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William Alfred Street

Surname: Street
Other names: William Alfred
Other people in this story:
Alfred Street
Julia Street née Love
Annie Street née Beale
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

Surname: Mallett
Other names: Ernest James
Other people in this story:
William Mallett
Emma Selina Mallett née Draisey
Winifred Forward née Mallett
Percival John (Jack) Mallett
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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Harold James Stone

Surname: Stone
Other names: Harold James
Other people in this story:
James Stone
Ellen Stone née Merryweather
Sarah Elizabeth Stone nee Cruse
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

Surname: King
Other names: Herbert Darrell
Other people in this story:
Mark King
Kate King née Stanley
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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Thomas Rose

Surname: Rose
Other names: Thomas
Other people in this story:
John Rose
Teresa Emma Rose née Clemas
Locations in this story:
West Orchard, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Upton Scudamore, Wiltshire
France & Flanders
Cambrin Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Warbleton, East Sussex

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Thomas Rose was born in 1888 in West Orchard, Shaftesbury, Dorset, the son of John Rose and Teresa Emma Rose (née Clemas).  His first few years of life were spent near Mansfield House, West Orchard, but his family moved later to Upton Scudamore, Wiltshire.  He enlisted on 19th November 1906 and joined the Royal Sussex Regiment as a private (Service No L/8613).  He saw a rapid rise in rank to the extent that he was finally promoted to Company Quartermaster Sergeant just days prior to his death from wounds.  He was wounded in action in France & Flanders and died in the 33rd Field Ambulance on 15th May 1918.  He was finally buried at the Cambrin Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, (Grave Ref. N.49).  He was awarded the Victory and British War medals as well as the 1914/15 Star (with clasps).  He is remembered on the War Memorial at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Warbleton, East Sussex, near where his parents had moved.

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Alfred John Webb

Surname: Webb
Other names: Alfred John
Other people in this story:
George Webb
Caroline Elizabeth Webb née Chapman
Elizabeth Alexandra Webb née Turrington
Reginald Claude Eldon Webb
Charles Frederic Ratcliffe Webb
Edith Tryphena Webb nee Harding
Locations in this story:
East Orchard, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Cardiff, Wales
France & Flanders
Slough, Buckinghamshire
Herne Bay, Kent
Hartgrove, Dorset

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Alfred John Webb was born on 12th March 1895 at East Orchard, Shaftesbury, Dorset, the son of George Webb (a Master at the National School, Hartgrove, Dorset) and Caroline Elizabeth Webb (née Chapman).  He lived most of his early life at East Orchard.  His mother had died in 1895 and his father had remarried Edith Tryphena Harding in 1896. Alfred had originally enlisted with the 5th Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment (Service No. 1515) as a Territorial on 7th March 1913. He was mobilized for war on 5th August 1914 but discharged on 16th November 1914 being physically unfit for service.  He re-enlisted on 25th January 1915 and joined the Royal Army Medical Corps as a Private (Service No. 11278).  He served in France from 14 May 1915 but was again discharged on 11th June 1916 because he was no longer physically fit due to tuberculosis.  He was awarded the Silver War Badge No. 203307 and in due time the Victory and British War medals as well as the 1915 Star. He married Elizabeth Alexandra Turrington in Cardiff, South Wales, in 1931 and they went on to have three children.  By the 1939 Register, Alfred was living at 17 Glasmor Road, Slough, Buckinghamshire, working as a Male Nurse in a Public Assistance Institution.  He died in the Herne Bay, Kent, area in 1964.

Alfred's brother Charles Frederic Ratcliffe Webb (b.1890) also served in the war, with the Dorsetshire Regiment. His half brother Reginald Claude Eldon Webb (b.1898) was sadly killed in 1916 while attached to the Wiltshire Regiment in France.

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George Henry Stokes

Surname: Stokes
Other names: George Henry
Other people in this story:
William Stokes
Emily Stokes née Andrews
Florence Dora Stokes née Dimond
Locations in this story:
Back Lane, West Orchard, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Yeovil, Somerset
France & Flanders
Stoke-under-Hays, Yeovil
East Orchard, Shaftesbury, Dorset

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George Henry Stokes was born at East Orchard, Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 8th January 1889, the son of William Stokes and Emily Stokes (née Andrews).  George spent all his early life in and around nearby Back Lane, West Orchard.   He married Florence Dora Dimond in Yeovil, Somerset, on 11th July 1910. There appear to be no children of the marriage.  George enlisted on 12th December 1915 but was not mobilized until 4th January 1917 when he joined the 3rd Battalion of the Coldstream Guards as a Guardsman (Service No. 21354).  He served in France & Flanders from 30 Dec 1917 and, whilst there, was reported missing on 13th April 1918.  It was not until 27th December 1918 that it was reported he had been captured and become a prisoner of war.  He was discharged on 7th October 1919 and awarded the Victory and British War medals.   The 1921 Census shows him living at 21 Glanville Road, Yeovil, working as a Leather Dresser for a local glove manufacturer but by the 1939 Register he was living at The Post Office, High Street, Stoke-under-Hays, Yeovil, Somerset and now employed as a Sub-Postmaster.  He died in the Summerland Hospital, Yeovil, on 16th August 1962.

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Percy Sandle Sharp

Surname: Sharp
Other names: Percy Sandle
Other people in this story:
Annie Maria Sandle Sharp
Florence Augusta Sharp née Peare
Locations in this story:
Ludwell, Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire
France & Flanders
Taunton, Somerset
Stoke St. Gregory, Taunton, Somerset
Chisledon, Swindon, Wiltshire

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Percy Sandle Sharp was born in Ludwell, Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire, on 9th April 1883, the son of Annie Maria Sandle Sharp. (There is no record of his father). He lived his early life with his mother at his grandparents' home in Ludwell, Donhead St. Mary.  He enlisted on 6th December 1915 and joined the 531st Horse Transport Company of the Army Service Corps (Service No. TS/10133).  In view of his occupation as a wheelwright he was ranked as a Wheeler Driver.   He served in France & Flanders from 8 Feb 1917.  Towards the end of the conflict he was invalided back to the UK with an injury to his knee joint.  He was discharged on 5th April 1919 and awarded the Victory and British War medals.   The 1921 Census shows him living with his mother, described as a 'widow', at 6 Carisbrook Terrace, Chisledon, Swindon, Wiltshire, working as an Agricultural Wheelwright. He married Florence Augusta Peare in Taunton, Somerset, on 15th October 1924 and they went on to have at least one child.   By the 1939 Register he was living at Dunfield House, Stoke St. Gregory, Taunton, Somerset, working as a Carpenter (Vehicle Builder).  He died in Stoke St. Gregory, Taunton, Somerset, in 1968.

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Thomas James Lucas

Surname: Lucas
Other names: Thomas James
Other people in this story:
Alfred Lucas
Julia Anne Cox Lucas née Reed
Emma Margaret Alice Lucas née Johnson
Alfred John Lucas
Locations in this story:
Ludwell, Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire
Middle East
Bournemouth, Hampshire
Salisbury, Wiltshire
Gallipoli, Turkey

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Thomas James Lucas was born on 18th April 1898 in Ludwell, Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire, and baptised there on 22nd May 1898 (along with his twin brother Alfred John Lucas) the son of Alfred Lucas and Julia Anne Cox Lucas (née Reed).  He lived all his early life in Ludwell, Donhead St. Mary.  He enlisted on 5th September 1914 and joined the Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire) Regiment as a Private (Service No. 12873).  Very quickly thereafter he was transferred to the 6th (Service) Battalion of the Leinster Regiment (Service No. 6/1260) and posted to the Middle East on 5 Aug 1915.  He served at Gallipoli, Turkey, and was wounded.  He also suffered from enteritis plus being wounded a second time following which he lost a finger on his left hand.  His disability did not stop him being transferred to the Machine Gun Corps (Service No. 73994) and thereafter attached to the Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) until his discharge on 9th March 1919.  He had been awarded a gratuity as a result of the lost finger but no pension.   He was also awarded the Victory and British War medals as well as the 1915 Star.  The 1921 Census shows him living at Beckingshill, Ludwell, Donhead St. Mary, working as a Painter and Decorator. He married Emma Margaret Alice Johnson in Bournemouth, Hampshire, during 1929 and they went on to have at least one child.  By the 1939 Register he was living at 94 Castlemain Avenue, Bournemouth, Hampshire, working as an Engineer's Labourer.  He died in the Salisbury, Wiltshire, Registration District during 1982.  His twin brother, Alfred John Lucas, also served in the conflict.

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Frederick Tom Sharp

Surname: Sharp
Other names: Frederick Tom
Other people in this story:
Tom Sharp
Eliza Emmeline Sharp née Hibbs
Dorothy May Sharp née Ware
Locations in this story:
Compton Abbas, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Farnham, Dorset
Sussex
Lewes, Sussex
France & Flanders
Egypt
East Chiltington, Sussex

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Frederick Tom Sharp was born at Compton Abbas, Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 28th May 1894, the son of Tom Sharp and Eliza Emmeline Sharp (née Hibbs).  He lived most of his early life at Farnham, Dorset, until moving to Sussex with his family by 1911.  His father died in 1914. He enlisted on 15th November 1915 and joined the 2nd/5th (Cinque Ports) Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment as a Private (Service No. 5/3492).  He was posted to France on 22nd April 1916 and almost immediately caught rheumatic fever and had to be sent back to the UK on 24th June 1916 for treatment.  Following his recovery he was attached to the 4th Battalion (T.F. Reserve) (Service No. 4/5281) and posted to Egypt on 1 Nov 1916.  He was transferred to the 800th Agricultural Employment Company of the Labour Corps on 8th December 1917 (Service No. 361819).   He was discharged with a small pension due to the earlier indisposition and also awarded the Victory and British War medals.  The 1921 Census shows him living with his widowed mother at 'Rumara', Malling Street, Lewes, Sussex, working as an Agricultural Engineer. Frederick married Dorothy May Ware on 5 Feb 1924 at East Chiltington,Sussex, and they went on to have one known child.   By the 1939 Register he was living at 26 St John Street, Lewes, Sussex, now described as a Fitter and Agricultural Engineer.  He died in 1967.

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