1914-1918 Archives - Page 150 of 164 - Shaftesbury Remembers the Great War

Herbert Joseph Wellstead

Surname: Wellstead

Other names: Herbert Joseph

Locations in this story:
Fulham, Middlesex
Western Europe
Etaples Military Cemetery, Etaples, Pas de Calais, France
Brook Hill, Donhead St. Andrew, Wiltshire
Galloway Road, Shepherds Bush, London.
Donhead St. Andrew
Merton, Surrey

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Herbert Joseph Wellstead was born in 1896 in Fulham, Middlesex. He was the son of Fred Wellstead, a Stone Quarryman, and Ellen Mary Wellstead (nee Reeks). At the time of the 1911 Census he was living at Brook Hill, Donhead St. Andrew, Wiltshire. In 1915 he married Jane Haines and they had a daughter called Joan Elsie. He enlisted in London as a Gunner in the Royal Field Artillery (Service No. L/46669). He served in Western Europe and was awarded the Victory and British War medals. At the time of his death on 20th October 1918 he was serving with the 33rd Div. Ammunition Company and was buried at Etaples Military Cemetery, Etaples, Pas de Calais, France (grave id. LXVII. K. 7). At the time of his death his wife was living at 42 Galloway Road, Shepherds Bush, London. He is remembered on the Donhead St. Andrew War Memorial. His father died in 1919. His wife did not re-marry and by 1939 was living in Merton, Surrey.

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Nicholas Weatherby Hill

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

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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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Percival Henry Hill

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

Surname: Hill

Other names: Percival Henry

Locations in this story:
East Knoyle, Wiltshire
France & Flanders
Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres
Parkstone Avenue, Parkstone, Dorset
Donhead St. Andrew, Wiltshire
Bishops Knoyle (West Knoyle), Wiltshire
Pains Hill, Donhead St. Andrew, Wiltshire
Chedington Court, Beaminster, Dorset
Salisbury

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Percival Henry Hill was born on 27th August, 1894, in East Knoyle, Wiltshire, and baptised at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Bishop's Knoyle (West Knoyle),Wiltshire, on 7th October, 1894. He was the son of John Henry Hill, a Gardener, and Elizabeth Ann Hill (née Bryant). His siblings included Walter Geoffrey, born in 1896, who also died in the war. He was first registered for school at East Knoyle C of E School in 1897. In 1903 when his family moved to Pains Hill, Donhead St. Andrew he was registered for schooling at Donhead St. Andrew C of E School. At the time of the 1911 Census he was single and working as a Domestic Footman and living at Chedington Court, Beaminster, Dorset, in the employ of Sir Henry Peto (Bart).

He enlisted in Salisbury and joined the 8th Battalion of the East Yorkshire Regiment (Service No. 16355) and at the time of his death held the rank of Corporal. He served in France & Flanders and was awarded the Victory, British War and 1915 Star medals. He died on 31st March 1916 and his name appears on the Menin Gate Memorial at Ypres (Panel 21 & 31). He is remembered on the Donhead St. Andrew War Memorial. His parents were by then living at 78 Parkstone Avenue, Parkstone, Dorset.

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Walter Geoffrey Hill

Walter Geoffrey Hill

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

Surname: Hill

Other names: Walter Geoffrey

Locations in this story:
East Knoyle, Wiltshire
France & Flanders
Theipval Memorial, France
Parkstone Avenue, Parkstone, Dorset
Donhead St. Andrew, Wiltshire
St. Mary the Virgin Church, Bishops Knoyle (West Knoyle), Wiltshire
Salisbury
Pains Hill, Donhead St. Andrew, Wiltshire

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Walter Geoffrey Hill was born in January, 1896 in East Knoyle, Wiltshire, and baptised at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Bishops Knoyle (West Knoyle), Wiltshire. He was the son of John Henry Hill, a Gardener, and Elizabeth Ann Hill (née Bryant). His siblings included Percival Henry, born in 1894, who also died in the war. About 1903 the family moved to Pains Hill, Donhead St. Andrew, Wiltshire when Walter registered at the Donhead St. Andrew C of E School. At the time of the 1911 Census he was single, working as an Under Gardener and living in the family home at 78 Parkstone Avenue, Parkstone, Dorset. He enlisted in Salisbury as a Private in the 3rd Battalion of the Coldstream Guards (Service No. 10920). He served in France & Flanders and was awarded the Victory, British War and 1915 Star medals. He died on 15th September 1916 and his name appears on the Theipval Memorial (Pier & Face 7 D & 8 D). He is remembered on the Donhead St. Andrew War Memorial.

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Ernest Henry King

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

Surname: King

Other names: Ernest Henry

Locations in this story:
Donhead St. Andrew, Wiltshire
France & Flanders
Canada Farm Cemetery, Ypres, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Hargrove, Wardour, Tisbury, Wiltshire
Tisbury, Wiltshire
Wardour Lane, Donhead St. Andrew

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Ernest Henry King was born in March, 1896, in Donhead St. Andrew, Wiltshire, and was baptised at the Parish Church on 5th April, 1896. He was the son of Frederick John King, a Farm Labourer, and Emma Jane King (née Gray). At the time of the 1911 Census he was single, working as a Farm Labourer and living at Hargrove, Wardour, Tisbury, Wiltshire. His parents were living in Wardour Lane, Donhead St. Andrew. He enlisted in Tisbury, Wiltshire, as a Private and joined the 14th (Service) Battalion (West of England) of the Gloucestershire Regiment (Service No. 20694). He served in France & Flanders and was awarded the Victory and British War medals. He died on 1st November 1917 and was buried at Canada Farm Cemetery, Ypres, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium (grave id. III.F.14). He is remembered on the Donhead St. Andrew War Memorial.

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Ernest Henry Lawes

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

Surname: Lawes

Other names: Ernest Henry

Locations in this story:
Donhead St. Andrew
France & Flanders
Anneux British Cemetery, Nord, France
West End, Donhead St. Andrew, Wiltshire
Reading
Cambrai
Flot Farm Cemetery, Marcoing,

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Ernest Henry Lawes was born on 6th January, 1899 in Donhead St. Andrew, Wiltshire, and baptised in the Parish Church on 5th February, 1899. He was the son of Henry Lawes, a General Mason, and Julia Lawes (née Cross). He was registered for admission to Donhead St. Andrew C of E School in 1902. At the time of the 1911 Census he was still at school but also working as a Grocer's Errand Boy and living at West End, Donhead St. Andrew, Wiltshire.

He enlisted in Reading as a Private and joined the 4th Reserve Battalion of the Oxfordfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (Service No. 30249). During his time in the army he served with the 2nd/4th Battalion and finally the 2nd Battalion. He served in France & Flanders and was awarded the Victory and British War medals. He was killed at Cambrai on 1st October 1918 and interred along with 33 other members of the Battalion in one grave in the Flot Farm Cemetery, Marcoing. Following the Armistice his body along with all the others was re-interred at the Anneux British War Cemetery, Nord, France (grave id. III.D.17). He is remembered on the Donhead St. Andrew War Memorial.

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John Dennis Riggs

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

Surname: Riggs

Other names: John Dennis

Locations in this story:
Farnham, Dorset
Gallipoli, Turkey
Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Tollard Royal, Wiltshire
Hillside, Manswood, Wimborne
Berwick St. John, Wiltshire
Melbury Abbas, Dorset
Church of St. Peter and Vincula, Tollard Royal
St. John the Baptist Church, Berwick St. John, Wiltshire
Shaftesbury, Dorset

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John Dennis Riggs was born in 1888 in Farnham, Dorset, and baptised at Tollard Royal on 20th January, 1889. He was the son of John Dennis Riggs, a Gardener, and Fannie Riggs (née Raymond). His siblings included Cecil Herbert, born in 1893, who also died in the war. The 1911 Census shows that John was working as a Farm Labourer and living at Tollard Royal, Wiltshire. John married Alice Rachel Andrews at Witchampton, Dorset, on 26th December, 1911. He enlisted at Shaftesbury as a Private in the Dorset Yeomanry (The Queen's Own) (Service No. 1180). He served at Gallipoli and was awarded the Victory, British War and 1915 Star medals. He died on 21st August 1915 and his name appears on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey (Panel 17 and 18). John's widow Alice was at this time living with their two daughters at Hillside, Manswood, Wimborne. He is remembered on the Melbury Abbas War Memorial and on the memorial plaque inside the church at Berwick St. John, Wiltshire.

He is also remembered in Tollard Royal, on the War Memorial and on the Roll of Honour inside the Church of St. Peter and Vincula in the village.

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William George Litten

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

Surname: Litten

Other names: William George

Locations in this story:
East Lydford, Shepton Mallet, Somerset
Gallipoli, Turkey
Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Overway, Donhead St. Andrew, Wiltshire

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William George Litten was born on 6th October 1895 in East Lydford, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, and baptised at the parish church on 10th November 1895. He was the son of Samuel Litten (who died in 1900) and Margaret Litten (née Sparks), a Charwoman. In 1908 he was registered for admission to the Donhead St. Andrew C of E School. At the time of the 1911 Census, he was single and working as a Farm Labourer. He and his mother were living with his brother, John, at Overway, Donhead St. Andrew, Wiltshire. He enlisted in Salisbury as a Private with the 5th Battalion of the Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire) Regiment (Service No. 11142). He served at Gallipoli and was awarded the Victory, British War and 1915 Star medals. He was killed on 23rd July 1915 and his name appears on the Helles Memorial (Panel 156 to 158). He is remembered on the Donhead St. Andrew War Memorial.

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Cecil Herbert Riggs

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

Surname: Riggs

Other names: Cecil Herbert

Locations in this story:
Farnham, Dorset
Battle of Jutland
Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Tollard Royal, Wiltshire
Tinkley Cottages, Tollard Royal, Wiltshire
Berwick St. John, Wiltshire
Church of St. Peter and Vincula , Tollard Royal, Wiltshire
St. John the Baptist Church, Berwick St. John, Wiltshire

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Cecil Herbert Riggs was born on 29th September 1893 in Farnham, Dorset. (NB Second name shown as 'Herb' on GRO Index but 'Herbert' used generally afterwards.) He was the son of John Riggs, a Gardener, and Fanny Riggs (née Raymond). His siblings included John Dennis, born in 1888, who also died in the war. At the time of the 1911 Census he was single, working as a Farm Labourer and living with his brother, John Dennis Riggs, in Tollard Royal, Wiltshire. His parents lived at 25 Tinkley Cottages, Tollard Royal, Wiltshire. In 1913 he enlisted on 8th October, 1913, and joined the Royal Navy (Service No. K.20795 (PO)). He commenced his service at HMS Victory Training Unit and later was posted to HMS Albermarle where he qualified as a Stoker 1st Class. He returned to HMS Victory for a period before joining the crew of HMS Queen Mary. He died when the ship was sunk at the Battle of Jutland on 31st May 1916. His name appears on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial (Panel 19) and the memorial plaque inside the church at Berwick St. John, Wiltshire. He was awarded the Victory, British War and 1915 Star medals.

He is also remembered in Tollard Royal, on the War Memorial and on the Roll of Honour inside the Church of St. Peter and Vincula in the village.

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

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George Charles Puig

30th March 2017/in 1914-1918 Royal Army Service Corps /by Ann Symons

Surname: Puig

Other names: George Charles

Locations in this story:
Marylebone, Middlesex
Balkans
Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria, Greece
Carlisle Street, Marylebone, London
Bournemouth
Donhead St. Andrew, Wiltshire
Gussage St. Michael, Wiltshire
Salisbury
Overway, Donhead St. Andrew
Salonika

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George Charles Puig was born on 14th October, 1890, in Marylebone, Middlesex, and baptised at St. Barnabas Church, Marylebone, on 4th January, 1891. He was the son of Henry Puig, a House Painter, and Jane Ann Puig (née Barker). At the time of the 1901 Census the family was living at 65 Carlisle Street, Marylebone, London. By 1911 the family had moved to Gussage St. Michael, Wiltshire though George does not appear on the census at that time.

George enlisted in Salisbury (giving Bournemouth as his residence), and joined the 854th Horse Transport Company of the Royal Army Service Corps (Service No. TS/9451). His rank was Private (Shoe Smith). He served in the Balkans and was awarded the Victory and British War medals. He died in Salonika on 24th October 1918 and was buried at Mikra British War Cemetery, Kalamaria, Thessaloniki, Greece (grave id. 1890). This cemetery was used to re-inter personnel from other smaller graves sites in the area. By this time his parents had moved to Overway, Donhead St. Andrew and George is remembered on the Donhead St. Andrew War Memorial. His father died in 1920. His brother, William Henry Puig, also served and survived.

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