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Hugh Hannam was born in Kington Magna, Dorset, in 1895 and baptised there on 12 Mar 1895 the son of Daniel Hannam and Bessie Hannam (nee Yeatman).  He lived all his life, until enlisting for Military Service, in Kington Magna.  He had joined the Dorset (Queen's Own) Yeomanry as a Private (Service No.893).  He was posted to Egypt on 23 Apr 1915. There his unit was incorporated into the Corps of Hussars (Service No. 230261). He was killed in action on 21 Nov 1917 and has no known grave.  He was awarded the Victory and British War Medals as well as the 1915 Star.  He is remembered on the Jerusalem Memorial, Yerushalayim (Jerusalem District), Israel, (Panel 3) and on the Kington Magna War Memorial, Kington Magna.  (NB: His name also appears of the Cann, Shaftesbury, Dorset, War Memorial on a plaque which is thought to have come from Kington Magna.)

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Harold Ethelstan Edwards was born in Kington Magna, Dorset, on 10 Mar 1895 and baptised there on 24 Apr 1895 the son of Rev. Thomas Hyne Edwards (Rector of Kington Magna) and Sarah Jane Edwards (nee Smith).  Harold's father died in 1896 and the remaining family moved to Sandown, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, until by 1909 he had become a Pupil/Boarder at Marlborough College, Marlborough, Wiltshire. from where he went on to Trinity College, Oxford,   He had enlisted and joined the 3rd Battalion of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment as a Lieutenant.  He was posted to France on 27 Jan 1915 and was attached to the 2nd Battalion and involved in the Battle of Loos which was fought between 25 Sep and 8 Oct 1915.  Regrettably Harold was killed in action attempting to cut wire to allow troops to attack on the very first day, 25 Sep 1915.   His body was not found for burial and he is remembered on the Loos Memorial at Dud Corner Cemetery, Loos-en-Gohelle, Department Nord, France, (Panel 23 to 25).  He was awarded the Victory and British War Medals as well as the 1914/15 Star.  He is also remembered on the Kington Magna Memorial and on the Roll of Honour at Marlborough College.  (NB.  His name also appears on the Cann, Shaftesbury, Dorset, War Memorial on a plaque which is thought to have come from the Kington Magna.)

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Joseph William Wiltshire Waters Kendell Miles was born in Childe Okeford, Dorset, on 23 Feb 1895 and baptised there on 27 Mar 1895 son of William Wiltshire Jenkins Miles and Annie Bess Miles (nee Jenkins). He lived his early life in Childe Okeford until by 1911 the family had moved to East Orchard, Shaftesbury, Dorset.  During this time he had received some of his education at Shaftesbury Grammar School, Shaftesbury, Dorset.  His father died in 1911. According to the school records Joseph was serving in the Dorset (Queen's Own) Yeomanry during WW1 but no records can be found to support this.  He married Dora Mildred Canning on 5 Dec 1920 in Coombe Bissett, Frome, Somerset.  The 1921 Census shows him living at The Priory, Rockbourne, Hampshire, described as a Farm Manager. By the time of the 1939 Register he had moved to Glebe Farm, Fordingbridge, Hampshire, working as a Farmer and Farm Manager as well as a volunteer ARP Warden.   His death was registered at the Salisbury, Wiltshire, Registry in 1976.

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Donald Theodore Sutton was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, on 3 Feb 1898 and baptised at St. Martin's Church, Salisbury, on 20 Mar 1898 the son of Daniel Sutton and Harriet Sutton (nee Walker).  He lived all his early life in the Salisbury area and in 1911 was boarding at 57 The Close, Salisbury as a pupil chorister at Salisbury Cathedral and later also received education at Shaftesbury Grammar School, Shaftesbury, Dorset.   He had enlisted originally with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (Service No. BZ1709) on 17 Jun 1916 but was not mobilized with the Royal Navy until 14 Oct 1918 as a Mechanic Class 1 (Service No. F54673).   He only served in the UK and was eventually discharged on 29 Jan 1919 and awarded the British War Medal only.   By the 1921 Census he was boarding at 15 George Street, Ryde, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, working as a Bank Clerk with Lloyds Bank Ltd. He married Joan Elizabeth Teague at St. Augustine's Church, Home Oak Park, Lewisham, London, on 4 Aug 1925.   By the time of the 1939 Register he had moved to 'West Ridge', Greenfield Road, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, still described as a Bank Clerk.     At some time after he had moved to 1 Market Hill, Cowes, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, where he died on 20 Jul 1970.