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Albert Charles Conway

Surname: Conway

Other names: Albert Charles

Locations in this story:
Melbury Abbas, Dorset
Mesopotamia
Basra War Cemetery, Basra, Iraq
Farnham, Dorset
India/Ceylon

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Albert Charles Conway was born in 1889 in Farnham, Dorset, and baptised at Farnham Church on 5th May, 1889. He was the son of Frederick Charles Conway, a labourer, and Annie Conway (née Whitlock). At the time of the 1911 Census he was single, a Regular Soldier with the 2nd Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 7833) and stationed in India/Ceylon. His parents at the time moved to 29, Melbury Abbas, Dorset. During the war he served in Mesopotamia and was awarded the Victory, British War and 1915 Star medals. He died on 14th April 1915 and was buried at Basra War Cemetery, Basra, Iraq (grave id. III.C.10). He is remembered on the Melbury Abbas War Memorial.

Albert's brothers William Frederick (b.1890) and Harry Edward (b.1892) also served in the war, but survived the conflict.

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William Frederick Conway
Harry Edward Conway

Albert Edwin Hardiman

Surname: Hardiman

Other names: Albert Edwin

Locations in this story:
Shaftesbury
France & Flanders
Chapelle British Cemetery, Holnon, Aisne, France
Lower Blandford Road, Melbury Abbas, Dorset
Melbury Abbas, Dorset
Cann Methodist Chapel, Cann, Shaftesbury

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Albert Edwin Hardiman was born on 6th September 1897 in Melbury Abbas, Shaftesbury, Dorset and was baptised at Cann Methodist Chapel on 17th October 1897. He was the son of John Hardiman, a coal merchant, and Kezia Hardiman (née Sharp). At the time of the 1911 Census he was single, a Scholar and living at Lower Blandford Road, Melbury Abbas, Dorset. He enlisted in Shaftesbury as a Private and joined the 1st Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 18964). He served in France & Flanders and was awarded the Victory and British War medals. He died on 6th April 1917 and was buried in the Chapelle War Cemetery in the village of Holnon, just west of St. Quentin in France. Sadly his grave was destroyed in a later action and he is now commemorated separately in the cemetery, with three others whose original graves were also destroyed. His memorial stone reads:
18961 Private Albert Edwin Hardiman. Dorsetshire Regiment. 6th April 1917 A.D.

Albert is also remembered on the Melbury Abbas War Memorial.

Source: Photographs of the Chapelle War Cemetery by Dave Hardiman.

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William Mark Henstridge

1st August 2017/in 1914-1918 Machine Gun Corps /by Ann Symons

Surname: Henstridge

Other names: William Mark

Locations in this story:
Shaftesbury
France & Flanders
Thiepval Memorial, France
Melbury Abbas, Dorset

Story:
William Mark Henstridge was born in Melbury Abbas, Dorset in 1896 and baptised at Melbury Abbas Church on 9th August, 1896. He was the son of William George Henstridge, a farm labourer, and Emily Eliza Henstridge (née Lane). At the time of the 1911 Census he was single, a scholar and living at 7 Melbury Abbas, Dorset. He enlisted in Shaftesbury as a Private in the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 12701) but later transferred to the Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) (new Service No. 73046). He served in France & Flanders and was awarded the Victory, British War and 1915 Star medals. He died on 2nd April 1917 and his name appears on the Thiepval Memorial in France (Pier and Panel 5 C and 12 C). He is remembered on the Melbury Abbas War Memorial.

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Maurice Henry Burden

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

Surname: Burden

Other names: Maurice Henry

Locations in this story:
Sherborne Causeway, Motcombe, Dorset
France & Flanders
Verchain British Cemetery, Verchain-Maugre, Nord, France
Hartgrove, East Orchard, Dorset
Newtown, East Orchard, Shaftesbury, Dorset
St. Thomas's Church, East Orchard, Dorset
Sturminster Newton, Dorset

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Maurice Henry Burden was born in 1895 on Sherborne Causeway, Motcombe, Dorset. (NB The GRO Index shows his name as Morris but the spelling 'Maurice' was used thereafter for all purposes.) He was the son of Bessie Kate Burden, single and a General Domestic Servant, working at Fernbrook Farm. Bessie married Frederick Stokes in 1897. The family lived at Hartgrove, East Orchard, Dorset. At the time of the 1911 Census Maurice was single, working as a Farm Labourer and living at Newtown, East Orchard, Shaftesbury, Dorset. He enlisted in Sturminster Newton, Dorset, as a Private and joined the 1st Battalion of Prince Albert's (Somerset) Light Infantry (Service No. 50781). He served in France & Flanders and was awarded the Victory and British War medals. He died on 21st Oct 1918 and was buried at Verchain British War Cemetery, Verchain-Maugre, Nord, France (grave id. A.22). He is remembered on the memorial window in St. Thomas's Church, East Orchard.

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Reginald Claude Eldon Webb

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

Surname: Webb

Other names: Reginald Claude Eldon

Locations in this story:
East Orchard, Shaftesbury, Dorset
France & Flanders
Loos Memorial, (Dud Corner Cemetery, Loos-en-Gohelle, Pas de Calais, France
Farnham, Blandford, Dorset
School House, East Orchard, Shaftesbury, Dorset
St. Thomas's Church, East Orchard, Dorset
Weymouth, Dorset

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Reginald Claude Eldon Webb was born in 1898 in East Orchard, Dorset. He was the son of George Webb, a schoolmaster, and Edith Tryphena Webb (née Jones). (NB As Edith Jones she had married James Harding who died in 1895. She remarried under the name Harding in 1896.) Known as 'Claude' in the family, they lived at Farnham, Blandford, Dorset. At the time of the 1911 Census he was single, a scholar and living at School House, East Orchard, Shaftesbury, Dorset. He enlisted in Weymouth, Dorset, as a Private in the 1st Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 15564). He served in France & Flanders and was awarded the Victory and British War medals. At the time of his death on 3rd Sep 1916 he had been attached to the Wiltshire Regiment when he was presumed killed in action. His name appears on the Loos Memorial (Dud Corner Cemetery), Loos-en-Gohelle, Pas de Calais, France (grave id. Panel 76). He is remembered on the memorial window in St. Thomas's Church, East Orchard.

Claude's half brothers Alfred John (b.1895) and Charles Frederick Ratcliffe (b.1890) also served in the war.

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Alfred John Webb
Charles Frederic Webb

Fred Card

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

Surname: Card

Other names: Fred

Locations in this story:
France & Flanders
Authuile Military Cemetery, Authuile, Somme, France
Sixpenny Handley, Dorset
Blandford, Dorset

Story:
Fred Card was born in 1881 in Sixpenny Handley, Dorset and baptised there on 29th May, 1881. He was the son of Frank Henry Card, a bricklayer, and Maria Jane Card (nee Dibben) . In 1911 he married Mabel Flora Melinda Score on 30th January, 1911 at St. Edmund's, Salisbury. There were had three children of the marriage, all boys. At the time of the 1911 Census, he was working as a bricklayer and living at Sixpenny Handley, Dorset. He enlisted in Blandford, Dorset, on 25th August, 1914, as a Private in the 1st Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 3/7907). He served in France & Flanders and was awarded the Victory, British War and 1915 Star medals. He died of wounds in the field on 20th June 1916 and was buried at Authuile Military Cemetery, Authuile, Somme, France (grave id. D.28). His mother died in 1918 and his widow, Mabel, died on 20th October 1923 aged 38 years. He is remembered on the Sixpenny Handley War Memorial.

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Hector Card

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

Surname: Card

Other names: Hector

Locations in this story:
Wimborne, Dorset
Sixpenny Handley, Dorset
Abbotsbury Road Cemetery, Weymouth, Dorset
Sidney Hall Military Hospital, Weymouth

Story:
Hector Card was born in 1891 in Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, and baptised there on 18th October, 1891. He was the son of Harry Card, a farm labourer, and Ellen Card (nee Bailey). At the time of the 1911 Census he was single, working as a bricklayer's labourer and living at Sixpenny Handley, Dorset. He enlisted in Wimborne, Dorset, on 2nd February, 1915, as a Private in the 3rd Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 12892) and served in the United Kingdom. He died of pneumonia on 21st February, 1915, at the Sidney Hall Military Hospital, Weymouth, 19 days after enlisting and was buried at Abbotsbury Road Cemetery, Weymouth on the 25th February, 1915. (grave id. B. "Gen" 446). His length of service precluded the award of any medals. He is remembered on the Sixpenny Handley War Memorial.

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Joseph Arthur Chaldecott

1st August 2017/in 1914-1918 Dorset Yeomanry /by Ann Symons

Surname: Chaldecott

Other names: Joseph Arthur

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

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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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William Thomas Chaldecott

1st August 2017/in 1914-1918 King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, Royal Defence Corps /by Ann Symons

Surname: Chaldecott

Other names: William Thomas

Locations in this story:
East Orchard, Dorset
Sixpenny Handley, Dorset
Hollybrook Memorial, Shirley, Southampton
Irish Sea
Gillingham, Dorset

Story:
William Thomas Chaldecott was born in 1891 in East Orchard, Dorset. He was the son of Arthur Edmund Chaldecott, a Journeyman Baker, and Selina Hannah Chaldecott (nee Parham). His siblings included Joseph Arthur Chaldecott born in 1894, who also died in the war. At the time of the 1911 Census he was single, working as a Dairyman and living at Sixpenny Handley, Dorset. He enlisted in Gillingham, Dorset, as a Private in the 1st Battalion of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (Service No. 23223) and on 1st December 1917 transferred to the Royal Defence Corps (New Service No. 72314). He was awarded the Victory, British War and 1915 Star medals. He died at sea on 10th October 1918 when the Royal Mail Steamer Leinster was torpedoed in the Irish Sea by a German submarine. His name is listed on the Hollybrook Memorial, Shirley, Southampton with those of other military personnel who were on the Leinster when it went down. He is also remembered on the Sixpenny Handley War Memorial. His father died in 1918.

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John Hall

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

Surname: Hall

Other names: John

Locations in this story:
France & Flanders
St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France
Dean End, Woodcutts, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset
Salonika
Spetisbury, Dorset
Wimborne, Dorset
6th General Hospital, Rouen, France

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John Hall was born in 1884 in Spetisbury, Dorset, and baptised there on 11th May, 1884. He was the son of Daniel Hall, a Farm Carter, and Mary Hall (née Dennis). On 7th October, 1905 he married Emily Harris at Sixpenny Handley. They had two children, both boys. John's mother died in 1907 and his father in 1910. At the time of the 1911 Census, John was working as a Farm Labourer and living at Dean End, Woodcutts, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset with his wife and two children. He enlisted in Wimborne, Dorset, on 2nd February, 1915 and joined the 1st Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 12893) and at the time of his death held the rank of Lance Corporal. He served in Salonika as well as France & Flanders and was awarded the Victory, British War and 1915 Star medals. On 21st April 1918 he died at the 6th General Hospital, Rouen, France, from the effects of gunshot wounds and of an earlier episode of gassing. He was buried at St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France (grave id. P.VII.A.6A). He is remembered on the Sixpenny Handley War Memorial.

John's widow Emily did not remarry and was living with her sons in Handley at the time of the 1939 Register.

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