Dorsetshire Regiment Archives - Page 13 of 23 - Shaftesbury Remembers the Great War

Harry John Hayter

Surname: Hayter

Other names: Harry John

Locations in this story:
Shaftesbury, Dorset
St. John's Church, Enmore Green, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Sturminster Newton, Dorset

Story:
Harry John Hayter was born in Shaftesbury on 29th April 1884 the son of Charles Hayter and Susan Jane Edwards Hayter (nee Upjohn). Harry had joined the 3rd Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment prior to the First World War and served for a period of more than eight years before being discharged to the Reserves. He was embodied as a Private with his old regiment on 24th August 1914 (Service No. 3/7745). He served in the UK only and by 18th June 1915 was pronounced unfit for further service on medical grounds and went to live at 7 St. James Street, Shaftesbury, and received the Silver War Badge No. 236033. He married Elsie May Arney on 15th December 1918 at Enmore Green Church, Shaftesbury and they went on to have two children. By the time of the 1939 Register the family were living at Breach Cottages, Breach Lane, Shaftesbury, Dorset, and Harry was working as a Gardener. His death was registered at Sturminster, Dorset, in 1961. His brothers, Percy Charles Hayter and Ernest George Hayter, also served in the conflict. Source: Based on previous research by Ken Baxter.

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Edgar Read

Surname: Read

Other names: Edgar

Locations in this story:
Shaftesbury, Dorset
Woolwich Road, Upper Parkstone, Dorset
Shaftesbury Union Workhouse, Shaftesbury

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Edgar Read was supposedly born in Shaftesbury, Dorset, about 1880. There is no record of anyone of this name or even parents in the area at this time. There is however an Edgar Read in the Shaftesbury Workhouse born about 1876, an inmate pupil. What is known is that he declared on his enlistment form on 28th August 1914 that he had previous service with the 3rd Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment Territorials and was on the reserve list. He had the Service No. 3/7863 and the rank of Private. Within weeks he was examined by medical staff and declared unfit for further service due to deformed feet. The report stated that he should never been allowed to enlist. He was duly discharged on 27th October 1914. His military forms state he was married to 'Mrs Read' who lived in Woolwich Road, Upper Parkstone, Dorset. Beyond this information nothing else is known.

Source: Based on previous research by Ken Baxter.

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Frederick William Phillips

4th August 2019/in 1914-1918 Dorsetshire Regiment /by Chris Stupples

Surname: Phillips

Other names: Frederick William

Locations in this story:
Bleke Street, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Malta
India

Story:
Frederick William Phillips was born in Shaftesbury, Dorset on 6th September 1875, the son of Edward and Edith Phillips. He enlisted in the Dorsetshire Regiment on 17th January 1898 (Service No. S/5650). He served in Malta and India before being discharged as unfit on 29th May 1900. He married Ellen Georgina Padfield in Shaftesbury on 4th August 1902 and they went on to have nine children. Frederick re-enlisted as a Private in the Dorsetshire Regiment on 24th August 1914 (Service No. 3/7650). He served in the UK only, until he was discharged, again because he was unfit, on 4th October 1916. No medals were recorded. He went on to become the steward of the local Ex-Servicemen's Club and his address, in 1939, is shown as 6 Bleke Street, Shaftesbury, Dorset. He died there on 7th January 1942.

Three of Frederick's siblings served in the First World War: Frank (b.1885) with the Wiltshire Regiment and the Royal Field Artillery; Albert Charles (b.1877) with the Dorsetshire Regiment and the South Wales Borderers.The youngest, James (b.1886) died on 21st October 1914 while serving with the Wiltshire Regiment in France.

Source: Based on previous research by Ken Baxter.

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James Phillips
Albert Charles
Frank Phillips

Robert Patience

4th August 2019/in 1914-1918 Dorsetshire Regiment, Royal Field Artillery /by Chris Stupples

Surname: Patience

Other names: Robert

Locations in this story:
Motcombe, Dorset
India
Egypt
France
Terrace Stock, Ingatestone, Sussex

Story:
Robert Patience was born in 1871 in Motcombe, Dorset, (according to military records), the son of Joseph or Joshua or Josiah (differs in each Census) Patience and Sarah Patience. He enlisted with the Dorsetshire Regiment on 10th September 1890 (Service No. 3098). He transferred to the Royal Field Artillery on 24th January 1901 (Service No. 22158) and served in India and Egypt. He was awarded the India Medal 1901 and Clasp 'Tirah - North West Frontier'. He was discharged to the reserves on 9th September 1902. He married Ellen Blackman on 18th December 1904 and they had four children. Robert was re-embodied on 19th November 1914 as a Driver and served in France with the 30th Brigade, RFA. He sustained gunshot wounds to the left thigh during his service which counted towards an eventual pension. He was demobilized on 31st March 1920 and awarded the Victory and British War medals as well as the 1915 Star. His last known address in 1920, per his discharge documents, was 1 Terrace Stock, Ingatestone, Sussex. It is not know when he died.

Source: Based on previous research by Ken Baxter.

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George Henry Maskell

3rd August 2019/in 1914-1918 Dorsetshire Regiment, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, Labour Corps /by Chris Stupples

Surname: Maskell

Other names: George Henry

Locations in this story:
Shaftesbury, Dorset
Camden Town, London
South Afrrica
France & Flanders
Egypt
India
St. Pancras, London
Enmore Green, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Holy Trinity Church, Shaftesbury

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George Henry Maskell was born in Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 10th January 1871 and baptised at Holy Trinity Church on 22nd March 1871, the son of Charles Maskell and Eliza Maskell (neé Hoskins). He enlisted as a Private with the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 2614) on 31st January 1888 and served in Egypt, India and South Africa where he was awarded the Queen's South African Medal and two clasps.

He was discharged on 29th January 1901 having completed 13 years service and went to work for the railways in Camden Town, London, where he met and married Rose Woodford on 12 May 1904 at St, Thomas Church, Camden Town. They went on to have six children.

He was living at 46 Warden Road, St. Pancras, London, when he was called back to the Colours and embodied on 2nd September 1914 and joined his old Regiment (Service No. 7859) as a Private. He was transferred on 1st April 1915 to the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (Service No. 20041) and served with the 1st Battalion in France. On the 15th October 1917 he was declared medically unfit for further field duty and was transferred to the Labour Corps (Service No. 413896) serving successively with the 900 and 903 Area Employment Company.

He was demobilized on 4th February 1919 and awarded the Victory and British Medals as well as the 1914-1915 Star. His address then was given as Brickhill, (Enmore Green), Shaftesbury. The 1939 Register shows him living at 2 St. Georges Road, Shaftesbury, and he is described as a Railway Hydraulic Fitter (Retired). He died at 2 St. Georges Road, Shaftesbury, on 27th July 1946.

Source: Based on previous research by Ken Baxter and on private family papers lodged in the paper files at Gold Hill Museum.

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William Charles Lane

24th July 2019/in 1914-1918 Dorsetshire Regiment /by Chris Stupples

Surname: Lane

Other names: William Charles

Locations in this story:
Motcombe, Dorset
Enmore Green, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Shaftesbury, Dorset
Farrington Gurney, Somerset
Sturminster Newton, Dorset

Story:
William Charles Lane was born in Motcombe, Dorset, on 16th August 1884, the son of Charles and Mary Lane. In 1901 the family were living at the Brickyard, Hawkers Hill, Enmore Green, Shaftesbury. By 1911 William had moved from home to Farrington Gurney, Somerset, where he worked as a Gardener. He enlisted as a Private with the 4th Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment on 25th June 1913 (Service No. 1950). He served in the UK only and was discharged on 12th August 1914 (only seven days into the War) due to being physically unfit. He married Florence Beatrice Stanier in 1920 in Shaftesbury and they went on to have one child. The 1939 Register shows William living at Brickworks Cottage, Shillingstone Road, Sturminster Newton, Dorset, and employed as a Brickyard Foreman. He died in 1966 in Sturminster Newton.

Source: Based on previous research by Ken Baxter

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Harry Jolliffe

23rd July 2019/in 1914-1918 Dorsetshire Regiment, Royal Army Service Corps /by Chris Stupples

Surname: Jolliffe

Other names: Harry

Locations in this story:
East Knoyle, Wiltshire
Pills Lane, Melbury Abbas, Shaftesbury, Dorset
France
Orchard Street, Rainham, Kent
Gillingham, Kent
Donhead St. Andrew, Wiltshire

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Harry Jolliffe was born at East Knoyle, Wiltshire on 8th May 1873 and baptised there on 1st June 1873, the son of John and Eliza Jolliffe. By 1891 he was living with his parents in Pills Lane, Melbury Abbas, Shaftesbury, Dorset. He married Eliza Parham at Donhead St. Andrew, Wiltshire on 8th April 1895 and they went on to have at least one child. Harry enlisted with the 3rd Dorsetshire Regiment on the 1st January 1898. He served until 1904, having completed six years service, after which he became a reservist (Service No. 2099). He had moved to 39 Orchard Street, Rainham, Kent by the outbreak of war and was working as a Baker for Glass & Son, Bakers of Rainham. He re-enlisted as a Private on the 28th September 1914 and was posted to the Army Service Corps as a baker in the field - mainly in France (Service No. 1029). He was discharged on 28th July 1916 having become physically unfit to continue in service. He was awarded the Victory and British War medals and the 1914 Star. His last known address was 39 The Bungalow, Gillingham, Kent, (1939 Register), where he was described as a Retired Fitter's Labourer and a widower. He died in 1952.

Source: Based on previous research by Ken Baxter.

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George Jesse

22nd July 2019/in 1914-1918 Dorset Yeomanry, Dorsetshire Regiment /by Chris Stupples

Surname: Jesse

Other names: George

Locations in this story:
Blackven Farm, Fontmell Magna, Dorset
Manor Dairy, Blandford, Dorset
Worthing, Sussex
France
Buckland Newton, Dorset

Story:
George Jesse was born in Fontmell Magna, Shaftesbury, Dorset on 9th September 1889, the son of Richard John Jesse and Mary Ann Jesse. He had enlisted on 8th June 1908 as a Territorial and joined the 2/1st Battalion of the Dorset (Queens Own) Yeomanry (Service Nos. 294 &1208) with attendance at annual camps. He had been promoted to Corporal until the outbreak of WW1 when he reverted to Private. Throughout this time he was farming at Blackven Farm, Fontmell Magna. He was mobilized on 4 Aug 1914 and on 21st May 1915 transferred to the 3rd Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 19532). He served in France where he was severely gassed on 10 May 1917 and was repatriated to the UK. On recovery he transferred on 9 Feb 1918 to the 609th Agricultural Company of the Labour Corps (Service No. 528403). He was demobilized on 5th March 1919 and was awarded the Victory and British War medals as well as the 1915 Star. He was also awarded a small pension due to the earlier gassing. He had married Ida Mary Dibben at Buckland Newton, Dorset, on 26th April 1915 and they went on to have three children. His last known address was 2 Manor Dairy, Blandford, Dorset, where he was employed as a Dairy Manager. He died in 1972 (Registered at Worthing, Sussex). Source: Based on previous research by Ken Baxter.

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Frederick Frank Hunt

17th July 2019/in 1914-1918 Dorsetshire Regiment /by Chris Stupples

Surname: Hunt

Other names: Frederick Frank

Locations in this story:
Tollard Royal, Wiltshire
Sixpenny Handley, Dorset
Mere, Wiltshire

Story:
Frederick Frank Hunt was born in Tollard Royal, Wiltshire on 29th August 1887, the son of William Thomas Hunt and Margaret Jane Hunt (née Hibbs). Frederick enlisted as a Private in the 5th Service Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment on 31st August 1914 (Service No. 10521). His period of service was short lived as he was diagnosed with Chronic Enteritis and discharged on 26th October 1914 as 'unlikely to become an efficient soldier'. He married Elsie Mary Newman at Sixpenny Handley, Wiltshire, on 1st October 1923 and they had three children. His last known address was 32 Tollard Royal, Wiltshire (per the 1939 Register) where he worked as an estate labourer. He died in 1960 (Mere, Wiltshire, Registration District). His brothers, Edwin John Hunt, Reuben Henry (aka Harry) Hunt and William Thomas Hunt, both served in the conflict and survived albeit Edwin died in 1926. Source: Based on previous research by Ken Baxter.

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Percy Charles Hayter

16th July 2019/in 1914-1918 Dorsetshire Regiment, Labour Corps, Somerset Light Infantry, Worcestershire Regiment /by Chris Stupples

Surname: Hayter

Other names: Percy Charles

Locations in this story:
St. James, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Cats Ash, Shepton Mallet, Somerset

Story:
Percy Charles Hayter was born in Shaftesbury, Dorset in December 1881, the son of Charles Hayter and Susan Jane Edwards Hayter (née Upjohn). He married Harriett Minden Bendell on 20th July 1903 in Shaftesbury, Dorset and set up home at 7 St. James, Shaftesbury. There were at least four children of the marriage. By the 1911 Census he had moved to Shepton Mallet, Somerset for work as a Gardener. From here, having had previous military experience with the 2nd Battalion of the Dorset Regiment, he re-enlisted on 15th March 1913 as a Private in the Territorial Unit of the Somerset Light Infantry (Service No. 69115). He was embodied on 4th August 1914 and served throughout the war in the United Kingdom. He was transferred to the Labour Corps in 1918 (Service No. 200248) and then to the 16th Battalion of the Worcestershire Regiment with the rank of Corporal (Service No. 204670). He was discharged on 23rd April 1919 having contracted a lung disease for which he received a War Pension. He was awarded the Victory and British War medals. His last known address was 4 Cats Ash, Shepton Mallet, Somerset. Unfortunately he died in July 1926 at Shepton Mallett. His brothers, Ernest George Hayter and Harry John Hayter, also served in the conflict. Source: Based on previous research by Ken Baxter.

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