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Arthur Raymond Rawlence was born in Milford, Salisbury, Wiltshire, on 13 Apr 1889 the son of Ernest and Gertrude Rawlence.  BY 1911 he had  moved to Till Hayes Cottage, Iwerne Minster, Dorset, from a previous address in London Road, Sherborne, Dorset, continuing his profession as a Surveyor.  He enlisted on 15 Aug 1914 and joined the 3rd Hussars as a Private (Service No. 3991) and later transferred to the Military Mounted Police as a Lance Corporal on 6 Nov 1915 (Service No. P5272).  He had transferred again to the Royal Army Service Corps on being promoted to 2nd Lieutenant.   He had served in France and Flanders from 17 Jan 1915 and it was announced in the London Gazette on 27 Dec 1917 that he had been Mentioned in Despatches and had been promoted to Major with the 11th Army Auxiliary Horse Company of the RASC.   He was recorded as living still in Iwerne Minster in the Absent Voters Lists for 1918 and 1919.  On his discharge he was awarded the Victory and British War Medals as well as the 1915 Star.   The 1921 Census shows him visiting at Kingscote, Dorchester, Dorset, where he is described as a Land Agent for Rawlence and Squarey, of Salisbury. By the time of the 1939 Register he was living at 4 The Sanctuary, Westminster, London, still employed as a Surveyor.  The only marriage found was on 15 Jul 1955 when he married Constance Dorothy Lenox-Conyngham (nee Kean) in London.  He died on 13 Jun 1974 and was buried at Sherborne, Dorset, on 18 Jun 1974.

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Charles Douglas Ward was born about 1864 at Alderley Edge, Cheshire.  Little is know about his parents or early life.  By 1911 he was living and working at Iwerne House, Iwerne Minster, Dorset, as a Domestic Valet.   He had enlisted with the Labour Corps becoming a Lance Corporal (Service No. 574728).  He served with the A. E. Garrison Company.  It is not known if he served overseas or if he was awarded any medals.  He had given Iwerne House as his address in the Absent Voters List for 1918 and 1919.  He died in the Wirral, Cheshire, in 1938.

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Frederick James Winsor was born in Tarrant Hinton, Dorset, on 29 May 1895 and baptised there on 21 Jul 1895 the son of George Winsor and Louisa Lucy Winsor (nee Horne).  He lived his early life in Tarrant Hinton but by 1911 the family had moved to Tarrant Monkton, Dorset, from where he enlisted on 26 Jun 1916 and joined the Royal Navy (Service No. K34783).  He served in various ships of the line becoming a Stoker 1st Class.  He was discharged on 21 Dec 1918 and awarded the Victory and British War Medals.  He had registered his address in the Absent Voters List 1918 as The Drove, Iwerne Minster, Dorset at which address he was registered in the 1921 Census and where he worked as a Farm Labourer.   He married Agnes Laura Elizabeth Bell at Iwerne Minster, Dorset, on 2 Oct 1924.  By the time of the 1939 Register he was living at Lower Stone Farm Cottage, Mudford Road, Yeovil, Somerset, working as a Pig Herdsman.   He died in Yeovil on 8 Dec 1975.   His brother, Thomas Walter Winsor, also served in the conflict.

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Edgar Bartlett was born in Sandford Orcas, Dorset, in 1887 and baptised there on 18 Sep 1887 the son of George Phillips Bartlett and Augusta Eliza Bartlett (Morrish).  He spent most of his early life in various places in Somerset until by 1911 the family had moved to Church Farm, Margaret Marsh, Shaftesbury, Dorset.   Edgar had enlisted with the Dorset (Queen's Own) Yeomanry as a Private (Service No. 1582).  His unit was later integrated with the Corps of Hussars (Service No. 230818).  It is not known in which theatre of war he served but on his discharge on 10 Apr 1919 he was awarded the Victory and British War Medals.  The 1921 Census shows him living with his brothers, Maurice and Alec, at Homestalls Farm, Norton Ferris, Kilmington, Wiltshire, where they were all involved in running the farm. His death was recorded at the Mere, Wiltshire, Registry in 1926.   His brothers, Maurice Bartlett and Alec Bartlett, also served in the conflict.