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

Asker Edgar Hubbard

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.

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

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Samuel Sidney Hubbard

Samuel Sidney Hubbard

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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Alfred William Neish

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

Surname: Neish

Other names: Alfred William

Locations in this story:
West Kirby, Wirral, Cheshire
Gallipoli, Turkey
Helles Memorial, Turkey
The Gardens, Iwerne Minster, Dorset
Chanuk Bair, Turkey
Reading, Berkshire.
London

Story:
Alfred William Neish was born in 1894 in West Kirby, Wirral, Cheshire and baptised there on 22nd April 1894. He was the son of William Neish, who became a gardener on the Iwerne Minster estate, and Jane Neish (née Hinder). Among his siblings was Annie, born in 1886. At the time of the 1911 Census Alfred was single, working as a gardener and living at The Gardens, Iwerne Minster, Dorset. He enlisted in London as a Private in the 5th Battalion of the Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire) Regiment (Service No. 9764). He served at Gallipoli and was awarded the Victory, British War and 1915 Star medals. He died at Chanuk Bair on 10th August 1915 and his name appears on the Helles Memorial in Turkey (Panel 156 to 158). He is remembered on the Iwerne Minster War Memorial, Shaftesbury and also on the grave of his sister, Annie, in Reading, Berkshire, who died as a result of her work with the VADs.

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Annie Neish

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

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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Frederick James Roberts

21st June 2017/in 1914-1918 Canadian Infantry /by Ann Symons

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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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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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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