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Very little is known of this former pupil of the Shaftesbury Grammar School, Shaftesbury, Dorset, who left that establishment in 1895.  A. H. Bowden was a Staff Sergeant with the Army Service Corps (Service No. S4/091428).  He served in France & Flanders from 3 Oct 1915 and was Mentioned in Despatches on 24 Dec 1917. On his discharge on 1 May 1915 was awarded the Victory and British War Medals and the 1915 Star.  Any other information would be welcome.

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Wilfred John Genge was born in East Knoyle, Wiltshire, in 1894 and baptised at the Parish Church, Tisbury, Wiltshire, on 18 Mar 1894 the son of Phillip Chitty Genge and Elizabeth Genge (nee Wallis).  He spent his early life in and around West Tisbury, Wiltshire, attending at Shaftesbury Grammar School, Shaftesbury, Dorset, which he left in 1910.  His father had died in 1901 and his mother in 1908. By 1911 he had moved to West Drayton, Middlesex, where he was a Student in Telegraphy.  He had enlisted with the Army Service Corps as a Private (Service No. M1/4987).  He was at one time attached to the 8th Division of the Australian Group in France and Flanders from 9 Nov 1914 and also held the temporary rank of Lance Corporal.  On his discharge he was awarded the Victory and British War Medals as well as the 1914/15 Star.  He had emigrated to Australia on board the SS Euripides on 21 Jun 1922 and by 1925 was living at Maryborough, Wide Bay, Queensland, working at Meacham's Stores.  On 20 May 1933 he married Winifred Alice Meacham and continued to live at Maryborough until 1972 when his address was given as 28 Hutchins Street, Currajong, Herbert, Queensland.  There is no information as to the date of his death.

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Joseph William New was born in Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 2 Jul 1887 and baptised at Holy Trinity Church on 16 Sep 1887 the son of Joseph New and Ellen Seymour New (nee Bolt).   His father died in 1898. He lived his early life at premises in the High Street, Shaftesbury, and attended at Shaftesbury Grammar School for some of his education eventually leaving in 1903.  By 1911 he was living in Lewisham, London, working as a Bank Clerk.  He enlisted with the 1/28th (County of London) Battalion (The Artist's Rifles) becoming a Lance Corporal in time. (Service No. 1205).  He served in France and Flanders from 27 Oct 1914 where he was later transferred to the 12th Regiment of the Middlesex Regiment and appointed a Lieutenant (rising in due course to Captain and attached to the Royal Air Force as part of the 8th Battalion).  On his discharge he was awarded the Victory and British War Medals as well as the 1914/15 Star.  By the time of the 1921 Census he was visiting and staying at 12 Spencer Gardens, Mortlake, Surrey, where he was described as a Bank Official with the National Provincial & Union Bank.

He appears on a list of Old Boys living in London or suburbs in the February 1922 edition of the Shaftesbury Grammar School magazine. He sailed to the USA and there married Elizabeth Eleanor Sondern on 27 Jan 1927 in Manhattan, New York, USA.  He returned to the UK by the time of the 1939 Register and was living at 'Fairway' Wellington Avenue, Egham, Surrey, now described as a Bank Manager.  At some point he had been awarded the Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.).  He moved to East House, Woodlands Road, East Virginia Water, Surrey, where he died on 8 Jul 1946.

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(Rev) William Tapper was born in Compton Abbas, Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 25 Dec 1883 the son of Henry John Tapper (a Farmer) and Kate Tapper (nee Rose).  He spent his early life in Compton Abbas and received some of his education at Shaftesbury Grammar School, Shaftesbury, Dorset.  In 1910 he entered the Wesleyan Methodist Ministry and attended at the Wesleyan College, Handsworth, Stafforshire, as a Theological Student.  On his appointment he became a Padre in the Chaplains Department of the Army.  There are no other details of his Military Service.  The 1921 Census shows him as a Minister of the Wesleyan Chapel in Bootle, Lancashire, and living there at 48 Oxford Road. His marriage to Emma May Hinds was registered at the Croydon, Surrey, Registry in 1927.  By the time of the 1939 Register he was living at 264 Duffield Road, Belper, Derbyshire, described as a Methodist Minister.  He died in Bournemouth, Hampshire, on 3 Feb 1968.