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Samuel Moores was born in Bourton, Dorset, on 21 Oct 1878 and baptised there on 10 Nov 1878 the son of Frederick Moores and Sara Ann Moores (nee Baker). He lived most of his life in Bourton. On 18 Sep 1897 he had enlisted with the Dorsetshire Regiment as a Private (Service No. 5407) having previously served with the Volunteer Battalion. Nothing else is know about this earlier period of military service. He had married Elizabeth Sarah Ellen Parsons in Shaftesbury, Dorset, during 1907. According to the 1918 Absent Voters List he was then serving with the 807th Agricultural Company of the Labour Corps as a Private (Service No. 361703) giving has address as 6 Bimport, Shaftesbury. By the 1921 Census he was recorded at Yew Tree Cottage, Bourton, working as a Fitters Labourer. The 1939 Register gives his address as Sandway, Bourton, but he is now described as Incapacitated (Army). He died at Yeatmans Hospital, Sherborne, Dorset, during 1956 and was buried in Bourton on 6 Sep 1956.

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William Alonzo Clarke was born in Newbridge, Fermoy, Ireland, on 27 Nov 1896 the son of William Clarke and Mary Ann Clarke (nee Banks). It is not known where he lived his very early life but by the 1911 Census he was with his father who had moved to Sutton Waldron, Dorset, where he was employed as a Coachman. William (junior) had enlisted and joined the Royal Field Artillery as a Driver (later Saddler) (Service No 93804). He served in the Balkans from 14 Nov 1915 with the 54th Brigade. On his discharge he was awarded the Victory and British War Medals as well as the 1915 Star. He was also recorded on the Sutton Waldron Absent Voters List for 1918. The 1921 Census shows he was now living with his family at 3 Coventry Road, Bardsley, Birmingham, Warwickshire, working as a General Labourer. He married Gertrude Arthan in Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, during 1923. By the time of the 1939 Register he was living at 47 Farmer Road, Birmingham, described as an Aero Worker (Flap Door Fitter). His death was recorded in Bideford, Devon, during 1972.

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Reginald Walter Haskell was born in Donhead St. Andrew, Wiltshire, on 16 Nov 1897 the son of Walter Haskell and Kate (Katie) Haskell (nee Kiddle). He lived most of his civilian life in Donhead St. Andrew. He had enlisted with the Dorsetshire Regiment as a Private (Service Nos. 0104 and 16434). He had served abroad with both the 5th and 6th Battalions eventually being awarded the Military Medal per a London Gazette announcement on 23 Jul 1919. He was transferred to the 2nd Battalion of the Hampshire Regiment (Unchanged Service N0. 0104). He remained in the Army after the war and the 1921 Census shows him in Barracks near Trowbridge, Wiltshire. He married Ellen Temple in Londonderry, Ireland, in the 4th Quarter of 1921. He had also been awarded the Victory and British War Medals though these were returned as there was some trouble over his service in Nov 1922. The 1939 Register shows him living in Lower Street, Donhead St. Andrew, Wiltshire, working as a General Labourer. His death was recorded in Salisbury, Wiltshire, during 1963.

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William George Elliott was born in Moreton, Dorset, on 22 May, 1889 and baptised there on 21 Jul 1889 the son of Albert Elliott and Emily Elliott (nee Walters). His father died in 1894 and his mother re-married Eli Charles Pitman in Motcombe, Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 19 Apr 1897. William had, by the 1901 Census, moved to his grandmother's address at Woolhouse Farm, Gillingham, Dorset, and by 1911 he was boarding out in Yeovil, Somerset, where he worked. He had married Florence Maud Dodge in Motcombe on 29 May 1913. He had enlisted with the Essex Regiment as a Private (Service No. 19796) and had served with them in the Balkans from 21 Nov 1915. At sometime afterwards he had transferred to the King's Royal Rifle Corps (Service No. TR13/60714). On his eventual discharge he was awarded the Victory and British War Medals as well as the 1915 Star. His name had been mentioned as a serving soldier in the Motcombe Parish Magazine of May 1916. Meanwhile his wife had died in 1918. The 1921 Census shows him living with his mother and step-father at Shorts Green Farm, Motcombe, where he was noted as being out of work having previously had employment in Shoeburyness, Essex. He had re-married Alice M. Purchase in Yeovil, Somerset, during 1925 and by the 1939 Register was living at 165 Huish, Yeovil, Somerset, described as a Horticultural Nursery Manager. His death was recorded in Yeovil on 19 Mar 1970.

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Garnet Herbert Scammell was born in Todber, Stour Provost, Dorset, during 1896 the son of Frederick Scammell and Mary Elizabeth 'Polly' Scammell (nee Curtis). He lived all his early life in Todber. He had enlisted with the Dorset (Queen's Own) Yeomanry as a Private (Service No. 1163). He served in Egypt from 22 Apr 1915 during which time his Regiment was absorbed into the Corps of Hussars (Service No. 230471). He was eventually discharged on 23 Mar 1919 and awarded the Victory and British War Medals as well as the 1915 Star. His name was published as serving in the forces in the Motcombe, Shaftesbury, Dorset, Parish Magazine dated May 1916. The 1921 Census shows him living-in at the Red House, Bovington, Wool, Dorset, where he was working as an Assistant in the Refreshment Bar. He married Violet Evelyn Pike in Christchurch, Hampshire, during 1923. He died, aged only 35, in the Christchurch Infirmary on 16 Mar 1931. It is also noted that his wife died at the same time aged 30 years.