Royal Army Service Corps Archives - Page 3 of 8 - Shaftesbury Remembers the Great War

Harry James Wareham

Surname: Wareham

Other names: Harry James

Locations in this story:
Iwerne Minster, Dorset
Iwerne Steepleton, Dorset
Salonika, Greece
Alexandria, Egypt
Sturminster, Dorset
Brook Cottage, Iwerne Minster
Vale Cottages, Shillingstone, Dorset

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Harry James Wareham was born in Iwerne Minster, Dorset, on 19th September 1893, the son of William Wareham and Anna Maria Wareham (née Coombes). He spent most of his civilian life in and around Iwerne Minster. He enlisted on 1st June 1915 and joined the Royal Army Service Corps as a Driver (Service No. T4/109675). He served in Salonika from 25 Nov 1915 and Alexandria, Egypt, from 30 Aug 1918 during which time he had many bouts of malaria. He was eventually discharged on 2nd April 1919 and awarded the Victory and British War medals as well as the 1915 Star. He married Mary Amelia Gillingham on 21st April 1919 at Iwerne Steepleton, Dorset, and they went on to have one daughter. Currently no 1921 Census record can be found. By the 1939 Register he was living at Brook Cottage, Iwerne Minster, working as a Coal Merchant and Haulage Contractor. At the time of his death on 8th April 1973 he had moved to 16 Vale Cottages, Shillingstone, Dorset, (registered at the Sturminster District Registry, Dorset).

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Edward Charles Domoney

Surname: Domoney

Other names: Edward Charles

Locations in this story:
Shute Lane, Iwerne Minster, Dorset
France & Flanders
Gosport, Hampshire

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Edward Charles Domoney was born in Iwerne Minster, Dorset, on 2nd July 1887, the son of John Domoney and Emily Esther Domoney (née Poore). He lived all of his civilian life in Iwerne Minster. He married Rosa Coward on 28th June 1910 and they went on have two daughters. Edward enlisted with the Royal Army Service Corps on 22nd November 1915 and was ranked as a Shoeing Smith (Service No. TS/9937). He served in France & Flanders from 25 Jun 1917 with the 372nd Company and eventually discharged on 19th January 1920. He was awarded the Victory and British War Medals. The 1921 Census shows he was living at Rosa Cottage, Shute Lane, Iwerne Minster, working as a Shoeing and General Smith. He was at the same address on the 1939 Register now described as a Labourer. His death was recorded in the Gosport, Hampshire, Registry in 1969 and he was buried at St. Mary's Church, Iwerne Minster, on 18 Oct 1969.

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Alfred John Toogood

17th February 2020/in 1914-1918 Devonshire Regiment, Labour Corps, Royal Army Service Corps, Wiltshire Regiment /by Chris Stupples

Surname: Toogood

Other names: Alfred John

Locations in this story:
Gutch Common, Semley, Wiltshire
Reading, Berkshire
Caversham, Reading, Berkshire

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Alfred John Toogood was born on 16th May 1884 in Semley, Wiltshire, and baptised there on 13th July 1884, the son of George Levi Toogood and Mary Toogood (née Haines). He lived all his early life at Gutch Common, Semley, Wiltshire. He enlisted on 7th April 1916 and joined the Devonshire Regiment (Service No. 21463) as a Private. On 30th March 1917 he transferred to the Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire) Regiment, Agricultural Company, (Service No. 34284) and again on the 30th June 1917 to the 442nd Agricultural Company of the Labour Corps (Service No. 263189). He was transferred yet again to the Motor Transport Section of the Royal Army Service Corps on 1st December 1918 (Service No. M/410835). Throughout this period he served solely in the UK. He was discharged on 17th February 1919. There are no evident medal records though he qualified for at least the British War Medal. By the 1921 Census he was back living with his parents in Gutch Common, Semley, where he assisted his father on the farm. He married Harriet Sarah Kate Trowbridge in Semley in 1929 and they went on to have one child. By the 1939 Register he was living at 16 Valentine Crescent, Reading, Berkshire, working as a Road Labourer. He died in Reading on 19th December 1964 and was buried in the Henley Road Cemetery, Caversham, Reading, on 23 Dec 1964.

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William Alfred Street

16th February 2020/in 1914-1918 Royal Army Service Corps /by Chris Stupples

Surname: Street

Other names: William Alfred

Locations in this story:
East Knoyle, Wiltshire
Hampreston, Dorset
Salonika, Greece
Egypt
Salisbury, Wiltshire
Copythorne, Hampshire
Minstead, Hampshire

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William Alfred Street was born on 6th May 1876 at East Knoyle, Wiltshire, the son of Alfred Street and Julia Street (née Love). He lived much of his early life in and around East Knoyle. He married Annie Beale on 7th August 1899 at Hampreston, Dorset. There is no evidence of children. He had previous military experience by being with the 1st Volunteer Battalion of the Hampshire Regiment as a Reservist. He re-enlisted on 12th January 1915 with the Royal Army Service Corps (Service No. RTS/5209) and served in Salonika from 24 Feb 1915 and Egypt from 5 Jul 1917, being promoted in due course to Corporal Farrier. He was discharged on 18th April 1919 and was awarded the Victory and British War medals as well as the 1915 Star. The 1921 Census shows him living at Sylvia Cottage, Cadnam, Minstead, Hampshire, working as a Road Labourer for the New Forest Rural District Council but by the 1939 Register he had moved to Heatherlea, Copythorne, Hampshire, described as a Blacksmith. He died in 1960 in the Salisbury, Wiltshire, Registration District.

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Ernest James Mallett

16th February 2020/in 1914-1918 Royal Army Service Corps /by Chris Stupples

Surname: Mallett

Other names: Ernest James

Locations in this story:
Milton, East Knoyle, Wiltshire
France & Flanders
Semley, Wiltshire
Warminster, Wiltshire

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Ernest James Mallett was born on 20th November 1890 in East Knoyle, Wiltshire, and baptised there on 1st March 1891, the son of William Mallett and Emma Selina Mallett (née Draisey). He lived his early life at Park Cottage, Milton, East Knoyle. He enlisted on 27th October 1915 and joined the Army Service Corps as a Private (Wheeler) (Service No. M2/137310). He served in France & Flanders from 27th Mar 1916 with the 20th Division Supply Company (Motor Transport) and, whilst there received bayonet wounds on 22nd June 1916 from which he eventually recovered. He was discharged on 8th September 1919 and awarded the Victory and British War medals. The 1921 Census shows him living at The Railway Hotel, Semley, Wiltshire, where his brother was the licensee and where he worked for the hotel as a Motor Assistant. By the 1939 Register he was still single and living at 33 The Street, East Knoyle, Wiltshire, described as a carpenter and undertaker. He died on the 12 Nov 1974 in the Warminster, Wiltshire, Registration District. Ernest's sister Winifred (b.1897) also served in the war, as a VAD nurse with the British Red Cross at the Tisbury Auxiliary Hospital. His brother, Percival John (Jack) Mallett, served in the Royal Navy and also survived.

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Winifred Mallett

Percy Sandle Sharp

13th February 2020/in 1914-1918 Royal Army Service Corps /by Chris Stupples

Surname: Sharp

Other names: Percy Sandle

Locations in this story:
Ludwell, Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire
France & Flanders
Taunton, Somerset
Stoke St. Gregory, Taunton, Somerset
Chisledon, Swindon, Wiltshire

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Percy Sandle Sharp was born in Ludwell, Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire, on 9th April 1883, the son of Annie Maria Sandle Sharp. (There is no record of his father). He lived his early life with his mother at his grandparents' home in Ludwell, Donhead St. Mary. He enlisted on 6th December 1915 and joined the 531st Horse Transport Company of the Army Service Corps (Service No. TS/10133). In view of his occupation as a wheelwright he was ranked as a Wheeler Driver. He served in France & Flanders from 8 Feb 1917. Towards the end of the conflict he was invalided back to the UK with an injury to his knee joint. He was discharged on 5th April 1919 and awarded the Victory and British War medals. The 1921 Census shows him living with his mother, described as a 'widow', at 6 Carisbrook Terrace, Chisledon, Swindon, Wiltshire, working as an Agricultural Wheelwright. He married Florence Augusta Peare in Taunton, Somerset, on 15th October 1924 and they went on to have at least one child. By the 1939 Register he was living at Dunfield House, Stoke St. Gregory, Taunton, Somerset, working as a Carpenter (Vehicle Builder). He died in Stoke St. Gregory, Taunton, Somerset, in 1968.

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Harry Broomfield

17th January 2020/in 1914-1918 Royal Army Service Corps, Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry /by Chris Stupples

Surname: Broomfield

Other names: Harry

Locations in this story:
Ringwood, Hampshire
Grove Arms, Ludwell, Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire
France & Flanders
Little Bytham, Lincolnshire
Southampton, Hampshire

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Harry Broomfield was born in Ringwood, Hampshire, on 24th November 1891 the son of Harry Jesse Broomfield and Fanny Broomfield (nee Cook). At the time of the outbreak of war he was living with his parents at The Grove Arms, Ludwell, Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire, where his father was the licensee. He enlisted in the 19th Squadron of the 2nd/1st Battalion of the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry on 21st September 1914 (Service No 1157). He served in France and Flanders and was discharged within a day or so of 1st January 1916. He re-enlisted with the Army Service Corps (Motor Transport Section) on 6th January 1916 (Service No. M2/152395). He was demobilized on 26th May 1919 and awarded the Victory and British War medals. He had married Edith Cox on 3rd August 1915 at Little Bytham, Lincolnshire, and they went on to have one child. The 1939 Register shows him living at 25 Cannon Street, Southampton, Hampshire, working as a Corporation Carter. He died in the Southampton area in 1976.

His brothers Frederick John Robert and Edward William served and were both killed in action whilst Ernest, Arthur, and Walter James who also served, survived. His brother-in-law, Percy William Norman, (married to sister Eva Theresa Rose) also served and survived.

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William Percy Norman

15th January 2020/in 1914-1918 Royal Army Service Corps /by Chris Stupples

Surname: Norman

Other names: William Percy

Locations in this story:
Ludwell, Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire
Salonica, Greece
Epsom, Surrey
Christchurch, Hampshire

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William Percy Norman was born in Ludwell, Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire, on 16th February 1889, and baptised there at St. John the Baptist Church on 24th February 1889. He was the son of William Norman and Louisa Elizabeth Norman (nee Trowbridge). He spent all his early life in and around Donhead St. Mary. He enlisted on 5th August 1915 and joined the Royal Army Service Corps (Service Nos. DM2/112692 and S4/143706). He served in Salonica and the Mediterranean Theatre of War where, in due time, he rose to the rank of Warrant Officer Class 1 and held the position of Acting Staff Sergeant Major. He was discharged on 28th March 1919 and awarded the Victory and British War medals.

He had married Eva Theresa Rose Broomfield at Ludwell on 22nd November 1915 and they went on to have at least one child. By the 1939 Register he was living at 13 Lower Hill Road, Epsom, Surrey, and described as a Head Teacher. His death was registered at the Christchurch, Hampshire, District Registry in 1964.

Eva's brothers, Frederick John Robert Broomfield and Edward William Broomfield were both killed in the conflict whilst four other brothers served and survived: Arthur, Ernest, Harry and Walter James Broomfield.

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Arthur Broomfield

15th January 2020/in 1914-1918 Royal Army Service Corps, West Yorkshire Regiment /by Chris Stupples

Surname: Broomfield

Other names: Arthur

Locations in this story:
Ellingham, Hampshire
Grove Arms, Ludwell, Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire
France & Flanders
Ireland
Salisbury, Wiltshire
Holy Trinity Church, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Salisbury Street, Shaftesbury

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Arthur Broomfield was born at Ellingham, Hampshire, on 26th January 1895, the son of Harry Jesse Broomfield and Fanny Matilda Broomfield (née Cooke). He spent his early life with his family in the Hampshire and Dorset areas where, by 1911, his father had become the landlord of the Grove Arms, Ludwell, Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire. Arthur enlisted for the war and joined the Royal Army Service Corps (Service No. M/152385) with whom he served in France and Flanders. He transferred to the Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment and was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant. Following the end of the war he was posted to Ireland and was attached to the Auxiliary Division of the Royal Irish Constabulary until it was disbanded in 1922. He was finally discharged on 4th February 1922 and was awarded the Victory and British War medals.

Arthur married Lilian Rose Dorothea Bealing at Holy Trinity Church, Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 24th June 1919 and they went on to have three children. By 1939 Register he was shown living at 30 Salisbury Street, Shaftesbury, working as a Motor Mechanic. It is understood that he also served for a period in the Second World War. His death was recorded in the Salisbury, Wiltshire, Registry in 1986.

Arthur's brothers, Frederick John Robert Broomfield and Edward William Broomfield both served but were regrettably killed in action. Three more brothers served and survived the war: Ernest, Harry and Walter James. His sister, Eva Theresa Rose Broomfield had married William Percy Norman who also served and survived.

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Cyril Alfred Pitman

14th January 2020/in 1914-1918 Royal Army Service Corps /by Chris Stupples

Surname: Pitman

Other names: Cyril Alfred

Locations in this story:
North End Lane, Motcombe, Dorset
Church Lane, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Salisbury, Wiltshire

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Cyril Alfred Pitman was born at Motcombe, Dorset, on 22nd May 1900 and baptised there on 1st July 1900, the son of Ernest Alfred Pitman and Dorcas Pitman (née Gray). He spent much of his life at the family home at 74 North End Lane, Motcombe, Dorset. He enlisted on 22nd May 1918 and was mobilized on 24th June 1918, joining the 36th Recruit Distribution Battalion of the Training Reserve (Service No. TR/27244). He was transferred to the 1156th (127th) LAMT Company of the Royal Army Service Corps on 15th November 1918 (Service No. M/398710). He served in the United Kingdom only and was eventually demobilized on 11th December 1919. There is no record of any medals being awarded. The 1921 Census shows him still living with his parents in North End Lane, Motcombe, working as a Motor Driver. He married Frances Charlotte Stone on 10th October 1923 at Motcombe, Dorset, and they went on to have three children. By the 1939 Register he was living at 8 Church Lane, Shaftesbury, Dorset, working as a Butcher's Roundsman and Shop Assistant. His death was recorded in the Salisbury, Wiltshire, Registration District in 1982.

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