1914-1918 Archives - Page 47 of 162 - Shaftesbury Remembers the Great War

Bertram Joseph Mansfield

11th March 2021/in 1914-1918 /by Chris Stupples

Surname: Mansfield

Other names: Bertram Joseph

Locations in this story:
Shaftesbury, Dorset
Hampstead, London
Hammersmith, Middlesex
Letchworth, Hertfordshire
Cricklewood, Middlesex

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Bertram Joseph Mansfield was born in Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 11 Jun 1877 the son of Thomas John Mansfield (a local Watchmaker and Jeweller) and Ellen Mansfield (nee Andrew). He spent all his early life in Shaftesbury with some of his education at Shaftesbury Grammar School which he left in 1894. By 1901 he had moved to Hampstead, London, where he was working as a Clerk. His father died in 1904. He married Maude Alice Jessie Murphy at St. John the Evangelist Church, Hammersmith, Middlesex, on 18 Apr 1910. He had enlisted with the Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) as a Territorial with the rank of Rifleman (Service No. 175). When he was mobilized at the outset of war he joined the 18th Battalion (Service No. 200162) and served abroad from 5 Jan 1916 though it is not known in which area. On his discharge, sometime after 2 Nov 1919, he was awarded the British War Medal only as well as a lifetime pension. The 1921 Census shows him living at 'Aysgarth', Somerton Road, Cricklewood, Middlesex, working as a Railway Accounts Clerk with the Railway Clearing House. By the time of the 1939 Register he was living at 31 Cowslip Hill, Letchworth, Hertfordshire, described as a Retired Railway Clearing House Clerk. He died in Letchworth on 25 Oct 1965.

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Alfred Lawrence Filley

11th March 2021/in 1914-1918 /by Chris Stupples

Surname: Filley

Other names: Alfred Lawrence

Locations in this story:
Glasgow, Scotland
Berwick St. John. Wiltshire
Lancaster, Lancashire
Wallasey, Cheshire
Shaftesbury, Dorset

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Alfred Lawrence Filley was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on 25 Aug 1896 the son of George Frederick Filley and Sarah Louisa Filley (nee Wheeler). His father died in 1900 and he and his mother moved to Berwick St. John, Wiltshire, where Sarah became a local school head teacher. Alfred had attended at Shaftesbury Grammar School, Shaftesbury, Dorset, for some of his education leaving at the end of 1911. He enlisted in the Royal Navy as a Trainee Engineering Artificer (Service No. M3763). He served on many ships during the war and was awarded the Victory and British War Medals as well as the 1914/15 Star. He continued to serve in the Royal Navy and was still mentioned in the records having achieved the rank of Lieutenant (Honorary). The 1921 Census gives his address as Curfew Cottage, Water Street, Berwick St John, Wiltshire, (where he was visiting his mother) describing him as an Engine Room Artificer (RN). He had married Annie Sansom in Berwick St. John in 1919 but she regrettably died in 1936. He rejoined the Royal Navy by Jul 1938 and was promoted to Lieutenant on 23 May 1944. Alfred went on to re-marry Gwladys Jane Pashby or Cross (records are confusing) in Lancaster, Lancashire, on 19 Aug 1959. He died in the Everleigh Nursing Home, 12 Grove Road, Wallasey, Cheshire, on 22 Mar 1988.

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Cecil Arthur Ensor

9th March 2021/in 1914-1918 /by Chris Stupples

Surname: Ensor

Other names: Cecil Arthur

Locations in this story:
East Tisbury, Wiltshire
Minchinhampton, Wiltshire
Lymington, Hampshire
Hendon, Middlesex
Shaftesbury, Dorset
Penge, Surrey

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Dr. Cecil Arthur Ensor MD, was born in East Tisbury, Wiltshire on 9 Aug 1873 and baptised there on 6 Nov 1873 the son of Dr. John Arthur Ensor (a long serving local Doctor) and Harriett Whyte Ensor (nee Cross). He lived most of his life in East Tisbury. He had attended at Shaftesbury Grammar School, Shaftesbury, Dorset, for some of his education where he remained until 1889. In due course he also became a Doctor and took over his father's practice. He married Irene Margarita Cox in Minchinhampton, Wiltshire, on 16 May 1899. He had enlisted and joined the Royal Army Medical Corps (Territorial Force) and had been appointed the Medical Officer of the 1st Battalion of the Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire) Regiment and held the rank of Captain. He was embodied on 14 Oct 1914 and it is not known in which theatre of war he served, but on his eventual discharge, was awarded the Victory and British War Medals. The 1921 Census shows he now lived at 9 Anerley Park, Penge, Surrey, where he was in medical practice.

He appears on a list of Old Boys living in London or suburbs in the February 1922 edition of the Shaftesbury Grammar School magazine. By the time of the 1939 Register he had retired to Deeracres, Lisle Court Lane, Lymington, Hampshire. His death was recorded at the Hendon, Middlesex, Registry in 1949.

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Albert Edward Atkinson

9th March 2021/in 1914-1918 /by Chris Stupples

Surname: Atkinson

Other names: Albert Edward

Locations in this story:
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Woking, Surrey
Donhead St. Andrew, Wiltshire
Shaftesbury, Dorset
Enfield, Middlesex
Bournemouth, Hampshire
North Hinchley Wood, Esher, Surrey
France & Flanders
Sunbury-on-Thames, Middlesex

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Albert Edward Atkinson was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, on 22 Apr 1895 the son of Thomas Frederick Atkinson and Selina Atkinson (nee Reed). His family moved back to the UK and set up home, initially, in Woking, Surrey, but, by 1911, they were living at Ferne Cottages, Donhead St. Andrew, Wiltshire, and Albert was attending school at Shaftesbury Grammar School, Shaftesbury, Dorset. He enlisted on 5 Nov 1914 and joined the Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire) Regiment as a Private (Service No. 13794). He served in France and Flanders from 25 Mar 1915 with the 2nd Battalion. He was discharged on 14 Dec 1918 being surplus to Military requirements. He was awarded the Victory and British War Medals as well as the 1915 Star. He also received the Silver War Badge No. B97591. He married Kathleen Matilda Abram Oakenfold at Holy Trinity Church, Winchmore Hill, Enfield, Middlesex, on 17 May 1924. By the time of the 1939 Register he was living at 71 Hengistbury Road, Bournemouth, Hampshire, described as the Managing Director of a Garage as well as being a volunteer ARP Warden. He was later registered as living at 108 Manor Road, North Hinchley Wood, Esher, Surrey, at the time of his death on 13 Jul 1964 in the Sunbury Nursing Home, Sunbury-on-Thames, Middlesex. His brother, Frederick Thomas Atkinson, also served but died of wounds sustained in France whilst on active service.

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Walter Hunt

6th March 2021/in 1914-1918 /by Chris Stupples

Surname: Hunt

Other names: Walter

Locations in this story:
Kington Magna, Dorset
Mespotamia
Basra, Iraq
Cann, Shaftesbury, Dorset

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Walter Hunt was born in Kington Magna, Dorset, in 1897 and baptised there on 5 Sep 1897 the son of Charles Hunt and Amelia Hunt (nee Matthews). He lived all his life, apart from Military Service, in Kington Magna. By 1911 his father was no longer living with the family and his mother and the children were residing at Hartmoor Hill, Kington Magna and Walter was working as a Telegraph Messenger. He had enlisted and had served with the Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) as a Private (Service No. 51857). He was posted to Mesopotamia and was attached to the 25th Squadron. It was here he was killed in action on 30 Oct 1918. He has no known grave and is remembered on the Basra War Memorial, Iraq, (Panel 41). He was awarded the Victory and British War Medals. He is also remembered on the Kington Magna, Dorset, War Memorial. (NB: His name also appears on the Cann, Shaftesbury, Dorset, War Memorial on a plaque which is thought to have come from Kington Magna.)

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William Ayling

4th March 2021/in 1914-1918 /by Chris Stupples

Surname: Ayling

Other names: William

Locations in this story:
Buckhorn Weston, Dorset
Kington Magna, Dorset
Fremantle, Western Australia
France & Flanders
Passchendaele, West Flanders, Belgium
Cann, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Perth, Western Australia

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William Ayling was born in Buckhorn Weston, Dorset, in 1883 and baptised there on 30 Dec 1883 the son of Thomas Ayling and Henrietta Ayling (nee Hine). He lived his early life in Buckhorn Weston and Kington Magna, Dorset. He emigrated on 26 May 1911 and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia, on 10 Jul 1911. He married Letty Hill in Perth, Western Australia, on 26 Aug 1914. He enlisted on 31 Jan 1916 and joined the 9/51st Battalion of the Australian Imperial Force as a Private (Service No. 3347). (It is noted on his enlistment papers that he had previous territorial experience with the 4th Battalion of the Hampshire Volunteer Regiment in the UK.) He was posted to France and Flanders where he was killed in action on 14 Oct 1917. He was originally buried at the Broadsands Cemetery but later re-interred in the Passchendaele New British Cemetery, West Flanders, Belgium. (Grave Ref: XIV. A. 1.). He was awarded the Victory and British War Medals. He is remembered on the Kington Magna, Dorset, War Memorial. (NB: His name also appears on the Cann, Shaftesbury, Dorset, War Memorial on a plaque thought to have come from Kington Magna.)

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Charles Burt

4th March 2021/in 1914-1918 /by Chris Stupples

Surname: Burt

Other names: Charles

Locations in this story:
West Fordington, Dorset
Caundle Purse, Dorset
Cerne Abbas, Dorset
France & Flanders
Tynecot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West Flanders, Belgium
Cann, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Kington Magna, Dorset

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Charles Burt was born in West Fordington, Dorset, in 1890 and baptised there on 9 Nov 1890 the son of William Burt and Hannah Burt (nee Watts). He lived most of his early life in West Fordington and Caundle Purse, Dorset, areas. He married Bertha Gertrude Harding in Cerne Abbas, Dorset, on 9 Jun 1914. He had enlisted with the Dorsetshire Regiment as a Private (Service No. 26836) but eventually was transferred to the 1st Battalion of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (Service No. 29225). He served in France and Flanders and was killed in action on the 4 Oct 1917. He has no known grave and is remembered on the Tynecot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West Flanders, Belgium, (Panels 80 to 82). He was awarded the Victory and British War Medals. He is also remembered on the Kington Magna, Dorset, War Memorial. (NB: His name also appears on the Cann, Shaftesbury, Dorset, War Memorial on a plaque which is thought to have come from Kington Magna.)

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William John Fox

4th March 2021/in 1914-1918 /by Chris Stupples

Surname: Fox

Other names: William John

Locations in this story:
Kington Magna, Dorset
Peckham, London
Sevenoaks, Kent
Cann, Shaftesbury, Dorset
France & Flanders

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William John Cox was born in Kington Magna, Dorset, in 1893 and baptised there on 24 Dec 1893 the son of William Cox and Kate Cox (nee Crew). He lived most of his early life in Kington Magna until by 1914 he had moved to Peckham, London. It was here he enlisted and joined the 4th (City of London) Battalion (The Royal Fusiliers) part of the London Regiment as a Private (Service No. 6368). He served in France and Flanders and was wounded in action in France and repatriated back to the UK where he was admitted to the VAD Hospital, Sevenoaks, Kent, where he died on 20 Dec 1916. He was buried in the churchyard of All Saints Church, Kington Magna, Dorset, and his name appears on the Kington Magna War Memorial. He was awarded the Victory and British War Medals. He had a brother, F. Cox, who also died in the conflict. (NB: His name also appears on the Cann, Shaftesbury, Dorset, War Memorial on a plaque which is thought to have come from Kington Magna.)

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Edgar Charles Hallett

3rd March 2021/in 1914-1918 /by Chris Stupples

Surname: Hallett

Other names: Edagr Charles

Locations in this story:
Kington Magna, Dorset
Weymouth, Dorset

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Edgar Charles Hallett was born in Kington Magna, Dorset, in 1891 the son of John Hallett and Melina Jane Hallett (nee Coombs). He lived all his life, apart from Military Service, in South Street or Chapel Hill, Kington Magna. He had enlisted with the Dorsershire Regiment as a Private (Service No. 16789). It is not known in which theatre of war he served but he was with the 3rd Battalion when he was admitted to the Borough Isolation Hospital, Weymouth, where he died on 1 Apr 1916. He was buried in Weymouth Cemetery (Grave Ref: B. "C". 2024). No reliable medal records have been found in this case. He is remembered on the Kington Magna War Memorial, Kington Magna, Dorset. (NB: His name also appears on the Cann, Shaftesbury, War Memorial on a plaque which is thought to have come from Kington Magna.)

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William Fred Moore

3rd March 2021/in 1914-1918 /by Chris Stupples

Surname: Moore

Other names: William Fred

Locations in this story:
Kington Magna, Dorset
Brighton, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Gallipoli, Turkey
Alexandria, Egypt

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William Fred Moore was born in Kington Magna, Dorset, in 1890 and baptised there on 31 Aug 1890 the son of Joseph Thomas Moore and Harriet Marion (sometimes known as Marian) Moore (nee Yeatman). (He was sometimes known as Frederick William Moore especially on military records though he was registered and baptised as William Fred.) William's father died in early 1895 and his mother re-married Job Stokes in Kington Magna on 8 Sep 1895. The family emigrated to Brighton, Tasmania, Australia, on 3 Jun 1905 though it would appear his mother and step-father returned to the UK at some unspecified time. Frederick enlisted on 24 Aug 1914 in Brighton, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, with the 12th Battalion of the 3rd Infantry Brigade of the Australian Imperial Force as a Private (Service No. 165). He was posted and joined the 12th Battalion who fought at Gallipoli, Turkey. He was wounded in action there between 25/28 Apr 1915 and subsequently died at the Bombay General Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt, on 3 May 1915. He was buried in the Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery (Grave Ref: C. 180). He was awarded the Victory and British War Medals as well as the 1914/15 Star. His mother was in receipt of a dependant's pension as a result. He is also remembered on the Kington Magna, Dorset, War Memorial. (NB: His name also appears on the Cann, Shaftesbury, Dorset, War Memorial on a plaque which is thought to have come from Kington Magna.)

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