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.
| Date | Type | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 19-01-1601 | Wiltshire Notable | 1601 - Salisbury (Cathedral) & Wilton - HENRY HERBERT, 2nd Earl of Pembroke died at Wilton. Buried in Salisbury Cathedral. |
| 19-01-1846 | First Anglo-Sikh War 1845-1846 | Wiltshire Regiment (62nd Foot) - 1846 - Private JOSEPH KING |
| 19-01-1846 | First Anglo-Sikh War 1845-1846 | Wiltshire Regiment (62nd Foot) - 1846 - Private THOMAS BURT |
| 19-01-1901 | Second Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 | Wiltshire Imperial Yeomanry - 1901 - Sergeant Major ERNEST JAMES HOLLIDAY |
| 19-01-1915 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Bulford - 1915 - Armourer Sergeant GODFREY SANDY WUNSCH |
| 19-01-1915 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Hilmarton (Cliffansty) & Swindon - 1915 - Private WILLIAM GEORGE CLIFFORD |
| 19-01-1915 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Swindon - 1915 - Private GEORGE WELLMAN LAWRENCE |
| 19-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Calne (Studley) - 1917 - Private ARTHUR GEORGE JAMES FREEGARD |
| 19-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Castle Combe - 1917 - Private ROWLAND ALPHEUS PULLIN |
| 19-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Overton - 1917 - Private EDWARD JAMES BUTCHER |
| 19-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Swindon - 1917 - Lance Corporal FREDERICK THOMAS WOODWARD |
| 19-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Swindon - 1917 - Private RALPH ALLEN PARTRIDGE |
| 19-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Swindon & Wroughton - 1917 - Sergeant TOM HAWKINS |
| 19-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Tidworth - 1917 - Private LEONARD HAROLD THREADER |
| 19-01-1918 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Grittleton - 1918 - Private ARTHUR HENRY HOLBROW |
| 19-01-1918 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1918 - Major NEVILLE DOUGLAS MacDONALD |
| 19-01-1919 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Corsham - 1919 - Paymaster Lieutenant WILFRED THOMPSON WILLIAMS |
| 19-01-1919 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Edington - 1919 - Rifleman THOMAS JAMES BLAGDEN |
| 19-01-1919 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Semington & Trowbridge - 1919 - Lance Corporal CLIFFORD FRANK WHEELER |
| 19-01-1940 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Salisbury - 1940 - Stoker 1st Class GEORGE SIDNEY HARDIMAN |
| 19-01-1941 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Winterslow - 1941 - Corporal FREDERICK EDMUND ANNETTS |
| 19-01-1942 | Wiltshire Notable | 1942 - Salisbury - MICHAEL CRAWFORD (Michael Patrick Smith), Actor, Comedian and Singer, was born. Best known for the hapless Frank Spencer in Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em and for his West End stage musical roles such as Barnum and Phantom of the Opera. He was also renowned for doing his own stunts on both screen and stage. |
| 19-01-1943 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Swindon - 1943 - Warrant Officer Class II JOHN MADDEN |
| 19-01-1943 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Winsley - 1943 - Starszy Marynarz (Senior Sailor) STANISLAW MIETLINSKI |
| 19-01-1944 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Swindon - 1944 - Private ALBERT LEONARD SIMPKINS |
| 19-01-1945 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Cholderton, Durrington & Porton - 1945 - Group Captain JOHN FRANCIS XAVIER McKENNA, AFC |
| 19-01-1945 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Longbridge Deverill (Crockerton) - 1945 - Private ALFRED GEORGE HARRIS |
| 19-01-1945 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Swindon - 1945 - Private ALEXANDER TREVOR LOVEDAY |
| 19-01-1955 | Police Service 1837-Present | Devizes - 1955 - Police Chief Inspector EDMUND RICHARD NORRIS, MC, fatally injured in a car accident returning from a police conference. |
| 19-01-1987 | Wiltshire Notable | 1987 - Aldbourne - GERALD BRENAN (Edward FitzGerald Brenan) CBE, MC - Writer - Died 19 January 1987 at Alhaurin el Grande, Spain - Long time resident of Aldbourne |
| 19-01-1998 | Wiltshire Notable | 1998 - Swindon - JAKE GOODWIN, County Cricketer was born |
| 20-01-1915 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Bulford - 1915 - Private HENRY MORRIS |
| 20-01-1915 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Chippenham - 1915 - Sergeant Major RALPH THOMAS |
| 20-01-1915 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Highworth (Coleshill) & Swindon - 1915 - Private WILLIAM HENRY WHITE |
| 20-01-1915 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Netheravon - 1915 - Private WILLIAM HENRY PHILLIPS |
| 20-01-1916 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Pitton & Farley (Pitton), Salisbury & Winterslow - 1916 - Private HAROLD NOYCE |
| 20-01-1916 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Tidworth - 1916 - Private ARTHUR JACKSON |
| 20-01-1916 | First World War - 1914-1921 | West Lavington - 1916 - Second Lieutenant HERBERT WILSON O’REILLY |
| 20-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1917 - Second Lieutenant MAURICE GEORGE WARLAND |
| 20-01-1918 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Bulford - 1918 - Private JOSEPH EDWARD COLEMAN |
| 20-01-1918 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Trowbridge - 1918 - Able Seaman SIDNEY HERBERT GRIFFIN |
| 20-01-1919 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Tidworth - 1919 - Leading Seaman ROBERT PARKER EVANS |
| 20-01-1919 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1919 - Private HORACE BOSLEY |
| 20-01-1920 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1920 - Private HENRY CHARLES BENSTED |
| 20-01-1942 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Rodbourne Cheney (Moredon) - 1942 - Bombardier ALFRED ROBERT CHILD |
| 20-01-1942 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Shrewton & Woodford (Middle) - 1942 - Bombardier JOHN BERRY |
| 20-01-1944 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Amesbury - 1944 - Lance Sergeant MICHAEL GEORGE COX |
| 20-01-1944 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Bradford-on-Avon - 1944 - Lance Corporal JOHN GEORGE VICTOR WOOLLARD |
| 20-01-1944 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Market Lavington - 1944 - Sergeant ALBERT WILLIAM WOODCOCK |
| 20-01-1944 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Salisbury - 1944 - Private BERTIE GEORGE COOKE |
| 20-01-1944 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1944 - Lieutenant WILLIAM NORMAN GRIFFITHS |
| 20-01-1945 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | East Knoyle - 1945 - Civilian RUTH RUSSELL-ROBERTS |
| 20-01-1945 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Wroughton - 1945 - Trooper WILLIAM GEORGE ELMS |
| 20-01-1946 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1946 - Private DENNIS FLANAGAN |
| 20-01-1954 | Non-Conflict Military Death | Chippenham, Hullavington & Malmesbury - 1954 - Flight Lieutenant KENNETH WILLIAM GRICE |
| 20-01-1954 | Non-Conflict Military Death | Chippenham, Hullavington, Malmesbury & Norton Bavant - 1954 - Acting Pilot Officer RONALD ALBERT MOORE |
| 20-01-1954 | Non-Conflict Military Death | Hullavington & Malmesbury - 1954 - Flight Sergeant JOHN WRIGHT, DFC |
| 20-01-1954 | Non-Conflict Military Death | Hullavington, Malmesbury & Stanton St. Quintin - 1954 - Flight Lieutenant AUBREY HOWARD FERNIHOUGH, DFC, AFC |
| 20-01-2008 | Afghanistan War 2001-2014 | Netheravon & Salisbury - 2008 - Corporal DARRYL MARK GARDINER |
| 21-01-1846 | First Anglo-Sikh War 1845-1846 | Wiltshire Regiment (62nd Foot) - 1846 - Private THOMAS THORNHILL |
| 21-01-1901 | Second Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 | Wiltshire Imperial Yeomanry - 1901 - Private FRANK LEWIS |
| 21-01-1915 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Ludgershall - 1915 - Lance Corporal PHILIP AUGUSTUS OLIVER |
| 21-01-1916 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Ludgershall - 1916 - Private HOWARD WILLIAM ELKINS, DCM |
| 21-01-1916 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Swindon - 1916 - Corporal CHRISTOPHER STIGANT BURT |
| 21-01-1916 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1916 - Lance Corporal ARTHUR BLOWER |
| 21-01-1916 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wroughton - 1916 - Private ALFRED TARRANT |
| 21-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Devizes, Marlborough & Mildenhall - 1917 - Sergeant BERTIE WITTS |
| 21-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Durrington - 1917 - Private ALBERT THOMAS BRIGGS |
| 21-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Homington - 1917 - Able Seaman CHARLES HENRY SMART |
| 21-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Steeple Langford, Trowbridge & Wootton Bassett - 1917 - Company Sergeant Major RUPERT CHARLES ROWE |
| 21-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1917 - Follower PIRU |
| 21-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1917 - Private GEORGE PHILIP LE FEUVRE |
| 21-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1917 - Private HERBERT CHARLES FOLEY |
| 21-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1917 - Private MOSES GEORGE LINTOTT |
| 21-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1917 - Private RICHARD PICKETT |
| 21-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1917 - Private WALTER MAWMAN |
| 21-01-1918 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Baverstock - 1918 - Lance Corporal THOMAS ROACH |
| 21-01-1918 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Upavon - 1918 - Second Lieutenant THOMAS RANDALL SEATER |
| 21-01-1918 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1918 - Private WALTER JOHN MALLETT |
| 21-01-1919 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1919 - Private EDWARD MOORE |
| 21-01-1932 | Wiltshire Notable | 1932 - Ham & Overton (Lockeridge) - GILES LYTTON STRACHEY, writer, biographer and critic died at Ham Spray House. Strachey was born on 1 March 1880 in Clapham London. After leaving Cambridge University in 1905 he struggled to make a living writing and borrowed money in order to rent a small thatched cottage, The Lacket, outside the village of Lockeridge. He lived there until 1916 and it was there that he wrote the first three parts of one of his most famous works, Eminent Victorians. During the First World War, Strachey was granted exemption from military service on health grounds. Living and working in London both before and after the First World War he was a member of the loose association of influential English writers, intellectuals, philosophers and artists that became known as the Bloomsbury Group. In 1924 he moved to Ham Spray House which was his home for the rest of his life. He was buried in St. Andrew's Churchyard, Chew Magna, Bath. |
| 21-01-1935 | Undetermined Military Related Death | Salisbury & Stratford Sub Castle - 1935 - Flying Officer LEWIS WALTER OLIVER |
| 21-01-1940 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Collingbourne Ducis, Collingbourne Kingston & Stanton St. Bernard - 1940 - Stoker ALLAN JAMES ZEBEDEE |
| 21-01-1940 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | North Bradley - 1940 - Petty Officer HENRY JAMES WEBB, DSM |
| 21-01-1943 | Wiltshire Notable | 1943 - Little Hinton - RICHARD THOMAS PITMAN, former national hunt jockey and tv presenter was born in Cheltenham. From 1968-1976 ran a horse recuperation centre in the parish of Little Hinton |
| 21-01-1943 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Boscombe - 1943 - Lieutenant Colonel EDMUND GRAHAM BUCKLEY, OBE |
| 21-01-1943 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Mere - 1943 - Captain EDWARD BROTHERTON-RATCLIFFE |
| 21-01-1944 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Hilperton - 1944 - Wren MARJORIE SMITH |
| 21-01-1944 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Wilton - 1944 - Lance Corporal ARTHUR HENRY SHERGOLD |
| 21-01-1944 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Wilton - 1944 - Lance Sergeant ALBERT JAMES HIBBERD |
| 21-01-1944 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1944 - Corporal LESLIE ERNEST EASTMAN |
| 21-01-1944 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1944 - Private GEORGE THOMAS SKEATES |
| 21-01-1944 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1944 - Private THOMAS MOORCROFT |
| 21-01-1944 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1944 - Private WILLIAM JOHN GREEN |
| 21-01-1945 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Malmesbury - 1945 - Flight Lieutenant ROBERT GERARD BEUTTELL |
| 21-01-1945 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Mere - 1945 - Private WILLIAM GEORGE HANSFORD |
| 21-01-1945 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Rowde - 1945 - Lance Corporal KENNETH GEORGE BURCHELL |
| 21-01-1946 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Laverstock - 1946 - Retired Surgeon Rear Admiral LESLIE MILES MORRIS |
| 21-01-1947 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Tidworth - 1947 - Kapral (Leading Aircraftman) EDWARD WARSZAWSKI |
| 21-01-1950 | Wiltshire Notable | 1950 - Great Bedwyn (Wexcombe), Marlborough & Salisbury - PHIL HARDING, Archaeologist and TV presenter, was born in Oxford. He was educated at the Royal Free Grammar School, Marlborough and grew up in Wexcombe, Great Bedwyn. Is resident of Salisbury. |
| 21-01-1953 | Undetermined Military Related Death | Corsham (Neston) - 1953 - Major GEORGE FOWLER MOIR |
| 22-01-1654 | Wiltshire Notable | 1654 - Corsham - Sir RICHARD BLACKMORE, physician, poet & religious writer was born. He was a member of the Royal College of Physicians and one of the court physicians to William III and Anne. He was knighted, and awarded a gold medal, by William III in 1697 for his poems about King Arthur, which were ostensibly an adulation of William himself. He wrote several very long and well-intentioned - but ultimately heavily criticised - epic poems, mostly with political and theological themes. He also authored many medical treatises and is considered an early forward thinker in the field of medical science. He died on 9 October 1729 in Boxted, Essex. |
| 22-01-1654 | Wiltshire Notable | 1654 - Corsham - Sir RICHARD BLACKMORE, poet and physician was born |
| 22-01-1810 | Napoleonic Wars 1803-1815 | North Bradley - 1810 - Private JACOB SMITH |
| 22-01-1834 | Undetermined Military Related Death | Nunton & Bodenham - 1834 - Lieutenant GEORGE MARKHAM |
| 22-01-1897 | Wiltshire Notable | 1897 - Trowbridge - Isaac Pitman, teacher and developer of shorthand, died in Bath, Somerset He is buried in Bath Abbey. |
| 22-01-1909 | Non-Conflict Military Death | Tidworth - 1909 - Bandmaster ERNEST ARTHUR HUGH O’KEEFE |
| 22-01-1915 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Tidworth - 1915 - Private ISAAC JOBSON |
| 22-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Market Lavington & West Lavington - 1917 - Private WILLIAM GEORGE BAKER |
| 22-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Swindon - 1917 - Trooper FREDERICK GEORGE PART |
| 22-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1917 - Private ARTHUR JACKSON |
| 22-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1917 - Private ARTHUR RICHARDSON |
| 22-01-1918 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Chippenham, Malmesbury & Westport St. Mary - 1918 - Lance Corporal HARRY SHINGLES |
| 22-01-1918 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Cricklade & Malmesbury - 1918 - Private HOLLISTER CLARE FRANKLIN |
| 22-01-1918 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Devizes - 1918 - Lance Sergeant JOHN CLEMENTS |
| 22-01-1918 | Retired Service Personnel Death | Durrington & Winterslow - 1918 - Retired Major ROGER POORE |
| 22-01-1918 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Pewsey - 1918 - Private JACOB HENRY TARRANT |
| 22-01-1918 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Salisbury - 1918 - Private ARTHUR EDWARD BUTT |
| 22-01-1918 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Salisbury - 1918 - Private ROBERT WARREN |
| 22-01-1918 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Sutton Veny - 1918 - Driver ERNEST CHARLES HENRY |
| 22-01-1919 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Codford (St. Mary) - 1919 - Private ALEXANDER JOHN GRIFFIN |
| 22-01-1919 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Malmesbury - 1919 - Private ERNEST GEORGE SPIKIN |
| 22-01-1920 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Tisbury - 1920 - Private SYDNEY LEVER |
| 22-01-1941 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Heytesbury - 1941 - Aircraftman 2nd Class THOMAS WILLIAM CHAMBERS |
| 22-01-1943 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Devizes - 1943 - Flight Lieutenant WILFRED JOSHUA PEARSON |
| 22-01-1944 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Chitterne - 1944 - Private LEONARD ALBERT SALTER |
| 22-01-1944 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Pitton & Farley (Farley) - 1944 - Private ALFRED JOSEPH EDWARD PARSONS |
| 22-01-1944 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Salisbury - 1944 - Corporal WILFRED STANLEY WATTS |
| 22-01-1944 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1944 - Captain JOHN JOSEPH POWER |
| 22-01-1944 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1944 - Corporal ALBERT TWIST |
| 22-01-1944 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1944 - Corporal LAWRENCE LUSH, DCM |
| 22-01-1944 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1944 - Lance Corporal WILLIAM JAMES GRAY |
| 22-01-1944 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1944 - Private ALEC THOMAS |
| 22-01-1944 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1944 - Private ERNEST ARTHUR FAGG |
| 22-01-1944 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1944 - Private GODFREY DESMOND CLARK |
| 22-01-1944 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1944 - Private JAMES WILLIAM CHARLES WARD |
| 22-01-1944 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1944 - Private JOHN HUMPHREY MOTHERS |
| 22-01-1944 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1944 - Private JOSEPH DELEY |
| 22-01-1944 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1944 - Private MICHAEL NICELL |
| 22-01-1944 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1944 - Private STANLEY BURGESS |
| 22-01-1944 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1944 - Private WILLIAM HENRY TURNER |
| 22-01-1945 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Swindon - 1945 - Matroos (Seaman) TAN SUI |
| 22-01-1945 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Wroughton - 1945 - Petty Officer ERNEST ARTHUR ROBERT TIDCOMB |
| 22-01-1957 | Undetermined Military Related Death | Porton & Tidworth - 1957 - Major (Quartermaster) CHARLES HENRY LEWIS, MBE |
| 22-01-1967 | Non-Conflict Military Death | Tidworth - 1967 - Warrant Officer Class I ROY EDWARD HARRIS |
| 22-01-1995 | Undetermined Military Related Death | Britford (East Harnham) & Tidworth - 1995 - Major JOHN CAMPBELL BUCHANAN |
| 22-01-2010 | Afghanistan War 2001-2014 | Lyneham & Wootton Bassett - 2010 - Rifleman PETER ANDREW STUART ALDRIDGE |
| 23-01-1915 | First World War - 1914-1921 | All Cannings & Etchilhampton - 1915 - Private WILLIAM PLANK |
| 23-01-1915 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Bulford - 1915 - Private JOHN KELLMAN CHANDLER |
| 23-01-1915 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Codford (St. Mary) & Stockton - 1915 - Private SIDNEY WALTER RANDALL |
| 23-01-1915 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Devizes, Kingston Deverill, Maiden Bradley & Monkton Deverill - 1915 - Sergeant HERBERT POOLMAN |
| 23-01-1915 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Devizes, Netheravon & Salisbury - 1915 - Private JAMES GEORGE PERRETT |
| 23-01-1915 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Marlborough - 1915 - Private WALTER BELL |
| 23-01-1915 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Rodbourne Cheney & Swindon - 1915 - Private GILES GILL |
| 23-01-1915 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Sutton Mandeville - 1915 - Private HENRY SANGER |
| 23-01-1915 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1915 - Private HARRY PAYNE |
| 23-01-1915 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1915 - Private JAMES SHAW |
| 23-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Codford (St. Mary) - 1917 - Private DAVID EDWARD McGREGOR |
| 23-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Durrington - 1917 - Private HECTOR WILLIAM ROGERS |
| 23-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Tidworth - 1917 - Private WILLIAM HUMPHREYS |
| 23-01-1918 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Lydiard (Millicent) - 1918 - Private HERBERT JAMES REEVES |
| 23-01-1918 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1918 - Private JAMES BAKER |
| 23-01-1919 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Amesbury, Brinkworth, Lydiard Tregoze (Hook), Malmesbury, Marlborough & Swindon - 1919 - Private FREDERICK JAMES MOBEY |
| 23-01-1919 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Blunsdon St. Andrew & Broad Blunsdon - 1919 - Private STEPHEN ENOS UZZELL |
| 23-01-1944 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Amesbury - 1944 - Sergeant KEITH CUSHING |
| 23-01-1944 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1944 - Private LOUIS ALFRED GAUTIER |
| 23-01-1945 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Chippenham - 1945 - Craftsman EDWARD JAMES FROST |
| 23-01-1945 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Clyffe Pypard (Bushton) - 1945 - Private DONALD REYNOLDS |
| 23-01-1945 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1945 - Captain KENNETH GARLAND SANDERSON |
| 23-01-1945 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1945 - Corporal CECIL LISTER |
| 23-01-1945 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1945 - Corporal LEWIS CURTIS |
| 23-01-1945 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1945 - Lance Corporal EDWARD CLARENCE CAMPBELL |
| 23-01-1945 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1945 - Private JAMES HERBERT SPEED |
| 23-01-1958 | Undetermined Military Related Death | Colerne - 1958 - Sergeant KENNETH BARLEY |
| 23-01-1997 | Retired Service Personnel Death | Ogbourne St. George - 1997 - Retired HARRY OSBORN STIBBARD |
| 24-01-1900 | Second Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 | Ludgershall & Marlborough (College) - 1900 - Lieutenant PERCIVAL FORBES NEWNHAM |
| 24-01-1900 | Second Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 | Marlborough (College) - 1900 - 2nd Lieutenant HAROLD ALFRED COBBE WILSON |
| 24-01-1900 | Second Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 | Marlborough (College) - 1900 - Lieutenant FREDERICK ALEXANDER GALBRAITH |
| 24-01-1901 | Non-Conflict Military Death | Rodbourne Cheney & Stratton St. Margaret (Gorsehill) - 1901 - Engine Room Artificer PERCY JOHN PACKER |
| 24-01-1915 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Bulford & Durrington (Larkhill) - 1915 - Private FREDERICK GEORGE HEAL, Jnr. |
| 24-01-1915 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Devizes - 1915 - Private GEORGE SHERGOLD |
| 24-01-1915 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Swindon - 1915 - Driver SAMUEL WILLIAM JOHN JONES |
| 24-01-1916 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Chiseldon & Ogbourne St. George - 1916 - Private HORACE NICHOLSON |
| 24-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1917 - Private JOSEPH GREEN |
| 24-01-1918 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Chilmark & Salisbury - 1918 - Private REGINALD STEVENS |
| 24-01-1918 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Codford (St. Mary) - 1918 - Private OSCAR CAMERON |
| 24-01-1918 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Corsham - 1918 - Private FREDERICK HERBERT GUNSTONE |
| 24-01-1918 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Durrington - 1918 - Private HENRY GEORGE CHIPLIN |
| 24-01-1918 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Melksham - 1918 - Corporal ADOLPHUS ARTHUR CYRIL HARDY |
| 24-01-1918 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Sutton Veny - 1918 - Gunner NORMAN FRANCIS HENRY BEGGS |
| 24-01-1918 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1918 - Private ARTHUR JOHN BULL |
| 24-01-1919 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Sutton Veny- 1919 - Private HERBERT ROY BAKES |
| 24-01-1920 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Fovant - 1920 - Battery Quartermaster Sergeant WALTER OLIVER |
| 24-01-1920 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Salisbury - 1920 - Private WILLIAM GEORGE FLOWERS |
| 24-01-1920 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Swindon - 1920 - Lance Corporal CHARLES WILLIAM HOOPER |
| 24-01-1928 | Wiltshire Notable | 1928 - Aldbourne, Purton, Swindon & West Lavington - DESMOND MORRIS, Zoologist & Ethologist was born in Purton. He has been resident of Aldbourne & Swindon. He was educated at Dauntsey School, West Lavington |
| 24-01-1938 | Retired Service Personnel Death | Alderbury & Salisbury - 1938 - Retired Captain ALBERT ANGEL, MC |
| 24-01-1941 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Durrington (Larkhill) - 1941 - Gunner GEORGE JAMES STEER |
| 24-01-1941 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | East Knoyle - 1941 - Private EDWARD GEORGE FLOWER |
| 24-01-1943 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Salisbury - 1943 - Private SIDNEY MUSPRATT |
| 24-01-1944 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Figheldean - 1944 - Lieutenant Colonel THOMAS SWAN EVES, DSO & Bar |
| 24-01-1944 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Ludgershall - 1944 - Lance Corporal CHARLES EDWARD JEREMY |
| 24-01-1944 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1944 - Captain OLIVER GOLDSMITH |
| 24-01-1944 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1944 - Private HENRY GEORGE HEATH |
| 24-01-1945 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1945 - Lance Sergeant ARTHUR HENRY DANKS |
| 24-01-2012 | Wiltshire Notable | 2012 - Upton Lovell - ALTHEA WYNNE, sculptor, and her husband ANTHONY BARRINGTON-BROWN MBE, photographer, were tragically killed in a road traffic accident near their home in Upton Lovell. Born 6 October 1936, Wynne was a lifelong rider and she made a number of equine statues, including three bronze horses to stand by the steps at Minster Court in the City of London, and her final commission of two large bronzes of Windsor Grey horses for Windsor Great Park. Born 13 July 1927, Barrington Brown was a successful photographer, designer and explorer. In 1955–56 he was part of the Oxford and Cambridge Far Eastern Expedition, which completed a 32,000-mile trip overland from Hyde Park Corner to Singapore, and back. Althea and BB (as he was known) were buried together on February 21st in Upton Lovell churchyard, a few yards from their Wiltshire home. |
| 25-01-1753 | Event - Non-Military | 1753 - Devizes & Potterne - On this day Ruth Pierce of Potterne called upon the name of God to prove that she was not lying during a trade dispute that took place in Devizes Market Place. Ruth claimed to have paid her share for goods bought by Ruth and another two women but had been accused of not having handed over her share of the payment due. Ruth swore that she had and called upon God to strike her down dead should she be lying. Almost immediately Ruth Pierce collapsed and died. The Market Cross in Devizes was erected with a panel telling the story as a warning to future generations to call on the holy name of God to conceal the devices of falsehood and fraud. |
| 25-01-1906 | Wiltshire Notable | 1906 - Salisbury - MOLLY HARROWER, psychologist, was born on this day in Johannesburg, South Africa, she was educated at Godolphin School, Salisbury |
| 25-01-1915 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Amesbury (West Amesbury), Ludgershall & North Wraxall (Ford) - 1915 - Corporal GEORGE HUNT |
| 25-01-1915 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Devizes & Melksham - 1915 - Private IVAN STANLEY EADES |
| 25-01-1915 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Malmesbury - 1915 - Private FRANK TUGWELL |
| 25-01-1915 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Milford & Salisbury - 1915 - Corporal WILLIAM FINLAY PARTRIDGE |
| 25-01-1915 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Swindon - 1915 - Private HENRY BRIDGEMAN |
| 25-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Aldbourne, Marlborough & Ramsbury (Axford) - 1917 - Private WILLIAM STROUD |
| 25-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Bromham - 1917 - Private WILLIAM JOHN GEE |
| 25-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Bromham & Chippenham - 1917 - Corporal GILBERT GREGORY |
| 25-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Burcombe & Salisbury - 1917 - Private REGINALD HARRY HIBBERD |
| 25-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Codford (St. Mary) - 1917 - Private JAMES MALCOLM McFARLANE |
| 25-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Codford (St. Mary) & Wilsford cum Lake - 1917 - Private REGINALD DAVIS |
| 25-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Devizes - 1917 - Private HENRY SMITH |
| 25-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Devizes & Salisbury - 1917 - Private LUKE BULL |
| 25-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Devizes & Swindon - 1917 - Private WILLIAM VICTOR AXFORD |
| 25-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Durnford (Little Durnford) - 1917 - Gunner ARTHUR NOEL SALISBURY |
| 25-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Durrington - 1917 - Private JOHN MEYRICK COOK |
| 25-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Kingswood - 1917 - Lance Corporal ERNEST JOHN HOLLOWAY |
| 25-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Lydiard (Millicent) & Swindon - 1917 - Private ARTHUR WILLIAM LOCKEY |
| 25-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Maiden Bradley - 1917 - Private HAROLD URIAH DOMAN |
| 25-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Marlborough & Purton - 1917 - Private FREDERICK HENRY LITTEN |
| 25-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Milford & Salisbury - 1917 - Private WILLIAM LOWNE SMITH |
| 25-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Overton - 19117 - Private JAMES RUSS |
| 25-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Salisbury - 1917 - Private DAVID THOMAS COLLINS |
| 25-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Swindon - 1917 - Corporal HERBERT GEORGE RUDDLE |
| 25-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Swindon - 1917 - Private HAROLD GEORGE LAW |
| 25-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Swindon & Trowbridge - 1917 - Private JOSEPH SULLIVAN |
| 25-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Tidworth - 1917 - Private JAMES THOMAS FRAZER |
| 25-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Tidworth - 1917 - Private PERCY CHARLES CHRISTMASS |
| 25-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1917 - Acting Company Sergeant Major BENJAMIN ARTHUR GENERY |
| 25-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1917 - Captain ARMYTAGE PERCY BOSANQUET |
| 25-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1917 - Lance Corporal - THOMAS ROBINS |
| 25-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1917 - Lance Corporal FRANK CASTLE |
| 25-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1917 - Lance Corporal FRANK CHARLES LONG |
| 25-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1917 - Private ALBERT EDWARD ANDREWS |
| 25-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1917 - Private ALBERT PHILLIPS |
| 25-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1917 - Private ALFRED HENRY SMITH |
| 25-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1917 - Private ALFRED JOSEPH BRANSGROVE |
| 25-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1917 - Private BERT LEWIS |
| 25-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1917 - Private BERTIE ERNEST LEPINE |
| 25-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1917 - Private CHARLES JOSEPH HALL |
| 25-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1917 - Private EDWARD GROVER |
| 25-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1917 - Private GEORGE FALLOWS |
| 25-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1917 - Private HAROLD WILLIAM BARTLETT |
| 25-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1917 - Private HENRY GEORGE ADKINS |
| 25-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1917 - Private HENRY WILLIAM SACKETT |
| 25-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1917 - Private HUBERT JOHN BAILEY |
| 25-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1917 - Private JOHN FREDERICK TOMSETT |
| 25-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1917 - Private PATRICK MOORE |
| 25-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1917 - Private ROBERT FRED WEST |
| 25-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1917 - Private WILLIAM GEORGE SMITH |
| 25-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1917 - Private WILLIAM TONER |
| 25-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1917 - Second Lieutenant WILLAM MILLER McINNES |
| 25-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1917 - Sergeant ERNEST SHEPPARD |
| 25-01-1917 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1917 - Sergeant WILLIAM LINSKY |
| 25-01-1918 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1918 - Private WILLIAM CHARLES MOULAND |
| 25-01-1919 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Tidworth - 1919 - Private ALEXANDER MacKENZIE |
| 25-01-1919 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1919 - Lance Corporal FREDERICK TOOGOOD |
| 25-01-1919 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1919 - Private HERBERT GEORGE ADNAMS |
| 25-01-1919 | First World War - 1914-1921 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1919 - Private ROBERT HARRY KRINKS |
| 25-01-1941 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Tidworth - 1941 - Gunner FRANCIS HENRY STARLING |
| 25-01-1941 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | West Lavington - 1941 - Second Lieutenant MARTIN ALFRED PETRIE |
| 25-01-1942 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | East Knoyle - 1942 - Lieutenant ALASTAIR HOUGHTON-BROWN |
| 25-01-1943 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Wiltshire Regiment - 1943 - Corporal JAMES FRANCIS COUSINS |
| 25-01-1943 | Second World War - 1939-1947 | Winterslow - 1943 - Major ERIC GEORGE THEOPHILUS |
| 25-01-1951 | Retired Service Personnel Death | Mere, Stourton & Sutton Veny - 1951 - Retired Lieutenant Colonel EDWARD SHIRLEY GODMAN |
| 25-01-1955 | Retired Service Personnel Death | Tidworth - 1955 - Retired Captain HUBERT JOSEPH WOOD KINGSTON |
| 25-01-1967 | Undetermined Military Related Death | Corsham - 1967 - Corporal JOHN FREEMANTLE |
