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Walter John Lane

Surname: Lane
Other names: Walter John
Other people in this story:
John Lane
Maria Lane née Alner
James Lane
Mary Ann Lane née Furnell
Charles Lane
Locations in this story:
Brickhill, Enmore Green, Shaftesbury, Dorset.
France & Flanders
St. John, New Brunswick, Canada
Liverpool
Toronto, Canada

Story:
Walter John Lane was born in Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 18th January 1892, the son of John Lane and Maria Lane (née Alner). His siblings included Charles (b.1878) and James (b.1883), both of whom served in the Royal Engineers during the conflict). The family lived in Brickhill (now Church Hill), Enmore Green, Shaftesbury. Walter married Mary Ann Furnell on 1st March 1913 in Enmore Green, Shaftesbury.  It is not known if there were any children of the marriage. 

Walter enlisted on 7th June 1916 as a reservist with the 4th Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 4928). He was mobilized on 21st November 1916 and joined the Royal Engineers (Railway Troops), (Service No. 221243), but one day later transferred again to the RE (Road Construction Unit) with revised Service No. WR/25388.   He served in France and Flanders and was finally demobilized on 4th October 1919.  He was awarded the Victory and British War medals.  By this time he was living at 6 Enmore Green, Shaftesbury.   He and his wife sailed from Liverpool on 8th March 1920 on the SS Melita and travelled to St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, with the intention of permanently settling there.  No more information is available except there was at some time a memorial plate in St. John's Church, Enmore Green, stating he died on 21st February 1967 in Toronto, Canada. 

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James Lane
Enmore Green from Castle Hill 2

James Lane

Surname: Lane
Other names: James
Other people in this story:
John Lane
Maria Lane née Alner
Florence Ellen Lane née Scammell
Walter John Lane
Charles Lane
Locations in this story:
Brickhill, Enmore Green, Shaftesbury, Dorset
France & Flanders
Mere, Wiltshire
Chapel Cottages, Enmore Green, Shaftesbury

Story:
James Lane was born in Enmore Green, Shaftesbury, on 15th November 1883 and baptised there on 10th February 1884. He was the son of John Lane and Maria Lane (née Alner). His siblings included Charles (b.1878) and Walter John (b.1892), both of whom served with the Royal Engineers during the conflict. The family lived at Brickhill (now Church Hill), Enmore Green, Shaftesbury, Dorset. James married Florence Ellen Scammell in Shaftesbury, on 9th April 1910.  They had one child. James enlisted on 12th May 1916 but was not mobilized until 4th December 1916 when he joined the 36th Training Battalion as a Private (Service No. TR/8/12450).  He was transferred to the Royal Engineers (Road Construction Company) as a Sapper (Service No. 221332).  He served in France and Flanders, during which time he had a fracture of his foot which left him with a limp.  He was transferred again to the Royal Engineers (Transportation Branch) (Service No. 40132) but was soon discharged on 1st August 1918 being physically unfit for further duty and was issued with the Silver War Badge No. 381556.   He was awarded the Victory and British War medals.    By the 1939 Register he was living at 2 Chapel Cottages, Enmore Green, Shaftesbury, and working as a Roadman.   He died in 1947 in the Mere, Wiltshire, Registration District.

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George Hopkins

Surname: Hopkins
Other names: George
Other people in this story:
Frank Hopkins
Caroline Eliza Hopkins née Extance
Edgar Hopkins
Louisa Anne Rose Hopkins née Dyke
Herbert Hopkins
Locations in this story:
Fountain Bank, Enmore Green, Motcombe, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Holy Trinity Church, Shaftesbury, Dorset
France & Flanders
St. Rumbold's Church, Cann, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Alverstoke, Hampshire
Ludwell, Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire
St. James, Shaftesbury

Story:
George Hopkins was born in Enmore Green, Motcombe, Shaftesbury, Dorset, in 1890 the son of Frank Hopkins and Caroline Eliza Hopkins (née Extance).  His siblings included Herbert (b.1874) who served in the Royal Engineers and Edgar (b.1894) who served in the Royal Army Service Corps during the war. His early life was spent with his parents at Fountain Bank (near The Fountain Inn), Enmore Green.  By 1911 he was boarding with his brother-in-law in Alverstoke, Hampshire and working as a Motor Cycle Mechanic.  He enlisted on 5th September 1915 and joined the Royal Engineers, eventually becoming a Corporal (Service No. 73215).  He served in France and Flanders with the 8th Divisional Signal Company as a Despatch Rider. He was demobilized on 13th April 1919, giving 71 St. James, Shaftesbury, Dorset as his contact address.  He was awarded the Victory and British War medals as well as the 1915 Star.

He had married Louisa Anne Rose Dyke at Holy Trinity Church, Shaftesbury, on 1st August 1917 and they went on to have three children. He died in the Grove House Nursing Home, Ludwell, Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire, in 1939 and was buried in St. Rumbold's Churchyard, Cann, Shaftesbury, on 17th April 1939.

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St. James Street junction with Tanyard Lane

Frank Hillier

Surname: Hillier
Other names: Frank
Other people in this story:
Thomas Hillier
Catherine Hillier née Hopkins
Locations in this story:
Shaftesbury, Dorset
Cardiff
Gallipoli, Turkey
India
Mesopotamia
Iraq
Abernant Road, Markham Villages, Nr. Holly Bush, Monmouthshire
St. James' Church, Shaftesbury
Tanyard Lane, St. James, Shaftesbury
East Glamorgan, Wales

Story:
Frank Hillier was born in Shaftesbury, Dorset, in 1893 and baptised at St. James' Church on 16th April 1893, the son of Thomas Hillier and Catherine Hillier (née Hopkins).  Frank lived with his family at 5 Tanyard Lane, St. James, Shaftesbury.   He enlisted in Cardiff on 12th August 1914 and joined the Welch Regiment as a Private (Service No. 11311).  He served with the Middle East Expeditionary Force and took part in the Gallipoli campaign where he received gun shot wounds to his side and leg on 12th April 1915.  Following treatment he was sent to India for recuperation.  He eventually returned to Mesopotamia and on 18th February 1918 was attached to the Royal Engineers (Railway Division) as a platelayer in Iraq where, on 23rd November 1918, he was hospitalized with malaria.  After further convalescence he returned to England and was discharged on 1st April 1919, giving 5 Tanyard Lane, Shaftesbury, as his forwarding address which was also recorded in the 1921 Census describing him as a Labourer.   He was awarded the Victory and British War medals and the 1914/15 Star.  His Star Medal was sent to an address in 1920 at 26 Abernant Road, Markham Villages, Nr. Holly Bush, Monmouthshire.  This is the last record that can be found for him.  He cannot be found on the 1939 Register or in any death record.

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Stanley Charles Foote

Surname: Foote
Other names: Stanley Charles
Other people in this story:
Absolem Foote
Matilda Foote
Ethel Foote née Walsh
Locations in this story:
St. James, Shaftesbury, Dorset
France
Newark, Nottinghamshire
Hampstead, London
Paddington, London

Story:
Stanley Charles Foote was born in Shaftesbury, Dorset, in 1893 but not baptised until 14th March 1895 at St. James Church, the son of Absolem and Matilda Foote.   By 1911 the family were living at 42 St. James, Shaftesbury, Dorset.  Stanley enlisted on 8th September 1914 and joined the Royal Engineers eventually rising to the rank of 2/Corporal (Service No. 48668).   Whilst serving in France from 27 Jul 1915 with the 2nd Company of the 24th Battalion he received serious gun shot wounds to the left thigh and was in the Field Hospital on 2nd July 1916.  He was transferred to the 20th General Hospital, Newark, Nottinghamshire, on 9th July 1916.  He eventually returned to his unit on 5th September 1916.  He was reported in dispatches on the 1st July 1916 for gallantry and good conduct in the field plus devotion to duty.  Regrettably nothing appeared to come out of this and even on his medal roll there is a query "why no award?".  On his return to England he was employed as a Printing Office Clerk until his demobilization on 1st March 1919.  He was awarded the Victory and British War medals and the 1915 Star.  The 1921 Census shows he was living at 116 Fernhead Road, Paddington, London, working as a Printer and Compositor. He married Ethel Walsh on 9th June 1923 in Hampstead, London, and they went on to have two children.  Regrettably Stanley died in 1928 aged only 34 years and was buried in Hendon Cemetery on 3 Oct 1928.

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Robert Dean

Surname: Dean
Other names: Robert
Other people in this story:
Herbert Francis Dean
Kate Ellen Dean née Adams
Dorothy Nellie Dean née Pepper
Locations in this story:
Shaftesbury, Dorset
Enmore Green, Motcombe, Dorset
Newark, Nottinghamshire
Headstone Lane, Harrow, Middlesex
France
The Rhine Area, Germany
Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire
St. James' Church, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Brent, Greater London

Story:
Robert Dean was born on 26 Feb 1894 in Shaftesbury, Dorset, and baptised at St. James Church, Shaftesbury, on 1st April 1894 the son of Herbert Francis Dean, a carpenter, and Kate Ellen Dean (née Adams). By 1901 the family had moved to Enmore Green, Motcombe, Dorset. By 1911 Robert was working as carpenter's apprentice. He enlisted on 3rd December 1915 but was not mobilized until 22nd January 1916 when he joined the Royal Engineers as a Private (Service No. 146048). After training and passing his proficiency Test as a Carpenter he was posted to France on 25 Jun 1916 as a Sapper. Records show he was admitted to hospital in December 1916 after which he returned to duty. He was admitted to hospital again on 3rd August 1917 and transferred back to England on 24th August 1917 to the Red Cross Hospital at Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire, where he remained until 24th October 1917. Just prior to his hospitalization he was awarded the Military Medal whilst serving with the 155th Field Company per an announcement in the London Gazette on 17th July 1917 - no citation can be found except for a medal certificate. The medal awarded was numbered 93815. Following his recovery he was posted to the 17th Field Company on 3rd April 1918. After the Armistice he found himself in the Rhine Area of Germany and it was from here he proceeded to England for discharge on 30th September 1919. He was also awarded the Victory and British War medals. He married Dorothy Nellie Pepper on 8 Nov 1919 at Christ Church, Newark, Nottinghamshire. They went on to have two children. The 1921 Census shows him living at 44 Askern Road, Carcroft, Adwick le Street, West Riding, Yorkshire, working still as a Carpenter on buildings. By the 1939 Register he had moved to 64 Headstone Lane, Harrow, Middlesex, where he was described as a carpenter and joiner. He died in the Brent, Greater London, area during 1971 aged 77 years.

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Francis Hannen Buckland

Surname: Buckland
Other names: Francis Hannen
Other people in this story:
William Thomas Buckland
Emma Buckland née Guy
Grace Jemima Buckland née Yaxley
Walter Thomas Buckland
Locations in this story:
St. James, Shaftesbury, Dorset
France
Italy
Lower Weston, Bath
Hammersmith, London
Parsons Pool, Shaftesbury
High Street, Shaftesbury

Story:
Francis Hannen Buckland was born on 30th September 1878 in St. James, Shaftesbury, Dorset, and baptised there at St. James' Church on 27th October 1878, the son of William Thomas Buckland and Emma Buckland (née Guy). The family were living in Parsons Pool, Shaftesbury, and the father was described as an Auctioneer. Francis married Grace Jemima Yaxley on 28th November 1908 at St. Johns Church, Lower Weston, Bath. They lived at 51 High Steet, Shaftesbury and went on to have two children. Francis enlisted on 19th August 1915 and joined the Royal Engineers as a Sapper (Service No. 73120). He served in France and Italy and was employed as an office telegraphist. His last posting was to the 7th Divisional Signal Company after which he was demobilized on 20th February 1919. He was awarded the Victory and British War medals. By the 1939 Register he had moved to 3 Boscombe Road, Hammersmith, London, and was working as a Filing Clerk for Post Office Telegraphs. He died in 1958.  His brother, Walter Thomas Buckland, also served in the conflict and was taken prisoner by the Germans in 1918.

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Sidney Brockway

Surname: Brockway
Other names: Sidney
Other people in this story:
Mary Ellen Brockway
Ethel Marie Brockway née Brazier
Locations in this story:
St. James, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Sutherland Road, Maida Vale, London, NW
France
Leeds, Yorkshire
Barnet
Rugby, Warwickshire
Birmingham, Warwickshire
Marylebone, Middlesex

Story:
Sidney Brockway was born in Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 24th September 1893 and baptised at St. James' Church on 3rd December 1893, the son of Mary Ellen Brockway (a single person). Sidney lived in the house of his grandmother at Andrews Yard, 41 St. James, Shaftesbury. Post 1911 he was boarding at 101 Sutherland Road, Maida Vale, London, NW and enlisted at Marylebone, Middlesex, on 8 Sep 1914 and joined the Royal Engineers as a Sapper (Service No. 48669). He qualified as a Proficient Carpenter prior to posting to France where, on 24th June 1916, he received gunshot wounds in the right thigh. He was transferred from the Field Hospital back to England and arrived at the War Hospital, Leeds, Yorkshire on 2nd July 1916. He was not discharged until 3rd October 1916 and joined the 419th Field Company. He was demobilized on 13th March 1919 giving 41 St, James, Shaftesbury, as his home address. He was awarded the Victory, British War and 1914/15 Star medals. (The 1914/15 Star was returned for replacement as the name was spelt wrongly on the back and a new corrected medal issued on 5th March 1920). He eventually moved back to London where he married Ethel Marie Brazier during 1924 in the Barnet Registry District. They went on to have three children. By the 1939 Register he had moved to 7 Old Council Houses, Rugby, Warwickshire, where he was employed as a builder's labourer. He died in 1942 in the Birmingham Registry area.

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William James Herbert Sansom

Surname: Sansom
Other names: William James Herbert
Other people in this story:
John Sansom
Amanda Sansom née Peters
Annie Victoria Samson née Wide
Locations in this story:
Jenkins Corner, Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire
Kantara, Egypt
Wellington, Somerset

Story:
William James Herbert Sansom was born at Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire, on 10th September 1890 the son of John Sansom and Amanda Sansom (née Peters). He had pre-war service with the Wiltshire Regiment (Service No. 12790) and was discharged to Reserve. He was embodied on 5th September 1914 and re-joined his Regiment but was transferred on 17th September 1914 to the Royal Dublin Fusiliers and on 23rd September 1914 to the Leinster Regiment (Service No. 1843). He was later further transferred to the Royal Engineers (Railway Operating Division) on 20th November 1917 (Service No. 288555). After training at Kantara, Egypt, he qualified as an Operational Driver with the rank of Sapper. He was demobilized on 4th May 1919. He was awarded the Victory and British War medals as well as the 1915 Star. He married Annie Victoria Wide at Wellington, Somerset, in 1927 and they went on to have one child. His last known address was Jenkins Corner, Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire, per the 1939 Register, where he was employed as a Motor Engineer. He died in 1970 and was buried at Donhead St. Mary on 9th April 1970.

Source: Based on previous research by Ken Baxter.

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Herbert Sanger

Surname: Sanger
Other names: Herbert
Other people in this story:
Sarah Sanger
Locations in this story:
Donhead St. Andrew, Wiltshire
Kantara, Egypt
Livingstone Road, Pokesdown, Bournemouth, Hampshire
Christchurch, Hampshire

Story:
Herbert Sanger was born at Donhead St. Andrew, Wiltshire on 7th September 1890, the son of Sarah Sanger. (There was no father mentioned on the baptism record.) Before the war he had served with the Royal Engineers (Service No. 12875) and was on Reserve. He was embodied on 6th September 1914 and re-joined his Regiment but was soon transferred to the Leinster Regiment on 18th September 1914 (Service No. 1300). On the 16th November 1917 he was transferred back to the Royal Engineers (Railway Operating Division) (Service No. WR/288557). He underwent training at Kantara, Egypt, and qualified as a Petrol Engine Driver. On 3rd May 1919 he became a stores clerk with yet another change of Service No. 325435. He was demobilized on 7th July 1919 and eventually went to live at 15 Livingstone Road, Pokesdown, Bournemouth, Hampshire. He was awarded the Victory and British War medals as well as the 1915 Star. He died in 1969 at Christchurch, Hampshire.

Source: Based on previous research by Ken Baxter.

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