Eventually, the Wiltshire Regiment expanded to ten battalions, seven of which served overseas.

In the case of the Wiltshire Regiment, the 3rd battalion was the special reserve formation.

For most of the war, it would act as the depot and training unit for the battalions of the Wiltshire Regiment.

The final Territorial Force unit of the Wiltshire Regiment was 3/4 battalion.

The Wiltshire Regiment would also form two purely home defence units after the outbreak of war.

In the case of the Wiltshire Regiment, this meant amalgamating the 1st and 2nd Battalions.

On 17 October 1915, he was commissioned second lieutenant in the Wiltshire Regiment.

By 1902 Raikes had been promoted to Captain of the Wiltshire Regiment.

In Italy, a battalion of the Wiltshire Regiment was ordered to attack high ground held by the enemy.

A small action ensued, in which we lost ten or twelve of the Wiltshire Regiment, and gained some knowledge of the enemy's dispositions.