1914-1918 Archives - Page 165 of 165 - Shaftesbury Remembers the Great War

Bertram George Brown

Surname: Brown

Other names: Bertrand "Bertram" George

Locations in this story:
Cann Common, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Cann, Shaftesbury, Dorset
France & Flanders
Hamburg Cemetery, Germany
Pamphill Dairy, Wimborne, Dorset
Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Dorchester, Dorset

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Bertram Brown was born in 1895 in Cann, Shaftesbury, Dorset, and his name was registered as "Bertrand George Brown". He was the son of Samuel Brown, a miller's labourer, and Clara Brown (née Moore) the latter having died in 1899. The family lived at Cann Common, Shaftesbury. By the time of the 1911 Census he had left home and had become known as "Bertram". He was single, working as a dairyman on a farm, Pamphill Dairy, Wimborne, and was boarding at the home of the owner, Frederick Sheppard.

He enlisted in Dorchester as a Rifleman in the 1st Battalion of the King's Royal Rifles Corps (Service No. 11140). He served in France and Flanders from 13 Aug 1914 and was awarded the Victory and British War Medals as well as the 1914 Star. He died as a Prisoner of War on 4th April 1915 in Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. In 1923 his body was transferred to Hamburg Cemetery (grave id. I.G.9). He is remembered on the Cann War Memorial, Shaftesbury. His father, Samuel, sadly died in 1917 leaving Bertram's brother Frederick as his representative.

One of his brothers, Obery Archibald (b.1891) also died in the war on 19th March 1917 while serving with the East Kent Regiment in France. Three other brothers also served in the war: Harry (b.1885), William Thomas (b.1888) and Cyril (b.1894)

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Obery Archibald Brown
Cyril Brown
William Thomas Brown
Harry Brown

John Chown

Surname: Chown

Other names: John

Locations in this story:
Cann Common, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Shaftesbury, Dorset
France & Flanders
Enmore Green, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Motcombe, Dorset
Cann, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Devizes, Wiltshire
Le Touret Memorial, Le Touret, Pas de Calais, France

Story:
John Chown was born in 1888 in Shaftesbury, Dorset. He was the son of Samuel Chown, a carpenter, and Mary Ann (Annie) Chown (née Rogers). At the time of the 1911 Census the family were living at Cann Common, Shaftesbury, though John was not recorded. He married Lucy Hayward in Enmore Green, Shaftesbury on 28 May 1914 giving his current address as Tredegar, Monmouthshire, South Wales, described as a Collier. He enlisted in Devizes as a Private in the Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire) Regiment (Service No. 7612). He joined the 1st Battalion and served in France and Flanders from 14 Aug 1914. He was presumed killed in action on 31st October 1914 and his name appears on Le Touret Memorial, Le Touret, Pas de Calais, France (Panel 33 & 34). At the time his wife Lucy was living in Enmore Green and their son, John William, was born there on 7th May 1915 never knowing his father. After some initial problems Lucy received a widow's pension of £1. 8s. 7d. (£1. 42 1/2p.) per week. Lucy did not remarry and at the time of the 1939 Register she was living with her son at Hill Crescent, Enmore Green, Shaftesbury. John Chown was awarded the Victory and British War Medals as well as the 1914 Star with clasp. He is remembered on the War Memorials at Motcombe, Enmore Green and Cann, Shaftesbury. John's brother, Percy George Chown, also served but survived the conflict albeit he had been discharged early due to being medically unfit.

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Ernest Edwin Fisher

8th November 2016/in 1914-1918 Dorsetshire Regiment /by Ann Symons

Surname: Fisher

Other names: Ernest Edwin

Locations in this story:
Hardings Lane, Melbury Abbas, Dorset
France & Flanders
Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, Pas-de-Calais, France
Cann, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Shaftesbury, Dorset
Arras, France

Story:
Ernest Edwin Fisher was born in 1895 in Melbury Abbas, Shaftesbury, Dorset, but not baptised until 11 Jun 1905 at Melbury Abbas, Shaftesbury, Dorset, the son of Edwin Fisher, a stonemason, and Elizabeth Fisher (nee Rogers). His mother, Elizabeth, had died in 1896. At the time of the 1911 Census he was single, living in Hardings Lane, Melbury Abbas, Shaftesbury. He enlisted in Shaftesbury with the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 14506) and joined the 6th Battalion. He served in France and Flanders and at the time of his death held the rank of Corporal. He died of wounds on 13th April 1917 and was buried at Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, Pas-de-Calais, France (grave id. III.J.6). This cemetery was opened in February 1917 for use by the 8th Casualty Clearing Station and is associated with battles around Arras, France. He was awarded the Victory and British War medals and is remembered as "Edwin Fisher" on the Cann War Memorial, Shaftesbury.

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Robert Fowles

8th November 2016/in 1914-1918 Royal Army Service Corps, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers /by Ann Symons

Surname: Fowles

Other names: Robert

Locations in this story:
Cann, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Boyne Dairy, Cann, Shaftesbury
France & Flanders
Tyne Cot Memorial, Passchendaele, France
Southampton, Hampshire
Ilminster, Somerset

Story:
Robert Fowles was born in 1896 in Cann, Shaftesbury, Dorset, the son of Charles Fowles, a dairy farmer, and Caroline Sarah Fowles (née Hunt). At the time of the 1911 Census he was living and working on his father's farm, Boyne Dairy, Cann, Shaftesbury. He enlisted in Southampton as a Private in the Royal Army Service Corps (Service No. T/38882). He later transferred to the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (Service No. 42469). He served in France and Flanders and was awarded the Victory and British War medals. He was missing and presumed killed in action on 29th November 1917 and his name was placed on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Passchendaele, France (Panel 70 to 72). He is also remembered on the Cann War Memorial, Shaftesbury. His mother received a dependent's pension which, following her death in Ilminster, Somerset, during 1932, transferred to Robert's father.

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Obery Archibald Brown

8th November 2016/in 1914-1918 East Kent Regiment /by Ann Symons

Surname: Brown

Other names: Obery Archibald

Locations in this story:
Cann, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Lewisham, Kent
France & Flanders
Bruay Communal Cemetery Extension, Bruay, Pas de Calais, France
Park Farm, Twyford, Dorset
Cann Common, Shaftesbury, Dorset

Story:
Obery Archibald Brown was born in 1891 in Cann, Shaftesbury, Dorset. He was the son of Samuel Brown, a miller's labourer, and Clara Brown (née Moore), regrettably she died in 1899 in Shaftesbury. The family lived at Cann Common, Shaftesbury. At the time of the 1911 Census he was working as a cowman and living at Cann Common, Shaftesbury.

He enlisted in Lewisham, Kent as a Private in the 8th Battalion of The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) (Service No. G//18285). He served in France and Flanders and was awarded the Victory and British War medals. He died of wounds on 19th March 1917 and was buried at Bruay Communal Cemetery Extension, Bruay, Pas de Calais, France (grave id. D.9). His Next of Kin was his sister Louisa Steele, Park Farm, Twyford, Dorset, his father, Samuel, having died December 1917, just eight months after his son. Obery is remembered as "Archibald Brown" on the Cann War Memorial, Shaftesbury. One of his brothers, Bertram George (b.1895) died on 4th April 1915 while a prisoner of war. Three more brothers served in the war and returned: Harry (b.1885), William Thomas (b.1888) and Cyril (b.1894).

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Bertram George Brown
Cyril Brown
Harry Brown
William Thomas Brown

James Alfred Rideout

17th May 2016/in 1914-1918 Dorsetshire Regiment /by Ann Symons

Surname: Rideout

Other names: James Alfred

Locations in this story:
Ashmore, Shaftesbury, Dorset
France & Flanders
Shaftesbury, Dorset
St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France

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James Alfred Rideout was born in 1890 in Ashmore, Shaftesbury, Dorset, and was baptised there on 2nd November 1890. He was the son of Alfred Rideout, a gamekeeper, and Elizabeth Ann Rideout (née Davidge). At the time of the 1911 Census he was single, working as a gamekeeper and living at Keepers Lodge, Green Lane, Ashmore. He enlisted in Shaftesbury, Dorset, as a Private in the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 201788). He served with the 6th Battalion in France and Flanders becoming a Lance Corporal and was awarded the Victory and British War Medals. He died of wounds on 11th May 1918 and was buried at St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France (grave id. S.III.H.25). He is remembered on the Ashmore War Memorial, Shaftesbury. His mother had also died in 1918 so his father was in receipt of a dependent's pension of 5s. (25p.) per week. This pension was also short lived as his father died in 1919 and later financial effects went to his sister.

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Frank Merrifield

17th May 2016/in 1914-1918 Dorsetshire Regiment /by Ann Symons

Surname: Merrifield

Other names: Frank

Locations in this story:
St. Nicholas' Church, Ashmore, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Twyford, Shaftesbury, Dorset
India
Exeter, Devon
Melbury Abbas, Dorset
Shaftesbury, Dorset

Story:
Frank Merrifield was born in 1893 in Melbury Abbas, Shaftesbury, Dorset. He was the son of James Merrifield, a carter, and Albertina Elizabeth Merrifield (née Stone). At the time of the 1911 Census he was working as a carter and living at Twyford, Shaftesbury. On 14th September 1914 he enlisted at Shaftesbury as a Private in the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service Nos. 2866 and later 201098). He joined the 4th Battalion and served in India from 13th December 1914 to 24th September 1917. He repatriated to the UK and on 22nd December 1917 was discharged on the grounds that he was "no longer physically fit for war service". He had been diagnosed with Tuberculosis which was considered not the result of, but aggravated by, active service and he was granted a pension.

On 14th May 1918 he married Beatrice Davidge in Ashmore, Shaftesbury, Dorset. Frank died there on 25th February 1919 and was buried in the churchyard at St. Nicholas' Church, Ashmore. A few days later, on 3rd March 1919, his son James Frank Merrifield was born. Sadly the son himself died at the age of three. By the time of the 1939 Register Beatrice was living in Exeter and had not remarried.

Frank was awarded the British War Medal as well as the Silver War Badge No. 292652 and is remembered on the Ashmore War Memorial, Shaftesbury.

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Lancelot Lucien Martin

17th May 2016/in 1914-1918 Dorset Yeomanry /by Ann Symons

Surname: Martin

Other names: Lancelot Lucien

Locations in this story:
Ashmore, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Gallipoli, Turkey
Keynston, Tarrant Keynston, Blandford, Dorset
Sherborne, Dorset
Helles Memorial, Turkey
Egypt

Story:
Lancelot Lucien Martin was born in 1893 in Keynston, Tarrant Keynston, Dorset, and baptised at Tarrant Keynston, Dorset, on 6th August 1893. He was the son of Montague Francis Martin, a farmer (mixed), and Carrie Martin née Voss. At the time of the 1911 Census he was single, working as a farm labourer and living at North Farm, Ashmore, Shaftesbury, Dorset.

He enlisted in Sherborne, Dorset, as a Private in the 1/1st Battalion of the Dorset (Queens Own) Yeomanry (Service No. 957). He was posted to Egypt on 23 Apr 1915 served at Gallipoli, Turkey, and was awarded the Victory and British War Medals as well as the 1915 Star. He was presumed killed in action at Gallipoli on 21st August 1915 and his name appears on the Helles Memorial in Turkey (Panel 17 & 18). He is also remembered on the Ashmore War Memorial, Shaftesbury.

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Herbert George Bryant

17th May 2016/in 1914-1918 Dorsetshire Regiment /by Ann Symons

Surname: Bryant

Other names: Herbert George

Locations in this story:
St. Nicholas' Church, Ashmore, Dorset
Kilmington, Wiltshire
Shrewton, Wiltshire
Halfpenny Cottage, Ashmore, Dorset
Dorchester, Dorset

Story:
Herbert George Bryant was born on 26th January, 1894, in Kilmington, Wiltshire, and baptised at St. Mary's Church, Kilmington, on 3rd February, 1895. He was the son of James Bryant, a shepherd, and Elizabeth Bryant née Dodington. His siblings included Henry James Bryant (b.1891) who served and died in the war. At the time of the 1911 Census Herbert (then known as Bertie) was single, working as a shepherd and living with his grandfather, Andrew Bryant, in Shrewton, Wiltshire.

On 18th June 1915 he enlisted at Dorchester as a Private in the 7th (2nd Reserve) Battalion, 'B' Company of the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 15040). He gave his residence on enlistment as Halfpenny Cottage, Ashmore. Within a few weeks of enlistment there would appear to have been a breakdown in his health and he was discharged on 22nd Jan 1916 as "no longer fit for War Service". He was granted a pension on the grounds that his condition was "aggravated by service since the declaration of war". He died at Ashmore, Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 22nd January 1918 and was buried there on 26th January, 1918, in the churchyard at St. Nicholas' Church, Ashmore. There is no mention of his burial in the records of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, but he is remembered on the Ashmore War Memorial, Shaftesbury.

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Henry James Bryant

Henry James Bryant

17th May 2016/in 1914-1918 Dorsetshire Regiment /by Ann Symons

Surname: Bryant

Other names: Henry James

Locations in this story:
Ashmore, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Middle Chase, Bowerchalke, Wiltshire
Egypt
Palestine
Jerusalem War Cemetery, Churchhill Boulevard, Jerusalem
Kilmington, Wiltshire

Story:
Henry James Bryant was born on 14th September 1891 in Kilmington, Wiltshire, and baptised at St. Mary's Church, Kilmington, on 27th March,1892. He was the son of James Bryant, a shepherd, and Elizabeth Bryant (née Dodington). His siblings included Herbert George Bryant (b.1894) who though serving for a short period in the war he was discharged as unfit and died shortly after. At the time of the 1911 Census Henry was single, working as a farm labourer and living at Middle Chase, Bowerchalke, Wiltshire. He enlisted in Shaftesbury, Dorset, as a Private in the 2/4th Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 201091). He gave his address at the time as Ashmore, Shaftesbury, Dorset. He served in Egypt and Palestine and was awarded the Victory and British War Medals. He was killed in action on 24th November 1917 and was buried at the Jerusalem War Cemetery, Churchill Blvd, Jerusalem. (grave id.G.10). He is remembered on the Ashmore War Memorial, Shaftesbury.

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Herbert George Bryant