Arthur Daniel Padfield
Surname: Padfield
Other names: Arthur Daniel
Locations in this story: Stour Row, Shaftesbury, DorsetCann, Shaftesbury, DorsetIndiaPoole, DorsetChristchurch, HampshireSt. Rumbold's Church, Cann
Story: Arthur Daniel Padfield was born in Stour Row, Shaftesbury, Dorset, the son of Harry Padfield and Flora Emily Padfield (née Tucker). He spent much of his life, apart from Military Service, in and around Cann, Shaftesbury, Dorset. He enlisted with the 1st/7th Battalion of the Hampshire Regiment as a Private (Service No. 45318). He was at one time attached to the 1st Lancers and served on the North West Frontier of India. He was discharged on 3rd January 1920 and was awarded the Victory and British War medals as well as the India General Service Medal with Clasp Afghanistan (North West Frontier). He married Dorothy Rose Pike at St. Rumbold's Church, Cann, on 25th October 1921 and they had one daughter. By the 1939 Register he was living at 17 Curtis Road, Poole, Dorset, and was working as a Landscape Gardener. His death was recorded at the Christchurch, Hampshire, Registry in 1961.
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