Pirton's Men That Served in the Great War
The research, by Jonty Wild, Tony French & Chris Ryan, is aimed at recording the Pirton men who served in World War One. It has resulted in the surprisingly large number of names listed below and some of which we no little about.
If you have any information on any of the men listed or any that perhaps should be please contact Jonty Wild via jontywild@pirton.org.uk.
The following men died and their names appear on our War Memorial.
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Abbiss, Albert Abbiss, Frank Anderson, Fred Baines, Frederick Baines, Sydney Baines, William Burton, Edward Charles Burton, Fred Cannon, Frank Chamberlain, Henry George |
Charlick, George Crawley, Harry French, Joseph Handscombe, Frank Handscombe, Joseph Hill, William Thomas Jenkins, Alfred Raymond Lake, Arthur Sidney Odell, Arthur Odell, Fred |
Parsell, John Frederick Pearce, Francis J Reynolds, Albert Reynolds, Walter Smith, Harry Titmuss, Albert John Trussell, George Thomas Walker, Arthur Wilshere, Charles Wilson, Bertram W. N. |
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The following men died and are recorded as having a bond to Pirton, but do not appear on our War Memorial.
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Clarke, Herbert John Cooper, Bertram Thomas Cox, Frederick |
Skeys, Frederick (this man is officially listed as from Pirton, Hertfordshire, but is actually from Pirton, Herefordshire) Southgate, E |
Tarrier, Francis Ralph Thompson, Frederick John Walker, Joseph West, "William |
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The following men served and survived.
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Abbiss, Frank, Abbiss, Harry, Abbiss, Thomas William, Ashton, Frank, Ashton, Harry, Ashton, Jack, Baines, Bertram, Baines, Ernest Frank, (Ernie), Baines, Fred, Baines, Frederick John, Baines, James, Baines, Sidney, Baines, Walter James, Baines, William, Barker, George, Bedale, John Leigh, Bell, William, Bottoms, Sidney Alfred, Brereton, Clement S, Brooks, Frederick William, Buck, Arthur, Buckett, Albert William, (Toby), Buckett, Arthur Frederick, Buckett, Bertram, Buckett, ‘Dick’, Buckett, Frederick, Buckett, George, Buckett, Leonard Charles, Bunyan, Edward, Bunyan, George, Burton, Alfred Frank, Burton, Bert, Burton, Frank, Burton, John, Burton, Sidney Charles, (Sidney James?), Carter, Alfred, Carter, Charles William, Carter, Ernest F, Carter, Walter Edward, Castle, Arthur, Chamberlain, Thomas, Chamberlain, William, Cherry, Oscar Charles, Christmas, Walter Foster, Cooper, Arthur, Cox, Sidney, (MM), Coxall, Charles Frederick, Crawley, Frank, Davis, Harry, Davis, Henry, (possibly the man above) Dawson, Albert, Dawson, Bertie, Dawson, Charlie, Dawson, Harry, (1) Dawson, Harry,(2) Dear, Horace Percy, (Percy), Devereaux, Charles James, Franklin, Laurence Thomas, French, George, Furr, Albert, Furr, Charles, (MM) Furr, Frederick, Furr, Harold, Gilbert, H, James, Goldsmith, Arthur, Goldsmith, Edward, (Ted), |
Goldsmith, George, Goldsmith, Jack, Goldsmith, John, Goldsmith, Sidney, Handscombe, Charles, Handscombe, George, Handscombe, Hedley, Handscombe, Horace William, Hare, Frank, Head, Albert Harold, Head, Alfred, Head, Charles, Hill, William Albert, Hodson, Harry, (possibly Hodgson), Hoye, Albert, Hoye, Arthur, Hoye, ??? (Either James, Harry, Charles or William), Hubbard, Eldred Richard, (Richard), Hubbard, Richard Edward, (possibly the above man) Jackson, Arthur Charles, Jackson, George, William, Jarvis, Frederick, (Fred), Jenkins, Arthur Geoffrey, (Geoffrey), Jenkins, Edward, Jenkins, Leonard Charles, Jenkins, Montague Harold, Jenkins, Raymond, Kingsley, Oliver John Newton, (John), Lake, Albert George (George), Lake, Charles, Lake, Edward, Lake, Herbert, Lake, Ralph Joseph, (Joseph), Lake, Reginald, Lake, Tom, Langmore, Leslie Gaspard, Lawrence, Jack, (John), Lawrence, John, (possibly the above man) Males, Harry, Males, John, Males, Michael George, Miles, Elystan, Morrison, Riddle, Mossman, William, Murray, John H, Newbery, John Norman, (Norman), Newbery, William Alexander, Nightingale, Alfred, Odell, James, Olney, James, Olney, Joseph Frank, (Frank), Olney, Sidney, Pearce, Arthur, Pearce, John, Pitts, James, Pitts, Walter James, Pocock, Edwin, Pollard, Hugh B C, Poulter, F, Reynolds, Arthur, (1) Reynolds, Arthur, (2) Reynolds, Frederick, (1) Reynolds, Frederick, (2) Reynolds, George Thomas, Reynolds, Harry, Reynolds, Jacob, |
Reynolds, Philip, Reynolds, William, Roberts, George, Roberts, Sidney George, (George), Reynolds, T G, Scott, James, Sexton, Peter, Sharpe, Albert James, Sheppard, Harry, Sheppard, Hedley Albert, (Eddy), Sheppard, Sidney William, Smith, Arthur Frederick, Smith, Charles (possibly Bertram Charles), Smith, Sidney, Stapleton, George Henry, Stapleton, Hubert John, Stapleton, Jesse, Tarrier, Archibald, Tarrier, Frederick Edward, Tarrier, Walter William, Thompson, George, Thompson, Hubert Charles, Throssell, Philip John, Thrussell (Possibly Throssell), John Edward, Titmuss, Charles, (1) Titmuss, Charles, (2) Titmuss, Edward, Titmuss, Frederick, (Ted) Titmuss, Frederick, (Dabber), Titmuss, Frederick John, Titmuss, Jesse, Trussell, Albert Edward, Trussell, Arthur, Trussell, Charles (Thomas Charles), Trussell, William Charles, Walker, Albert, Walker, Albert John, Walker, Arthur, Walker, Arthur Robert, (MM) Walker, Bertram J, Walker, Charles, Walker, Edward, Walker, Frederick, Walker, Frederick, (Fred), Walker, George, Walker, Herbert, Walker, Hubert James, Walker, James, Walker, Leonard James, Walker, Philip, Walker, Sidney, Walker, William, Weeden, Albert, (Bert), Weeden, Albert Walter, Weeden, Frederick (Fred), Weeden, Leonard Stanley, (Len), Wells, Arthur, Weston, Fred, Wilshere, Arthur, Wilsher, Bertram, (Bert), Wilshere, Frederick, Wright, James William, Wright, Percival Harry, ??? Tom |
We ask for your help would like:
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any new information. |
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details of their war service, |
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any information on their lives before and after the war, |
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details of any family relationship between names, |
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photographs (in uniform or in civvies) and, |
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clarification if any people appear twice, e.g. perhaps where listed with and without a middle name. |
Please get in touch jontywild@pirton.org.uk
If you have any original documents, photographs or artefacts, please let us know we do not ask you to give them to us, bit we would like to capture them, by scanning, copying of photography.
If anyone would like copy photograph of any Pirton WW1 war grave or memorial please contact Jonty Wild. Digital copies for personal use will be provided free of charge to relatives, photographs can be provided for a small charge.