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Percy Edwin Cook was born in Gayton, Norfolk, on 10 Oct 1894 the son of Harry Cook and Annie Cook.  He lived his early life in various locations in Norfolk.  His father died in 1901. By 1911 he had moved to Iwerne Minster, Dorset, working as a Footman at Iwerne Minster House.  He enlisted on 7 Sep 1914 and joined the Norfolk Regiment as a Private (Service No. 14927).  He served in France and Flanders with the 9th Battalion and received gunshot wounds on 8 Aug 1916 and again more serious wounds on 24 Mar 1917 when he was repatriated to the UK and admitted to the Bevan Military Hospital, Sandgate, Kent, until his recovery and return to duty.  It was announced in the London Gazette on 11 May 1917 that he had been awarded the Military Medal.  He was gradually promoted to the rank of Sergeant when he was posted to East Africa and seconded to the Kings African Rifles.  He was discharged on 7 Jun 1919 and left Iwerne Minster to live at 51 Station Road, Cromer, Norfolk, with his widowed mother. He had also been awarded the Victory and British War Medals as well as the 1914/1915 Star.  He died in hospital in Notting Hill, London, on 7 Oct 1927 and was buried in Mortlake Cemetery, London.  He had remained single throughout his short life.

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Bertie Alfred Burrows was born in Sherborne, Dorset, on 22 Aug 1886 and baptised there over a year later on 23 Nov 1887 the son of Charles Burrows and Ellen Rose Burrows (nee Loader).   By 1911 he was boarding at Church Street, Iwerne Minster, Dorset.   He married Agnes Gertrude Roberts in Ilminster, Somerset, on 6 Apr 1915.  The Absent Voters List of 1918 shows him registered in Iwerne Minster and serving with the 2nd/1st Battalion of the Sussex Yeomanry as a Private (Service No. 46213).  No other military records have been found.   The 1921 Census shows him living in Watery Lane, Iwerne Minster, Dorset, working as an Estate Plumber and Hot Water Fitter. By the time of the 1939 Register he had moved to hurch Hill, Iwerne Minster, Dorset, still working as a Plumber and Hot Water Fitter.   His death was recorded at the Sturminster, Dorset, Registry on 30 Jan 1968 and he was later buried at St. Mary's Church, Iwerne Minster.

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Albert Lock was born in Upton, Somerset, on 12 Jun 1885 the son of James Lock and Alma Lock (nee Stark).  He lived his early life in Upton and later Dulverton, Somerset.  He married Mabel Frances Louisa Hanford in Iwerne Minster, Dorset, on 29 Aug 1909 and by 1911 had set up home at Shute Lane, Iwerne Minster.  He had enlisted and joined the Army Service Corps as a Private (Service No. TS/9938) and later transferred to the Machine Gun Corps (Service No. 191849).   It is not known in which theatre of war he served but was discharged on 1 Jan 1920 and awarded the British War Medal only.  By the time of the 1939 Register his wife was living at Drayton, South Petherton, Somerset, but Albert was a patient in the Dorset Mental Hospital, Dorchester, Dorset.  His death was recorded at the Yeovil, Somerset, Registry in 1970.

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George Taylor was born in Ashmore, Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 23 Feb 1898 and baptised there on 3 Apr 1898 the son of Harry Taylor and Louisa Taylor (nee Prince).  He lived all his life in the Ashmore area apart from Military Service.   He enlisted in the Royal Garrison Artillery as a Gunner (Service No. 162667).  It is not known in which theatre of war he served but he was with the 81st Siege Battery and on his discharge he was awarded the Victory and British War Medals.   The 1921 Census shows him living with his parents in Church Lane, Ashmore, assisting his father on the farm. He married Phyllis Mary Louise Larcombe at Tollard Royal, Wiltshire, on 27 May 1935.  By the time of the 1939 Register he was living in Halfpenny Lane, Ashmore, working as a Farmer.  He died in Ashmore in 1978 and was buried at St. Nicholas Church, Ashmore, on 2 Jul 1978. George's brother Harry (b.1900) also served in the war, with the Dorsetshire Regiment and the Bedfordshire Regiment.

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Mark Edward Hopkins was born in Freeland, Witney, Oxfordshire, in 1876 the son of Mark Thomas Hopkins and Susan Hopkins (nee Woodward).  His mother had died in 1903. He lived much of his early life in Northleigh, Oxfordshire, until, by 1911, he was employed as a Domestic Odd Man living in at Iwerne House, Iwerne Minster, Dorset.   He enlisted on 2 Dec 1915 and joined the Dorsetshire Regiment as a Private (Service No. 3822).  He served in Egypt, India and Palestine until he was transferred to the 804th Agricultural Employment Company of the Labour Corps (Service No. 542228).  He was discharged on 17 Jul 1919 and awarded the Victory and British War Medals.  During his service he had suffered from dysentry and was awarded a gratuity instead of a pension.  He had registered Iwerne House as his residence in the Absent Voters Lists of 1918 and 1919.  He married Ann Nancy Lord on 26 Oct 1920 at Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.   The 1921 Census shows him visiting his widowed father at South Leigh, Witney, Oxfordshire, being described as a Manservant. Shortly after the 1921 Census he sailed from Glasgow, Scotland, for Australia on 16 Jul 1921.  He died in North Ryde, Ryde City, New South Wales, Australia, on 30 Mar 1933.