1914-1918 Archives - Page 136 of 162 - Shaftesbury Remembers the Great War

William Thomas Chaldecott

Surname: Chaldecott

Other names: William Thomas

Locations in this story:
East Orchard, Dorset
Sixpenny Handley, Dorset
Hollybrook Memorial, Shirley, Southampton
Irish Sea
Gillingham, Dorset

Story:
William Thomas Chaldecott was born in 1891 in East Orchard, Dorset. He was the son of Arthur Edmund Chaldecott, a Journeyman Baker, and Selina Hannah Chaldecott (nee Parham). His siblings included Joseph Arthur Chaldecott born in 1894, who also died in the war. At the time of the 1911 Census he was single, working as a Dairyman and living at Sixpenny Handley, Dorset. He enlisted in Gillingham, Dorset, as a Private in the 1st Battalion of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (Service No. 23223) and on 1st December 1917 transferred to the Royal Defence Corps (New Service No. 72314). He was awarded the Victory, British War and 1915 Star medals. He died at sea on 10th October 1918 when the Royal Mail Steamer Leinster was torpedoed in the Irish Sea by a German submarine. His name is listed on the Hollybrook Memorial, Shirley, Southampton with those of other military personnel who were on the Leinster when it went down. He is also remembered on the Sixpenny Handley War Memorial. His father died in 1918.

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John Hall

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

Surname: Hall

Other names: John

Locations in this story:
France & Flanders
St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France
Dean End, Woodcutts, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset
Salonika
Spetisbury, Dorset
Wimborne, Dorset
6th General Hospital, Rouen, France

Story:
John Hall was born in 1884 in Spetisbury, Dorset, and baptised there on 11th May, 1884. He was the son of Daniel Hall, a Farm Carter, and Mary Hall (née Dennis). On 7th October, 1905 he married Emily Harris at Sixpenny Handley. They had two children, both boys. John's mother died in 1907 and his father in 1910. At the time of the 1911 Census, John was working as a Farm Labourer and living at Dean End, Woodcutts, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset with his wife and two children. He enlisted in Wimborne, Dorset, on 2nd February, 1915 and joined the 1st Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 12893) and at the time of his death held the rank of Lance Corporal. He served in Salonika as well as France & Flanders and was awarded the Victory, British War and 1915 Star medals. On 21st April 1918 he died at the 6th General Hospital, Rouen, France, from the effects of gunshot wounds and of an earlier episode of gassing. He was buried at St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France (grave id. P.VII.A.6A). He is remembered on the Sixpenny Handley War Memorial.

John's widow Emily did not remarry and was living with her sons in Handley at the time of the 1939 Register.

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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

Story:
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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Sidney Charles Wareham

21st June 2017/in 1914-1918 Dorset Yeomanry, Household Cavalry /by Ann Symons

Surname: Wareham

Other names: Sidney Charles

Locations in this story:
Shaftesbury
Egypt
Jerusalem War Cemetery, Jerusalem, Israel
High Street, Iwerne Minster, Dorset
Palestine
Sherborne, Dorset

Story:
Sidney Charles Wareham was born in 1878 in Iwerne Minster and baptised there on 1 September, 1878. He was the son of William Wareham, a farmer, and Charlotte Matilda Wareham (née Burt). At the time of the 1911 Census he was single, working as a groom and living at High Street, Iwerne Minster, Dorset. He enlisted in Sherborne, Dorset, as a Private in the Dorset (Queen's Own) Yeomanry (Service No. 860). He later transferred to the Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line (Service No. 230234). He served in Egypt and Palestine and was awarded the Victory, British War and 1915 Star medals. He died of wounds on 9th June 1918 and was buried at Jerusalem War Cemetery, Jerusalem, Israel (then Palestine) (grave id. N.91). He is remembered on the Iwerne Minster War Memorial, Shaftesbury.

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Maurice Henry Green

21st June 2017/in 1914-1918 Royal Navy /by Ann Symons

Surname: Green

Other names: Maurice Henry

Locations in this story:
Shaftesbury
Haslar Naval Hospital, Gosport, Hampshire
Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery, Gosport, Hampshire
Church Hill, Iwerne Minster, Dorset
Training Establishment, HMS Victory, Portsmouth

Story:
Maurice Henry Green was born on 2nd October, 1897 in Iwerne Minster and baptised there on 3rd June 1900. He was the son of Harry Green, a domestic gardener, and Sarah Green (née Horlock). At the time of the 1911 Census he was single, a scholar and living at Church Hill, Iwerne Minster, Dorset. He enlisted in the Royal Navy on 16th November 1916 (Service No. K/37726), joining the Training Establishment, HMS Victory, Portsmouth and later serving on HMS Diadem. At the time of his death he held the rank of Stoker 2nd Class. He died from measles and bronchial pneumonia on 16th January 1917 in the Haslar Royal Naval Hospital, Gosport, Hampshire and was buried at the Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery (grave id. E.27.4). He was awarded the British War medal only, due to his short service, and is remembered on the Iwerne Minster War Memorial, Shaftesbury.

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Asker Edgar Hubbard

21st June 2017/in 1914-1918 Royal Field Artillery /by Ann Symons

Surname: Hubbard

Other names: Asker Edgar

Locations in this story:
Houghton, Docking, Norfolk
Landour General Cemetery, Bengal, India
Iwerne Minster, Dorset
Mesopotamia
Station Hospital, Landour, India
Weymouth, Dorset
Madras 1914-1918 War Memorial, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Story:
Asker Edgar Hubbard was born in 1896 in Houghton, Docking, Norfolk. He was the son of Thomas Henry Hubbard, a gamekeeper, and Georgina Hubbard (née Coaston). His siblings included Sidney Samuel, born in 1891. At the time of the 1911 Census Asker was single, working as a gamekeeper and living at Iwerne Minster, Shaftesbury, Dorset. He enlisted in Weymouth, Dorset, as a Gunner in the Royal Field Artillery (Service No. 860454) and was in 1086 Battery, 215th Brigade. He served in Mesopotamia and was awarded the Victory and British War medals. He died of pneumonia on 20th July 1918 at Station Hospital, Landour and was buried at Landour General Cemetery, Bengal in India (grave id. Plot 8. Grave 6). He is remembered on the Iwerne Minster War Memorial, Shaftesbury and on the Madras 1914-1918 War Memorial, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Printed Source:
Iwerne Minster Before, During, and After the Great War. Edited by P. Anderson Graham.

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Samuel Sidney Hubbard

Samuel Sidney Hubbard

21st June 2017/in 1914-1918 Royal Army Service Corps /by Ann Symons

Surname: Hubbard

Other names: Samuel Sidney

Locations in this story:
Houghton, Docking, Norfolk
France & Flanders
Le Quesnoy Communal Cemetery Extension, France
Iwerne Minster, Dorset

Story:
Samuel Sidney Hubbard (normally referred to as Sidney for all purposes) was born in 1891 in Houghton, Docking, Norfolk. He was the son of Thomas Hubbard, a gamekeeper, and Georgina Hubbard (née Coaston). His siblings included Asker Edgar Hubbard, born in 1896 who was also killed in the war. His family moved from Norfolk and, at the time of the 1911 Census, Sidney was single and living at Iwerne Minster, Shaftesbury, Dorset. He enlisted in the Royal Army Service Corps (Service No. M2/032367) and served with the 42nd Motor Transport Company. At the time of his death he held the rank of Corporal. He served in France & Flanders and was awarded the Victory, British War and 1915 Star medals. He died of pneumonia on 20th November 1918 and was buried at Le Quesnoy Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France (grave id. I.C.12). He is remembered on the Iwerne Minster War Memorial as "Sergeant Samuel Sidney Hubbard", although all official records show the rank of Corporal.

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Asker Edgar Hubbard

Minnie Munro

21st June 2017/in 1914-1918 Voluntary Aid Detachment /by Ann Symons

Surname: Munro

Other names: Minnie

Locations in this story:
Exbury, Hampshire
1st Southern General Hospital, Selly Oak, Birmingham
Iwerne Minster, Dorset

Story:
Minnie Munro was, according to 1911 Census information, born in 1884 in Exbury, Hampshire. (It has been difficult to confirm this as no record of her birth can be found.) At the time of the 1911 Census, she was single and working as a domestic maid for James Hainsworth Ismay, (Lord Ismay), owner of the Iwerne Minster estate. She enlisted with the Red Cross as a nurse in the VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment) on 6th January 1916, her age then being given as 31 years. The official Red Cross record shows that she started working at the 1st Southern General Hospital, Selly Oak, Birmingham. However, her memorial inscription states that she commenced duties there in September 1915 which does not accord with the Red Cross records. She died at the hospital on 30th July 1917 from septic poisoning after contracting Pulmonary TB. She is remembered on the Iwerne Minster War Memorial, Shaftesbury.

Source: Photograph of Minnie Munro from the Imperial War Museum's First World War Portraits (Women's War Work) Classified Collection. Catalogue Number WWC Z-15.

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