Ashton Keynes - Commemorated on the Basra Memorial, Iraq - Grave/Memorial Reference:- Panel 30 and 64. - Commemorated on the Ashton Keynes War Memorial, Holy Cross Churchyard - Commemorated on the Holy Cross Church Roll of Honour, Ashton Keynes

TELLING, H. R. - Sergeant 3019 - 3rd Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment - Died 21st September 1919 at home of illness - Age 50 - Born in Ashton Keynes; Son of George and Mary Telling of Greenbank, North Nibley, Gloucestershire; Served in the South African Campaign; Awarded the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal - Buried in North Nibley Cemetery, North Nibley, Gloucestershire - Grave/Memorial Reference:- H. 8.

TELLING, SCOTT L. - Private 14566 - 6th (Wiltshire Yeomanry) Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment - died 12th October 1918 - Age 32 - Son of Mrs. L. Telling of Little Farm, Ashton Keynes - Buried in Niederzwehren Cemetery, Kassel, Hessen, Germany - Grave/Memorial Reference:- VI. E. 10. - Commemorated on the Ashton Keynes War Memorial, Holy Cross Churchyard - Commemorated on the Holy Cross Church Roll of

Honour, Ashton Keynes TURNER, ERNEST - Private 8660 - 3rd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment - Died 12th March 1915 - Born in Deerhurst, Gloucestershire, Resident of Deerhurst, Gloucestershire; Enlisted at Worcester, Worcestershire - Commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium - Grave/Memorial Reference:- Panel 53 - Commemorated on the Ashton Keynes War Memorial, Holy Cross Churchyard - Commemorated on the Holy Cross Church Roll of Honour, Ashton Keynes

WILLIAMS ERIC JOHN - Private 235570 - 7th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment - Died 8th August 1918 - Age 19 - Born in North Hyde, Middlesex' Enlisted at Southall, Middlesex; Son of Henry John and Fanny Williams of The Horse and Jockey, Ashton Keynes - Buried in Englebelmer Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France - Grave/Memorial Reference:- B. 4.

WINCHCOMBE, ALBERT EDWARD - Sergeant SE/12854 - 21st Veterinary Hospital, Royal Veterinary Corps - Died 23rd November 1918 - Age 39 - Son of the late James and Annie Winchcombe, of Brookside, Ashton Keynes; Mentioned in Despatches - Buried in Ari Burnu Cemetery, Anzac, Turkey - Grave/Memorial Reference:- G. 15.