Augustus Edward Hoare

Story:
Augustus Edward Hoare was born in Athelhampton, Dorset, on 25 Apr 1895 and baptised there on 16 Jun 1895 the son of Hiram Edward Hoare, a bricklayer, and Frances Mary Hoare (nee Gibbons).  After his family moved he lived most of his early life in Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, or nearby Ebbesbourne Wake, Wiltshire.  He had enlisted with the Devonshire Regiment as a Private (Service No. 13887).  He had served in France and Flanders from 22 Sep 1915 with the 10th Battalion until he was discharged on 2 May 1919.  He was given a short lived pension due to debility caused by malaria and was also awarded the Victory and British War Medals as well as the 1915 Star.  He married Elsie Marie Hacker in Corsley, Wiltshire, on 16 Feb 1920.  The 1921 Census shows his wife was living with her parents at Leigh Green, Corsley, Wiltshire, but there is no mention of Augustus. By the time of the 1939 Register they were living at Forest Cottage, The Forest, Newtown, Kerry, Montgomeryshire, Wales, with Augustus working as a Gardener.  He later moved to Steepleton Lodge, Preston, Blandford, Dorset where his death was recorded on 21 Dec 1951 and he was later buried at Blandford, Dorset, on 24 Dec 1951.