Arthur Charles Stacey

Story:
Arthur Charles Stacey was born on 30th August 1889 at Sutton Waldron, Dorset, and baptised there on 6 Oct 1889 the son of John Tom and Emily Stacey. They lived at some time in Church Street, Sutton Waldron. Arthur enlisted as a Private with the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 615) on 27th August 1908 and served for a short while before being placed on reserve. He was re-embodied on 4th August 1914 (Service No. 6096) but discharged shortly after on 12th September 1914 as being medically unfit. No medals were awarded. He married Elsie Freeman at Hinton Martell, Wimborne, Dorset, on 1st November 1919 and they went on to have three children. The 1921 Census shows him living at Gaunt's Common, Hinton Parva, Wimborne, Dorset, working as a Carter. By the 1939 Register Arthur had moved to Hinton Martell working as a Poultryman on a farm. He died in 1943 in Holt, Dorset.

Source: Based on previous research by Ken Baxter.