The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh’s) was formed in 1881, with two battalions created with the amalgamation of the 62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment and the 99th Duke of Edinburgh’s (Lanarkshire) Regiment.

On the outbreak of the Great War, both battalions were deployed straight to the Western Front, where they remained until the 1918 Armistice.

The regiment also raised three Territorial , four Service and one Reserve battalion during the conflict. These served in Britain, Egypt, Gallipoli, Salonika, Mesopotamia and India.

The Wiltshires gained 60 battle honours during the war, but lost over 5,000 men.

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Commonwealth War Graves

Alway, Bandsman Clifford (d1918, aged 15, illness)

Badman, Private Ernest (d1917, aged 19, cause of death unknown)

Brister, Private Ernest (d1918, aged 27, illness)

Cantle, Private Robert (d1917, aged 19, accident)

Carr, Private Harry (d1917, aged 23, died of wounds)

Davies, Serjeant Edward (d1920, aged 22, illness)

Emmett, Private Clarence (d1919, aged 19, illness)

Francis, Private George (d1918, aged 47, cause unknown)

Fry, Private Clarence (d1918, aged 19, died of wounds)

Gane, Private Edward (d1918, aged 19, illness)

Hales, Second Lieutenant Charles (d1917, ages 31, illness)

Lane, Private Reginald (d1918, aged 32, illness)

Mead, Private William (d1919, aged 33, illness)

Mees, Private Donald (d1918, aged 18, illness)

Mitchell, Private Henry (d1917, aged 25, cause of death unknown)

Moody, Serjeant Bertie (d1918, aged 33, cause of death unknown)

Norris, Private Percy (d1918, aged 24, died of wounds)

Poignand, Private John (d1918, aged 33, illness)

Poole, Private Henry (d1915, aged 23, illness)

Rendall, Sergeant Herbert (d1918, aged 29, illness)

Richards, Private Frank (d1917, aged 27, cause of death unknown)

Selman, Private Walter (d1918, aged 18, illness)

Whiddett, Lance Serjeant John (d1918, aged 26, illness)