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Lionel Bernard Thorne

Surname: Thorne

Other names: Lionel Bernard

Locations in this story:
Woodcutts, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset
France & Flanders
Regina Trench Cemetery, Grandcourt, Somme, France
Sixpenny Handley, Dorset
Blandford, Dorset
Berwick St John, Dorset

Story:
Lionel Bernard Thorne was born in 1889 in Woodcutts, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, and baptised there on 1st August, 1889. He was the son of Tom Thorne, a Labourer, and Eliza Thorne (nee Kiddle). His father died and was buried at Berwick St. John on 7th May 1907. At the time of the 1911 Census he was single and working as a Farm Labourer living at Woodcutts. He enlisted in Blandford, Dorset, on 11th August, 1914 as a Private and joined the 6th Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 9910). He served in the Middle East until August 1916 when he was posted to France & Flanders. He was awarded the Victory, British War and 1915 Star medals. He received a number of wounds whilst fighting in France but had eventually been reported missing presumed killed on 26th September 1916. A further report stated that he had been buried in the field. His remains were obviously recovered after the Armistice and re-buried at Regina Trench Cemetery, Grandcourt, Somme, France, along with bodies from other battlefield burial sites (grave id. IX.J.4). He is remembered on the Sixpenny Handley War Memorial.

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Jack Fitzroy Waters

Surname: Waters

Other names: Jack Fitzroy

Locations in this story:
Charlton All Saints, Alderbury, Wilts
Egypt
Alexandria (Chatby) Military Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt
Woodyates Manor Farm, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset
Sixpenny Handley
Gallipoli
Agagia, Egypt
Malta

Story:
Jack Fitzroy Waters was born in 1890 in Charlton All Saints, Alderbury, Wiltshire, and baptised at Charlton All Saints on 30th May 1890. He was the son of Charles James Salway Waters, a Farmer, and Elizabeth Good Waters (nee Miles). Jack's mother died and was buried at Sixpenny Handley on 26th December, 1908. At the time of the 1911 Census he was single and living at Woodyates Manor Farm, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset. His occupation was recorded as "Farmer's Son". He enlisted at Okeford Fitzpaine and joined the 1/1st Battalion of the Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own) attached to the Household Cavalry of the Line (Service No. 459) and at the time of his death held the rank of Lance Sergeant. He served in Gallipoli, where he was wounded, and then on to Egypt after three months treatment in Malta. He was awarded the Victory, British War and 1915 Star medals. He was killed in action at the Battle of Agagia, Egypt, on 25th Feb 1916 and was buried at Alexandria (Chatby) Military Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt (grave id. G.31). He is remembered on the Sixpenny Handley War Memorial and on the De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour. Jack's brother, George William Waters, also served but survived the conflict.

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Fred Herbert Weeks

1st August 2017/in 1914-1918 Wiltshire Regiment /by Ann Symons

Surname: Weeks

Other names: Fred Herbert

Locations in this story:
Wimborne, Dorset
France & Flanders
Bethencourt Communal Cemetery, Nord, France
Petermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
Sixpenny Handley, Dorset

Story:
Fred Herbert Weeks was born in 1884 in Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, and was baptised there on 29th June, 1884. He was the son of John Weeks, a Farm Labourer, and Charlotte Weeks (nee Brewer). At the time of the 1911 Census he was single and was a career soldier serving with the Regimental Transport, (Corps unknown), stationed in Petermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa. His home address was Sixpenny Handley, Dorset. In the war he served in France & Flanders as a Private in the 1st Battalion of the Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire) Regiment (Service No. 6817). He was awarded the Victory, British War and 1914 Star medals (Clasp). The records state he died of wounds on 27th Aug 1914 and is remembered on a Special Memorial within Bethencourt Communal Cemetery, Nord, France (grave id. Special Memorial 3). The WGC states " There are now over eighty 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these a small number are unidentified and nine graves which cannot now be traced are represented by Special Memorials". This presumes that Fred was buried there but the whereabouts of actual grave unknown. He is remembered on the Sixpenny Handley War Memorial. His father died in 1919. His brother, Sidney Albert Weeks, also served but survived the conflict.

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Ernest White

1st August 2017/in 1914-1918 Wiltshire Regiment /by Ann Symons

Surname: White

Other names: Ernest

Locations in this story:
Farm End Cottage, Lower Odcombe, Stoke under Ham, Montacute, Somerset
France & Flanders
Soissons Memorial, l'Aisne, Picardie, France
Ham House, Childe Okeford, Dorset
Sixpenny Handley, Dorset
Childe Okeford, Dorset
Kinson Avenue, Poole, Dorset

Story:
Ernest White was born in 1892 in Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, and baptised there on 12th January, 1893. He was the son of Frederick James White, a Builder/Bricklayer, and Annie White (nee Kerley). At the time of the 1911 Census he was working as a Farm Labourer and boarding with a family at Farm End Cottage, Lower Odcombe, Stoke under Ham, Montacute, Somerset. His family were living at Sixpenny Handley, Dorset. He enlisted at Childe Okeford, Dorset as a Private in the 2nd Battalion of the Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire) Regiment (Service No. 8517). He served in France & Flanders and was awarded the Victory, British War and 1914 Star medals (Clasp). On 22nd December, 1916, he had married Winifred Mary Goddard at Childe Okeford, Dorset and they had one child, a boy. Ernest was missing in action and presumed dead on 1st Jun 1918. By this time his wife was living at Ham House, Childe Okeford, Dorset. His name appears on the Soissons Memorial, l'Aisne, Picardie, France and on the Sixpenny Handley War Memorial in Dorset. His wife remarried Fred White (her widowed brother-in-law) in 1945. Fred White (Ernest's brother) had also served and survived and had also been awarded the Meritorious Service Medal.

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William George Barter

1st August 2017/in 1914-1918 Royal Air Force, Royal Garrison Artillery /by Ann Symons

Surname: Barter

Other names: William George

Locations in this story:
Shaftesbury
Fulham Military Hospital, London, W.8.
St. Bartholomew's Church, Sutton Waldron, Dorset
Throop Farm, Christchurch, Hampshire
France & Flanders
Iwerne Minster, Dorset
Hampstead, London
Fort Brockhurst, Gosport, Hampshire

Story:
William George Barter was born in 1895 in the registration district of Shaftesbury. He was the son of Frederick Sidney Barter, an agricultural labourer, and Elizabeth Jane Barter (née Sims). At the time of the 1911 Census he was single, working as a grocer and living at Throop Farm, near Christchurch, Hampshire. He enlisted at Fort Brockhurst, Gosport, Hampshire, and joined the Royal Garrison Artillery (Service No. 66659) and served with the Expeditionary Force in France. Moving from Battery to Battery he was eventually promoted to Bombardier and finished up with the 39th Brigade. On 29th September 1918 he returned to the UK for officer training with the Royal Air Force during which time he held a temporary commission. Shortly after his posting to RAF Flying School he contracted Cerebo Spinal Fever and was admitted to Fulham Military Hospital, Dunstans Road, London, W.8. where he died on 16th October 1918. He was buried in the churchyard to the north of St. Bartholomew's Church, Sutton Waldron, Dorset. He was awarded the Victory and British War medals. He is remembered on the Sutton Waldron section of the War Memorial at Iwerne Minster (the inscription gives Hampstead as his place of death.)

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Raymond William Brown

1st August 2017/in 1914-1918 Dorsetshire Regiment /by Ann Symons

Surname: Brown

Other names: Raymond William

Locations in this story:
Shaftesbury
France & Flanders
Thiepval Memorial, France
Sutton Waldron, Dorset
Iwerne Minster, Dorset
Sturminster Newton, Dorset

Story:
Raymond William Brown was born in 1898 at Sutton Waldron, Dorset, and baptised there on 12th June 1898. He was the son of William Brown, an agricultural labourer, and Love Brown (née Foot). At the time of the 1911 Census he was single, a scholar and living at Sutton Waldron, Dorset. He enlisted at Sturminster Newton, Dorset, as a Private with the 5th Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 14922). He served in France & Flanders and was awarded the Victory, British War and 1915 Star medals. He died on 26th September 1916 and his name appears on the Thiepval Memorial in France (Pier and Face 7 B). He is remembered on the Sutton Waldron section of the War Memorial at Iwerne Minster.

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Percy Charles Domoney

1st August 2017/in 1914-1918 Somerset Light Infantry /by Ann Symons

Surname: Domoney

Other names: Percy Charles

Locations in this story:
Shaftesbury
France & Flanders
Arras Memorial, France
Sutton Waldron, Dorset
Iwerne Minster, Dorset
Crewkerne, Somerset

Story:
Percy Charles Domoney was born in 1893 in the registration district of Shaftesbury. He was the son of Josiah Domoney, a shepherd, and Elizabeth Domoney (née Foot). At the time of the 1911 Census he was single, working as a farm labourer and living at Sutton Waldron, Dorset. He enlisted at Crewkerne, Somerset as a Private in the 8th Battalion of Prince Albert's (Somerset) Light Infantry (Service No. 20736). He served in France & Flanders and was awarded the Victory and British War medals. He died on 11th April 1917 and his name appears on the Arras Memorial in France (Bay 4). He is remembered on the Sutton Waldron section of the War Memorial at Iwerne Minster.

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Harry Frank Tuffin

1st August 2017/in 1914-1918 Dorsetshire Regiment /by Ann Symons

Surname: Tuffin

Other names: Harry Frank

Locations in this story:
Shaftesbury
France & Flanders
Thiepval Memorial, France
Sutton Waldron, Dorset
Iwerne Minster, Dorset
Dorchester

Story:
Harry Frank Tuffin was born in 1895 in Sutton Waldron and baptised there on 30th June, 1895. He was the son of Alfred Tuffin, a farm labourer, and Laura Luena Tuffin (née Pope). At the time of the 1911 Census he was single, working as a farm labourer and living at Sutton Waldron, Dorset. He enlisted in Dorchester as a Private with the 1st Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 9554). He was promoted to Lance Corporal on 1st October, 1914. He was posted to join the 3rd Battalion and again later to serve with the 5th Battalion. He was demoted to Private on 10th July, 1916 for no known reason. He served in France & Flanders and was awarded the Victory, British War and 1914 Star medals. He died on 26th September 1918 and his name appears on the Thiepval Memorial in France (Pier and Face 7 B). He is remembered on the Sutton Waldron section of the War Memorial at Iwerne Minster. Harry's brother George (b.1893) also served with the Dorsetshire Regiment during the First World War and was severely wounded.

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George Tuffin

Charles James Trowbridge

1st August 2017/in 1914-1918 Inns of Court Officers Training Corps /by Ann Symons

Surname: Trowbridge

Other names: Charles James

Locations in this story:
Shaftesbury Grammar School, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Poole (Broadstone) Cemetery
Vale Farm, Sutton Waldron, Dorset
Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire
Iwerne Minster, Dorset
Broadstone, Dorset
London

Story:
Charles James "Jim" Trowbridge was born in 1898 in Sutton Waldron and baptised there on 10th December, 1898 . He was the son of Charles Trowbridge, a farmer, and Caroline Sarah Trowbridge (née Barnes). He attended Shaftesbury Grammar School from May 1910 to December 1914 and at the time of the 1911 Census he was living at Vale Farm, Sutton Waldron, Dorset. After leaving school he worked on his father's farm.

In February 1918, when living in Broadstone, Dorset, he enlisted in London as a Cadet in the Inns of Court Officers Training Corps (Service No. 12608). Shortly after joining the Corps at their Field Training School at Kitcheners Field, Berkhamsted, he caught measles, followed by broncho-pneumonia, which proved fatal. He died at Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire on 26th March 1918 and was buried at Poole (Broadstone) Cemetery (grave id. B.55). He is remembered on the Sutton Waldron section of the War Memorial at Iwerne Minster and on the Shaftesbury Grammar School memorial in the Shaftesbury School hall. Their is also a Memorial to all Inns of Court Corps members who died at the top of New Road, Berkhamsted. There are no individual names on this memorial.

He was also included on a hand written list of Shaftesbury Grammar School old boys serving during the war. An asterix can be seen next to Jim's name, indicating that he had died. The board is now at Gold Hill Museum.

Printed Sources:
Shaftesbury Grammar School Magazine, June 1918

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James Padfield

1st August 2017/in 1914-1918 Gloucestershire Regiment /by Ann Symons

Surname: Padfield

Other names: James

Locations in this story:
Margaret Marsh, Shaftesbury, Dorset
St. Margaret's Church, Margaret Marsh
Bushy Gate, Margaret Marsh, Shaftesbury, Dorset
France & Flanders

Story:
James Padfield was born in Margaret Marsh, Dorset in 1893. He was the son of Charles Padfield, a farm labourer, and Sarah Maria Padfield (née Mussell). At the time of the 1911 Census he was single, was working as a farm labourer and living at Bushy Gate, Margaret Marsh, Shaftesbury, Dorset. Their father died on 11th January, 1913.

James enlisted as a Private in the 8th Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment (Service No. 22661) and arrived in France on 23rd March 1915. He later served in the 10th and 7th Battalions with a Service No.22361. He was discharged to the Reserves on 14th March, 1919 and awarded the Victory, British War and 1915 Star medals. He died at home on 6th April 1919 and was buried in the main area in front of St. Margaret's Church, Margaret Marsh. He was accorded a War Grave headstone in remembrance of his service.

James' brothers Albert and Levi also served during the First World War.

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Albert Padfield
Levi Padfield