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William George Barter

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

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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

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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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Levi Padfield

Lionel Henry Liptrap Carver

1st August 2017/in 1914-1918 Irish Guards, Moulmein Volunteer Rifles /by Ann Symons

Surname: Carver

Other names: Lionel Henry Liptrap

Locations in this story:
Melbury Abbas, Shaftesbury, Dorset
France & Flanders
Ayette British Cemetery, Ayette, Nord Pas de Calais, France
St. Thomas's Church, Melbury Abbas
Moulmein, Burma
St. John's Foundation School, Leatherhead, Surrey
Jesus College, Cambridge
St. Margaret's Parish Church, Ockley, Surrey

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Lionel Henry Liptrap Carver was born in Melbury Abbas, Dorset, on 16th October, 1883 and baptised there at St. Thomas's Church on 25th November, 1883. He was the son of Rev. Henry Jonathan Carver, the Rector of Melbury Abbas, and Blanche Emma Carver (nee Liptrap). By the 1901 Census, Lionel had become a pupil at St. John's Foundation School, Leatherhead, Surrey, and from there to Jesus College, Cambridge, where he achieved Classical Honours. In 1906 Lionel joined the Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation and he left for the East in September 1907. On 29th July 1915 he joined the Moulmein Volunteer Rifles in Burma with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. Meanwhile his father died and was interred in St' Thomas's Cemetery on 19th May, 1915. In March 1917 Lionel returned to England and eventually continued his commission with the 1st Battalion of the Irish Guards. He served in France & Flanders and was awarded the Victory and British War medals. He was killed in action at Arras on 26th May 1918 and was buried at Ayette British War Cemetery, Ayette, Nord Pas de Calais, France (grave id. B. 4). He is remembered on the Melbury Abbas War Memorial and inside St. Thomas's Church, as well as The Jesus College, Cambridge Roll of Honour, the Irish Guards Roll of Honour and on the WW1 Tablet in St. Margaret's Parish Church, Ockley, Surrey, which is near his old school. Their also a glowing tribute to him in the De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour.

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Albert Charles Conway

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

Surname: Conway

Other names: Albert Charles

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

Story:
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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Harry Edward Conway

Albert Edwin Hardiman

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

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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