1914-1918 Archives - Page 134 of 162 - Shaftesbury Remembers the Great War

William George Phillips

Surname: Phillips

Other names: William George

Locations in this story:
Fulham, London
France & Flanders
Bethune Town Cemetery, France
Roe Buck Inn, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset
Sixpenny Handley, Dorset
Blandford, Dorset
Bethune No.6 Clearing Hospital.

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William George Phillips was born in 1888 in Fulham, London. He was the son of Richard Phillips, a Brewer's Servant, and Helen Phillips (née Williams). His mother died in 1897 and his father in 1903. In the 1911 Census he is shown living with his cousin, William Williams, a groom, whose wife was the publican of the Roe Buck Inn, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset. He is described as an Army Reservist but by 1914 he had obtained employment as a Postman. On 17th June 1914 he married Helen Annie Day at Sixpenny Handley and there were no children of the marriage. He enlisted in Blandford, Dorset, as a Private and joined the 1st Battalion of the Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire) Regiment (Service No. 6740) During the war he served in France & Flanders and was awarded the Victory, British War and 1914 Star medals (Clasp). He died of wounds on 24th Oct 1914 in the Bethune No.6 Clearing Hospital and was buried at Bethune Town Cemetery, Arras, Pas de Calais, France (grave id. I.B.20). He is remembered on the Sixpenny Handley War Memorial. His widow Helen remarried in 1920, to William S. Clarke.

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Samson Rose

Surname: Rose

Other names: Samson

Locations in this story:
Blandford, Dorset
France & Flanders
Red Cross Corner Cemetery, Beugny, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Dean End, Woodcutts, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset
Dardanelles
Pimperne, Dorset
Rouen, France

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Samson Rose was born in 1893 in Pimperne, Dorset. His birth was registered in Blandford as "Samuel" but was always known as either Sam or Samson. He was the son of William Rose, a Hawker Ironmonger, and Martha Rose (nee Bull). His siblings included William Rose, born in 1887, who also died in the war. At the time of the 1911 Census he was single, working as a Farm Labourer and living at Dean End, Woodcutts, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset. He enlisted as a Private on 11th August, 1914 and joined the 5th Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 9900). He served in the Dardanellesas as well as France & Flanders and was awarded the Victory, British War and 1915 Star medals. He was wounded in the Dardanelles and invalided back to England on 2nd October, 1915. On recovery he was posted to France and re-joined his Battalion at Rouen, France. He died of further wounds on 1st May 1917 and was buried at the Red Cross Corner Cemetery, Beugny, Nord Pas de Calais, France (grave id. I.B.4). He is remembered on the Sixpenny Handley War Memorial.

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William Rose

William Rose

1st August 2017/in 1914-1918 Wiltshire Regiment /by Ann Symons

Surname: Rose

Other names: William

Locations in this story:
Redlynch, Hampshire
France & Flanders
Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux, Pas de Calais, France
Dean End, Woodcutts, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset
Blandford, Dorset

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William Rose was born in 1887 in Redlynch, Hampshire. He was the son of William Rose, a Hawker Ironmonger, and Martha Rose (nee Bull). His siblings included Samuel, known as Samson Rose, born in 1893, who also died in the war. In 1910 he married Edith Jane Weeks and they went on to have four children: three sons and a daughter (two of whom died at birth). At the time of the 1911 Census, William was working as a Farm Labourer and living at Dean End, Woodcutts, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset. He enlisted in Blandford, Dorset, as a Private in the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 18755) later transferring to the 2nd Battalion of the Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire) Regiment (Service No. 26748). He served in France & Flanders and was awarded the Victory and British War medals. He was killed in action on 2nd Apr 1917 and was buried at Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux, Pas de Calais, France (grave id. VI.H.22). He is remembered on the Sixpenny Handley War Memorial.

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Samson Rose

Henry George Scott

1st August 2017/in 1914-1918 Dorsetshire Regiment /by Ann Symons

Surname: Scott

Other names: Henry George

Locations in this story:
Gussage St. Michael, Dorset
France & Flanders
Montay-Neuvilly Road Cemetery, Montay, Nord, France
Chettle, Dorset
Sixpenny Handley, Dorset
Poole, Dorset

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Henry George Scott (known as 'George' in the family) was born in 1899 in Gussage St. Michael, Dorset. He was the son of Joseph Scott, a Carter, and Mary Jane Scott (nee Head). At the time of the 1911 Census he was single and still attending school and living in Sixpenny Handley, Dorset. His mother died and was buried on 13th September, 1911. He enlisted in Poole, Dorset, as a Private in the 6th Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 41002). He served in France & Flanders and was awarded the Victory and British War medals. He was killed in action on 11th Oct 1918 and buried at the Montay-Neuvilly Road Cemetery, Montay, Nord, France (grave id. I.E.3). His home address was recorded as Chettle near Blandford. He is remembered on the Sixpenny Handley War Memorial.

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Lionel Bernard Thorne

1st August 2017/in 1914-1918 Dorsetshire Regiment /by Ann Symons

Surname: Thorne

Other names: Lionel Bernard

Locations in this story:
Woodcutts, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset
France & Flanders
Regina Trench Cemetery, Grandcourt, Somme, France
Sixpenny Handley, Dorset
Blandford, Dorset
Berwick St John, Dorset

Story:
Lionel Bernard Thorne was born in 1889 in Woodcutts, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, and baptised there on 1st August, 1889. He was the son of Tom Thorne, a Labourer, and Eliza Thorne (nee Kiddle). His father died and was buried at Berwick St. John on 7th May 1907. At the time of the 1911 Census he was single and working as a Farm Labourer living at Woodcutts. He enlisted in Blandford, Dorset, on 11th August, 1914 as a Private and joined the 6th Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 9910). He served in the Middle East until August 1916 when he was posted to France & Flanders. He was awarded the Victory, British War and 1915 Star medals. He received a number of wounds whilst fighting in France but had eventually been reported missing presumed killed on 26th September 1916. A further report stated that he had been buried in the field. His remains were obviously recovered after the Armistice and re-buried at Regina Trench Cemetery, Grandcourt, Somme, France, along with bodies from other battlefield burial sites (grave id. IX.J.4). He is remembered on the Sixpenny Handley War Memorial.

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Jack Fitzroy Waters

1st August 2017/in 1914-1918 Dorset Yeomanry /by Ann Symons

Surname: Waters

Other names: Jack Fitzroy

Locations in this story:
Charlton All Saints, Alderbury, Wilts
Egypt
Alexandria (Chatby) Military Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt
Woodyates Manor Farm, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset
Sixpenny Handley
Gallipoli
Agagia, Egypt
Malta

Story:
Jack Fitzroy Waters was born in 1890 in Charlton All Saints, Alderbury, Wiltshire, and baptised at Charlton All Saints on 30th May 1890. He was the son of Charles James Salway Waters, a Farmer, and Elizabeth Good Waters (nee Miles). Jack's mother died and was buried at Sixpenny Handley on 26th December, 1908. At the time of the 1911 Census he was single and living at Woodyates Manor Farm, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset. His occupation was recorded as "Farmer's Son". He enlisted at Okeford Fitzpaine and joined the 1/1st Battalion of the Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own) attached to the Household Cavalry of the Line (Service No. 459) and at the time of his death held the rank of Lance Sergeant. He served in Gallipoli, where he was wounded, and then on to Egypt after three months treatment in Malta. He was awarded the Victory, British War and 1915 Star medals. He was killed in action at the Battle of Agagia, Egypt, on 25th Feb 1916 and was buried at Alexandria (Chatby) Military Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt (grave id. G.31). He is remembered on the Sixpenny Handley War Memorial and on the De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour. Jack's brother, George William Waters, also served but survived the conflict.

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Henry Edward Harrison

1st August 2017/in 1914-1918 Dorsetshire Regiment /by Ann Symons

Surname: Harrison

Other names: Henry Edward

Locations in this story:
Sidney Street, Stepney, London
Mesopotamia
Basra Memorial, Basra, Iraq
Woodcutts, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset
Blandford, Dorset
Farnham, Dorset

Story:
Henry Edward Harrison was born in 1896 at 25 Sidney Street, Stepney, London. He was the son of George Henry Harrison, a Police Constable formerly from Farnham, Dorset, and Annie Jane Harrison (née Bush and widow of John Tynan). (NB Annie was a widow when she married Henry under her previous married name of 'Tynan' whose husband had been John Tynan who died in 1885). Henry's father died in 1902 and was buried in the churchyard at Farnham, Dorset, on 18th September 1902, near where he was born. At the time of the 1911 Census Henry was single and still living in Stepney but by the time of the outbreak of war was living at Woodcutts, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset. He enlisted at Blandford, Dorset, as a Private in the 2nd Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 16294). He served in Mesopotamia where he was posted as missing presumed killed in action on 25th March 1917. He was awarded the Victory and British War medals. His name appears on the Basra Memorial, Basra, Iraq (Panel 22 and 63). He is also remembered on the Sixpenny Handley War Memorial and on the War Memorial at Farnham, Dorset.

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Sidney Vandyke Hasluck

1st August 2017/in 1914-1918 14th King George's Own Ferozapore Sikhs /by Ann Symons

Surname: Hasluck

Other names: Sidney Vandyke

Locations in this story:
Handswworth, Birmingham
Dardenelles
Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Kantara
Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Marlborough College
St. Chrysostom Church, Birmingham
Sixpenny Handley, Dorset
Caversham, Reading

Story:
Sidney Vandyke Hasluck was born on 11th November, 1888 in Handsworth, Birmingham and baptised on 1st January, 1889 at St. Chrysostom Church, Birmingham. He was the son of the Rev. Ernest Edward Hasluck, Rector of Sixpenny Handley, and Agnes Milborough Hasluk (née Eliot). By 1901 the family had moved to Handley where the Rev. Ernest Hasluck became Rector. However, on the Census of that year Sidney is in Warwickshire at the home of his grandmother, Elizabeth Hasluck. Sidney went to Marlborough College, where he was in the Cadet Corps, and later on served for three years with the Dorset Yeomanry. On 27th September, 1907, he sailed for Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka) where he became a tea planter.

Sidney joined the Ceylon Mounted Rifles at the outbreak of war and later transferred to the Indian Army Reserve of Officers where he obtained a commission as a 2nd Lieutenant. At the time of his death he was attached to the the 14th Kings George's Own Ferozapore Sikhs and served in the Kantara and the Dardenelles. He was awarded the Victory, British War and 1915 Star medals and was Mentioned in Dispatches. He was killed in action at Gallipoli on 4th June 1915 and his name appears on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey (Panel 253). He is remembered on the Sixpenny Handley War Memorial, on the Marlborough College Roll of Honour, on the British Army Bond of Sacrifice and on De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour. By 1923 his parents were living in Caversham, Reading, Berkshire.

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Edwin Hobbs

1st August 2017/in 1914-1918 Dorsetshire Regiment /by Ann Symons

Surname: Hobbs

Other names: Edwin

Locations in this story:
East meon, Petersfield, Hampshire
Minchington, Farnham, Dorset
St. Mary's Churchyard, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset
Farnham, Dorset
Langrish, Southampton
Blandford, Dorset

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Edwin Hobbs was born in 1896 in Stroud, East Meon, Petersfield, Hampshire, and baptised at Langrish, Southampton, on 15th February, 1896. He was the son of Henry Hobbs, a Farm Labourer, and Emma Hobbs (née Gilbert). At the time of the 1911 Census he was single, working as a Farm Carter and living with his parents at Minchington, Farnham, Dorset. He enlisted in Blandford on 31st August, 1914, as a Private in the 5th (Service) Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 10312) and served solely in the United Kingdom. He died of pneumonia at his parents' home in Farnham on 30th Apr 1915 and was buried in the north west part of St. Mary's Churchyard, Sixpenny Handley. He is remembered on the Sixpenny Handley War Memorial. His parents received the Death Scroll but no medals were evidently issued.

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Maurice Jesse

1st August 2017/in 1914-1918 Wiltshire Regiment /by Ann Symons

Surname: Jesse

Other names: Maurice

Locations in this story:
France & Flanders
Arras Memorial, France
Sixpenny Handley, Dorset

Story:
Maurice Jesse was born in 1898 in Sixpenny Handley, Dorset and baptised there on 25th September, 1898. He was the son of Arthur Jesse, a Coal Merchant, and Edith Jesse (née Foote). At the time of the 1911 Census he was single, a Scholar and living at Sixpenny Handley, Dorset. He enlisted in Salisbury as a Private in the 2nd Battalion of the Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire) Regiment (Service No. 22255). He served in France & Flanders and was awarded the Victory and British War medals. He went missing and was presumed killed in action on 9th April 1917. His name appears on the Arras Memorial in France (Bay 7) and on the Sixpenny Handley War Memorial.

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