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Herbert Alfred Steele was born in Tollard Royal, Wiltshire, on 29 Mar 1896 and baptised at nearby Farnham, Dorset, on 3 May 1897 the son of Samuel Charles Steele and Fanny Steele (nee Bennett).  He lived his early life in Tollard Royal until by 1911 the family had moved to Lower Almer, Spettisbury, Dorset.  Herbert had enlisted with the Dorsetshire Regiment as a Private (Service No. 15785).  He had obviously served somewhere overseas as he had suffered a gun shot wound to the right eye and had been transferred to the Labour Corps (Service No. 345542).  On his discharge he had been granted a 50% pension for life as well as being awarded the Victory and British War Medals.  His marriage to Elsie May Corben was registered in Wareham, Dorset, during 1926.  By the time of the 1939 Register he was living at 357 High Street, Swanage, Dorset, working as a Quarryman.   His wife died in 1974 and he went on to re-marry Olive Bower during 1979 in the Poole, Dorset, Registry area.  His death was recorded in Poole during 1988.  His brothers, Douglas Harry Steele and Edward James Steele, both served and survived the conflict.

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Louis Frank Parsons was born in Farnham, Dorset, on 2 Feb 1891 the son of Edward Parsons and Elizabeth Parsons (nee Cross).  He lived his early life in Farnham and the nearby village of Tollard Royal, Wiltshire.  He had enlisted with the Royal Navy on 2 Apr 1909 as a Stoker Class 3 (Service No. K.2026).  He served in very many ships and places during his service rising to the rank of Stoker Petty Officer.   Following the end of hostilities he was awarded the Victory and British War Medals as well as the 1914/15 Star.  He remained in the service until 2 Apr 1931 having meantime married Rose Goodhill in Middlesborough, Yorkshire, during 1920.  By the time of the 1939 Register he was living at 15 Avonfield Road, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, working as a Postman.  He was embodied back in to the Royal Navy on 17 Mar 1941 and finally released on 5 Aug 1945.  His death was recorded in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, on 14 Apr 1973.

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Edwin John Hunt was born in Compton Abbas, Shaftesbury, Dorset in 1886 the son of William Thomas Hunt, a Carpenter, and Margaret Jane Hunt (nee Hibbs).  He lived his early life in The Street, Tollard Royal, Wiltshire.   He married Mary Ellen Harvey at St Clement's Church, Branksome, Poole, Dorset on 6 Apr 1912.   He had enlisted with the Royal Defence Corps (having previously served with the Dorset Regiment Territorials)  but was almost immediately transferred to the 4th Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment albeit attached to the 262nd Protection Company (Service No. 8766).  He did not serve abroad but had suffered a serious illness during his time though this did not stop him joining the 3rd Battalion (New Service No. 29064) and later the Royal Engineers on 22 Aug 1917 (Service No. WR341653) as an Acting Sergeant in the Supply Company.  He was discharged eventually on 23 May 1919.  No medal records can be found but he would have qualified for the Victory and British War Medals.  He died at the age of 40 years whilst living at 34 Sea View Road, Upper Parkstone, Poole, Dorset, on 28 May 1926 and was buried at St. Clement's Church, Branksome, on 31 May 1926.  Of his brothers, Frederick Frank Hunt had enlisted in 1914 but been discharged early due to illness, William Thomas Hunt had served for a period but been discharged due to being wounded in action in 1917 and Reuben Henry (aka Harry) Hunt served and survived until he was 90 years of age.

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Benjamin Hawkins was born in Pimperne, Dorset, on 15 Jun 1898 and baptised there on 7 Aug 1898 the son of George Hawkins and Bessie Ann Hawkins (nee Miles).  He lived his early life in Pimperne and Newtown, Farnham, Dorset, where his father was licensee of the local inn.  He had enlisted with the Royal Flying Corps on 3 Apr 1917 (the Royal Air Force from 1 Apr 1918) as an Airman Class 3 (later Private Class 1) (Service No. 69669).  He served in France and Flanders as both a Motor Cyclist as well as a Batman.  He was finally discharged on 15 Aug 1918 and awarded the Victory and British War Medals.  He married Emily Herring at the Parish Church, St. Marylebone, London, on 7 Jan 1923.  By the time of the 1939 Register he was living at 34 Winterbourne Road, Poole, Dorset, working as a Bus Driver.  His death was recorded in Blandford, Dorset, on 3 Apr 1949.

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William Arthur Attwooll was born in Tollard Royal, Wiltshire, on 14 May 1898 the son of Arthur Attwooll, a Grocer, and Elizabeth Attwooll (nee Bennett).  He lived his early life in Tollard Royal until about 1907 when he moved with his family to 47 Ridley Road, Winton, Bournemouth, Hampshire.  He enlisted on 5 Sep 1916 and joined the Army Veterinary Corps as a Private (Service No. SE 21224).  He served in the UK only and was regrettably discharged on 9 Apr 1917 being physically unfit for further service.  He was awarded the Silver War Badge No. 181961.  No other medal records have been found.   His marriage to Annie Mabel Rayment was recorded at the Blandford, Dorset, Registry, during 1926.  By the time of the 1939 Register he was living at 7 Canford Avenue, Bournemouth, Hampshire, working as a ' Concreter' at the Holton Cordite Factory.  He was also in the Auxilary Artillery Service as a Gunner (Service No. 1460292) at the 77th Battery, Holton, Heath, Dorset.   By the time of his death on 7 Jan 1981 he was living at 'Inca', Glebe Road, Lytchett Maltravers, Dorset, where he was buried locally on 13 Jan 1961.