Our Tribute To Wiltshires’ Heroic & Famous Sons and Daughters 

Here we remember those men and women with Wiltshire connections who paid the ultimate sacrifice whilst in the service of their country during both war and peace. This includes civilians who died due to war time action as well as those who died as prisoners of war, and through accident or disease. We also recognise the sacrifices made by the Emergency Services of Wiltshire.

We also remember the events when visitors and Wiltshire folk lost their lives in major disasters within the county, together with traumatic events outside of the county, where those with Wiltshire connections lost their lives.

We also celebrate the lives of individuals connected to the County, who had global, national or county-wide fame for achievement in the arts, sporting, literary, sciences, political. religious and medical fields.  

This list below displays these sacrifices and notable events which occurred on this day in history over a period of 7 days, this is the current date and three days either side.

DateTypeEvent
13-02-1901Second Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902Wiltshire Imperial Yeomanry - 1901 - Private JOSEPH WILLIAM JEFFERYS 
13-02-1903Non-Conflict Military DeathSwindon - 1903 - Private SIDNEY CHARLES GRAVES
13-02-1915First World War - 1914-1921Tidworth - 1915 - Staff Sergeant WILLIAM NEARNEY
13-02-1915First World War - 1914-1921Wilton - 1915 - Lance Sergeant ALFRED GEORGE 
13-02-1916First World War - 1914-1921Codford (St. Mary) - 1916 - Sergeant CECIL WHITEHEAD
13-02-1916First World War - 1914-1921Codford (St. Peter) - 1916 - Rifleman ARTHUR FRANCIS SIMPER
13-02-1916First World War - 1914-1921Longbridge Deverill (Longleat) - 1916 - Second Lieutenant JOHN ALEXANDER THYNNE, Viscount Weymouth
13-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Bradford-on-Avon - 1917 - Private WILLIAM ALFRED HUNTLEY
13-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Codford (St. Mary) - 1917 - Private PERCY WILLIAM BENNETT 
13-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Codford (St. Mary) - 1917 - Rifleman WILLIAM MCMULLAN
13-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Durrington - 1917 - Private ARTHUR SHAW 
13-02-1918First World War - 1914-1921Tidworth - 1918 - Private EBENEZER SHAND
13-02-1918First World War - 1914-1921Tidworth - 1918 - Private EVERARD ONSLOW BROWN
13-02-1918First World War - 1914-1921Tidworth - 1918 - Private HARRY BURTON DICKENS
13-02-1918First World War - 1914-1921Tidworth - 1918 - Private THOMAS CHARLES CARTER
13-02-1919First World War - 1914-1921Holt - 1919 - Private WILLIAM SEPTIMUS HARRIS
13-02-1919First World War - 1914-1921Sutton Veny - 1919 - Corporal DAVID WILLIAM BURGESS
13-02-1919First World War - 1914-1921Swindon - 1919 - Bombardier FRANK SLADE 
13-02-1919First World War - 1914-1921Tidworth - 1919 - Private JOSEPH TAIRUA
13-02-1919First World War - 1914-1921Tidworth - 1919 - Private WILLIAM EDWARD COLLISSON
13-02-1920First World War - 1914-1921Chiseldon - 1920 - Captain FRANCIS (FRANK) MURPHY 
13-02-1940Second World War - 1939-1947Devizes - 1940 - Sapper STANLEY CHARLES NASH 
13-02-1940Second World War - 1939-1947Trowbridge - 1940 - Bandsman HORACE REDVERS STEVENS 
13-02-1942Second World War - 1939-1947Amesbury - 1942 - Private NORMAN JAMES GRINTER
13-02-1942Second World War - 1939-1947Melksham - 1942 - Private MICHAEL ERNEST CHIVERS 
13-02-1943Second World War - 1939-1947Maiden Bradley - 1943 - Lance Corporal ALBERT EDWIN HUGHES 
13-02-1943Second World War - 1939-1947West Lavington - 1943 - Leading Aircraftman CHRISTOPHER JOHN STREET  
13-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Chippenham - 1945 - Sergeant LIONAL FRANCIS DOWSON
13-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Swindon - 1945 - Private ALFRED JAMES DIXON 
13-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1945 - Captain EDWARD JOHN TOWNSEND
13-02-1951Retired Service Personnel DeathRodbourne Cheney - 1951 - Retired Captain JACK SIGSWORTH
13-02-1967Undetermined Military Related DeathTidworth - 1967 - Captain THOMAS WALKER
13-02-1974Wiltshire Notable1974 - Compton Bassett - ROBBIE WILLIAMS, singer songwriter was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.  Best known for both his career with pop group Take That and as a solo artist.  He lived in Compton Bassett House.
13-02-2009Undetermined Military Related DeathSouth Marston - 2009 - Senior Aircraftman JASON WARD
14-02-1807Napoleonic Wars 1803-1815Box - 1807 - Ordinary Seaman GEORGE HANDCOCK
14-02-1807Napoleonic Wars 1803-1815Devizes - 1807 - Ordinary Seaman JOHN WARD
14-02-1807Napoleonic Wars 1803-1815Edington - 1807 - Able Seaman STEPHEN CLEVERLY
14-02-1807Napoleonic Wars 1803-1815Heytesbury - 1807 - Private WILLIAM HOLMES
14-02-1807Napoleonic Wars 1803-1815Hindon - 1807 - Ordinary Seaman JOHN COTTERELL
14-02-1807Napoleonic Wars 1803-1815Salisbury - 1807 - Boatswain’s Mate JAMES KNIGHT
14-02-1807Napoleonic Wars 1803-1815Salisbury - 1807 - Carpenter’s Crew HENRY STAY
14-02-1807Napoleonic Wars 1803-1815Warminster - 1807 - Landsman WILLIAM WARREN
14-02-1807Napoleonic Wars 1803-1815Westbury - 1807 - Private ISAAC DYER
14-02-1900Second Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902Salisbury (Cathedral) - 1900 - Colour Sergeant H. HERRINGTON
14-02-1900Second Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902Salisbury (Cathedral) - 1900 - Drummer F. ANDREWS 
14-02-1900Second Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902Salisbury (Cathedral) - 1900 - Lance Corporal F. CHAPMAN
14-02-1900Second Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902Salisbury (Cathedral) - 1900 - Lance Corporal FREDERICK G. COOMBES
14-02-1900Second Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902Salisbury (Cathedral) - 1900 - Private ARTHUR THOMAS PRESSLEY
14-02-1900Second Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902Salisbury (Cathedral) - 1900 - Private C. J. H. WALSH
14-02-1900Second Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902Salisbury (Cathedral) - 1900 - Private C. JOHNSON
14-02-1900Second Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902Salisbury (Cathedral) - 1900 - Private F. SWINDEN
14-02-1900Second Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902Salisbury (Cathedral) - 1900 - Private H. J. A. LEAVER
14-02-1900Second Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902Salisbury (Cathedral) - 1900 - Sergeant EDWARD WALKLEY
14-02-1900Second Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902Salisbury (Cathedral) & Swindon - 1900 - Private F. W. TALBOT
14-02-1900Second Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902Salisbury (Cathedral) & Swindon - 1900 - Private HAROLD ARTHUR BIRD
14-02-1915First World War - 1914-1921Malmesbury (Corston) - 1915 - Sergeant ALBERT HENRY DYER 
14-02-1915First World War - 1914-1921Tidworth - 1915 - Driver WILLIAM DICKENSON
14-02-1915First World War - 1914-1921Tidworth - 1915 - Gunner THOMAS LOTT
14-02-1916First World War - 1914-1921Swindon - 1916 - Sapper RUPERT EDWARD HOOPER MILES
14-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Baverstock & Fovant - 1917 - Private CHRISTOPHER HAYES
14-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Chippenham - 1917 - Private RAYMOND STUBBERT 
14-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Chiseldon - 1917 - Private JAMES MORRIS 
14-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Devizes, Ogbourne St. George & Wilcot (Oare) - 1917 - Private GEORGE HENRY BOWLEY  
14-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Durrington - 1917 - Private OLIVER MATTHEW JAMES GOLDSMITH 
14-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Tidworth - 1917 - Driver HENRY VINCENT BELL CORY
14-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Trowbridge - 1917 - Private WALTER PINCHIN 
14-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Wiltshire Regiment - 1917 - Private LEONARD STONE 
14-02-1918First World War - 1914-1921Chippenham - 1918 - Private REGINALD EDWARD SHEPPARD
14-02-1918First World War - 1914-1921Durrington - 1918 - Second Lieutenant CHARLES ALLISTER McGILLIVRAY 
14-02-1918First World War - 1914-1921Ramsbury - 1918 - Private WILLIAM COOK
14-02-1918First World War - 1914-1921Stratford Sub Castle & Sutton Veny - 1918 - Private VICTOR THOMAS O'GRADY
14-02-1919First World War - 1914-1921Devizes (St. John) - 1919 - Sergeant BERNARD LIONEL ELLEN, Croix de Guerre (Belgium)
14-02-1919First World War - 1914-1921Fovant - 1919 - Private ROBERT FRANCIS BURDEN  
14-02-1919First World War - 1914-1921Marlborough (College) & Stratton St. Margaret (Gorsehill) & Swindon - 1919 - 2nd Corporal ALBERT JAMES STROUD
14-02-1919First World War - 1914-1921Upavon - 1919 - Private CHARLES WILLIAM SHAW 
14-02-1923Non-Conflict Military DeathNetheravon & Salisbury (Old Sarum) - 1923 - Sergeant GEORGE HERBERT GUY
14-02-1934Retired Service Personnel DeathDevizes - 1934 - Retired Colour Sergeant EDWIN HENRY TUCKER 
14-02-1941Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1941 - Private MORRIS JOHN HOSKING 
14-02-1942Second World War - 1939-1947Chippenham - 1942 - Private GEORGE LEWIS
14-02-1943Second World War - 1939-1947West Lavington - 1943 - Sergeant DESMOND FREDERICK EMERSON JENNER  
14-02-1944Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1944 - Corporal ARTHUR BLAND CORNISH 
14-02-1944Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1944 - Private ERIC WILLIAM REEVES 
14-02-1944Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1944 - Private ERNEST JAMES KIRBY 
14-02-1944Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1944 - Private HERBERT ERNEST DUNSFORD  
14-02-1944Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1944 - Private JOSEPH HOPSON  
14-02-1944Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1944 - Private RONALD KEITH BAKER 
14-02-1944Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1944 - Private WILLIAM GEORGE PERRETT 
14-02-1944Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1944 - Private WILLIAM JOHN BAYLISS  
14-02-1944Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1944 - Sergeant WILLIAM ALBERT LIDIARD  
14-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Bemerton & West Harnham - 1945 - Corporal ROBERT ERNEST LYNE 
14-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Bishopstone (Swindon) - 1942 - Aircraftman 1st Class ERNEST JOHNSON 
14-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Marlborough - 1945 - Flying Officer KENNETH CHARLES ALLAN 
14-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Swindon - 1945 - Stoker 1st Class GEORGE LEONARD RICE  
14-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Tidworth - 1945 - Lance Corporal FRANCIS (FRANK) GEORGE HAYES
14-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1945 - Captain HAROLD PRICE 
14-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1945 - Lance Corporal ARTHUR ALAN TALBOT 
14-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1945 - Lance Corporal NORMAN FREDERICK MATTHEWS 
14-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1945 - Private COLIN BLACKWELL  
14-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1945 - Private JOHN CAVALLA  
14-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1945 - Private ROBERT ALLEN  
14-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1945 - Sergeant CYRIL SMITH 
14-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1945 - Sergeant DANIEL JENKINS, MM  
14-02-1970Undetermined Military Related DeathTidworth - 1970 - Corporal LEONARD CHARLES ROBERTSON
14-02-1980Undetermined Military Related DeathLyneham - 1980 - Signalman STEVEN VICTOR GILES  
14-02-2011Afghanistan War 2001-2014Hullavington - 2011 - Private DEAN ADAM HUTCHINSON
15-02-1888Retired Service Personnel DeathBemerton & Salisbury (Cathedral) - 1888 - Retired Admiral JOHN FULFORD
15-02-1900Second Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902Salisbury (Cathedral) - 1900 - Major FRANCIS RICHARD MACMULLEN
15-02-1900Second Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902Salisbury (Cathedral) - 1900 - Private O. J. JARVIS
15-02-1915First World War - 1914-1921Bulford - 1915 - Private THOMAS EGBERT TRULL
15-02-1915First World War - 1914-1921Milford & Salisbury - 1915 - Lance Corporal CECIL GEORGE SANDBROOK RAWLINGS 
15-02-1915First World War - 1914-1921Swindon - 1915 - 2nd Corporal FREDERICK JOHN MORGAN 
15-02-1916First World War - 1914-1921Berwick St. John - 1916 - Corporal JOSEPH ALFRED HOYS
15-02-1916First World War - 1914-1921Calne - 1916 - Private LEWIN BLACKFORD  
15-02-1916First World War - 1914-1921Devizes & Melksham - 1916 - Corporal ALBERT SHEPPARD  
15-02-1916First World War - 1914-1921Tidworth - 1916 - Private ARTHUR JELLY
15-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Chippenham - 1917 - Gunner ARTHUR KING 
15-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Codford (St. Mary) - 1917 - Private ARTHUR JOHN COUCHMAN
15-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Corsham - 1917 - Private CHARLES COLEMAN  
15-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Devizes & Long Newnton - 1917 - Private ERIC ARTHUR HOLBORROW 
15-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Devizes & Market Lavington - 1917 - Private ALFRED POTTER  
15-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Durrington - 1917 - Private STEPNEY WILMOT JONES  
15-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Hungerford & Marlborough - 1917 - Private HERBERT DREWITT 
15-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Wiltshire Regiment - 1917 - Second Lieutenant HENRY GORDON HAY-JAN
15-02-1918First World War - 1914-1921Tidworth - 1918 - Driver FINLAY DUNCAN YORK
15-02-1919First World War - 1914-1921Biddestone - 1919 - Private GEORGE HENRY WAKEFIELD  
15-02-1919First World War - 1914-1921Brokenborough, Devizes & Wroughton - 1919 - Sergeant GEORGE PAINTER 
15-02-1919First World War - 1914-1921Codford (St. Mary) - 1919 - Lance Corporal ARCHIBALD JAMES MALEY  
15-02-1919First World War - 1914-1921Devizes & Potterne - 1919 - Driver JOHN LAMPARD
15-02-1919First World War - 1914-1921Sutton Veny - 1919 - Private ALBERT JOHN THOMSON
15-02-1919First World War - 1914-1921Sutton Veny - 1919 - Private FRANK HENRY LEVER
15-02-1920First World War - 1914-1921Salisbury - 1920 - Sergeant WILLIAM HENRY WEEKS
15-02-1942Second World War - 1939-1947Salisbury - 1942 - Civilian JAMES (JIM) HEADLEY VIVIAN SIVEWRIGHT  
15-02-1942Second World War - 1939-1947Swindon - 1942 - Private KENNETH ARTHUR HENRY COTTLE  
15-02-1943Second World War - 1939-1947West Lavington & Wilton - 1943 - Brigadier PERCY WILLIAM CLARK, CBE, DSO & Bar, MC 
15-02-1944Second World War - 1939-1947Chippenham - 1944 - Lance Corporal ARTHUR JOHN COOK
15-02-1944Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1944 - Lance Corporal EDWIN JAMES ALABASTER 
15-02-1944Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1944 - Major ERIC WILLIAM MAGAWLY  
15-02-1944Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1944 - Private ALBERT CHARLES MAYO  
15-02-1944Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1944 - Private WILLIAM CAIN 
15-02-1945First World War - 1914-1921Kingswood - 1945 - Sergeant GEORGE THOMAS SIMMONDS, MM
15-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947West Harnham - 1945 - Private GORDON THOMAS HOSKINS 
15-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1945 - Corporal ERNEST DRANSFIELD  
15-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1945 - Corporal JOHN ROBERT DANIEL  
15-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1945 - Corporal LEONARD WOODLEY 
15-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1945 - Lance Corporal GARRATT O’CONNOR 
15-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1945 - Lieutenant ALAN LOUIS KING, MC 
15-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1945 - Lieutenant LIONEL COTTER MAY 
15-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1945 - Lieutenant RONALD ALFRED ELSEGOOD  
15-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1945 - Private ALBERT JAMES STONE  
15-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1945 - Private ALBERT JOHN FLETCHER 
15-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1945 - Private ARTHUR MADGWICK  
15-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1945 - Private BASIL JOHN GEE  
15-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1945 - Private DANIEL PRESTWICH 
15-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1945 - Private DENNIS ARTHUR STENNING  
15-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1945 - Private DENNIS EDWARD PEARCE  
15-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1945 - Private DENNIS STEPHEN SLADE  
15-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1945 - Private FREDERICK CLAUDE SELBY  
15-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1945 - Private GEORGE CRISPIN TANNER  
15-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1945 - Private HAROLD FRANK EVANS 
15-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1945 - Private HERBERT BLAKE  
15-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1945 - Private IDRYS WOODWALL THOMAS 
15-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1945 - Private JOHN SINCLAIR  
15-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1945 - Private KENNETH FREDERIC WILSON  
15-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1945 - Private NORMAN DENNIS LEET 
15-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1945 - Private REGINALD STRINGER 
15-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1945 - Private SIDNEY BROWN 
15-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1945 - Private THOMAS WALTER GRESHAM 
15-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1945 - Private WILLIAM ROBERT STOCKBRIDGE  
15-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1945 - Sergeant EDMUND HENRY PRATT  
15-02-1946Second World War - 1939-1947Amesbury - 1946 - Sister ELLENA FANNY KIRBY
15-02-1959Undetermined Military Related DeathTidworth - 1959 - Trooper PHILIP HUGH ELLIS
15-02-1984Undetermined Military Related DeathWarminster - 1984 - Warrant Officer Class II ALAN McILROY 
16-02-1894Undetermined Military Related DeathChiseldon (Burderop) - 1894 - Captain JOHN DIGBY CALLEY
16-02-1901Second Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902Salisbury (Cathedral) - 1901 - Private ALFRED WALKER
16-02-1915First World War - 1914-1921Collingbourne Ducis - 1915 - Private HENRY JOHN WILKINS  
16-02-1915First World War - 1914-1921Devizes - 1915 - Private EDWARD ERNEST SKEATS  
16-02-1915First World War - 1914-1921Netheravon - 1915 - Private ROSCOE LEONARD PHILLIPS
16-02-1915First World War - 1914-1921Trowbridge - 1915 - Sergeant EDWARD ARTHUR FRAME  
16-02-1916First World War - 1914-1921Bradford-on-Avon - 1916 - Corporal FREDERICK GEORGE BALL
16-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Baverstock & Fovant - 1917 - Private ALFRED WILLIAM PYE
16-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Codford & Stratford Sub Castle - 1917 - Private JOSEPH KNIGHT
16-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Devizes & Marlborough - 1917 - Private GEORGE WOODHAM  
16-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Durrington - 1917 - Private AUGUSTUS CHARLES BRANDER 
16-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Durrington - 1917 - Private JAMES WOOLLEY 
16-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Hungerford & Tidcombe - 1917 - Sergeant WILLIAM JOHN HOARE
16-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Tidworth - 1917 - Private BERTIE TANNER (Served as JOSPEH TANNER)
16-02-1918First World War - 1914-1921Broughton Gifford, Melksham & Trowbridge - 1918 - Private GEORGE BULL
16-02-1919First World War - 1914-1921Codford (St. Mary) - 1919 - Quartermaster Sergeant CHARLES WESLEY HAYES (Served as CHARLES WILLIAM HAYES)
16-02-1919First World War - 1914-1921Compton Chamberlain - 1919 - Rifleman PATRICK JOSEPH LARKIN
16-02-1919First World War - 1914-1921Devizes & Purton - 1919 - Private FREDERICK STALEY 
16-02-1919First World War - 1914-1921Fovant - 1919 - Private EDGAR CHARLES MANN  
16-02-1919First World War - 1914-1921Fovant - 1919 - Private JOHN HERBERT EDWARD COBBING  
16-02-1919First World War - 1914-1921Salisbury - 1919 - Private ERNEST MEABY HORDER  
16-02-1919First World War - 1914-1921Sutton Veny - 1919 - Driver DUDLEY MASSEY LAPISH
16-02-1919First World War - 1914-1921Sutton Veny - 1919 - Sergeant SAMUEL GEORGE WIDDOWS
16-02-1919First World War - 1914-1921Tidworth - 1919 - Private WAIKURA POHIPI
16-02-1929Wiltshire Notable1929 - Aldbourne - Charles McEvoy, Dramatist & Playwright - Died in Somerset - He had a long association with the parish of Aldbourne
16-02-1941Second World War - 1939-1947Downton (Redlynch & Morgans Vale) - 1941 - Sergeant FREDERICK BARKER  
16-02-1942Second World War - 1939-1947Bratton - 1942 - Flying Officer GORDON RALPH JENKINS  
16-02-1942Second World War - 1939-1947Colerne - 1942 - Flight Sergeant GEORGE RONALD MILLAR 
16-02-1942Second World War - 1939-1947Colerne - 1942 - Sergeant REGINALD ANDREW KEMP 
16-02-1942Second World War - 1939-1947Stratton St. Margaret (Upper Stratton) - 1942 - Private ARTHUR JOSEPH THOMPSON  
16-02-1942Second World War - 1939-1947Winterslow - 1942 - Able Seaman GILBERT FRANK PEARCE 
16-02-1943Second World War - 1939-1947Upavon - 1943 - Sergeant DOUGLAS CAMPBELL 
16-02-1944Second World War - 1939-1947Aldbourne - 1944 - Lieutenant THOMAS MARTIN FRANCIS LOWINSKY
16-02-1944Second World War - 1939-1947Edington - 1944 - Private HERBERT EDWARD ORAM (Died 16th or 17th February)
16-02-1944Second World War - 1939-1947Edington (Tinhead) - 1944 - Lance Corporal WALTER HENRY GEORGE BLAGDEN  
16-02-1944Second World War - 1939-1947Swindon - 1944 - Gunner LEONARD FREDERICK PERRY
16-02-1944Second World War - 1939-1947Wilton - 1944 - Flight Sergeant/Pilot RODEN WADHAM SURMAN
16-02-1944Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1944 - Private IVOR GEORGE HEAMON 
16-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Calne - 1945 - Fusilier RONALD TREVOR NEALE 
16-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Highworth & Swindon - 1945 - Warrant Officer Class I JOSEPH GEORGE SMITH, MM & Bar  
16-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Pitton & Farley (Farley) - 1945 - Private ROBERT FREDERICK FARLEY 
16-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1945 - Private JAMES WIGMORE  
16-02-1946Second World War - 1939-1947Swindon - 1946 - Flying Officer PHILIP HARRIS LEAVER
16-02-1955Undetermined Military Related DeathBoscombe & Durrington - 1955 - Flight Lieutenant JOHN DOUGLAS PRICE, AFC  
16-02-1956Undetermined Military Related DeathWiltshire Regiment - 1956 - Private KENNETH JAMES REYNOLDS 
17-02-1858Wiltshire Notable1858 - Warminster - ERNEST FORD, composer and conductor was born.  He was closely associated with the D’Oyly Carte Opera at the Savoy Theatre, London
17-02-1902Second Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902Wiltshire Imperial Yeomanry - 1902 - Private HARRY FREDERICK BAKER
17-02-1915First World War - 1914-1921Swindon - 1915 - Private THOMAS TUGBY  
17-02-1915First World War - 1914-1921Tidworth - 1915 - Driver WILLIAM McKECHNIE
17-02-1915First World War - 1914-1921Tidworth - 1915 - Private FREDERICK THOMAS ELLIS
17-02-1915First World War - 1914-1921Tidworth - 1915 - Private JOHN McCORMICK
17-02-1915First World War - 1914-1921Wiltshire Regiment - 1915 - Private HENRY WILLIAM BAXTER  
17-02-1916First World War - 1914-1921Baydon - 1916 - Private ARTHUR DAVIS
17-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Aldbourne - 1917 - Private HORACE JOHN BONNER
17-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Amesbury - 1917 - Private FRANK GOULD
17-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Ashton Keynes & Swindon - 1917 - Lance Corporal NORMAN CONWAY PRANGLEY
17-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Baverstock - 1917 - Private PERCY FORSTER
17-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Chippenham, Devizes, Lyneham (Bradenstoke) & Swindon - 1917 - Private WALTER EWART WATSON
17-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Codford (St. Mary) - 1917 - Private CHARLES TOMBS
17-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Codford (St. Mary) - 1917 - Rifleman JOHN DELANEY
17-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Devizes & Salisbury - 1917 - Private SIDNEY MARTIN  
17-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Fovant & Stratford Sub Castle - 1917 - Private DAVID HAMILTON LAWRENCE
17-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Great Wishford - 1917 - Private ERNEST CHARLES STOKES 
17-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Marlborough - 1917 - Corporal SIDNEY JOHN HORE  
17-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Stratford Tony - 1917 - Second Lieutenant THEODORE CHUBB 
17-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Swindon - 1917 - Sergeant JOHN EDGAR MATTHEWS 
17-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Warminster - 1917 - Private HARRY JAMES CARR  
17-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Wiltshire Regiment - 1917 - Corporal SIDNEY DENT FOSTER 
17-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Wiltshire Regiment - 1917 - Private ALFRED HENRY GATES
17-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Wiltshire Regiment - 1917 - Private ARTHUR CHARLES BURCH  
17-02-1918First World War - 1914-1921Erlestoke - 1918 - Private ALBERT HENRY BROWN 
17-02-1918First World War - 1914-1921Salisbury - 1918 - Sapper ARTHUR CLARKE
17-02-1918First World War - 1914-1921Swindon - 1918 - Private FRANK WADE 
17-02-1919First World War - 1914-1921Tidworth - 1919 - Private ROBERT FRANK KNELLER
17-02-1919First World War - 1914-1921Trowbridge - 1919 - Captain JOHN RANDALL
17-02-1919First World War - 1914-1921Wiltshire Regiment - 1919 - Private JAMES ROBINSON 
17-02-1944Wiltshire Notable1944 - Swindon - NICHOLAS (NICK) RADBOURN HEWER, TV Presenter was born.  He is known for his appearance as Sir Alan Sugar's adviser on "The Apprentice" and as presenter of "Countdown"
17-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Beechingstoke - 1945 - Private PHILIP RAYMOND RUMMING  
17-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Milford & Salisbury - 1945 - Able Seaman DENIS ARTHUR ERNEST USHER 
17-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Warminster - 1945 - Bombardier RAYMOND ALFRED EVERLEY SILCOX
17-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1945 - Private DENNIS ARTHUR SMITH  
17-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1945 - Private JOHN HENRY CARVER  
18-02-1609Wiltshire Notable1609 - Salisbury - EDWARD HYDE, 1st Earl of Clarendon was born.  He was an historian and stateman 
18-02-1795Wiltshire Notable1795 - Salisbury - BENJAMIN BANKS, Violin Maker was died.  He is buried in St. Thomas Churchyard
18-02-1900Second Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902Marlborough (College) - 1900 - Lieutenant HUGH MARTIN ALERS-HANKEY
18-02-1912Undetermined Military Related DeathTidworth - 1912 - Private WILLIAM JAMES STRAINE
18-02-1915First World War - 1914-1921Kemble - 1915 - Lance Corporal ALBERT JAMES
18-02-1915First World War - 1914-1921Swindon - 1915 - Private ALBERT BARNES  
18-02-1915First World War - 1914-1921Tidworth - 1915 - Sapper LAWRENCE UPTON
18-02-1916First World War - 1914-1921Brinkworth, Chippenham & Devizes - 1916 - Private HARRY HUNT  
18-02-1916First World War - 1914-1921Salisbury (St. Thomas) - 1916 - Private ALFRED THOMAS STURGESS 
18-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Codford (St. Mary) - 1917 - Private JAMES THOMAS WILLIAMS
18-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Durrington - 1917 - Private ANDREW McMURTRIE 
18-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Durrington - 1917 - Private HARRY COLES 
18-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Durrington - 1917 - Private VICTOR WILLIAM HINDHAUGH  
18-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Malmesbury & Oaksey - 1917 - Private ERNEST JOHN COVE 
18-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Shrewton - 1917 - Private JESSE GEORGE WEBBER  
18-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Trowbridge - 1917 - Private JACK TANNER 
18-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Urchfont - 1917 - Rifleman WILLIAM WHEATLEY 
18-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Wiltshire Regiment - 1917 - Lance Corporal ARTHUR BRAND HOARE  
18-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Wiltshire Regiment - 1917 - Private FRANCIS WILLIAM APPLEBY  
18-02-1918First World War - 1914-1921Edington - 1918 - Gunner ARTHUR JOHN LEWIS 
18-02-1918First World War - 1914-1921Stratford Sub Castle & Sutton Veny - 1918 - Private GEORGE JOHN WATTS WALPOLE (served as JOHN WILSON)
18-02-1918First World War - 1914-1921Tidworth - 1918 - Private DONALD ANGUS GILLIES
18-02-1918First World War - 1914-1921Tidworth - 1918 - Private GEORGE HUGH COOMBE
18-02-1918First World War - 1914-1921Wiltshire Regiment - 1918 - Private JAMES PESCOD 
18-02-1919First World War - 1914-1921Codford (St. Mary) - 1919 - Rifleman MICHAEL SEXTON
18-02-1919First World War - 1914-1921Swindon - 1919 - Private EDGAR FRANCIS PIKE
18-02-1919First World War - 1914-1921Tidworth - 1918 - Private RICHARD WILLIAM MAPP
18-02-1919First World War - 1914-1921Tidworth - 1919 - Driver JOHN GRANT ROBINSON
18-02-1920First World War - 1914-1921Swindon - 1920 - Gunner EDWIN HENRY HALE  
18-02-1930Undetermined Military Related DeathTidworth - 1930 - Lance Bombardier ALOYSIUS JOSEPH PICKETT
18-02-1940Second World War - 1939-1947Bulford - 1940 - Able Seaman BASIL GEORGE STURGESS
18-02-1940Second World War - 1939-1947Calne - 1940 - Petty Officer Stoker FREDERICK BERTRAM ASHFIELD  
18-02-1941Second World War - 1939-1947Box (Kingsdown) - 1941 - Second Lieutenant ALFRED TOM BRIDGES 
18-02-1944Second World War - 1939-1947Bemerton - 1944 - Able Seaman GERALD VALENTINE MILES
18-02-1944Second World War - 1939-1947Boscombe - 1944 - Leading Stoker ALBERT EDWARD SUTTON 
18-02-1944Second World War - 1939-1947Sutton Veny - 1944 - Leading Stoker FRANK IVAN HASKELL
18-02-1944Second World War - 1939-1947Swindon - 1944 - Stoker 1st Class WALTER COVEY 
18-02-1944Second World War - 1939-1947Tidworth - 1944 - Korporaal ARIE POT
18-02-1944Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1944 - Corporal THOMAS FITTON 
18-02-1944Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1944 - Lance Corporal ARTHUR KERLEY 
18-02-1944Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1944 - Private HENRY JOHN BARRY  
18-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1945 - Lance Corporal FREDERICK HAROLD OGGELSBY 
18-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1945 - Private WILFRED DEREK ADKIN 
18-02-1947Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1947 - Private JONAH GARDNER 
18-02-1951Undetermined Military Related DeathTidworth - 1951 - Leading Aircraftman IVAN DOUGLAS DUNDAS 
18-02-1962Undetermined Military Related DeathTidworth - 1962 - Corporal RODERICK FRANK MUNDY
18-02-1962Undetermined Military Related DeathTidworth - 1962 - Corporal RODERICK FRANK MUNDY
18-02-1993Retired Service Personnel DeathWarminster - 1993 - Retired Major General WILDRED GEORGE FRYER, CB, CBE 
19-02-1902Second Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902Bishops Cannings & Salisbury (Cathedral) - 1902 - Private ALBERT COWDRY
19-02-1915First World War - 1914-1921Corsley (Chapmanslade) & Westbury - 1915 - Private CHARLES WILLIAM STAMP 
19-02-1916First World War - 1914-1921Wiltshire Regiment - 1916 - Private CHARLES STEWART 
19-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Brinkworth & Swindon - 1917 - Private ALFRED GEORGE RICHMAN  
19-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Broughton Gifford & Melksham - 1917 - Private FREDERICK MISSEN 
19-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Cholderton (West), Milford & Salisbury - 1917 - Driver ALBERT JAMES BAUGH 
19-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Codford (St. Mary) - 1917 - Private GABRIEL MCILROY
19-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Codford (St. Mary) - 1917 - Private JOHN MACINDISH ADAMSON LESSELLS (Served as JOHN MORTON)
19-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Codford (St. Mary) - 1917 - Private JOHN RICHARD FLANAGAN
19-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Codford & Stratford Sub Castle - 1917 - Private RAYMOND HERCULES THORBURN
19-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Durrington - 1917 - Private CHARLES ALFRED WILSON 
19-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Durrington - 1917 - Private KENNETH WILLIAM AYLIFFE 
19-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Ogbourne St. George & Staverton - 1917 - Gunner ROBERT ANGELL 
19-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Tidworth - 1917 - Private THOMAS VINCENT
19-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Wiltshire Regiment - 1917 - Private CHARLES COWLARD  
19-02-1917First World War - 1914-1921Wiltshire Regiment - 1917 - Private ROBERT RUTTER HOWELL 
19-02-1919First World War - 1914-1921Great Cheverell - 1919 - Bombardier WILLIAM JOHN GOUGH 
19-02-1919First World War - 1914-1921Tidworth - 1919 - Bombardier HUBERT NATHANIEL SKIPPEN
19-02-1919First World War - 1914-1921Tidworth - 1919 - Driver ARTHUR TARBET ROBERTS
19-02-1919First World War - 1914-1921Tidworth - 1919 - Private WHARE KAHAHI
19-02-1921First World War - 1914-1921Wiltshire Regiment - 1921 - Private RONALD DOUGLAS SEALEY  
19-02-1936First World War - 1914-1921Amesbury & Boscombe - 1936 - Aircraftman First Class CYRIL ADOLPHUS TREGAUNON BICKHAM
19-02-1936Non-Conflict Military DeathAmesbury & Boscombe - 1936 - Leading Aircraftman 1st Class WILLIAM WATKIN 
19-02-1936Non-Conflict Military DeathAmesbury & Boscombe - 1936 - Leading Aircraftman CYRIL JAMES ADAMS
19-02-1936Non-Conflict Military DeathAmesbury & Boscombe - 1936 - Sergeant GEORGE JOHN WESTLAKE 
19-02-1936Non-Conflict Military DeathAmesbury & Boscombe - 1936 - Sergeant WALTER JOB 
19-02-1936Non-Conflict Military DeathAmesbury & Boscombe - 1936 - Sergeant/Pilot EDWARD KENNETH McDERMOTT
19-02-1942Second World War - 1939-1947North Newnton - 1942 - Civilian ERNEST WALTER HODGES 
19-02-1942Second World War - 1939-1947West Lavington - 1942 - Flying Officer DESMOND PELHAM WATSON 
19-02-1943Second World War - 1939-1947Wroughton - 1943 - Flight Sergeant FRANCIS LESLIE HICKS
19-02-1944Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1944 - Private LESLIE JAMES HENSON  
19-02-1944Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1944 - Private SAMUEL JOHN FRENCH 
19-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Zeals - 1945 - Aircraftman 2nd Class REGINALD ERNEST SUGGARS 
19-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Zeals - 1945 - Aircraftman 2nd Class WALTER JAMES COLBY
19-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Zeals - 1945 - Corporal KENNETH STANLEY ANDERSON 
19-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Zeals - 1945 - Flight Lieutenant ALAN JAMES ROBERTS 
19-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Zeals - 1945 - Flight Lieutenant DOUGLAS ELLIOTT TURNBULL 
19-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Zeals - 1945 - Flight Lieutenant JAMES CASSELLS HOWDEN  
19-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Zeals - 1945 - Flight Lieutenant JOHN HEYWOOD  
19-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Zeals - 1945 - Flight Lieutenant REED TILTON HYDE 
19-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Zeals - 1945 - Flight Lieutenant THOMAS ARTHUR EVANS 
19-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Zeals - 1945 - Flight Sergeant ALAN GEOFFREY SHADDICK  
19-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Zeals - 1945 - Flight Sergeant DONALD GRANT  
19-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Zeals - 1945 - Flight Sergeant JAMES ROSS 
19-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Zeals - 1945 - Flight Sergeant JOHN OGILVY ALLEN  
19-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Zeals - 1945 - Flight Sergeant LESLIE DANIEL SLIPPER  
19-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Zeals - 1945 - Flying Officer FRANK JOSEPH PLANT 
19-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Zeals - 1945 - Flying Officer GERARD JEAN GUAY 
19-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Zeals - 1945 - Flying Officer MERVYN ESMOND LLEWELLYN SCOVELL  
19-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Zeals - 1945 - Flying Officer SIDNEY GRAHAM WILLIAMS  
19-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Zeals - 1945 - Sergeant MAXWELL VERNON GILDER  
19-02-1945Second World War - 1939-1947Zeals - 1945 - Sergeant RONALD EDWARD JELFS 
19-02-1946Second World War - 1939-1947Wiltshire Regiment - 1946 - Private THOMAS DENNIS HAYNES