1914-1918 Archives - Page 143 of 162 - Shaftesbury Remembers the Great War

Walter Inkpen

Surname: Inkpen

Other names: Walter

Locations in this story:
Gallipoli, Turkey
Helles Memorial, Turkey
Behind Town, Shillingstone, Dorset
Motcombe, Dorset
Shaftesbury
Exeter

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Walter Inkpen was born on 1st July 1887, in Shillingstone, Dorset, and was baptised there on 11th September, 1887. He was the son of John Reece Bradford Inkpen, a Postman, and Martha Inkpen (née Newman). His siblings included Ernest John, (b. 1895) and Bertram (b. 1898) both of whom died in the war. At the time of the 1911 Census he was single, working as a clerk and living at Behind Town, Shillingstone, Dorset.

He enlisted at Shaftesbury on 8th September, 1914 and joined the 5th Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 11001) as a Private but rapidly rose through the ranks to Sergeant by 1st April 1915. He served at Gallipoli and was awarded the Victory, British War and 14/15 Star medals. He was killed in action at Gallipoli and his name appears on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey (Panel 136 to 139). He is remembered on the Motcombe War Memorial, Dorset, and on the War Memorial at the Church of the Holy Rood, Shillingstone, Dorset. Whilst his brother, Ernest, also appears on the Motcombe memorial there is no mention of Bertram. When the 1914/15 Star was sent to his family in 1920, his mother had to remind the authorities that he was a Sergeant not a Private as inscribed on the medal. This was put right by the Records Office in Exeter and a new medal issued in August, 1921.

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Ernest John Inkpen

Frank Brine

Surname: Brine

Other names: Frank

Locations in this story:
Shaftesbury
France & Flanders
Bailleui Communal Cemetery Extension, Bailleui, Nord, France
Sherborne Causeway, Enmore Green
Gillingham, Dorset
Motcombe

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Frank Brine was born in 1889 in Shaftesbury. He was the son of John Brine, a contractor/haulier, and Louisa Brine (née Prior). His siblings included Albert, born in 1887, who also died in the war and other brothers, Douglas Harold (b.1895) served in the Navy before and during the war, and Percival who also survived. At the time of the 1911 Census Frank was single and living on Sherborne Causeway, Enmore Green. He enlisted in Gillingham, Dorset, on 5th January 1915 and joined the 15th Reserve Battery of the Royal Horse Artillery (Service No. 58979). He was posted to the British Expeditionary Force in France on 24th May 1915 and was promoted to the rank of Bombardier on 8th February 1916. He served in France & Flanders and was awarded the Victory, British War and 15 Star medals. He died on 31st July 1917 whilst serving with 'C' Battery, 123rd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery and was buried at Bailleui Communal Cemetery Extension, Bailleui, Nord, France, (near the Belgian border) (grave id. III.D.299). He is remembered on the war memorials at Motcombe and Enmore Green, Shaftesbury.

Frank's cousin Reginald Henry Brine served in the Royal Navy during the war but sadly died in 1918 on board HMS Lion.

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Photographs of Frank Brine and the Brine family home on Sherborne Causeway provided by Nigel Garrett.

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Douglas Harold Brine
Albert Brine
Reginald Henry Brine

Arthur John Parsons

10th June 2017/in 1914-1918 Gloucestershire Regiment /by Ann Symons

Surname: Parsons

Other names: Arthur John

Locations in this story:
Shaftesbury
Motcombe, Dorset
St. Mary's Church Extension Cemetery, Motcombe
Sunnyside, Motcombe, Dorset
Royds Hall War Hospital, Lindley, Huddersfield

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Arthur John Parsons was born in Motcombe, Dorset, on 3rd July 1898 and baptised there on 27th July, 1898. He was the son of John Parsons, a Farmer, and Emily Catherine Parsons (née Watts). At the time of the 1911 Census he was single, a Scholar and living at Sunnyside, Motcombe, Dorset. He enlisted in Shaftesbury as a Private in the 12th (Service) (Bristol) Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment (Service No. 38914). He served in France & Flanders and was awarded the Victory and British War medals. He had been wounded in France and repatriated back to England. He died of his wounds after the war on 16th January, 1919, at Royds Hall War Hospital, Lindley, Huddersfield and was buried on 22nd January, 1919, in the Extension Cemetery of St. Mary's Church, Motcombe (grave id. B.3.I). He is remembered on the Motcombe War Memorial, Dorset. His brother, George Thomas Parsons, also apparently served towards the end of the conflict and survived.

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George Thomas Parsons

Reginald Henry Brine

10th June 2017/in 1914-1918 Royal Marine Light Infantry /by Ann Symons

Surname: Brine

Other names: Reginald Henry

Locations in this story:
Shaftesbury
Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery, Isle of Hoy, Orkney
Sherborne Causeway, Enmore Green

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Reginald Henry Brine was born on 7th January 1900, in Shaftesbury. He was the son of Thomas Brine, a farmer, and Bessie Matilda Brine (née Courtenay). At the time of the 1911 Census he was single and described as a farmer's son, living on Sherborne Causeway, Enmore Green. He enlisted on 17th January 1917, as a Private in the Royal Marine Light Infantry (Service No. PLY/19355) and was awarded the Victory and British War medals. He served on board HMS Lion and died on board on 22nd March 1918. He was buried at Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery, Isle of Hoy, Orkney Isles (grave id. B.78). He is remembered on the war memorials at Motcombe and Enmore Green, Shaftesbury.

Reginald's cousin Douglas Harold Brine also served in the Royal Navy but survived the war. Sadly Douglas' brothers Albert and Frank died in the conflict.

Source: Photograph of Reginald Brine provided by Nigel Garrett.

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Douglas Harold Brine
Frank Brine
Albert Brine

Willie George Burden

10th June 2017/in 1914-1918 Wiltshire Regiment /by Ann Symons

Surname: Burden

Other names: Willie George

Locations in this story:
Shaftesbury
Egypt
Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Al Qantarah, Shamal Sina', Egypt
Sherborne Causeway, Enmore Green
Brickhill, Enmore Green

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Willie George Burden was born in 1893. He was the son of Stephen Burden, a Farm Labourer, and Elizabeth Annie Moore Burden (née Bridle). The family lived at Brickhill, Enmore Green. At the time of the 1911 Census he was single, working as a Farm Labourer and living on Sherborne Causeway, Enmore Green. He enlisted in Shaftesbury as a Private in the Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire) Regiment (Service No. 202266) and was awarded the Victory and British War medals. He died on 20th December 1918 whilst serving with the 1st/4th (T.F.) Battalion and was buried at Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Al Qantarah, Shamal Sina', Egypt (grave id. F.299). He is remembered on the war memorials at Motcombe and Enmore Green, Shaftesbury. Willie's father died in 1919. His brothers, Bertie Stephen Burden and Alfred Tom Burden, both served in the conflict and survived.

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Albert Arthur Butt

10th June 2017/in 1914-1918 Dorsetshire Regiment /by Ann Symons

Surname: Butt

Other names: Albert Arthur

Locations in this story:
Shaftesbury
Egypt
Ramleh War Cemetery, near Tel Aviv, Israel
Brickhill, Enmore Green
Motcombe, Dorset
South Africa
Dorchester
Palestine

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Albert Arthur Butt was born in 1898 in Shaftesbury. He was the son of Albert Charles Butt, described as a "soldier in Africa" and Martha Savina Butt (née Hoare). Albert's father served with the Dorsetshire Regiment during the Boer War and was killed in action on 26th September 1901. His mother re-married a Thomas Parsons in 1911. At the time of the 1911 Census Albert was single, a scholar and living at Brickhill, Enmore Green. He enlisted in Dorchester as a Private in the 2nd Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 15579). He served in Egypt and was awarded the Victory and British War medals. He died on 20th September 1918 and was buried at Ramleh War Cemetery, near Tel Aviv, in Palestine (grave id. U.30). He is remembered on the war memorials at Motcombe and Enmore Green, Shaftesbury.

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Frederick Percival Gray

10th June 2017/in 1914-1918 Dorsetshire Regiment /by Ann Symons

Surname: Gray

Other names: Frederick Percival

Locations in this story:
Shaftesbury
Gallipoli, Turkey
Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Poor Yard, St. James Street, Shaftesbury
Enmore Green, Shaftesbury
St. James's Church, Shaftesbury

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Frederick Percival Gray was born in 1896 in Shaftesbury and was baptised at St. James's Church on 17th May 1896. He was the son of Robert Gray, a stone quarryman, and Alice Louisa Gray (née Brickell). At the time of the 1911 Census he was single, working as an Errand Boy and living at Poor Yard, 60 St. James Street, Shaftesbury. He enlisted in Shaftesbury as a Private and joined the 5th (Service) Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 10970). He served at Gallipoli and was awarded the Victory, British War and 15 Star medals. He died at Gallipoli on 21st August 1915 and his name appears on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey (Panel 136 to 139). He is remembered on the war memorials at Motcombe and Enmore Green, Shaftesbury. Frederick's father, Robert, also served in the War with, initially, the Somerset Light Infantry and later with the Worcestershire Regiment from 6th September 1918 to 24th January 1919.

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Edward John Harnett

10th June 2017/in 1914-1918 Royal Navy /by Ann Symons

Surname: Harnett

Other names: Edward John

Locations in this story:
Tisbury, Wiltshire
Shaftesbury
Motcombe, Dorset
Leigh Farm, Teffont Evias, Tisbury, Wiltshire
Enmore Green, Shaftesbury
Portsea, Hampshire
Tollard Royal, Wiltshire

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Edward John Harnett was born on 26th January 1882 at Tollard Royal, Wiltshire. He was the son of Sidney Harnett, a farmer, and Cecily Harnett (née Green). The family lived at Leigh Farm, Teffont Evias, Tisbury, Wiltshire. His father died in 1903. Edward enlisted as a regular in the Royal Navy on 27th March 1906 for 12 years but was discharged early whilst serving on HMS Invincible on 21st October 1910 only to immediately re-sign and begin a new engagement on the same day and on the same ship (Service No. K9456). The 1911 Census shows him living as boarder in Portsea, Hampshire, but as a Royal Navy stoker. On 2nd December 1914, whilst serving on HMS Ghurka, by then as a Petty Officer, 1st Class, he was invalided out of the Navy suffering from anemopthsis (a form of rheumatoid gout). Regrettably he died on 26th February 1915 at Motcombe and was buried in Motcombe Churchyard. He was awarded Victory, British War and 14 Star medals. He is remembered on the war memorials at Motcombe and Enmore Green, Shaftesbury.

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Harold Percival Hoskins

10th June 2017/in 1914-1918 Royal Navy /by Ann Symons

Surname: Hoskins

Other names: Harold Percival

Locations in this story:
Shaftesbury
Portsmouth
Long Cross, Enmore Green
Motcombe, Dorset

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Harold Percival Hoskins was born on 24th July 1897 in Shaftesbury. He was the son of John Charles Hoskins, an agricultural labourer, and Rosina Hoskins (née Tullett). His siblings included Thomas Frank Hoskins, born in 1892, who died in the war on 8th September 1916 and Clarence Hoskins who survived the conflict. At the time of the 1911 Census Harold was single, a scholar and living in the family home at Long Cross, Enmore Green. He enlisted on 13th September 1913 into the Royal Navy (Service No. J/27193) and was assigned to HMS Impregnable as a Boy 2nd Class. Following training he was posted to HMS Invincible and in due time held the rank of Able Seaman. He was awarded the Victory, British War and 15 Star medals. He died on board HMS Invincible at the Battle of Jutland 31st May 1916 and his name appears on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial (Panel 13). He is remembered on the war memorials at Motcombe and Enmore Green, Shaftesbury. Harold and Thomas' mother, Rosina, also died in 1916.

Source: Photographs of the Portsmouth Naval Memorial taken by Richard Lunn.

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Thomas Frank Hoskins

Thomas Frank Hoskins

10th June 2017/in 1914-1918 South Wales Borderers /by Ann Symons

Surname: Hoskins

Other names: Thomas Frank

Locations in this story:
Shaftesbury
France & Flanders
Thiepval Memorial, France
Long Cross, Enmore Green
Great Yeatmans, Tout Hill, Shaftesbury
Tredegar, Monmouthshire
Newport, Monmouthshire
Kilmington St. Mary, Wiltshire
Mere, Wiltshire
St. Mary's Church, Kilmington

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Thomas Frank Hoskins was born in 17th November 1891 at Kilmington St. Mary, Wiltshire (his birth being registered at Mere, Wiltshire). He was baptised at St. Mary's Church, Kilmington, on 3rd November 1892. He was the son of John Charles Hoskins, an agricultural labourer, and Rosina Hoskins (née Tullett). His siblings included Harold Percival Hoskins, born in 1884, who died at the Battle of Jutland in May 1916 and Clarence Hoskins who survived the conflict. The 1911 Census shows the family living at Great Yeatmans, Tout Hill, Shaftesbury. Thomas had, however, by this time moved to Tredegar, Monmouthshire, and at the time of the 1911 Census he was single and working as a Coal Hewer. He enlisted in Newport, Monmouthshire as a Private in the 1st Battalion of the South Wales Borderers (Service No. 11881). He served in France & Flanders and was awarded the Victory, British War and 15 Star medals. He died on 8th September 1916 and his name appears on the Thiepval Memorial in France (Pier & Face 4 A). He is remembered on the war memorials at Motcombe and Enmore Green, Shaftesbury. Thomas and Harold's mother, Rosina, also died in 1916.

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Harold Percival Hoskins