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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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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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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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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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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.)