1914-1918 Archives - Page 137 of 162 - Shaftesbury Remembers the Great War

Annie Neish

Surname: Neish

Other names: Annie

Locations in this story:
Feock, Nr. Truro, Cornwall
No. 1 Reading War Hospital
London Road Cemetery (Old Cemetery), Reading, Berkshire
The Gardens, Iwerne Minster, Dorset
Gallipoli, Turkey

Story:
Annie Neish was born in 1886 in Feock, Nr. Truro, Cornwall. She was the daughter of William Neish, who became a gardener on the Iwerne Minster estate, and Jane Neish (née Hinder). Among her siblings was Alfred William, born in 1894. At the time of the 1911 Census Annie was single, a domestic nurse, living at The Gardens, Iwerne Minster, Dorset.

On 18th January 1916 she became a Red Cross Nurse with the VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment) and served in No. 1 Reading War Hospital, Berkshire. She died there of sepsis on 18th October 1918 after nursing a soldier who had septic pneumonia. She was buried at London Road Cemetery (Old Cemetery), Reading (grave id. 80. 16489) on 23rd October, 1918. She is remembered on the Iwerne Minster War Memorial, Shaftesbury. Her gravestone in Reading includes memorials to her mother, Jane (died 1932) and her brother, Alfred William (died in Gallipoli, Turkey, 1915).

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

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Frederick James Roberts

Surname: Roberts

Other names: Frederick James

Locations in this story:
Shaftesbury
Lens, France
Aix-Noulette Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas-de-Calais, France
Till Hay Cottage, Iwerne Minster, Dorset
York, Ontario, Canada
Iwerne Minster, Dorset
Toronto, Canada
Montreal, Canada

Story:
Frederick James Roberts was born in Iwerne Minster on 28th February 1891. He was the son of Frank Roberts, a Stationary Engineman, and Mary Eliza Roberts née Wareham. At the time of the 1911 Census, he was working as a teamster and living at Till Hay Cottage, Iwerne Minster, Dorset. He set sail for Canada on 8th July, 1911 aboard the SS Victorian bound for Montreal. On 2nd December 1912 he married Ada Ethel Bryant at York, Ontario, Canada. He enlisted in Toronto on 29th January 1916 as a Private with the 20th Battalion of the Canadian Infantry (Service No. 679171). He was killed while serving in the trenches near Lens in Northern France on 18th August 1917 and was buried at Aix-Noulette Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas-de-Calais, France (grave id. I.J.14). He is remembered on the Iwerne Minster War Memorial, Shaftesbury. His brother, Ernest Frank Roberts, served and survived the conflict.

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John Roberts

21st June 2017/in 1914-1918 Royal Munster Fusiliers, Wiltshire Regiment /by Ann Symons

Surname: Roberts

Other names: John

Locations in this story:
Shaftesbury
Italy
Cremona Town Cemetery, Italy
The Drove, Iwerne Minster, Dorset
Trowbridge, Wiltshire

Story:
John Roberts was born in 1894 in Iwerne Minster and baptised there on 6th May, 1894. He was the son of Alfred Roberts, a waggoner on a farm, and Charlotte Roberts (née Jackson). He was married to Alice (as yet name unknown or when). At the time of the 1911 Census, he was a farm worker and living at The Drove, Iwerne Minster, Dorset. He enlisted in Trowbridge, Wiltshire and joined the Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire) Regiment (Service No. 11930). He later transferred to the Royal Munster Fusiliers (Service No. G/1584) and at the time of his death held the rank of Corporal. He served in Italy and was awarded the Victory, British War and 1915 Star medals. He died of pneumonia on 20th October 1918 and was buried at Cremona Town Cemetery (grave id. C.4). He is remembered on the Iwerne Minster War Memorial, Shaftesbury.

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

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Henry George Stockley

21st June 2017/in 1914-1918 Dorsetshire Regiment /by Ann Symons

Surname: Stockley

Other names: Henry George

Locations in this story:
Shaftesbury
Masaid, Egypt
Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Ismalia, Egypt
Iwerne Minster, Dorset
Palestine
Blandford
Turners Puddle, Dorset

Story:
Henry George Stockley was born in 1883 in Iwerne Minster. He was the son of Edwin Swyer Stockley, a house painter, and Caroline Stockley (née Domoney). On 27th October, 1907 he married Emma Froud Sargent at Turners Puddle, Dorset. They had three children, Eva Annie (b.1908-d.1908), Edwin T. (b. 1910) and Henry G. (b. 1912). At the time of the 1911 Census, he was living in Iwerne Minster, Dorset and was working as a house painter. He enlisted in Blandford as a Private and joined the 2nd/4th Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 202036). He served in Egypt and Palestine and was awarded the Victory and British War medals. He was wounded in Palestine on 19th April 1918 and died on 14th May 1918 at Masaid, Egypt. He was buried at Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Ismalia, Egypt (grave id. E.252). He is remembered as George Stockley on the Iwerne Minster War Memorial, Shaftesbury. His wife, Emma, did not remarry and was living in Blandford Road, Shaftesbury in the 1939 Register.

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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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Robert Ashby

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

Surname: Ashby

Other names: Robert

Locations in this story:
France & Flanders
Norfolk Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt, France
Elliston, Leicestershire
Iwerne Minster, Dorset
Becourt, Somme, France
Market Bosworth, Leicestershire
Child Okeford, Dorset

Story:
Robert Ashby was born in 1879 in Childe Okeford and baptised there on 25th May 1879. He was the son of George Ashby, a groom, and Katherine Ashby (née Bucklar). Though his parents lived in Iwerne Minster, Robert spent much of his life living in Market Bosworth (where his mother had been born). He found employment there as a coal miner. On 12 June 1905 he married Mary Jane Smith at the Baptist Chapel in Market Bosworth. They had three children from the marriage. At the time of the 1911 Census, he was working as a coal miner and living at Elliston, Leicestershire. His mother was living in Iwerne Minster.

He enlisted in London as a Sapper (Tunneller) with the 178th Company, Royal Engineers (Service No. 102813). He served in France and Flanders and was awarded the Victory, British War and 1915 Star medals. On 23rd Sept, 1915 he was slightly gassed and, after treatment, returned to duty only to be killed on 21st December 1915 at Becourt, Somme, France. He was buried at the Norfolk Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt, Somme, France (grave id. I.C.22). He is remembered on the Iwerne Minster War Memorial, Shaftesbury.

His wife received a widow's pension of £1.02p per week for herself and the three children. She continued to live in Elliston, according to the 1939 Register. Robert's brother George Frederick (b.1888) also served in the war, with the Royal Field Artillery.

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George Frederick Ashby

Frederick George Bridle

21st June 2017/in 1914-1918 Wiltshire Regiment /by Ann Symons

Surname: Bridle

Other names: Frederick George

Locations in this story:
Blandford Forum, Dorset
France & Flanders
Inchy Communal Cemetery Extension, Inchy-Beaumont, Cambrai, Nord, France
Tarrant Crawford, Blandford, Dorset
Inchy Hospital, France
Iwerne Minster, Dorset
Sturminster Newton, Dorset

Story:
Frederick George Bridle was born in 1899 in Tarrant Crawford, Blandford and baptised there on 8th Oct 1899. He was the son of George William Bridle, a carter on a farm, and Bessie Bridle (née Joyce). At the time of the 1911 Census he was single, a scholar and living at Tarrant Crawford, Blandford, Dorset. He enlisted in Sturminster Newton as a Private in the 1st Battalion of the Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire) Regiment (Service No. 36132). He served in France & Flanders and was awarded the Victory and British War medals. He died from wounds on 24th October 1918 at Inchy Hospital in France and was buried at Inchy Communal Cemetery Extension, Inchy-Beaumont, Cambrai, Nord, France (grave id. B. 43). He is remembered on the Iwerne Minster War Memorial, Shaftesbury.

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James Robert Hatcher

21st June 2017/in 1914-1918 Dorsetshire Regiment /by Ann Symons

Surname: Hatcher

Other names: James Robert

Locations in this story:
Childe Okeford, Dorset
France & Flanders
Hinton St. Mary, Dorset
Pozieres British Cemetery, Ovillers-La Boisselle, Somme, France
Fontmell Magna, Dorset
Shaftesbury
Iwerne Courtney, Dorset

Story:
James Robert Hatcher was born in 1898 in Childe Okeford, Dorset, and baptised at Iwerne Courtney, Dorset, on 7th May 1899. He was the son of Robert Edwin Hatcher, an agricultural labourer, and Louisa Hatcher (née Wareham). At the time of the 1911 Census he was single, a scholar and living at Hinton St. Mary. He enlisted in Shaftesbury as a Private in the 5th Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 14482). He served in France & Flanders and was awarded the Victory, British War and 1915 Star medals. He died on 26th September 1916 and was buried at the Pozieres British Cemetery, Ovillers-La Boisselle, Somme, France (grave id. I.H.44). He is remembered on the Fontmell Magna War Memorial, Shaftesbury.

Further reading: "Fontmell Magna and the First World War", compiled by Chris Bellers, Fontmell Magna Village Archive Society, 2014.

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Harold Vernon Browne

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

Surname: Browne

Other names: Harold Vernon

Locations in this story:
Port Gawler, South Australia
Gallipoli, Turkey
Hill 10 Cemetery, Turkey
Hoburne, Hampshire
Suvla Bay, Turkey
Iwerne Minster, Dorset
St. Mary's Church, Iwerne Minster
Wellington College, Crowthorne, Berkshire

Story:
Harold Vernon Browne was born on 25th August, 1885 in Buckland Park, Port Gawler, South Australia. He was the son of Leonard Gilbert Browne, described as living by his "own means", and Helen Mary Browne (née Price). The family moved to England in 1891 and by 1901 Harold was a boarder at Wellington College, Crowthorne, Berkshire. On 24th June, 1908 he married Mabel Doris Tillard, eventually moving to Iwerne Minster. They had four children: three boys and a girl. At the time of the 1911 Census, he was also living by his "own means", at Hoburne, Hampshire. He joined the Dorset (Queen's Own) Yeomanry in 1908. He became a Lieutenant in October 1913 and Captain in July 1915 - which rank he held at the time of his death. He served at Gallipoli and was awarded the Victory, British War and 1915 Star medals. On 7th September 1915 he was killed by a shell whilst discharging his duties as Military Landing Officer on "A" Beach, Suvla Bay. He was buried at the nearby Hill 10 Cemetery, Turkey (grave id. II.B.12) and is remembered on the Iwerne Minster War Memorial, Shaftesbury and on a stone pillar in front of the pulpit of St. Mary's Church, Iwerne Minster. He is also mentioned on the De-Ruvigny's Roll of Honour and on the Wellington College Roll of Honour. His wife went on to re-marry Thomas Hartley Carlisle in Shaftesbury in 1922.

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Albert Jenkins

21st June 2017/in 1914-1918 Dorsetshire Regiment /by Ann Symons

Surname: Jenkins

Other names: Albert

Locations in this story:
Fontmell Magna, Dorset
France & Flanders
Blighty Valley Cemetery, Authuille Wood, Authuille, Somme, France
Smith's Hole, Fontmell Magna
Shaftesbury

Story:
Albert Jenkins was born in 1898 in Fontmell Magna. He was the son of Henry Jenkins, a shepherd, and Ellen Jenkins (née Coombs). At the time of the 1911 Census he was single, a scholar and living at 44 Smith's Hole, Fontmell Magna. He enlisted at Shaftesbury and joined the 5th Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 13022) later transferring to the 1st Battalion. At the time of his death held the rank of Lance Corporal. He served in France & Flanders and was awarded the Victory, British War and 1915 Star medals. He died on 2nd July 1916 and was buried at Blighty Valley Cemetery, Authuille Wood, Authuille, Somme, France (grave id. II.B.9). He is remembered on the Fontmell Magna War Memorial, Shaftesbury.

Further reading: "Fontmell Magna and the First World War", compiled by Chris Bellers, Fontmell Magna Village Archive Society, 2014.

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