Sixpenny Handley War Memorial

Joseph Arthur Chaldecott

Surname: Chaldecott
Other names: Joseph Arthur
Other people in this story:
Arthur Edmund Chaldecott
Selina Hannah Chaldecott nee Parham
William Thomas Chaldecott
Locations in this story:
Shaftesbury
Egypt
Ramleh War Cemetery, Near Tel Aviv, Palestine
White Horse Hotel, Maiden Newton, Dorset
Chettle, Dorset
Sixpenny Handley, Dorset
Maiden Newton, Dorset
East Orchard, Dorset

Story:
Joseph Arthur Chaldecott was born in 1894 in East Orchard, Dorset. He was the son of Arthur Edmund Chaldecott, a Journeyman Baker, and Selina Hannah Chaldecott (nee Parham). His siblings included William Thomas Chaldecott, born in 1901, who also died in the war. At the time of the 1911 Census he was single, working as a Stable Boy and living at the White Horse Hotel, Maiden Newton, Dorset. He enlisted in Maiden Newton as a Private in the Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own) (Service No. 584) and later transferred to the Corps of Hussars, attached to the 1st/1st Battalion of his old Regiment, the Dorset Yeomanry (New Service No. 230055). He served in Egypt and was awarded the Victory and British War medals. He was killed in action on 13th November 1917 and was buried at Ramleh War Cemetery, Near Tel Aviv, Palestine (Israel) (grave id. P.57). In 1918 the family were living at Chettle and he is remembered on the Sixpenny Handley War Memorial. His father died in 1918.

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Links to related web content / sources:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives