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Maurice Jesse

Surname: Jesse

Other names: Maurice

Locations in this story:
France & Flanders
Arras Memorial, France
Sixpenny Handley, Dorset

Story:
Maurice Jesse was born in 1898 in Sixpenny Handley, Dorset and baptised there on 25th September, 1898. He was the son of Arthur Jesse, a Coal Merchant, and Edith Jesse (née Foote). At the time of the 1911 Census he was single, a Scholar and living at Sixpenny Handley, Dorset. He enlisted in Salisbury as a Private in the 2nd Battalion of the Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire) Regiment (Service No. 22255). He served in France & Flanders and was awarded the Victory and British War medals. He went missing and was presumed killed in action on 9th April 1917. His name appears on the Arras Memorial in France (Bay 7) and on the Sixpenny Handley War Memorial.

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Thomas Edwin Jarrett Latta

Surname: Latta

Other names: Thomas Edwin Jarrett

Locations in this story:
Minchington, Farham, Dorset
France & Flanders
Etaples Military Cemetery, Etaples, Pas de Calais, France
Sixpenny Handley, Dorset
Dean, Woodcutts, Dorset
Gussage-All-Saints, Dorset

Story:
Thomas Edwin Jarrett Latta was born in 1883 in Dean, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, and baptised at Gussage-All-Saints, Dorset, on 25th November, 1883. He was the son of George Jarrett Latta, a Carpenter, and Mary Ann Latta (née Brewer). At the time of the 1911 Census, he was working as a Farm Labourer and living at Minchington, Farnham, Dorset. He married Annie Laura Avery on 5th October 1912 at Sixpenny Handley, Dorset. He enlisted in Blandford in the 5th Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 10522) and at the time of his death held the rank of Lance Corporal. He served in France & Flanders and was awarded the Victory, British War and 1915 Star medals. He died of wounds on 7th October 1916 and was buried at Etaples Military Cemetery, Etaples, Pas de Calais, France (grave id. XVI.E.10A). He is remembered on the Sixpenny Handley War Memorial. At the time of his death his wife was living at 91 Dean Woodcutts, Dorset.

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Douglas George Wetherington Lucas

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

Surname: Lucas

Other names: Douglas George Wetherington

Locations in this story:
Sixpenny Handley, Dorset
Canada
St. Mary's Churchyard, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset
Newtown, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset
Ingersoll, Ontario
East Ingersoll, Ontario
No. 22 General Hospital, Camiers, France
Bellahouston Red Cross Hospital, Glasgow.
France & Flanders

Story:
Douglas George Wetherington Lucas was born on 18th June 1884, in Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, and was baptised there on 31st August 1884. He was the son of Andrew Lucas, a Woodman, and Mary Lucas (née Dimmer). By the time of the 1911 Census he was single, working as a Labourer and living at Newtown, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset. His father died in early 1912 and shortly after, on 22nd April 1913, Douglas sailed for Canada on the SS Ultonia. He enlisted in Ingersoll, Ontario on 10th January 1915 as a Private in the 2nd Battalion of the Canadian Infantry (Service No. 675118). He had given his adress at the time as East Ingersoll, Ontario where he had been working as a labourer. He served in France & Flanders and was awarded the Victory and British War medals. He was wounded near Camiers, France and admitted to the No. 22 General Hospital, Camiers on 3rd May 1917. He was repatriated to the BellaHouston Red Cross Hospital, Glasgow on 3rd June 1917 but died as a result of a perforated Ileum caused by gunshot wounds on 4th Jun 1917 and was buried in the north west part of St. Mary's Churchyard, Sixpenny Handley on 7th June. He is remembered on the Sixpenny Handley War Memorial. His mother died in 1920.

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Henry William Lucas

1st August 2017/in 1914-1918 Devonshire Regiment, Labour Corps, Royal Berkshire Regiment /by Ann Symons

Surname: Lucas

Other names: Henry William

Locations in this story:
Andover, Hampsire
France & Flanders
St. Mary's Churchyard, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset
Sixpenny Handley, Dorset
Bagthorpe Military Hospital, Nottingham
No.1 Australian General Hospital, Rouen, France

Story:
Henry William Lucas was born in 1887 in Sixpenny Handley and baptised there on 18th February 1887. He was the son of William Lucas, a Road Contractor, and Matilda Ellen Lucas (née Long). At the time of the 1911 Census he was single, working as a Road Labourer and living at Sixpenny Handley, Dorset.

He enlisted in Andover, Hampshire, as a Private in the Devonshire Regiment (Service No.17448). He later transferred to the 194th Company of the Labour Corps with a change of Service No. to 116170. His medal record also shows that he possibly served with the Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire) Regiment (Service No. 29052). He served in France & Flanders.

Henry was wounded in action and initially admitted to the No.1 Australian General Hospital, Rouen, France. He was after transferred to the Bagthorpe Military Hospital, Nottingham, where he died on 15th November 1917. He was buried in the north west part of St. Mary's Churchyard, Sixpenny Handley, on 19th November 1917. He is remembered on the Sixpenny Handley War Memorial.

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Maurice Henry Green

21st June 2017/in 1914-1918 Royal Navy /by Ann Symons

Surname: Green

Other names: Maurice Henry

Locations in this story:
Shaftesbury
Haslar Naval Hospital, Gosport, Hampshire
Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery, Gosport, Hampshire
Church Hill, Iwerne Minster, Dorset
Training Establishment, HMS Victory, Portsmouth

Story:
Maurice Henry Green was born on 2nd October, 1897 in Iwerne Minster and baptised there on 3rd June 1900. He was the son of Harry Green, a domestic gardener, and Sarah Green (née Horlock). At the time of the 1911 Census he was single, a scholar and living at Church Hill, Iwerne Minster, Dorset. He enlisted in the Royal Navy on 16th November 1916 (Service No. K/37726), joining the Training Establishment, HMS Victory, Portsmouth and later serving on HMS Diadem. At the time of his death he held the rank of Stoker 2nd Class. He died from measles and bronchial pneumonia on 16th January 1917 in the Haslar Royal Naval Hospital, Gosport, Hampshire and was buried at the Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery (grave id. E.27.4). He was awarded the British War medal only, due to his short service, and is remembered on the Iwerne Minster War Memorial, Shaftesbury.

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Asker Edgar Hubbard

21st June 2017/in 1914-1918 Royal Field Artillery /by Ann Symons

Surname: Hubbard

Other names: Asker Edgar

Locations in this story:
Houghton, Docking, Norfolk
Landour General Cemetery, Bengal, India
Iwerne Minster, Dorset
Mesopotamia
Station Hospital, Landour, India
Weymouth, Dorset
Madras 1914-1918 War Memorial, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Story:
Asker Edgar Hubbard was born in 1896 in Houghton, Docking, Norfolk. He was the son of Thomas Henry Hubbard, a gamekeeper, and Georgina Hubbard (née Coaston). His siblings included Sidney Samuel, born in 1891. At the time of the 1911 Census Asker was single, working as a gamekeeper and living at Iwerne Minster, Shaftesbury, Dorset. He enlisted in Weymouth, Dorset, as a Gunner in the Royal Field Artillery (Service No. 860454) and was in 1086 Battery, 215th Brigade. He served in Mesopotamia and was awarded the Victory and British War medals. He died of pneumonia on 20th July 1918 at Station Hospital, Landour and was buried at Landour General Cemetery, Bengal in India (grave id. Plot 8. Grave 6). He is remembered on the Iwerne Minster War Memorial, Shaftesbury and on the Madras 1914-1918 War Memorial, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Printed Source:
Iwerne Minster Before, During, and After the Great War. Edited by P. Anderson Graham.

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Samuel Sidney Hubbard

Samuel Sidney Hubbard

21st June 2017/in 1914-1918 Royal Army Service Corps /by Ann Symons

Surname: Hubbard

Other names: Samuel Sidney

Locations in this story:
Houghton, Docking, Norfolk
France & Flanders
Le Quesnoy Communal Cemetery Extension, France
Iwerne Minster, Dorset

Story:
Samuel Sidney Hubbard (normally referred to as Sidney for all purposes) was born in 1891 in Houghton, Docking, Norfolk. He was the son of Thomas Hubbard, a gamekeeper, and Georgina Hubbard (née Coaston). His siblings included Asker Edgar Hubbard, born in 1896 who was also killed in the war. His family moved from Norfolk and, at the time of the 1911 Census, Sidney was single and living at Iwerne Minster, Shaftesbury, Dorset. He enlisted in the Royal Army Service Corps (Service No. M2/032367) and served with the 42nd Motor Transport Company. At the time of his death he held the rank of Corporal. He served in France & Flanders and was awarded the Victory, British War and 1915 Star medals. He died of pneumonia on 20th November 1918 and was buried at Le Quesnoy Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France (grave id. I.C.12). He is remembered on the Iwerne Minster War Memorial as "Sergeant Samuel Sidney Hubbard", although all official records show the rank of Corporal.

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Asker Edgar Hubbard

Minnie Munro

21st June 2017/in 1914-1918 Voluntary Aid Detachment /by Ann Symons

Surname: Munro

Other names: Minnie

Locations in this story:
Exbury, Hampshire
1st Southern General Hospital, Selly Oak, Birmingham
Iwerne Minster, Dorset

Story:
Minnie Munro was, according to 1911 Census information, born in 1884 in Exbury, Hampshire. (It has been difficult to confirm this as no record of her birth can be found.) At the time of the 1911 Census, she was single and working as a domestic maid for James Hainsworth Ismay, (Lord Ismay), owner of the Iwerne Minster estate. She enlisted with the Red Cross as a nurse in the VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment) on 6th January 1916, her age then being given as 31 years. The official Red Cross record shows that she started working at the 1st Southern General Hospital, Selly Oak, Birmingham. However, her memorial inscription states that she commenced duties there in September 1915 which does not accord with the Red Cross records. She died at the hospital on 30th July 1917 from septic poisoning after contracting Pulmonary TB. She is remembered on the Iwerne Minster War Memorial, Shaftesbury.

Source: Photograph of Minnie Munro from the Imperial War Museum's First World War Portraits (Women's War Work) Classified Collection. Catalogue Number WWC Z-15.

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Alfred William Neish

21st June 2017/in 1914-1918 Wiltshire Regiment /by Ann Symons

Surname: Neish

Other names: Alfred William

Locations in this story:
West Kirby, Wirral, Cheshire
Gallipoli, Turkey
Helles Memorial, Turkey
The Gardens, Iwerne Minster, Dorset
Chanuk Bair, Turkey
Reading, Berkshire.
London

Story:
Alfred William Neish was born in 1894 in West Kirby, Wirral, Cheshire and baptised there on 22nd April 1894. He was the son of William Neish, who became a gardener on the Iwerne Minster estate, and Jane Neish (née Hinder). Among his siblings was Annie, born in 1886. At the time of the 1911 Census Alfred was single, working as a gardener and living at The Gardens, Iwerne Minster, Dorset. He enlisted in London as a Private in the 5th Battalion of the Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire) Regiment (Service No. 9764). He served at Gallipoli and was awarded the Victory, British War and 1915 Star medals. He died at Chanuk Bair on 10th August 1915 and his name appears on the Helles Memorial in Turkey (Panel 156 to 158). He is remembered on the Iwerne Minster War Memorial, Shaftesbury and also on the grave of his sister, Annie, in Reading, Berkshire, who died as a result of her work with the VADs.

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Annie Neish

21st June 2017/in 1914-1918 Voluntary Aid Detachment /by Ann Symons

Surname: Neish

Other names: Annie

Locations in this story:
Feock, Nr. Truro, Cornwall
No. 1 Reading War Hospital
London Road Cemetery (Old Cemetery), Reading, Berkshire
The Gardens, Iwerne Minster, Dorset
Gallipoli, Turkey

Story:
Annie Neish was born in 1886 in Feock, Nr. Truro, Cornwall. She was the daughter of William Neish, who became a gardener on the Iwerne Minster estate, and Jane Neish (née Hinder). Among her siblings was Alfred William, born in 1894. At the time of the 1911 Census Annie was single, a domestic nurse, living at The Gardens, Iwerne Minster, Dorset.

On 18th January 1916 she became a Red Cross Nurse with the VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment) and served in No. 1 Reading War Hospital, Berkshire. She died there of sepsis on 18th October 1918 after nursing a soldier who had septic pneumonia. She was buried at London Road Cemetery (Old Cemetery), Reading (grave id. 80. 16489) on 23rd October, 1918. She is remembered on the Iwerne Minster War Memorial, Shaftesbury. Her gravestone in Reading includes memorials to her mother, Jane (died 1932) and her brother, Alfred William (died in Gallipoli, Turkey, 1915).

Printed Source:
Iwerne Minster Before, During, and After the Great War. Edited by P. Anderson Graham.

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