All Cannings & Etchilhampton World War I Casualty Biographies
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All Cannings & Etchilhampton World War I Casualty Biographies BURRY, HERBERT WILLIAM OSBORNE – Private 18098 – 1st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment – Died 21st March 1918 – Born in Bishops Cannings in 1886 - Son of Sidney and Clara Burry, of Home Farm, Allington, Devizes; husband of Winifred M. Burry, of 25, Wood Lane, Chippenham, Wilts – Commemorated on the Achiet-Le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France – Grave/Memorial Reference: II. G. 21. COOK, GEORGE – Private 10846 – 1st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment – Died 16th June 1915 – Born in Devizes in 1886 - Son of John and Agnes Ann Cook of 25, The Street, All Cannings, Devizes, Wiltshire – Commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium – Grave/Memorial Reference: Addenda Panel 59. COX, TOM – Private18204 – 2nd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment – Died 14th October 1916 – Born in Etchilhampton, Wiltshire in 1883 - Mother: Diana Weston, Etchilhampton, Wiltshire – Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France – Grave/Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 13 A. FRANKLIN, FRANK W – Private18698 – 2nd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment – Died 16th October 1916 – Born in All Cannings in 1885 – Son of Frederick and Sarah Franklin of 48 The Street, All Cannings, Devizes, Wiltshire – Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France – Grave/Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 13 A. GREEN, JOSEPH HARRY – Private 19165 – 5th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment – Died 5th April 1916 – Born in All Cannings, Wiltshire in 1887 – Son of John and Susan Green, All Cannings, Wiltshire and husband of Alice Green of 2 Ernle Cottages, Coate, Devizes – Commemorated on Basra Memorial, Mesopotamia, Iraq – Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 30 and 64. HALE, ROBERT – Corporal 3/295 – 5th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment – Died 10th August 1915 – Born in Urchfont, Wiltshire in 1873 – Son of Robert Hale of Urchfont and husband of Eliza Hale of 71 The Street, All Cannings, Devizes – Commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Turkey – Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 156 to 158. HISCOCK, ARTHUR WILLIAM – Private 320721 – Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry – Died 30th May 1917 – Born in Devizes, Wiltshire in 1894 – Son of Mary Anne Hawkins and Stepson of Job Hawkins of 1 Alexander Court, Devizes – Commemorated on the Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France – Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. I. 19. ©Wiltshire OPC Project/ 2014/Jo Woodsford KING, ALBERT – Lance Corporal 31609 – 6th Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry – Died 23rd August 1917 – Born in All Cannings, Wiltshire in 1883 – Husband of Eliza King, 2 Greenhouse Road, All Cannings, Devizes, Wiltshire – Commemorated in the Poelcapelle British Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium – Grave/Memorial Reference: VII8. C.A. KING, CHARLES – Private 18143 - 5th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment – Died 17th May 1916 – Born in All Cannings, Wiltshire in 1894 – Son of Edward and Elizabeth King of 77 The Street, All Cannings, Devizes - Commemorated in the Amara War Cemetery, Mesopotamia, Iraq – Grave/Memorial Reference: VIII.H.6. KING, WILFRED JOHN – Private 242271 – 1/8th TF Worcestershire Regiment – Died 10th October 1917 – Born in All Cannings, Wiltshire in 1898 – Son of Edward and Elizabeth King of 77 The Street, All Cannings, Devizes – Commemorated in Dunhallow ADS Cemetery, Belgium – Grave/Memorial Reference: I. D. 48. MASLEN, CHARLES – Stoker 1st Class SS/110724 – Royal Navy – Died 31st May 1916 – Born in All Cannings, Wiltshire in 1890 - Son of George & Mary Jane Maslen, Whitehouse, All Cannings, Wiltshire – R.N. H.M.S. “Invincible.” Killed in Action at the Battle of Jutland, 31st May 1916. Age 26 – Commemorated on Portsmouth Naval Memorial – Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel ref No: 19 MASLEN, THOMAS – Private 18144 – 2nd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment – Died 9th April 1917 – Born in All Cannings, Wiltshire in 1889 – Son of George and Mary Jane Maslen, Whitehouse, 58 The Street, All Cannings, Devizes, Wiltshire – Commemorated on Neuville-Vitasse Road Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France – Grave/Memorial Reference: C.4. PLANK, WILLIAM – Private 10029 – 1st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment – Died 23rd January 1915 – Born in Lavington, Wiltshire in 1883 – Son of William James and Mary Ann Plank, Rowdefield Farm Cottages, Rowde, Wiltshire – Commemorated in Wytschaete Military Cemetery, Belgium – Grave/Memorial Reference: II. D. 5. ROSE, C - No Defining Information Found For this Casualty TILLEY, ALFRED EDWIN – Private 3/8141 – 5th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment – Died 5th April 1916 – Born in All Cannings, Wiltshire in 1889 – Son of Rose Tilley of 69 and 71 The Street, All Cannings, Devizes, Wiltshire – Commemorated in Basra Memorial, Mesopotamia, Iraq – Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 30 and 64. Source Material Used: Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book - Entry for All Cannings and Etchilhampton Commonwealth War Graves Commission Soldiers Who Died in The Great War UK Census 1911 The Great War – Wiltshire Soldiers ©Wiltshire OPC Project/ 2014/Jo Woodsford .