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Wilfred John Genge was born in East Knoyle, Wiltshire, in 1894 and baptised at the Parish Church, Tisbury, Wiltshire, on 18 Mar 1894 the son of Phillip Chitty Genge and Elizabeth Genge (nee Wallis).  He spent his early life in and around West Tisbury, Wiltshire, attending at Shaftesbury Grammar School, Shaftesbury, Dorset, which he left in 1910.  His father had died in 1901 and his mother in 1908. By 1911 he had moved to West Drayton, Middlesex, where he was a Student in Telegraphy.  He had enlisted with the Army Service Corps as a Private (Service No. M1/4987).  He was at one time attached to the 8th Division of the Australian Group in France and Flanders from 9 Nov 1914 and also held the temporary rank of Lance Corporal.  On his discharge he was awarded the Victory and British War Medals as well as the 1914/15 Star.  He had emigrated to Australia on board the SS Euripides on 21 Jun 1922 and by 1925 was living at Maryborough, Wide Bay, Queensland, working at Meacham's Stores.  On 20 May 1933 he married Winifred Alice Meacham and continued to live at Maryborough until 1972 when his address was given as 28 Hutchins Street, Currajong, Herbert, Queensland.  There is no information as to the date of his death.

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Joseph William New was born in Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 2 Jul 1887 and baptised at Holy Trinity Church on 16 Sep 1887 the son of Joseph New and Ellen Seymour New (nee Bolt).   His father died in 1898. He lived his early life at premises in the High Street, Shaftesbury, and attended at Shaftesbury Grammar School for some of his education eventually leaving in 1903.  By 1911 he was living in Lewisham, London, working as a Bank Clerk.  He enlisted with the 1/28th (County of London) Battalion (The Artist's Rifles) becoming a Lance Corporal in time. (Service No. 1205).  He served in France and Flanders from 27 Oct 1914 where he was later transferred to the 12th Regiment of the Middlesex Regiment and appointed a Lieutenant (rising in due course to Captain and attached to the Royal Air Force as part of the 8th Battalion).  On his discharge he was awarded the Victory and British War Medals as well as the 1914/15 Star.  By the time of the 1921 Census he was visiting and staying at 12 Spencer Gardens, Mortlake, Surrey, where he was described as a Bank Official with the National Provincial & Union Bank.

He appears on a list of Old Boys living in London or suburbs in the February 1922 edition of the Shaftesbury Grammar School magazine. He sailed to the USA and there married Elizabeth Eleanor Sondern on 27 Jan 1927 in Manhattan, New York, USA.  He returned to the UK by the time of the 1939 Register and was living at 'Fairway' Wellington Avenue, Egham, Surrey, now described as a Bank Manager.  At some point he had been awarded the Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.).  He moved to East House, Woodlands Road, East Virginia Water, Surrey, where he died on 8 Jul 1946.

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(Rev) William Tapper was born in Compton Abbas, Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 25 Dec 1883 the son of Henry John Tapper (a Farmer) and Kate Tapper (nee Rose).  He spent his early life in Compton Abbas and received some of his education at Shaftesbury Grammar School, Shaftesbury, Dorset.  In 1910 he entered the Wesleyan Methodist Ministry and attended at the Wesleyan College, Handsworth, Stafforshire, as a Theological Student.  On his appointment he became a Padre in the Chaplains Department of the Army.  There are no other details of his Military Service.  The 1921 Census shows him as a Minister of the Wesleyan Chapel in Bootle, Lancashire, and living there at 48 Oxford Road. His marriage to Emma May Hinds was registered at the Croydon, Surrey, Registry in 1927.  By the time of the 1939 Register he was living at 264 Duffield Road, Belper, Derbyshire, described as a Methodist Minister.  He died in Bournemouth, Hampshire, on 3 Feb 1968.

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Arthur Douglas Reginald Bacchus was born in Ramsgate, Kent, on 7 Jan 1887 and baptised in Melcombe Regis, Dorset, on 10 Apr 1887 the son of Charles Edmund Bacchus and Annie Charlotte Bacchus (nee Wadsworth).  He lived some of his early life in Ramsgate until by 1901 the family had moved to 'Rothays', Milford, Salisbury, Wiltshire.  His mother had died in 1912. Arthur had received some of his education at Shaftesbury Grammar School, Shaftesbury, Dorset.  He married Pauline Giles in Exeter, Devonshire, on 8 Oct 1913 and they went on to have two children. He had possibly been a Territorial member of the Household Brigade prior to WW1 (Service No. 1529) but was embodied on 26 Nov 1915 as a Trooper in the Guards Machine Gun Regiment (Service No. 2282).  He served in France & Flanders but was taken prisoner at Arras, France, on 3 May 1917 and spent time in a POW Camp in Germany.  It is presumed he had received wounds at the time of his capture as it later transpired he had received an injury to his face and right foot.  He had also contacted tuberculosis and was discharged on due to his physical condition on 3 Jan 1919 and awarded the Victory and British War Medals as well as the Silver War Badge No. B208056.    Regrettably he died at 29 Abbotsford Road, Redlands, Bristol, on 17 May 1924 (where he had been registered in the 1921 Census described as a Bank Clerk with the National Provincial & Union Bank) and was brought to Wimborne Minster, Dorset, for burial on 21 May 1924. The report of his funeral in the Wimborne press made much of the fact that he died as a result of his war wounds albeit seven years after the cause.

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Harry Bertram Davis Weare was born in Gillingham, Dorset, on 10 Mar 1898 the son of Harry Weare (a Baker and Confectioner) and Edith Louisa Weare (nee Davis).  He lived most of his early life in Newbury Street, Gillingham.  He received some of his education at Shaftesbury Grammar School, Shaftesbury, Dorset.  He enlisted on 27 Feb 1917 and joined the Royal Flying Corps (later the Royal Air Force from 1st Apr 1918) as a Baker (Service No. 63098).  He served  with both the 244th and 117th Squadrons and was in France and Flanders between 14 Nov 1917 and 17 Apr 1918.  On his discharge on 7 May 1919 he was awarded the Victory and British War Medals.  He married Olive Wathen Dingle in Exeter, Devon, on 4 May 1931.  Regrettably Olive died in 1932 around the time of their daughter's birth.  By the time of the 1939 Register Harry was living at 64 Fore Street, Brixham, Devon, working as a Bread and Cake Baker as well as being a Volunteer Special Constable.  He married for a second time to Mollie M. Mcmanus in Totnes, Devon in 1952.  He died in Newton Abbot, Devon, on 29 Oct 1962.