1914-1918 Archives - Page 150 of 162 - Shaftesbury Remembers the Great War

Jehu Charles Weeks

Surname: Weeks

Other names: Jehu Charles

Locations in this story:
Berwick St. John
France & Flanders
Templeux-Le-Guerard British Cemetery, Somme, France
The Cross, Berwick St. John, Wiltshire
Shaftesbury

Story:
Jehu Charles Weeks was born in 1894 in Berwick St. John. He was the son of Charles Weeks, a Farmer, and Sarah Ann Weeks (nee Sangen). At the time of the 1911 Census he was single, was a Farm Worker and living at The Cross, Berwick St. John, Wiltshire. He enlisted in Shaftesbury as a Private in the 7th Battalion of the Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire) Regiment (Service No. 17051). He served in France & Flanders and was awarded the Victory, British War and 1915 Star medals. He died on 7th October 1918 whilst attached to the 'B' Company of the Regiment and was buried at Templeux-Le-Guerard British War Cemetery, Somme, France (grave id. I.J.9). He is remembered on the Berwick St. John War Memorial.

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Cecil Dashwood Milman Fowler

Surname: Fowler

Other names: Cecil Dashwood Milman

Locations in this story:
Weaverham, Cheshire
France & Flanders
Loos Memorial, France
Donhead Lodge, Donhead St. Andrew, Wiltshire
St Mary Magdelane Church, Camden, London
Haileybury School, Great Amwell, Hertfordshire
St. Thomas' Church, Salisbury, Wiltshire

Story:
Cecil Dashwood Milman Fowler was born on 2nd November, 1896, in Weaverham, Cheshire, and baptised at St Mary Magdelane Church, Camden, London, on 5th January, 1897. He was the son of Lt. Col. Valentine Augustus Milman Fowler, a Prison Governor, and Edith Marian Fowler (née Byas). At the time of the 1911 Census, he was single and a student boarding in the Sanditemum Hailey School House, Haileybury School, Great Amwell, Hertfordshire. His father was Governor of Norwich Prison and the family lived in that area. He enlisted early in 1914 and joined the 1st Battalion (2nd Foot), of the Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment and at the time of his death held the rank of Lieutenant. He served in France & Flanders and was awarded the Victory, British War and 1914 Star medals and clasp. He died on 25th September 1915 and his name appears on the Loos Memorial (Panel 13 to 15).

In 1917 Cecil's parents moved to Donhead Lodge, Donhead St. Andrew, Wiltshire. Cecil is remembered on the Wiltshire Roll of Honour in St. Thomas' Church, Salisbury, on the De Ruvigny Roll of Honour and on the Haileybury School Roll of Honour.

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Francis (Frank) George Haime

30th March 2017/in 1914-1918 Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) /by Ann Symons

Surname: Haime

Other names: Francis George

Locations in this story:
Donhead St. Andrew
France & Flanders
Arras Memorial, France
Scots Hill, Donhead St. Andrew, Wiltshire
Lowsly Cottage, Headley Road, Liphhok, Hampshire
Hazelmere, Surrey
Petersfield, Hampshire
Western Australia

Story:
Francis George Haime (know as 'Frank') was born in 1884 in Donhead St. Andrew. He was the son of Henry William Haime, a Miller's Labourer, and Mary Ann Haime (née Gurd). By 1901 he had moved from home, was working as a General Labourer and boarding at Deadwater, Headley, Alton, Hampshire. At the time of the 1911 Census he was single, working as a General Labourer and boarding at Lowsly Cottage, Headley Road, Liphook, Hampshire. His parents meanwhile were living at Scots Hill, Donhead St. Andrew, Wiltshire. He married Dinisia Searle in 1912 in the Petersfield, Hampshire, Registry District. They went on to have three children: Evelyn (Lily) in 1913, George in 1914 and Agnes in 1916. Frank enlisted in Hazelmere, Surrey, as a Private and joined the 7th Battalion of the Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment (Service No. G/37752). He served in France & Flanders and was awarded the Victory and British War medals. He died on 3rd May 1917 and his name appears on the Arras Memorial (Bay 2). He is remembered on the Donhead St. Andrew War Memorial. His brother, William Henry Haime, who had emigrated to Western Australia, served with the Australian Infantry and survived. (NB. The family name appears to be Haime but Haimes was used frequently on records.)

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Reginal Charles John Head headstone, Donhead St. Andrew

Reginald Charles John Head

30th March 2017/in 1914-1918 Kings Royal Rifle Corps /by Ann Symons

Surname: Head

Other names: Reginald Charles John

Locations in this story:
Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire
Northamptonshire War Hospital, Duston, Northamptonl
St. Andrew's Church, Donhead St. Andrew
Lowndes Square, Chelsea, London
Ludwell, Wiltshire

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Reginald Charles John Head was born in 1898 in Donhead St. Andrew, Wiltshire, and was baptised there on 16th October, 1898. He was the son of William and Thirza Jane Head (née Biddiscombe). His father died in 1905 and in 1907 his mother remarried a Reginald Andrews and they set up home at Birdbush, Ludwell, Wiltshire. At the time of the 1911 Census he was single, and living in Ludwell but by 1917 was working as an Indoor Servant and living at 43 Lowndes Square, Chelsea, London. He enlisted in London on 3rd March, 1917, as a Private and joined the 19th Training Battalion of the King's Royal Rifle Corps (Service No. TR/13/14596 (later shortened to 14596)). At the time of his death his mother was living at The Rambler, Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire. He contracted Lobar Pneumonia and died in the Northamptonshire War Hospital, Duston, Northampton, on 8th April 1917 and was buried in the north-west part of St. Andrew's churchyard, Donhead St. Andrew. He is remembered on the Donhead St. Andrew War Memorial. His brother, William Frederick George Head, also served in the war and survived.

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Nicholas Weatherby Hill

30th March 2017/in 1914-1918 Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry /by Ann Symons

Surname: Hill

Other names: Nicholas Weatherby

Locations in this story:
Weeke, Winchester
France & Flanders
Courcelette British War Cemetery, Somme, France
St. Andrew's Church, Donhead St. Andrew, Wiltshire
Winchester College, Winchester, Hampshre
Donhead Cottage, Donhead St. Andrew, Wiltshire

Story:
Nicholas Weatherby Hill was born on 7th August, 1896, in Weeke, Winchester, Hampshire. He was the son of Henry Leonard Gauntlett Hill, an Architect, and Mary Hill (née Weatherby). At the time of the 1911 Census he was single and a student boarding at Winchester College, Winchester, Hampshire, where he attended from 1909 to 1915. He enlisted with the 2nd Battalion of the Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and at the time of his death held the rank of Lieutenant (Acting Captain). He served in France & Flanders and was awarded the Military Cross in 1916 just a few months before his death as well as the Victory and British War medals. He was killed at Courcelette by shell fire whilst on his way to the trenches on 16th January 1917 and was buried at Courcelette British War Cemetery, Somme, France (grave id. I.D.13). He is remembered on a brass tablet and wooden cross inside St. Andrew's Church at Donhead St. Andrew, Wiltshire, also on the Winchester College War Cloister, Area F.1. His parents were living at Donhead Cottage, Donhead St. Andrew, Wiltshire, at the time.

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Walter Charles Compton

30th March 2017/in 1914-1918 Wiltshire Regiment /by Ann Symons

Surname: Compton

Other names: Walter Charles

Locations in this story:
Alvediston, Wiltshire
Salford, Lancashire
St. Mary's Church, Michelmersh, Hampshire
Chalkpit, Broadchalke, Wiltshire
Romsey, Hampshire
Trowbridge, Wiltshire

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Walter Charles Compton was born in 1889 in Alvediston and baptised there on 6th October, 1889. He was the son of Edgar Compton, a Farm Labourer, and Sarah Ann Compton (née Coombes). In 1913 he married Ida Isabell Mabey in Romsey, Hampshire. They had two sons, Leonard (born 1914) and Ronald (born 1915). At the time of the 1911 Census, he was working as a Shepherd and living at Chalkpit, Broadchalke, Wiltshire.

Walter enlisted in Trowbridge as a Private in the Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire) Regiment (Service No. 201621) and was posted to the U.K. Depot. He died at home on 19th March 1919 in Salford, Lancashire and was buried in St. Mary's churchyard, Michelmersh, near Romsey. He was awarded the Victory and British War Medals.

In 1924 his widow Ida married William E. Yeates and they had one daughter, Christine. Sadly her son Leonard died in 1925, aged 11, and her husband died in 1929, aged 58. Her other son, Ronald, died in 1939, aged 23. Thus by the time of the 1939 Register, Ida was left living with her only daughter in Michelmersh.

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John Lawrence

30th March 2017/in 1914-1918 Dorsetshire Regiment /by Ann Symons

Surname: Lawrence

Other names: John

Locations in this story:
Sedgehill, Wiltshire
France & Flanders
Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz, France
Berwick St. John, Wiltshire
South Cheriton, Somerset
East Knoyle, Wiltshire

Story:
John Lawrence was born in 1895 in Sedgehill, Wiltshire, and baptised there on 19th January 1896. He was the son of William Lawrence, a Groom, and Bessie Lawrence (née Lampard). John's mother died in 1905 and was buried at East Knoyle on 10th February 1905. By the 1911 Census, John was working as a Labourer and boarding at Pauelines Farm at South Cheriton, Somerset, whilst his father lived at 'Warthogs', Semley, Wiltshire. At the time of his enlistment at Shaftesbury on the 13th January 1915, he was single and was living at Upton Cottage, Berwick St. John, Wiltshire. He joined the 6th Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment as a Private (Service No. 12795). He served in France & Flanders from 18th June, 1915 and moved from one Company to another within the Regiment but ended up with the 6th Battalion - where he had started. He was awarded the Victory, British War and 1915 Star medals. He died on 8th July 1916 and was buried at Dantzig Alley British War Cemetery, Mametz in France (grave id. IX.L.7). He is remembered on the Berwick St. John War Memorial. His half brother, Frederick Harold Lampard (who later changed his surname to Lawrence) also served in the conflict and survived (For story of Frederick see under Frederick Harold Lawrence.)

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George Grace

30th March 2017/in 1914-1918 Machine Gun Corps /by Ann Symons

Surname: Grace

Other names: George

Locations in this story:
Shrewton, Wiltshire
France & Flanders
Englefontaine British Cemetery, Nord, France
Crook Hill, Alvediston, Wiltshire
Tilshead, Wiltshire

Story:
George Grace was born in 1899 in Shrewton, Wiltshire and was baptised in Tilshead, Wiltshire on 10th September, 1899. He was the son of George and Ellen Grace (nee Merritt). At the time of the 1911 Census he was single and living at Crook Hill, Alvediston, Wiltshire. He enlisted at Alvediston in the 17th Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) (Service No. 134718). He served in France & Flanders and at the time of his death on 4th November 1918 held the rank of Lance Corporal. He was buried at Englefontaine British Cemetery, Nord, France (grave id. D37). He is remembered on the Alvediston War Memorial.

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Reginald John Leah

30th March 2017/in 1914-1918 Dorsetshire Regiment /by Ann Symons

Surname: Leah

Other names: Reginald John

Locations in this story:
Mottisfont, Hampshire
France & Flanders
Wailly Orchard Cemetery, Wailly, Pas de Calais, France
Hewelsfield Street, Briavels, Gloucester
Chettle, Dorset
Woodlands, Berwick St. John, Wiltshire
Hewelsfield, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire

Story:
Reginald John Leah was born in 1894 in Mottisfont, Hampshire. He was the son of Humphrey Leah, a Game Keeper, and Selina Leah (née Smith). At the time of the 1911 Census they were living in Chettle, Dorset. Reginald was single, working as a Game Keeper and was a boarder at Woodlands, Berwick St. John. He enlisted on 26th August 1914 at Shaftesbury as a Private in the 5th Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 10101). At the time of enlistment he had been living at Hewelsfield, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. He served in France & Flanders and was awarded the Victory, British War and 1915 Star medals. He was killed in action on 20th July 1916 and was buried at Wailly Orchard Cemetery, Wailly, Pas de Calais, France (grave id. I.F.1). He is remembered on the Berwick St. John War Memorial. His father died in 1918.

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A. Hull

30th March 2017/in 1914-1918 /by Ann Symons

Surname: Hull

Other names: A.

Locations in this story:
Alvediston, Wiltshire

Story:
The name of Flight Lieutenant A. Hull appears on the war memorial at Alvediston in Wiltshire. So far it has not been possible to find details of his life in official records. We would be grateful to anyone who may be able to provide information that would help us to identify him.

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