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Herbert Scott Trowbridge was born in Willesden, Middlesex, on 24 Mar 1891 the son of William Harry Trowbridge and Catherine (Carrie) Trowbridge (nee Barringer).   His father died in 1894 and his mother returned to Enmore Green, Shaftesbury, Dorset, her birth town, and remarried Frederick W. Redout and resided with him and her children at the Post Office and Shop, Enmore Green.  In 1914 Herbert travelled to the USA and took up residence in Old Westbury, Long Island, New York, USA, working as a Butler.   He passed over the border into Canada arriving in Toronto, Ontario, and enlisted on 22 Jun 1917 and joined the Canadian Army Medical Corps as a Private (Service No. 528204).  He departed for England on 20 Nov 1917 having served all of his time in the UK but mainly at the Shorncliffe Army Base Hospital, Kent, - known as 'a suburb of Toronto'!  He returned to Canada and was demobilized on 2 Oct 1919 and returned to his employment in New York.   No medal records have been found but he would have qualified for at least the British War Medal.  He returned to England on 18 Apr 1920 and went on to marry Ada Wilson at All Saints Church, Benhilton, Epsom, Surrey, in that year.  By the time of the 1939 Register he was living at 291 High Street, Sutton, Surrey, described as a Newsagent, Tobacconist and Confectioner.   His death was recorded in Sutton in 1957.   His brother, Charles Henry Trowbridge, had also served in the conflict with the Royal Engineers.

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Thomas (aka Tom) Lane was born in Enmore Green, Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 28 Feb 1881 and baptised there on 8 May 1881 the son of John Lane and Maria Lane (nee Alner).   He lived all his life apart from Military Service in Enmore Green, Shaftesbury.  He married Elizabeth Suter in Enmore Green, Shaftesbury, on 15 Aug 1905.  He enlisted on 7 Jun 1916 and was mobilized on 26 Feb 1917 joining the Royal Engineers as a Pioneer (Service No. 240504).  He served with the Road Construction Unit in France and Flanders  (New Service No. WR25166).   He was discharged on 20 Jun 1919 and awarded the Victory and British War Medals.  Both the 1921 Census and the 1939 Register show he was still living in Enmore Green, Shaftesbury, Dorset, working as a County Council Road Lengthman.   He later moved to 2 Well Lane, Enmore Green, and died at the Westminster Memorial Hospital, Shaftesbury, on 3 May 1961.

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Frank Leonard Cooper was born in Dallinghoo, Suffolk, on 19 Oct 1880 the son of Amos Cooper and Mary Cooper (nee Fuller).  He lived his early life with his parents at the Post office, Dallinghoo, until by 1901 he had moved to the Isle of Thanet, Kent, as an Assistant School Master.  His father had died during 1906. He married Eva Laurie Mott at St. Andrews Church, South Shoebury, Essex, on 12 Apr 1909.  By 1911 he had moved to Hill View, Brinscombe Lane, Cann, Shaftesbury, Dorset, having taken up a post as a School Master.  The Absent Voters List of 1918 & 1919 indicate that he was still residing in Cann, Shaftesbury, and serving with the 4th Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment as an Assistant Quartermaster Sergeant (Service No. 202054).  It is not known in which theatre of war he served nor are any medal records readily available.   The fact that he served was also recorded on the National Union of Teachers Roll of Honour.  The 1921 Census hsows him boarding in St. John's Hill, Wareham, Dorset, described as an Elementary School Teacher. By the time of the 1939 Register he was in the same occupattion and living at 50 North Street, Wareham, Dorset. He was also a Volunteer ARP Warden.   He died in Wareham, Dorset, on 14 Mar 1966 and buried at Lady St. Mary Church, Wareham.

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Lemuel Godfrey was born in Hackney, London, on 23 Feb 1893 and baptised there on 21 Mar 1893 the son of Reginald Godfrey and Mary Godfrey (nee Marsh).   His mother had died shortly after Lemuel's birth during 1894 and his father followed in 1907. By the time of the 1901 Census he was living with his grandmother in Glastonbury, Somerset.  By 1911 he had moved to Bittles Green, Motcombe, Shaftesbury, Dorset.    He had joined the Machine Gun Corps as a Private rising to the rank of Corporal (Service No. 36711).  He served in France and Flanders with the 49th Battalion S.S. when he was awarded the Military Medal.  He had been treated at the 39th Casualty Clearing Station on 4 Aug 1917 after being gassed. He was discharged on 27 Feb 1919 and further awarded the Victory and British War Medals.   He had married Dorothy Vera Stone in Motcombe, Dorset, on 26 May 1918.  The 1921 Census shows him living at 6 Church Lane, Shaftesbury, Dorset, working as an Accountant to the Clerk of Guardians and Rural District Council. By the time of the 1939 Register he had moved to 632 New Buildings, Pewsey, Wiltshire, working as a Civilian Clerk for an RAF Squadron though he later had a Service No. 1355760 and was based at Fighter Command, Aston Down, Gloucestershire. He died on 3 Nov 1940 in a Military Hospital at Calne, Wilshire, following a growth on his lungs. (The family have advised that Lemuel's wife, Dorothy, had served with the VAD's during the war though no record can currently be found on the Red Cross records.)

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Herbert Brown was, according to the 1911 Census, born in Coventry, Warwickshire, in 1884. It is not known who his parents were.  He had, by 1911, moved to Blandford Road, Iwerne Minster, Dorset, where he lived with his wife, Annie Brown, and their son.  Herbert was working as a Domestic Motor Driver.  His wife, Annie, died in 1914 and her death was registered at Shaftesbury, Dorset.  It is known from the Absent Voters List of 1918 that Herbert had enlisted and joined the 2/1st Surrey Yeomanry as a Private (Service No. 46214).  No other relevant information has been found for this former resident.