Ernest Charles Wareham

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Ernest Charles Wareham was born in Donhead St. Andrew, Wiltshire, on 8 Apr 1889 the son of Charles Wareham and Clara Caroline Isabella Wareham (nee Case).  He lived all his life in the Donhead St. Andrew area.  He married Elsie Beatrice Davenport at Donhead St. Andrew on 1 Aug 1915 whilst serving as a soldier.  He had in fact enlisted earlier with the Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire) Regiment as a Private (Service No. 20632).  He served with the 8th and 1st Battalions though it is not known in which theatre of war he served. On his discharge on 1 Mar 1919 was awarded the Victory and British War Medals.  Both the 1921 Census and the 1939 Register show he was living at the Bungalow, Barkers Hill, Donhead St. Andrew, working as a Gardener (Private).  His death was recorded in Salisbury, Wiltshire, during the latter part of 1968.