Tom Berrett^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22]}

1886 - 1917  (31 years)

• Name	Tom Berrett  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15]
  Birth	1886	Wilcot, Wiltshire, England   [2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 12, 15]
  Baptism	26 Dec 1886	Wilcot, Wiltshire, England   [11]
  		Wilcot - Holy Cross Church Keywords: Church
  		Wilcot - Holy Cross Church Keywords: Church
  Gender	Male
  Burial	1917	Belgium   [17]
  	Tom's name is listed on Panel 119 to 120.
  Death	1 Sep 1917	Flanders, Belgium   [14, 17, 21]
  	Tom served as Private 18349 with the Duke of Edinburgh's Wiltshire Regiment 1st Bn.
  Person ID	I17882	DBH Twigs
  Last Modified	22 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	Arthur Berrett,   b. 1849, Wilcot, Wiltshire, England d. Feb 1931, Wilcot, Wiltshire, England (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Lucy Spanswick,   b. 1856, Pewsey, Wiltshire, England d. Nov 1933, Hungerford, Berkshire, England (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	2 Aug 1877	Pewsey, Wiltshire, England   [23]
  		Pewsey - St John the Baptist Church Keywords: Picture
  		Pewsey - St John the Baptist Church Keywords: Picture
  Family ID	F6808	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frances Eliza Smith,   b. 10 Jun 1884, Pottern, Wiltshire, England d. 11 May 1964, Ulverston, Cumbria, England (Age 79 years)  [14, 22]
  Marriage	1 Oct 1910	Alton Priors, Wiltshire, England   [13]
  		Tom Berrett & Frances Smith - marriage Media Date: 1 OCT 1910 Keywords: Picture
  		Tom Berrett & Frances Smith - marriage Media Date: 1 OCT 1910 Keywords: Picture
  		Alton Priors - All Saints Church (2) Keywords: Church
  		Alton Priors - All Saints Church (2) Keywords: Church
  Children	1. Albert Leslie Perriore Smith,   b. 29 Sep 1908, Pewsey, Wiltshire, England d. Feb 1991, Ulverston, Cumbria, England (Age 82 years)   2. Frederick Jacob Berrett,   b. 20 Mar 1911, Wilcot, Wiltshire, England d. 1985, Ulverston, Cumbria, England (Age 73 years)   3. Arthur Jack Berrett,   b. 27 Oct 1913, West Stowell, Wiltshire, England d. Mar 1986, Ulverston, Cumbria, England (Age 72 years)   4. Phyllis Mary Kathleen Berrett,   b. 28 Apr 1916, West Stowell, Wiltshire, England d. 22 Aug 2007, Ulverston, Cumbria, England (Age 91 years)
  Family ID	F5646	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2026

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Poppy - War Dead Keywords: Icon
  		Poppy - War Dead Keywords: Icon
  		Tyne Cot Memorial Media Date: 1917 Keywords: Picture
  		Tyne Cot Memorial Media Date: 1917 Keywords: Picture
  		Tom Berrett - CWGC Keywords: Picture
  		Tom Berrett - CWGC Keywords: Picture
  		Arthur Berrett - 1891 census Media Date: 1891 Keywords: Census1891
  		Arthur Berrett - 1891 census Media Date: 1891 Keywords: Census1891
  		Arthur Berrett - 1901 census Media Date: 1901 Keywords: Census1901
  		Arthur Berrett - 1901 census Media Date: 1901 Keywords: Census1901
  		Tom Berrett - 1911 census Media Date: 1911 Keywords: Picture
  		Tom Berrett - 1911 census Media Date: 1911 Keywords: Picture
  		Tom Berrett - Soldiers Effects Media Date: 1917 Keywords: Picture
  		Tom Berrett - Soldiers Effects Media Date: 1917 Keywords: Picture
  		Tom Berrett & Frances Smith - marriage Media Date: 1 OCT 1910 Keywords: Picture
  		Tom Berrett & Frances Smith - marriage Media Date: 1 OCT 1910 Keywords: Picture
  		Wilcot - Holy Cross Church Keywords: Church
  		Wilcot - Holy Cross Church Keywords: Church
  		Tom Berrett - died of wounds Marlborough Times Media Date: 21 SEP 1917 Keywords: Picture
  		Tom Berrett - died of wounds Media Date: 21 SEP 1917 Keywords: Picture
  		Tom Berrett - death Wiltshire Telegraph Media Date: 29 SEP 1917 Keywords: Picture
  		Tom Berrett - death Media Date: 29 SEP 1917 Keywords: Picture
  		Alton Priors - All Saints Church (3) Keywords: Church
  		Alton Priors - All Saints Church (3) Keywords: Church
  		Belgium - flag Keywords: Flag
  		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.

  
  

• Notes

  The Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing forms the north-eastern boundary of Tyne Cot Cemetery, which is located 9 kilometres north east of Ieper town centre in Belgium, on the Tynecotstraat, a road leading from the Zonnebeekseweg (N332). The names of those from United Kingdom units are inscribed on Panels arranged by Regiment under their respective Ranks. The (Duke of Edinburgh's) Wilsthire Regiment 1914 The First World War 1st Battalion In August 1914 the 1st Battalion were based at Tidworth and the 2nd Battalion at Gibraltar. The 4th (Territorial) Battalion were at their Annual Camp at Sling Plantation, on Salisbury Plain. On mobilization the 1st Battalion left for France on the 13 August, taking part in the battle of Mons 10 days later and followed by the retreat from Mons. The ‘retreat ‘was a fighting withdrawal with a number of significant actions fought along that route. The battalion remained intact and ended the retreat on the outskirts of Paris. Once the line stabilized the battalion took part in the First Battle of Ypres, and Neuve Chapelle by which time they had lost 26 officers and 1000 men, the equivalent of a whole battalion. This was followed by trench duty at Hooge and then Kemmel where they remained for the remainder of the year. https://www.thewardrobe.org.uk/research/history-regiments/duke-edinburghs-wiltshire-regiment-1881-1920-wiltshire-regiment-duke-edinburghs-1920-1959

  
  

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