Warminster War Facts Trail Entry Form

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1 Name: Contact Phone Number Please return to Warminster Civic Centre, Sambourne Road, BA12 8LB by 31st October Each of the premises listed below will be displaying a small poster in a window giving the full details of several war facts. All you have to do is fill in the missing bits of information on your entry form. Missing information is shown by dots, like these.. When you have completed your form, return it to Warminster Civic Centre, Sambourne Road, BA12 8LB by 4.30 on 31st October. All completed forms will be entered into a draw. The winner will receive two tickets to see In Flanders Fields on Sunday 4th November at 7.30pm at the Athenaeum Centre for the Community In Flanders Fields is a spectacular evening of music and entertainment commemorating the Centenary of the ending of The Great War You can visit the premises in any order, but we suggest you could start at the Civic Centre and visit them in the order given below. Warminster Civic Centre Sambourne Road (by Morrisons) Flying Saucers, the painting pottery café Weymouth Street Car Mart Weymouth Street Banana Blues Barbershop High Street Taste Deli High Street Athenaeum Centre for the Community High Street Le Café Journal High Street Cordons High Street Holland and Barrett Market Place Reeves Bakers Market Place Davis and Latcham Market Place Lindsay s Linens Cornmarket Cornmarket Café Bistro Cornmarket Well Pharmacy Cornmarket The Ink Shop UK Market Place Apple Nails and Beauty Market Place C J Robbins, Butchers Market Place Coates and Parker Market Place Raves from the Grave Weymouth Street Pavilion Café Lake Pleasure Grounds, Weymouth Street 1. Warminster First World War Memorial was unveiled by.. on 29 th May 1921 in front of 2,000 people. 2. The dedication on Warminster War memorial reads: 3. The Warminster War Memorial is made from 4. Warminster War Memorial was paid for by public subscription and was designed by Frederick Bligh Bond, Thomas Falconer, Harold Baker and John Campbell; it was carved by. Page 1 of 6

2 5. Warminster War Memorial commemorates local men who lost their lives during the First World War. 6. Warminster War Memorial is a..listed structure because of its architectural and historic interest. 7. Warminster War Memorial is located at.. at the junction between Portway and The Close, on land donated by the fifth Marquess of Bath. 8. Warminster War Memorial is approximately tall 9. In 2010 the grounds around Warminster War Memorial were landscaped and extended to contain a sculpture representing 10. War Memorials provided a focus for the grief caused by the massive loss of life because so many of the 750,000 British who died were. 11. In preparation for war in.. a booklet was issued detailing the types of horses suitable to be used by the army. 12. Calvary horses needed training before the army could use them but for pulling carts) could be use straight away. 13. In 1913 Officials were granted the power to enter private stables between to see what horses or vehicles suitable for military use were contained inside. 14. During WW1 more horses from the area died than men carried paper messages, put into little tubes and strapped to their legs. 16. Dogs guarded important places, carried messages and took out to wounded soldiers on the battlefield. 17. On the Home Front,. were taken out of zoos and sent to pull heavy loads on farms. 18. Around.. horses from all sides died during the war. 19. British war horses had a food ration of.. of grain per day. 20. War was declared on 4th August Three Troops of yeomanry were stationed in Warminster and an allocation of horses was made in. in the same week. 21. House building in Warminster stopped during the with houses not completed until afterwards. 22. Warminster were closed at 9pm due to troops converging on the town 23. The Win-the-War Cookery Book said.. of Britain, Our soldiers are beating the Germans on land. Our sailors are beating them on the sea. You can beat them in the larder and the kitchen. 24. The Warminster.. suspended publication in April 1918 due to staff shortages as so many staff had joined up. Page 2 of 6

3 25... million letters were delivered from Britain to the front every week. 26. A..was set up at St Mary Church, Codford. 27. At the start of the war, it was widely thought the war would be over in, in fact it lasted more than 4 years. 28. WW1 was the first conflict where were used on a battlefield 29. In WW1 women did jobs that had previously been done mostly by men such as: clothing and woollen industries,.and Nursing. 30. Sidney Lewis was just.. years old when he lied about his age and joined the army. 31. In 1917 the Women s Land Army was formed to provide extra voluntary labour, with 'Land Girls' replacing servicemen who had left the.. to fight 32. On 9 January.., Germany announced unrestricted submarine warfare, worsening the shortages in the UK. A scheme of voluntary rationing was promoted on 1 February In WW1 women did jobs that had previously been done mostly by men such as: Postal worker, Bus conductor,.., Farmer, Forestry worker, tailor. 34. Over million troops were mobilised in WW1 35. Suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst spoke at the. in 1911, demanding votes for Women but the suffragettes suspended their campaign when war broke out. 36. In WW1 women did jobs that had previously been done mostly by men such as: munitions worker,, Ambulance driver, Ship building. 37. Girl Guides provided assistance at hospitals, government offices and Women operated at the.. in roles such as motorised ambulance drivers and combat nurses for the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Corp 39. Codford s George Hotel became a In 1915, nose plugs were used on horses to enable them to breathe during. attacks 41. Sutton Veny and the surrounding villages in the upper Wylye Valley area, was an ideal location to. in order for them to train prior to deploying to northern France. 42. In November 1914 a railway spur from was laid the few miles to Sutton Veny to convey camp building materials and water for the troops from Salisbury and elsewhere 43. Although the Armistice was signed in November 1918, the war didn t officially end until the Treaty of Versailles was signed on Approximately. Camps were built around Sutton Veny and the first of 10,000 troops started to arrive in April 1915 to commence their training. Page 3 of 6

4 45. Many of the first troops arriving at the Training Camps near Warminster didn't even have. 46. Both sides of the. Road from Leys Lane were trenches, and troops would live in them for a week at a time to simulate conditions on the front line in France/Belgium 47. In., village women took in soldiers' laundry, and several snack shops and tea huts were built to serve the troops. 48. A hospital camp opened for 11 officers and soldiers between Bishopstrow and Sutton Veny. 49. Relaxation for the troops in Sutton Veny consisted of two village pubs - The Wool Pack and The Bell and In December 1916, No 1 Command Depot moved to Sutton Veny where it remained until The Literary Institution on the corner of Market Place and Street housed the Commonwealth Bank of Australia during WW Beckford Lodge Hospital in. was used as a convalescent home for injured soldiers it is now the site of a nursing home. 53. Greenhill House (Sutton Veny House today) was a used as a YMCA for the many.. troops in the area. 54. WW1 saw new sidings and loading platforms were built at.. Railway Station and branch lines to several army camps. 55. In 1913, Warminster was run by volunteers, to stop the system collapsing, the Town Council had to step in and offer payment for training and replacement equipment. 56. WW1 brought full employment to Warminster it must have been a welcome change from the threat of living in the inhuman Warminster. at Sambourne 57. Conditions in the training camps in Wiltshire could be harsh with. and illnesses such as bronchitis, pneumonia and meningitis. 58. Many of the soldiers training near Warminster came from. in London and were ill and undernourished. 59. In.. the Australians formed an agricultural training depot at Sutton Veny to prepare and train their soldiers for returning to civilian life. 60. During the war, the Athenaeum was the cinema, serving the community and troops. 61. Local man, Private.. was killed aged Local man, Private was killed aged 17 on 12th July Men from the Warminster and surrounding villages died in the war. Page 4 of 6

5 64. The son of the 6th Marquess of Bath, Second Lieutenant John Alexander Thynne, 9th Viscount Weymouth as killed while on.. in Local man,.. was an early casualty dying on 10th September Death continued after the war ended Herbert Gordon Fleming died on 21st March.. his lungs and heart had been damaged as a result of war service 67. A camp at Coopers Bottom was used for who started to arrive circa In late 1918 and 1919 Spanish. killed many Australians in Sutton Veny. The names of 142 Australians and 2 sisters are recorded in the Australian Chapel in St John's Church. 69. Troops from Australians and New Zealand were stationed in Codford. There are the graves of Australians in the Codford St Mary New Churchyard. 70. Codford Camp held troops, more people than live in Warminster in There is a yearly memorial service held on the Sunday closest to the (25 April) in St John's Church, Sutton Veny. 72. Australians stationed nearby cut a reproduction of their badge out of the chalk on the hillside above Foxhole Bottom alongside the.. which can still be seen today. 73. Soldiers who qualified as a marksman for accurate shooting got an extra a day extra pay. 74. The Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders paraded through Warminster in Warminster locals were worried about the influx of. fearing they were dangerous. 76. The war sparked the invention of.. surgery. 77. Poet Siegfried Sassoon was awarded the Military Cross. He was nicked named for his bravery 78. For every ten men who died in the war, more were injured troops were amongst those who came from across the British Empire to fight in the trenches. 80. Many troops suffered from, traumatised by the horrors of the War 81. After the war,.., CBE, MC the famous war poet lived at Heytesbury House about 4 miles from Warminster 82. Rationing introduced in World War 1 in the UK. Ration cards were issued and everyone had to register with a local.. and. 83. The first item to be rationed was in January 1918, but by the end of April meat, butter, cheese and margarine were added to the list. Page 5 of 6

6 84. The wheat harvest of 1916 was lower than usual and the.. crop in parts of England failed. Food prices started rapidly increasing, making some items unaffordable for many people 85. Some foods were still in short supply even after the war ended, for instance remained on ration until The meat ration for was greater than it was for men. 87. Warminster Town..stopped playing because of the war 88. Troops spent only part of the time in front line 89. The area between the German and British/French trenches was known as. 90. On 1914 some German and British Soldiers met in no man s land and exchanged cigarettes, food and played football together 91. In 1914 most children left school at the age of. 92. Some boys succeeded in joining the Army by about their age, which was sometimes knowingly overlooked by recruitment officer 93. guarded railways, telephone and telegraph lines, water reservoirs and other locations that were militarily important. 94. packaged up clothing to send to British soldiers at the front, prepared hostels and first-aid dressing stations for use by those injured in air raids or accidents, 95. Children gave their. to the war effort. They raised money for a number of charities, including the Blue Cross for sick and injured animals, and local military hospitals. 96. Children collected..and other essential materials that could be recycled or used for the war effort. 97. During the First World War,. employed women, refugees, volunteers from the Empire, men too old to be conscripted and children. 98. Children younger than the school leaving age of 12 also worked in factories or on farms. In 1917, it was claimed that up to..children under 12 had been put to work. 99. Over 500,000 British children lost their.. in World War One From late 1917 many boy Scouts assisted with.., including sounding the all-clear signal after an attack Please return to Warminster Civic Centre, Sambourne Road, Warminster BA12 8LB by 4.30pm on 31st October Page 6 of 6