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Albert Victor Chown was born in Berwick St. John, Wiltshire, on 12 Jun 1888 and baptised there on 1 Jul 1888 the son of Thomas Chown and Mary Ann Chown (nee Billingham).  He lived all his life apart from Military Service in Berwick St. John.  He had enlisted with the Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire) Regiment as a Private (Service No. 203620).  It is not known in which theatre of war he served but he was with the 1st/4th Battalion and discharged on 2 Jan 1920 and awarded the Victory and British War Medals.  Both the 1921 Census and 1939 Register show him living with his widowed mother at Clarke's House, Berwick St. John, described as a Dairy Farmer. He died in Berwick St. John on 24 May 1963 and was buried at St. John's Church, Berwick St. John.  He had remained single all his life.

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Edwin Thomas Butcher was born in Amesbury, Wiltshire, on 17 Jun 1891 and baptised at the Chapel at Porton, Wiltshire, on 25 Jul 1891 the son of William Butcher and Adelaide Butcher (nee Fletcher). He spent his early years in and around Ebbesbourne Wake, Wiltshire, until by 1911 the family had moved to Pimperne, Dorset.  Edwin had married Elizabeth Ann Haigh at Rashcliffe Parish Church, Rashcliffe, Yorkshire West Riding, on 31 Aug 1918.  The wedding record shows he was a soldier at the time.  The only likely military record is of an Edwin Butcher serving in the Grenadier Guards as a Guardsman (Service No. 14999) who served in France and Flanders from 6 Oct 1914 and was awarded the Victory and British War Medals as well as the 1914/15 Star.  The 1921 Census shows him living at 51 Vulcan Place, Vulcan Road, Dewsbury, West Riding, Yorkshire, working as a Traction Engine Driver. By the time of the 1939 Register he had moved to The Grange, Grange Road, Ilkley, Yorkshire West Riding, working as a Water Inspector for the Urban District Council as well as being a Volunteer Firewatcher.  His death was recorded at the Wharfedale, Yorkshire West Riding, Registry during 1961.

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Herbert James Bulpitt was born at Newtown, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, on 18 Jul 1886 and baptised at Sixpenny Handley Parish Church on 26 Sep 1886 the son of James Bulpitt and Elizabeth Mary Bulpitt (nee Harvey).  He lived his early life in the Newtown area until after various voyages to and from Canada he finally left Liverpool on 11 Apr 1912 eventually arriving in Ingersoll, Oxford, Ontario, Canada, where he eventually enlisted on 12 Jan 1916 with the 168th Battalion of the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force as a Private (Service No. 675156).  In time he arrived in France and Flanders and joined the 18th Battalion where he was gassed on three occasions between Dec 1917 and Aug 1918 and had also suffered from trench foot.  On his return to Canada he was discharged as being medically unfit on 14 Apr 1919.  He was awarded the Victory and British War Medals.  He moved to the United States of America during late 1919 and lived and worked as a gardener in the Los Angeles area.  Little is know beyond this other than he was still in Los Angeles in 1944.  No death record has been found.  His brother, Leonard George Bulpitt, also served in the conflict and survived.

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Frank Bennett was born at Woodcutts, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, on 11 Dec 1885 and baptised at Sixpenny Handley Church on 24 Jun 1886 the son of John Bennett and Mary Ann Bennett (nee Elliott).  He lived all his life, apart from Military Service, in the Sixpenny Handley area.  He had enlisted with the Hampshire Regiment as a Private (Service No. 7151).   He served in France and Flanders from 23 Aug 1914 where he had received gunshot wounds to the chest, head and buttocks for which he received a limited pension in due time.  He was eventually promoted to Corporal and discharged on 15 Feb 1919 and awarded the Victory and British War  Medals along with the 1914/15 Star.   The 1921 Census shows him living with his parents in Sixpenny Handley working as a 'Road Scavenger' for Dorset County Council. By the time of the 1939 Register he was still single and living in The Street, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, now working as a Dorset County Council Road Foreman.  His death was recorded at the North Dorset Registry in Apr 1979 when he was aged 93 years.

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Robert Harvey Beaufoy was born at Coombe House, Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire, on 8 Oct 1896 and baptised at St. John the Baptist Church, Charlton, Donhead St. Mary, on 19 Nov 1896 the son of Mark Hanbury Beaufoy, a Vinegar Distiller, and Mildred Scott Beaufoy (nee Tait).  He spent all his early life in and around the environs of Coombe House, until by 1911 he was attending Repton School, Repton, Derbyshire, as a Scholar/Boarder.  He had taken part in the Officer Training Corps whilst at the school and held the rank of Cadet Sergeant.  At the outbreak of war he enlisted with the 17th (County of London) Battalion of the London Regiment (The Poplar and Stepney Rifles) being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant on 13 Oct 1914.  He served in Palestine as well as France and Flanders (from 23 Jun 1916) during which time he was awarded the Military Cross, the Meritorious Service Medal and the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal as well as being mentioned in dispatches.   At the end of the conflict he also received the Victory and British War Medals along with the 1914/15 Star.  He had taken employment as an Art Studio Manager during which time he married Edna Irene May Crisp on 6 Oct 1920 at St. Peter's Church, Cranley Gardens, Kensington, London. The 1921 Census shows they were then living at 26 Warwick Mansions, Cromwell Crescent, Kensington, London, with Robert now described as a Clerk (Public Trustee Office).  They went on to have one son, Michael Henry Beaufoy, in 1922.  Robert later had set up home at 3 Prince of Wales Mansions, Battersea, London, and regrettably died there on 24 Dec 1925.  His son had served with the Royal Air Force in the second world war and was killed in action on 9 Jun 1942 whilst flying as an Observer in a Blenheim bomber of Bomber Command.   Robert's brother, George Maurice Beaufoy, had served with the YMCA in WW1 but was himself killed by a bomb in WW2 on 17 Apr 1941.