Ernest William Warren Mowlem

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Ernest William Warren Mowlem was born in Holnest, Dorset, on 29 Sep 1883 the son of Robert William Mowlem and Rosetta Mowlem (nee Warren).  He lived his early life in Holnest where his father was a Farmer and Haulier.  Ernest married Beatrice A'court in Nether Compton, Dorset, on 26 Sep 1910.  In the meantime his parents had moved to 58 West Street, Fontmell Magna, Shaftesbury, Dorset.  Ernest had enlisted on 11 Dec 1915 but had been placed on reserve (Service No WR25190) until embodied on 27 Feb 1917 and joined the Royal Engineers as a Sapper (New Service No. 240611).  He served in France and Flanders from 11 Mar 1917 with the 336th Railway Construction Company until he was discharged on 15 Apr 1919 and awarded the Victory and British War Medals. Both the 1921 Census and 1939 Register show he lived at Keepers Lodge, Nether Compton, Sherborne, Dorset, working as a Gamekeeper.  His death was recorded in the Greater London area in 1953 and he was ultimately buried in St. Michael's Churchyard, Over Compton, Dorset, on 25 May 1953.  Of his brothers, Wesley Harry Warren Mowlem was killed in action whereas Sidney Harold Warren Mowlem served and survived the conflict.