Jack Borley

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Jack Borley was born in Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 18 Sep 1891 and baptised at Holy Trinity Church on 15 Nov 1891 the son of Robert William Borley, a Hotel Proprietor, and Mary Rebecca Borley (nee Uphill).  He spent much of his early life at the, now, Grosvenor Hotel, The Commons, Shaftesbury.  He also attended Shaftesbury Grammar School which he left in 1905.  By the time of the 1911 Census he was working as a Draper's Apprentice at 125 Broad Street, Reading, Berkshire.  According to the Grammar School records he had enlisted and became a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery (3rd Wessex Brigade) and his commission was listed in the London Gazette on 4 Mar 1915.  Regrettably, despite searches, no other Military or Medal records can be found. The 1921 Census shows him back at the Grosvenor Hotel living with his parents.  He married Jane Bethell in Westminster, London, in 1937.  By the time of the 1939 Register he was living at Tollard House, Tollard Royal, Wiltshire, assisting with his brother's farm.  He died in Tollard Royal on 22 Apr 1959.