Jack Day

Story:
Jack Day was born in Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, on 3 Dec 1893 and baptised there on 25 Feb 1894 the son of Finch Day, a Carrier, and Louisa Jane Day (nee Read).  He lived most his life in Sixpenny Handley apart from time on Military Service.  He had married Theodora Thirza Burgess in Kington Magna, Dorset, on 30 Jul 1912.  He enlisted with the Royal Field Artillery as a Driver (Service No. 295456).  It is not known in which theatre of war he served but was discharged on 14 Apr 1920 being unfit due to a hernia aggravated by his service for which he was granted a short term pension.  No medal records have been found in this case but he would have qualified for the Victory and British War Medals.  The 1921 Census shows him living in Sixpenny Handley working as a Bricklayer and, by the time of the 1939 Register, he was living adjacent to the Police Station, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, still working as a Bricklayer.  He died in Sixpenny Handley on 12 Apr 1942 and was buried there on 17 Apr 1942.