Maurice Bartlett

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Maurice Bartlett was born in Ditcheat, Somerset, on 24 Aug 1890 and baptised there on 10 Sep 1890 the son of George Phillips Bartlett and Augusta Eliza Bartlett (nee Morrish).   The family lived in various places in Somerset until by 1911 they had moved to Church Farm, Margaret Marsh, Shaftesbury, Dorset.   Maurice had served with the Dorset (Queen's Own) Yeomanry as a Private (Service No. 1560).  He later became part of the Corps of Hussars (Service No. 230801).  It is not known in which theatre of war he served but on his discharged on 22 Mar 1919 was awarded the Victory and British War Medals.  He had married Ellen Bird in the Mere, Wiltshire, Registry District in 1918.  The 1921 Census and the 1939 Register shows him living with his brothers, Alec and Edgar, at Homestalls Farm, Norton Ferris, Kilmington, Wiltshire, all involved in running the farm. Maurice had remained in Norton Ferris at the time of the 1939 Register working as a Dairy Farmer.   He died at Clink Farm, Clink, Somerset, on 29 Mar 1947.    His brothers, Edgar Bartlett and Alec Bartlett, also both served in the conflict.