1914-1918 Archives - Page 123 of 162 - Shaftesbury Remembers the Great War

Herbert George Stanley

Surname: Stanley

Other names: Herbert George

Locations in this story:
High Street, Alvediston, Wiltshire
Warminster, Wiltshire

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Herbert George Stanley (known as Bert) was born in Alvediston, Wiltshire in 1889, the son of William Stanley and Thurza Stanley (née Roberts). They were then living at High Street, Alvediston. Bert enlisted with the Somerset Light Infantry as a Private on 9th September 1914 (Service No. 14687). Regrettably he was discharged shortly after 19th October 1914 being medically unfit due to varicose veins. He died in 1918 (registered at Warminster, Wiltshire).

Source: Based on previous research by Ken Baxter.

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Arthur Charles Stacey

Surname: Stacey

Other names: Arthur Charles

Locations in this story:
Church Street, Sutton Waldron, Dorset
Hinton Martell, Wimborne, Dorset
Holt, Dorset
Hinton Parva, Wimborne, Dorset

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Arthur Charles Stacey was born on 30th August 1889 at Sutton Waldron, Dorset, and baptised there on 6 Oct 1889 the son of John Tom and Emily Stacey. They lived at some time in Church Street, Sutton Waldron. Arthur enlisted as a Private with the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 615) on 27th August 1908 and served for a short while before being placed on reserve. He was re-embodied on 4th August 1914 (Service No. 6096) but discharged shortly after on 12th September 1914 as being medically unfit. No medals were awarded. He married Elsie Freeman at Hinton Martell, Wimborne, Dorset, on 1st November 1919 and they went on to have three children. The 1921 Census shows him living at Gaunt's Common, Hinton Parva, Wimborne, Dorset, working as a Carter. By the 1939 Register Arthur had moved to Hinton Martell working as a Poultryman on a farm. He died in 1943 in Holt, Dorset.

Source: Based on previous research by Ken Baxter.

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John Morgan Snook

15th August 2019/in 1914-1918 Dorsetshire Regiment, Royal Field Artillery, Royal Garrison Artillery /by Chris Stupples

Surname: Snook

Other names: John Morgan

Locations in this story:
Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire
Hong Kong
Wandsworth, London
Tisbury, Wiltshire
Lower Winchcombe, Wiltshire

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John Morgan Snook was born in Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire, in 1870 and baptised there on 27th March 1870, the son of Thomas Snook and Emma Snook (née Goddard). He was living with his parents at Lower Winchcombe, Wiltshire, at the time of the 1881 Census. He enlisted in the Dorsetshire Regiment on 6th May 1887 as a Private (Service No. 2373). The Army was re-organised in 1889 and he was transferred to the Royal Garrison Artillery (Service No. 63403) on 1st July 1889 with a further transfer to the Royal Field Artillery (Service No. 20501) on 23rd June 1903. He served in Hong Kong until placed on reserve. He had married Bertha Fisher on 22nd September 1897 at Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire, and they went on to have five children. By the time of Word War 1 he had moved to Wandsworth, London, where he was employed by the London County Council as a Park Keeper. He was embodied on 6th August 1914 (Service No. 1596) and posted to the 3rd London General Territorial Hospital which was based in the Royal Victorian Patriotic School buildings in Wandsworth. He was however discharged on 16th October 1914 on the grounds that he should not have been called up. No medals were awarded. The 1921 Census shows him living by now at The Street, Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire, and it was noted he was out of work. He died in 1931 at the home of his son, Morris, who lived in Donhead St. Mary, the death being registered in Tisbury, Wiltshire. Morris was his next-of-kin following the death on John's wife in 1916.

Source: Based on previous research by Ken Baxter.

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William James Herbert Sansom

12th August 2019/in 1914-1918 Leinster Regiment, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, Royal Engineers, Wiltshire Regiment /by Chris Stupples

Surname: Sansom

Other names: William James Herbert

Locations in this story:
Jenkins Corner, Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire
Kantara, Egypt
Wellington, Somerset
Mere, Wiltshire

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William James Herbert Sansom was born at Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire, on 10th September 1890 the son of John Sansom and Amanda Sansom (née Peters). He had pre-war service with the Wiltshire Regiment (Service No. 12790) and was discharged to Reserve. He was embodied on 5th September 1914 and re-joined his Regiment but was transferred on 17th September 1914 to the Royal Dublin Fusiliers and on 23rd September 1914 to the Leinster Regiment (Service No. 1843). He was posted to Kantara, Egypt, on 19 Jul 1915 where he was later further transferred to the Royal Engineers (Railway Operating Division) on 20th November 1917 (Service No. 288555). After training at Kantara, Egypt, he qualified as an Operational Driver with the rank of Sapper. He was demobilized on 4th May 1919. He was awarded the Victory and British War medals as well as the 1915 Star. The 1921 Census shows him living at the Cycle Works, Jenkins Corner, Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire, with his parents and helping his father in the business as a Motor Engineer. He married Annie Victoria Wide in Wellington, Somerset, in 1927 and they went on to have one child. His last known address was Jenkins Corner, Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire, per the 1939 Register, when he was still described as a Motor Engineer. His death was recorded in Mere, Wiltshire, during 1970 and he was buried at Donhead St. Mary on 9th April 1970.

Source: Based on previous research by Ken Baxter.

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Herbert Sanger

12th August 2019/in 1914-1918 Leinster Regiment, Royal Engineers /by Chris Stupples

Surname: Sanger

Other names: Herbert

Locations in this story:
Donhead St. Andrew, Wiltshire
Kantara, Egypt
Livingstone Road, Pokesdown, Bournemouth, Hampshire
Christchurch, Hampshire
Salonica
Higher Berry Court, Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire

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Herbert Sanger was born at Donhead St. Andrew, Wiltshire on 7th September 1890, the son of Sarah Sanger. (There was no father mentioned on the baptism record.) Before the war he had served with the Royal Engineers (Service No. 12875) and was on Reserve. He was embodied on 6th September 1914 and re-joined his Regiment but was soon transferred to the Leinster Regiment on 18th September 1914 (Service No. 1300). He was posted to the Middle East Theatre on 21 Sep 1915 and served in Salonica. On the 16th November 1917 he was transferred back to the Royal Engineers (Railway Operating Division) (Service No. WR/288557). He underwent training at Kantara, Egypt, and qualified as a Petrol Engine Driver. On 3rd May 1919 he became a stores clerk with yet another change of Service No. 325435. He was demobilized on 7th July 1919 and awarded the Victory and British War Medals as well as the 1915 Star. By the 1921 Census he had moved to Higher Berry Court, Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire, where he was described as Bricklayer's Labourer (out of work). Shortly after by 1923 he had moved to 15 Livingstone Road, Pokesdown, Bournemouth, Hampshire, and was still registered there in 1939. He remain single throughout his life. His death during 1969 was registered in Christchurch, Hampshire.

Source: Based on previous research by Ken Baxter.

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Harry John Hayter

12th August 2019/in 1914-1918 Dorsetshire Regiment /by Chris Stupples

Surname: Hayter

Other names: Harry John

Locations in this story:
Shaftesbury, Dorset
St. John's Church, Enmore Green, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Sturminster Newton, Dorset

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Harry John Hayter was born in Shaftesbury on 29th April 1884 the son of Charles Hayter and Susan Jane Edwards Hayter (nee Upjohn). Harry had joined the 3rd Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment Volunteers prior to the First World War and served for a period of more than eight years before being discharged to the Reserves. He was embodied as a Private with his old regiment on 24th August 1914 (Service No. 3/7745). He served in the UK only and by 18th June 1915 was pronounced unfit for further service on medical grounds and went to live at 7 St. James Street, Shaftesbury, and received the Silver War Badge No. 236033. He married Elsie May Arney on 15th December 1918 at Enmore Green Church, Shaftesbury and they went on to have two children. Both the 1921 Census and the 1939 Register show the family living at Breach Cottages, Breach Lane, Shaftesbury, Dorset, and Harry was working as a Gardener. His death was registered at Sturminster, Dorset, in 1961. His brothers, Percy Charles Hayter and Ernest George Hayter, also served in the conflict. Source: Based on previous research by Ken Baxter.

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William John Roberts

9th August 2019/in 1914-1918 Labour Corps, Royal Army Service Corps /by Chris Stupples

Surname: Roberts

Other names: William John

Locations in this story:
Water Street, Berwick St. John, Wiltshire
Broadoak, Semley, Wiltshire
Donhead St. Andrew, Wiltshire
Roebuck Inn, Handley, Wiltshire

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William John Roberts was born at Donhead St. Andrew, Wiltshire, on 31st December 1883 and baptised there on 10th February 1884, the son of John William Roberts and Louisa Roberts (nee Haskell). Just prior the the war William was living and working as a Farm Bailiff at Broad Oak, Semley, Wiltshire, his parents having moved to the Roebuck Inn, Handley, Wiltshire. William enlisted as a Private in the Army Service Corps (Motor Transport) on 25th September 1916 (Service No. DM2/224463). He was transferred to the Labour Corps (699th Agricultural Company) on 24th June 1918 (Service No. LC508850) and then back to the Army Service Corps on 2nd April 1919. During his service he had qualified as a Heavy Goods Lorry Driver and was based solely in the UK. He had married Kate Jenkins at Berwick St. John on 19th February 1917 and she set up home at Water Street, Berwick St. John. William was demobilized on 15th December 1919. Despite exhaustive searches, no medal record can be found. He was recorded living with Kate at Water Street, Berwick St. John, as well as in the 1939 Register and was working as a Gardener. He is thought to have died in 1968. His brother, Arthur George Roberts, also served in the conflict. Source: Based on previous research by Ken Baxter.

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Edgar Read

8th August 2019/in 1914-1918 Dorsetshire Regiment /by Chris Stupples

Surname: Read

Other names: Edgar

Locations in this story:
Shaftesbury, Dorset
Woolwich Road, Upper Parkstone, Dorset
Shaftesbury Union Workhouse, Shaftesbury

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Edgar Read was supposedly born in Shaftesbury, Dorset, about 1880. There is no record of anyone of this name or even parents in the area at this time. There is however an Edgar Read in the Shaftesbury Workhouse born about 1876, an inmate pupil. What is known is that he declared on his enlistment form on 28th August 1914 that he had previous service with the 3rd Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment Territorials and was on the reserve list. He had the Service No. 3/7863 and the rank of Private. Within weeks he was examined by medical staff and declared unfit for further service due to deformed feet. The report stated that he should never been allowed to enlist. He was duly discharged on 27th October 1914. His military forms state he was married to 'Mrs Read' who lived in Woolwich Road, Upper Parkstone, Dorset. Beyond this information nothing else is known.

Source: Based on previous research by Ken Baxter.

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Sidney Raymond

4th August 2019/in 1914-1918 Wiltshire Regiment /by Chris Stupples

Surname: Raymond

Other names: Sidney

Locations in this story:
Tollard Royal, Wiltshire
West Street, Blandford, Dorset
Poole, Dorset
Winterbourne Whitchurch, Dorset
Exbury, Hampshire

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Sidney Raymond was born at Tollard Royal, Wiltshire, on 14th March 1873, the son of Henry Raymond and Susan Raymond (née Small). Before the war Sidney had served for a period in the Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire) Regiment and had been discharged to the Special Reserve. He married Ethel Jane Cheeseman in Winterbourne Whitchurch, Dorset, on 30 Oct 1909. It is not know if there were any children of the marriage. Sidney was re-embodied as a Private on 24th August 1914 with his old Regiment (Service No. 3/269). He was however discharged on 8th October 1914 being 'unlikely to be an efficient soldier'. No medals were awarded. The 1921 Census shows him living in The Village, Exbury, Hampshire, working as a Farm Carter. His last known address, on the 1939 Register, was West Street, Blandford, Dorset, described as a Farm Labourer. He died in January 1945 (Poole, Dorset, Registration).

Source: Based on previous research by Ken Baxter.

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Frederick William Phillips

4th August 2019/in 1914-1918 Dorsetshire Regiment /by Chris Stupples

Surname: Phillips

Other names: Frederick William

Locations in this story:
Shaftesbury, Dorset
Malta
India
Enmore Green, Shaftesbury, Dorset

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Frederick William Phillips was born in Shaftesbury, Dorset on 6th September 1875 and baptised at St. Johns Church, Enmore Green, Shaftesbury, on 24 Oct 1875 the son of Edward and Edith Phillips. He enlisted in the Dorsetshire Regiment on 17th January 1898 (Service No. S/5650). He served in Malta and India before being discharged as unfit on 29th May 1900. He married Ellen Georgina Padfield in Shaftesbury on 4th August 1902 at Holy Trinity Church, Shaftesbury, and they went on to have nine children. Frederick re-enlisted as a Private in the Dorsetshire Regiment on 24th August 1914 (Service No. 3/7650). He served in the UK only, until he was discharged, again because he was unfit, on 4th October 1916. No medals were recorded. He was issued with an armband which indicated his previous service but no record of any Silver War Badge can be found. The 1921 Census shows him living at 12 Magdalene Lane, Shaftesbury, as a Motor Driver. He went on to become the steward of the local Ex-Servicemen's Club and his address, in the 1939 Register, is shown as 6 Bleke Street, Shaftesbury, Dorset. He died there on 7th January 1942.

Three of Frederick's siblings served in the First World War: Frank (b.1885) with the Wiltshire Regiment and the Royal Field Artillery; Albert Charles (b.1877) with the Dorsetshire Regiment and the South Wales Borderers.The youngest, James (b.1886) died on 21st October 1914 while serving with the Wiltshire Regiment in France.

Source: Based on previous research by Ken Baxter.

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James Phillips
Albert Charles
Frank Phillips