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Arthur Angelo Barnard was born in Holborn, London, on 4 Jan 1876 and baptised at St. Michael and All Angel's Church, Camberwell, London, on 21 Feb 1881, along with other siblings on the same date, the son of Arthur Angelo Barnard and Rosina Sophia Barnard (nee Staines).    He enlisted in the Dorsetshire Regiment on 25 Sep 1894 as a Private (Service No. 4487).  On 22 Aug 1901 he married Emma Lilian Highman at West Fordington, Dorset, and they went on to have five children.  Arthur, having served in India, was discharged from the Army on 24 Sep 1906 having completed his term of engagement.  By the time of the 1911 Census he was living in Watery Lane, Iwerne Minster, Dorset, working as an Estate Worker.  He re-enlisted with the Dorsetshire Regiment as a Private (Service No. 19339).  He was based with the 1st (Garrison) Battalion and served in Egypt.  He was discharged on 11 Apr 1919 and was awarded the Victory and British War Medals as well as the 1915 Star.  He then lived in Iwerne Minster until at least 1926 according to the Electoral Register.  By the time of the 1939 Register he was living at Woodside, Felcourt, Godstone, Surrey, described as a  GPO employee (Retired). The only other information is that a death in Arthur's name was recorded in Victoria, Australia.  There is no date but the death was reported there by his son, George Highman Barnard.  This latter fact cannot yet be confirmed.

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Horace Grant was born in Frome, Somerset, on 18 Apr 1879 and baptised there on 6 Jul 1879 the son of Charles John Grant and Emma Grant (nee Dunnings).  He lived his early life in Frome and, by the time of the 1911 Census, had moved to The Commons, Shaftesbury, Dorset, working as a Plumber and Decorator.  He married Ellen Maud Mary Oborne at St. Rumbold's Church, Cann, Shaftesbury, on 26 Mar 1913.  Horace had enlisted with the Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire) Regiment as a Private (Service No. 48475) according to the Absent Voters List of 1918.  There are no other available Military records.  By the time of the 1939 Register he was living at The Sunridge Hotel, Shaftesbury, Dorset, where his wife was the proprietor and he was assisting her in the hotel work.    At the time of his death in 1966 he had moved to 17 Salisbury Street, Shaftesbury, and was buried at St. Rumbold's Church, Cann, on 18 Mar 1966.

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Samuel Moores was born in Bourton, Dorset, on 21 Oct 1878 and baptised there on 10 Nov 1878 the son of Frederick Moores and Sarah Ann Moores (nee Baker).  He lived his early life in Bourton.  He had enlisted with the Dorsetshire Regiment in 1887 as a Private (Service No. 5407) and served in Malta and South Africa where he was awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal (with 5 Clasps) and the King's South Africa Medal (with 2 Clasps).  He married Elizabeth Sarah Ellen Parsons in Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 30 Jun 1907 and they went on to have two children.  Samuel was discharged from the Army on 12 Sep 1909.  He re-enlisted in WW1 and joined the Labour Corps as a Private (Service No. 364703) and served with the 807 Agricultural Company in the UK only.  There are no medal records for this period.  During the war period he registered his address as 6 Bimport, Shaftesbury, Dorset, (the address of his parents-in-law).  Following the war he returned to Bourton where he was shown on the 1939 Register as living at Yew Tree Cottage, Bourton, Dorset, described as Army - Incapacitated.  His death was registered at Sturminster, Dorset, in 1956 and he was buried at Bourton on 6 Sep 1956.

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Jack Borley was born in Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 18 Sep 1891 and baptised at Holy Trinity Church on 15 Nov 1891 the son of Robert William Borley, a Hotel Proprietor, and Mary Rebecca Borley (nee Uphill).  He spent much of his early life at the, now, Grosvenor Hotel, The Commons, Shaftesbury.  He also attended Shaftesbury Grammar School which he left in 1905.  By the time of the 1911 Census he was working as a Draper's Apprentice at 125 Broad Street, Reading, Berkshire.  According to the Grammar School records he had enlisted and became a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery.  Regrettably, despite searches, no Military or Medal records can be found.  He married Jane Bethell in Westminster, London, in 1937.  By the time of the 1939 Register he was living at Tollard House, Tollard Royal, Wiltshire, assisting with his brother's farm.  He died in Tollard Royal on 22 Apr 1959.

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Charles Samuel Williamson Thomas was born in Netherbury, Beaminster, Dorset, on 1 Feb 1877 and baptised there on 2 Mar 1877 the son of George Nunn Thomas, an Army Officer, and Louisa Frances Thomas (nee Keddle).  He lived his early life at Wooth Grange House, Netherbury, except, when attending for some of his education, at Shaftesbury Grammar School, Shaftesbury, Dorset, from which establishment he left in 1889.  He joined the Army and by 1901 had become a Captain in the Royal Garrison Artillery and posted to Bengal, India, where he became the Superintendant of the Indian Army Ordnance Department.   He married Maud Minnie Martha Rennie at Dehra Dun, Bengal, India, on 6 Mar 1906 and they went on to have one son.  By 1911 he was back in the UK living at 17 Old Dover Road, Blackheath, London, S.E.  During the period of WW1 he returned to India and was promoted to Major.  After the war he remained with the Indian Army and was awarded the British War Medal.  By the time of the 1939 Register he had returned to the UK, having retired with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, and was living at Wooth Grange, Netherbury, Beaminster, Dorset.  He died on 10 Jun 1940 in Netherbury.  Charles's brother, Arthur Francis Thomas, also served in the Navy during the conflict according to Shaftesbury Grammar School records.