1914-1918 Archives - Page 106 of 162 - Shaftesbury Remembers the Great War

Alfred John Toogood

Surname: Toogood

Other names: Alfred John

Locations in this story:
Gutch Common, Semley, Wiltshire
Reading, Berkshire
Caversham, Reading, Berkshire

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Alfred John Toogood was born on 16th May 1884 in Semley, Wiltshire, and baptised there on 13th July 1884, the son of George Levi Toogood and Mary Toogood (née Haines). He lived all his early life at Gutch Common, Semley, Wiltshire. He enlisted on 7th April 1916 and joined the Devonshire Regiment (Service No. 21463) as a Private. On 30th March 1917 he transferred to the Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire) Regiment, Agricultural Company, (Service No. 34284) and again on the 30th June 1917 to the 442nd Agricultural Company of the Labour Corps (Service No. 263189). He was transferred yet again to the Motor Transport Section of the Royal Army Service Corps on 1st December 1918 (Service No. M/410835). Throughout this period he served solely in the UK. He was discharged on 17th February 1919. There are no evident medal records though he qualified for at least the British War Medal. By the 1921 Census he was back living with his parents in Gutch Common, Semley, where he assisted his father on the farm. He married Harriet Sarah Kate Trowbridge in Semley in 1929 and they went on to have one child. By the 1939 Register he was living at 16 Valentine Crescent, Reading, Berkshire, working as a Road Labourer. He died in Reading on 19th December 1964 and was buried in the Henley Road Cemetery, Caversham, Reading, on 23 Dec 1964.

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Jack Parsons

16th February 2020/in 1914-1918 Labour Corps, Wiltshire Regiment /by Chris Stupples

Surname: Parsons

Other names: Jack

Locations in this story:
Semley, Wiltshire
Wardour, Semley, Wiltshire
Duck Street, Tisbury, Wiltshire
Mere, Wiltshire
France & Flanders

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Jack Parsons was born on 21st August 1896 in Semley, Wiltshire, and baptised on 20th September 1896, the son of Fred Parsons and Emma Maria Parsons (née Gray). He lived his early life in the Semley and Wardour, Wiltshire, area. He enlisted on 15th February 1916 as a Private with the Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire) Regiment (Service No. 23671). He served with both the 3rd and 1st Battalions in France & Flanders from 25 Jun 1916. At a medical examination on 29th July 1917 he was found to have defective vision and was transferred to the 447th Agricultural Company of the Labour Corps (Service No. 496005) on 9 Aug 1917. He was discharged on 26th April 1919 and awarded the Victory and British War medals. He married Elizabeth Laura Parham at the Zion Hill Church, Tisbury, Wiltshire, during in Jan 1921 and they went on to have two children. By the 1939 Register he was living at 125 Duck Street, Tisbury, Wiltshire, and was working as a Roadman for the Wiltshire County Council. He had moved to 9 Doctor's Place, Tisbury, by the time of his death on 19th Oct 1959 which was registered at the Mere, Wiltshire, Registry.

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Frederick John Marchant

16th February 2020/in 1914-1918 Cameron Highlanders, Dorsetshire Regiment, Royal Army Medical Corps, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, Wiltshire Regiment, Worcestershire Regiment /by Chris Stupples

Surname: Marchant

Other names: Frederick John

Locations in this story:
St. Leonard's Church, Semley, Wiltshire
Wimborne, Dorset
Cranbourne, Dorset
Poole, Dorset
Egypt
The Glebe, Semley

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Frederick John Marchant was born in Semley, Wiltshire, on 3rd November 1881 and baptised at St. Leonard's Church on 6th January 1882, the son of Henry Thomas Marchant and Elizabeth Marchant (née Burt). His early life was spent with his family at the The Glebe, Semley, Wiltshire. He married Edith King on 9th April 1913 in Holt, Wimborne, Dorset and they went on to have one child.

Frederick enlisted on 27th June 1916 as a Private with the 1st Garrison Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 18657) and attached to the Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire) Regiment on 28 Jun 1916. He reverted back to the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 27863) on 22 Aug 1916 and on 29 Jan 1917 he was transferred to the 1st Garrison Battalion of the Cameron Highlanders as a Lance Corporal. His moves continued with one to the 1st (Reserve Battalion) of the Worcestershire Regiment on 27 Jul 1917 (Service No. 48995) then to the Royal Warwickshire Regiment (Service No. 37618) on 17 Oct 1917 at which time he was posted to Egypt. He was assessed with poor eye sight and finally transferred, on 12th March 1918, to the 36th Battery Hospital of the Royal Army Medical Corps (Service No. 145481). He was discharged on 4th March 1919 and awarded the Victory and British War medals. The 1921 Census shows him living at The Shop, Witchampton, Wimborne, Dorset, working as a Draper and Grocer and by the 1939 Register at The Stores, Cranbourne, Dorset, now described as a Master Grocer as well as being an ARP Warden. He died in the Jan/Mar Quarter of 1961 in the Poole, Dorset, Registration District.

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William Stephen Maidment

16th February 2020/in 1914-1918 Royal Garrison Artillery /by Chris Stupples

Surname: Maidment

Other names: William Stephen

Locations in this story:
The Green, Semley, Wiltshire
Hasting, Sussex
Chesswood Road, Worthing, Sussex
Shoreham-on-Sea, Sussex

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William Stephen Maidment was born in Semley, Wiltshire, on 20th May 1886, the son of Stephen Maidment and Prudence Maidment (née Miles). He lived his early life with the family at The Green, Semley, Wiltshire. He enlisted on 24th June 1916 but was not mobilized until 24th February 1917 when he joined the Records Section of the Royal Garrison Artillery (Service No. 144518) firstly with the 46th Company and later with the No. 1 Depot (Clerks Section). His entire service was in the UK being promoted to Lance Bombadier. He married Beatrice Bessie Hills at St. Mary in the Castle, Hastings, Sussex, on 23rd June 1917. There were three children of the marriage. William was discharged from the Army on 18th February 1919. There are no medal records in this case. The 1921 Census shows him living at 87 New Road, Shoreham-on-Sea, Sussex, described as a Commercial Traveller in Baker and Confectioner Sundries. By the 1939 Register he had moved to 1 Chesswood Road, Worthing, Sussex, now described as a Wholesale Grocer and Baker's Sundries. He died in Worthing in 1971.

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Arthur Haime Bugden

16th February 2020/in 1914-1918 Royal Horse Artillery, Wiltshire Regiment /by Chris Stupples

Surname: Bugden

Other names: Arthur Haime

Locations in this story:
Hook Lane, Semley, Wiltshire
Herriard, Basingstoke, Hampshire
Winchester, Hampshire
France & Flanders
St. Leonard's Church, Semley, Wiltshire

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Arthur Haime Bugden was born in Semley, Wiltshire on 3rd Aug 1887 and baptised at St. Leonard's Church on 6th August 1887, the son of Francis Henry Haime Bugden and Eliza Bugden (née Fisher). He spent his early life at Hook Lane, Semley, Wiltshire. He enlisted with the Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire) Regiment on 19th February 1909 as a Territorial (Service No. 855) and was discharged on 18th February 1913. He re-enlisted on 27th May 1917 but was not mobilized until 14th March 1918 as a Private (later Gunner) with the 6th Reserve Brigade of the Royal Horse & Field Artillery (Service No. 253850). He served in France & Flanders from 29 May 1918. He was transferred to the Labour Corps on 1 Jan 1919 (Service No. 448585) and was eventually discharged on 21st June 1919. He was awarded the Victory and British War medals. The 1921 Census shows him living at Manor Farm Cottage, Herriard< Basingstoke, Hampshire, employed in General Farm Work. He married Dorothy Alice Hurst in the Basingstoke District in 1923. There are no records of children of the marriage. By the 1939 Register Arthur had moved to Hinton, Winchester, Hampshire, and was working as a tractor driver. He died in 1963 in the Winchester area.

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Frederick James Read

16th February 2020/in 1914-1918 Dorsetshire Regiment, Labour Corps, Worcestershire Regiment /by Chris Stupples

Surname: Read

Other names: Frederick James

Locations in this story:
East Knoyle, Wiltshire
France & Flanders
Shaftesbury, Dorset
Blandford, Dorset
Meharicourt, France
India

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Frederick James Read was born on 16th January 1871 in East Knoyle, Wiltshire, the son of William Read and Selina Read (née Fletcher). He lived in and around East Knoyle for all of his early life including 2 Church Hill. He had enlisted as a Private with the 3rd Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment on 21st January 1892 (Service No. 3379). He served in India from 13 Sep 1893 until 15 Dec 1905 until discharged on 5th January 1906. He re-enlisted on 27th April 1915 with the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 14337) as a Private and was immediately attached to the Royal Engineers 14th Labour Battalion. He was transferred on 14th December 1916 to the 11th Garrison Battalion of the Worcestershire Regiment (Service No. 38395) and served with them in France & Flanders from 9 Feb 1917. During this period he received bomb wounds at Meharicourt, France. Following his recovery he was attached to the Devonshire Regiment (Labour Company) and then to the Somerset Light Infantry (Service No. 52622). On the 21st November 1917 he returned to the UK and transferred to the Labour Corps (166th Labour Company) followed by the 651 Agricultural Company of the Labour Corps (Service No. 99317). He was discharged on 1st March 1919 and awarded the Victory and British War medals. The 1921 Census shows him living with his brother at The Green, East Knoyle, Wiltshire, described as a General Labourer (out of work). He married Minnie Ayres in Shaftesbury, Dorset, in 1924 but she regrettably died in 1927. There appear to be no children of the marriage. By the 1939 Register Frederick was living at 17d Gold Hill, Shaftesbury, Dorset, working as a casual labourer. He died in 1952 in the Blandford, Dorset, Registration District and was buried at the Town Cemetery, Shaftesbury, on 29 Feb 1952. (NB. He was registered at birth as Frederick but all later records give his name as Frederick James (the second name could have been added at baptism but no record can be found)).

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William Alfred Street

16th February 2020/in 1914-1918 Royal Army Service Corps /by Chris Stupples

Surname: Street

Other names: William Alfred

Locations in this story:
East Knoyle, Wiltshire
Hampreston, Dorset
Salonika, Greece
Egypt
Salisbury, Wiltshire
Copythorne, Hampshire
Minstead, Hampshire

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William Alfred Street was born on 6th May 1876 at East Knoyle, Wiltshire, the son of Alfred Street and Julia Street (née Love). He lived much of his early life in and around East Knoyle. He married Annie Beale on 7th August 1899 at Hampreston, Dorset. There is no evidence of children. He had previous military experience by being with the 1st Volunteer Battalion of the Hampshire Regiment as a Reservist. He re-enlisted on 12th January 1915 with the Royal Army Service Corps (Service No. RTS/5209) and served in Salonika from 24 Feb 1915 and Egypt from 5 Jul 1917, being promoted in due course to Corporal Farrier. He was discharged on 18th April 1919 and was awarded the Victory and British War medals as well as the 1915 Star. The 1921 Census shows him living at Sylvia Cottage, Cadnam, Minstead, Hampshire, working as a Road Labourer for the New Forest Rural District Council but by the 1939 Register he had moved to Heatherlea, Copythorne, Hampshire, described as a Blacksmith. He died in 1960 in the Salisbury, Wiltshire, Registration District.

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Ernest James Mallett

16th February 2020/in 1914-1918 Royal Army Service Corps /by Chris Stupples

Surname: Mallett

Other names: Ernest James

Locations in this story:
Milton, East Knoyle, Wiltshire
France & Flanders
Semley, Wiltshire
Warminster, Wiltshire

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Ernest James Mallett was born on 20th November 1890 in East Knoyle, Wiltshire, and baptised there on 1st March 1891, the son of William Mallett and Emma Selina Mallett (née Draisey). He lived his early life at Park Cottage, Milton, East Knoyle. He enlisted on 27th October 1915 and joined the Army Service Corps as a Private (Wheeler) (Service No. M2/137310). He served in France & Flanders from 27th Mar 1916 with the 20th Division Supply Company (Motor Transport) and, whilst there received bayonet wounds on 22nd June 1916 from which he eventually recovered. He was discharged on 8th September 1919 and awarded the Victory and British War medals. The 1921 Census shows him living at The Railway Hotel, Semley, Wiltshire, where his brother was the licensee and where he worked for the hotel as a Motor Assistant. By the 1939 Register he was still single and living at 33 The Street, East Knoyle, Wiltshire, described as a carpenter and undertaker. He died on the 12 Nov 1974 in the Warminster, Wiltshire, Registration District. Ernest's sister Winifred (b.1897) also served in the war, as a VAD nurse with the British Red Cross at the Tisbury Auxiliary Hospital. His brother, Percival John (Jack) Mallett, served in the Royal Navy and also survived.

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Winifred Mallett

Harold James Stone

16th February 2020/in 1914-1918 Royal Dublin Fusiliers, Wiltshire Regiment /by Chris Stupples

Surname: Stone

Other names: Harold James

Locations in this story:
Charlton, Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire
Tilshead, Devizes, Wiltshire
Salonika, Greece
France & Flanders
South Newton, Wiltshire
Egypt
Salisbury, Wiltshire

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Harold James Stone was born in Charlton, Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire, in 1890 and baptised there on 13th August 1890, the son of James Stone and Ellen Stone (née Merryweather). He lived in Charlton until his family moved to Tilshead, Devizes, Wiltshire, just before 1911. He had previously enlisted with the Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire) Regiment as a Territorial on 22 Jul 1909 but had bought himself out of the service on 12 Oct 1910. He re-enlisted on 5th September 1914 and was posted to the Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire) Regiment (Service No. 12181). Almost immediately on 18 Sep 1914 he was transferred to the Royal Dublin Fusiliers (Service No. 7/14949) and served mainly in Salonika and France & Flanders, eventually becoming an Acting Lance Corporal. Whilst serving he had contracted malaria for which he was treated in Egypt. He was discharged on 20th February 1919 and was awarded the Victory and British War medals as well as the 1914/15 Star. He married Sarah Elizabeth Cruse on 31 Jul 1920 in Tilshead, Wiltshire, and they had one child. The 1921 Census shows him boarding with his parents at Stotford Hill, South Newton, Wiltshire, working as a Ploughman. Regrettably he died during 1934 (registered at the Salisbury, Wiltshire, Registry) and was buried at St. Andrews Church, South Newton, Wiltshire.

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Herbert Darrell King

16th February 2020/in 1914-1918 Royal Garrison Artillery /by Chris Stupples

Surname: King

Other names: Herbert Darrell

Locations in this story:
Alvediston, Wiltshire
Salonika, Greece
France & Flanders
Southampton, Hampshire

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Herbert Darrell King was born on 23rd December 1896 at Alvediston, Wiltshire, the son of Mark King and Kate King (née Stanley). He lived most life, apart from Military Service, in Alvediston. He enlisted as a Gunner with the Royal Garrison Artillery (Service No. 44773) on 8th September 1914 and served with various units in Salonika from 19 Mar 1915 and France & Flanders from 15 Apr 1916. Whilst in France he suffered gas poisoning and later a severe gunshot wound which led to him being discharged as unfit for further duty on 29th March 1918. He was awarded the Victory and British War medals as well as the 1915 Star. He was also issued with the Silver War Badge No. 372725. In time he was also granted a Pension. The 1921 Census shows him back living in Elcombe Lane, Alvediston, living with his parents and working as an Agricultural Labourer and the 1939 Register indicates he was at the same address now described as a Farm Tractor Driver. He remained single throughout his life and died in the Southampton, Hampshire, Registration District in 1948.

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