Sixpenny Handley War Memorial

Fred Card

Surname: Card
Other names: Fred
Other people in this story:
Frank Henry Card
Maria Jane Card nee Dibben
Mabel Flora Melinda Card née Score
Locations in this story:
France & Flanders
Authuile Military Cemetery, Authuile, Somme, France
Sixpenny Handley, Dorset
Blandford, Dorset

Story:
Fred Card was born in 1881 in Sixpenny Handley, Dorset and baptised there on 29th May, 1881. He was the son of Frank Henry Card, a bricklayer, and Maria Jane Card (nee Dibben) . In 1911 he married Mabel Flora Melinda Score on 30th January, 1911 at St. Edmund's, Salisbury. There were had three children of the marriage, all boys. At the time of the 1911 Census, he was working as a bricklayer and living at Sixpenny Handley, Dorset. He enlisted in Blandford, Dorset, on 25th August, 1914, as a Private in the 1st Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 3/7907). He served in France & Flanders and was awarded the Victory, British War and 1915 Star medals. He died of wounds in the field on 20th June 1916 and was buried at Authuile Military Cemetery, Authuile, Somme, France (grave id. D.28). His mother died in 1918 and his widow, Mabel, died on 20th October 1923 aged 38 years. He is remembered on the Sixpenny Handley War Memorial.  

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Hector Card

Surname: Card
Other names: Hector
Other people in this story:
Harry Card
Ellen Card nee Bailey
Locations in this story:
Wimborne, Dorset
Sixpenny Handley, Dorset
Abbotsbury Road Cemetery, Weymouth, Dorset
Sidney Hall Military Hospital, Weymouth

Story:
Hector Card was born in 1891 in Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, and baptised there on 18th October, 1891. He was the son of Harry Card, a farm labourer, and Ellen Card (nee Bailey). At the time of the 1911 Census he was single, working as a bricklayer's labourer and living at Sixpenny Handley, Dorset. He enlisted in Wimborne, Dorset, on 2nd February, 1915, as a Private in the 3rd Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 12892) and served in the United Kingdom. He died of pneumonia on 21st February, 1915, at the Sidney Hall Military Hospital, Weymouth, 19 days after enlisting and was buried at Abbotsbury Road Cemetery, Weymouth on the 25th February, 1915. (grave id. B. "Gen" 446). His length of service precluded the award of any medals. He is remembered on the Sixpenny Handley War Memorial.

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John Hall

Surname: Hall
Other names: John
Other people in this story:
Daniel Hall
Mary Hall née Dennis
Emily Hall née Harris
Locations in this story:
France & Flanders
St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France
Dean End, Woodcutts, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset
Salonika
Spetisbury, Dorset
Wimborne, Dorset
6th General Hospital, Rouen, France

Story:
John Hall was born in 1884 in Spetisbury, Dorset, and baptised there on 11th May, 1884. He was the son of Daniel Hall, a Farm Carter, and Mary Hall (née Dennis). On 7th October, 1905 he married Emily Harris at Sixpenny Handley. They had two children, both boys. John's mother died in 1907 and his father in 1910. At the time of the 1911 Census, John was working as a Farm Labourer and living at Dean End, Woodcutts, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset with his wife and two children. He enlisted in Wimborne, Dorset, on 2nd February, 1915 and joined the 1st Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 12893) and at the time of his death held the rank of Lance Corporal. He served in Salonika as well as France & Flanders and was awarded the Victory, British War and 1915 Star medals. On 21st April 1918 he died at the 6th General Hospital, Rouen, France, from the effects of gunshot wounds and of an earlier episode of gassing. He was buried at St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France (grave id. P.VII.A.6A). He is remembered on the Sixpenny Handley War Memorial.

John's widow Emily did not remarry and was living with her sons in Handley at the time of the 1939 Register.    

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Henry Edward Harrison

Surname: Harrison
Other names: Henry Edward
Other people in this story:
George Henry Harrison
Annie Jane Harrison (nee Bush)
John Tynan
Locations in this story:
Sidney Street, Stepney, London
Mesopotamia
Basra Memorial, Basra, Iraq
Woodcutts, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset
Blandford, Dorset
Farnham, Dorset

Story:
Henry Edward Harrison was born in 1896 at 25 Sidney Street, Stepney, London. He was the son of George Henry Harrison, a Police Constable formerly from Farnham, Dorset, and Annie Jane Harrison (née Bush and widow of John Tynan). (NB Annie was a widow when she married Henry under her previous married name of 'Tynan' whose husband had been John Tynan who died in 1885).   Henry's father died in 1902 and was buried in the churchyard at Farnham, Dorset, on 18th September 1902, near where he was born. At the time of the 1911 Census Henry was single and still living in Stepney but by the time of the outbreak of war was living at Woodcutts, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset.   He enlisted at Blandford, Dorset, as a Private in the 2nd Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 16294). He served in Mesopotamia where he was posted as missing presumed killed in action on 25th March 1917.  He was awarded the Victory and British War medals.   His name appears on the Basra Memorial, Basra, Iraq (Panel 22 and 63). He is also remembered on the Sixpenny Handley War Memorial and on the War Memorial at Farnham, Dorset.

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Edwin Hobbs

Surname: Hobbs
Other names: Edwin
Other people in this story:
Henry Hobbs
Emma Hobbs née Gilbert
Locations in this story:
East meon, Petersfield, Hampshire
Minchington, Farnham, Dorset
St. Mary's Churchyard, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset
Farnham, Dorset
Langrish, Southampton
Blandford, Dorset

Story:
Edwin Hobbs was born in 1896 in Stroud, East Meon, Petersfield, Hampshire, and baptised at Langrish, Southampton, on 15th February, 1896. He was the son of Henry Hobbs, a Farm Labourer, and Emma Hobbs (née Gilbert). At the time of the 1911 Census he was single, working as a Farm Carter and living with his parents at Minchington, Farnham, Dorset. He enlisted in Blandford on 31st August, 1914, as a Private in the 5th (Service) Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 10312) and served solely in the United Kingdom. He died of pneumonia at his parents' home in Farnham on 30th Apr 1915 and was buried in the north west part of St. Mary's Churchyard, Sixpenny Handley. He is remembered on the Sixpenny Handley War Memorial. His parents received the Death Scroll but no medals were evidently issued.

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Thomas Edwin Jarrett Latta

Surname: Latta
Other names: Thomas Edwin Jarrett
Other people in this story:
George Jarrett Latta
Mary Ann Latta née Brewer
Annie Laura Latta née Avery
Locations in this story:
Minchington, Farham, Dorset
France & Flanders
Etaples Military Cemetery, Etaples, Pas de Calais, France
Sixpenny Handley, Dorset
Dean, Woodcutts, Dorset
Gussage-All-Saints, Dorset

Story:
Thomas Edwin Jarrett Latta was born in 1883 in Dean, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, and baptised at Gussage-All-Saints, Dorset, on 25th November, 1883. He was the son of George Jarrett Latta, a Carpenter, and Mary Ann Latta (née Brewer). At the time of the 1911 Census, he was working as a Farm Labourer and living at Minchington, Farnham, Dorset. He married Annie Laura Avery on 5th October 1912 at Sixpenny Handley, Dorset. He enlisted in Blandford in the 5th Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 10522) and at the time of his death held the rank of Lance Corporal. He served in France & Flanders and was awarded the Victory, British War and 1915 Star medals. He died of wounds on 7th October 1916 and was buried at Etaples Military Cemetery, Etaples, Pas de Calais, France (grave id. XVI.E.10A). He is remembered on the Sixpenny Handley War Memorial. At the time of his death his wife was living at 91 Dean Woodcutts, Dorset.    

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Albert Charles Conway

Surname: Conway
Other names: Albert Charles
Other people in this story:
Frederick Charles Conway
Annie Conway née Whitlock
William Frederick Conway
Harry Edward Conway
Locations in this story:
Melbury Abbas, Dorset
Mesopotamia
Basra War Cemetery, Basra, Iraq
Farnham, Dorset
India/Ceylon

Story:
Albert Charles Conway was born in 1889 in Farnham, Dorset, and baptised at Farnham Church on 5th May, 1889. He was the son of Frederick Charles Conway, a labourer, and Annie Conway (née Whitlock). At the time of the 1911 Census he was single, a Regular Soldier with the 2nd Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 7833) and stationed in India/Ceylon. His parents at the time moved to 29, Melbury Abbas, Dorset. During the war he served in Mesopotamia and was awarded the Victory, British War and 1915 Star medals. He died on 14th April 1915 and was buried at Basra War Cemetery, Basra, Iraq (grave id. III.C.10). He is remembered on the Melbury Abbas War Memorial.

Albert's brothers William Frederick (b.1890) and Harry Edward (b.1892) also served in the war, but survived the conflict.

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Albert Edwin Hardiman

Surname: Hardiman
Other names: Albert Edwin
Other people in this story:
John Hardiman
Kezia Hardiman née Sharp
Locations in this story:
Shaftesbury
France & Flanders
Chapelle British Cemetery, Holnon, Aisne, France
Lower Blandford Road, Melbury Abbas, Dorset
Melbury Abbas, Dorset
Cann Methodist Chapel, Cann, Shaftesbury

Story:
Albert Edwin Hardiman was born on 6th September 1897 in Melbury Abbas, Shaftesbury, Dorset and was baptised at Cann Methodist Chapel on 17th October 1897. He was the son of John Hardiman, a coal merchant, and Kezia Hardiman (née Sharp). At the time of the 1911 Census he was single, a Scholar and living at Lower Blandford Road, Melbury Abbas, Dorset. He enlisted in Shaftesbury as a Private and joined the 1st Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 18964). He served in France & Flanders and was awarded the Victory and British War medals. He died on 6th April 1917 and was buried in the Chapelle War Cemetery in the village of Holnon, just west of St. Quentin in France. Sadly his grave was destroyed in a later action and he is now commemorated separately in the cemetery, with three others whose original graves were also destroyed. His memorial stone reads:
18961 Private Albert Edwin Hardiman. Dorsetshire Regiment. 6th April 1917 A.D.

Albert is also remembered on the Melbury Abbas War Memorial.

Source: Photographs of the Chapelle War Cemetery by Dave Hardiman.

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Henry George Stockley

Surname: Stockley
Other names: Henry George
Other people in this story:
Edwin Swyer Stockley
Caroline Stockley née Domoney
Emma Froud Stockley née Sargeant
Eva Annie Stockley
Edwin T. Stockley
Henry G. Stockley
Locations in this story:
Shaftesbury
Masaid, Egypt
Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Ismalia, Egypt
Iwerne Minster, Dorset
Palestine
Blandford
Turners Puddle, Dorset

Story:
Henry George Stockley was born in 1883 in Iwerne Minster. He was the son of Edwin Swyer Stockley, a house painter, and Caroline Stockley (née Domoney). On 27th October, 1907 he married Emma Froud Sargent at Turners Puddle, Dorset. They had three children, Eva Annie (b.1908-d.1908), Edwin T. (b. 1910) and Henry G. (b. 1912). At the time of the 1911 Census, he was living in Iwerne Minster, Dorset and was working as a house painter. He enlisted in Blandford as a Private and joined the 2nd/4th Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 202036). He served in Egypt and Palestine and was awarded the Victory and British War medals. He was wounded in Palestine on 19th April 1918 and died on 14th May 1918 at Masaid, Egypt. He was buried at Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Ismalia, Egypt (grave id. E.252). He is remembered as George Stockley on the Iwerne Minster War Memorial, Shaftesbury. His wife, Emma, did not remarry and was living in Blandford Road, Shaftesbury in the 1939 Register.    

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James Robert Hatcher

Surname: Hatcher
Other names: James Robert
Other people in this story:
Robert Edwin Hatcher
Louisa Hatcher née Wareham
Locations in this story:
Childe Okeford, Dorset
France & Flanders
Hinton St. Mary, Dorset
Pozieres British Cemetery, Ovillers-La Boisselle, Somme, France
Fontmell Magna, Dorset
Shaftesbury
Iwerne Courtney, Dorset

Story:
James Robert Hatcher was born in 1898 in Childe Okeford, Dorset, and baptised at Iwerne Courtney, Dorset, on 7th May 1899. He was the son of Robert Edwin Hatcher, an agricultural labourer, and Louisa Hatcher (née Wareham). At the time of the 1911 Census he was single, a scholar and living at Hinton St. Mary. He enlisted in Shaftesbury as a Private in the 5th Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 14482). He served in France & Flanders and was awarded the Victory, British War and 1915 Star medals. He died on 26th September 1916 and was buried at the Pozieres British Cemetery, Ovillers-La Boisselle, Somme, France (grave id. I.H.44). He is remembered on the Fontmell Magna War Memorial, Shaftesbury.

Further reading: "Fontmell Magna and the First World War", compiled by Chris Bellers, Fontmell Magna Village Archive Society, 2014.

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