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Edwin George Wright was born in Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 16 Sep 1889 and baptised at Holy Trinity Church on 13 Oct 1889 the son of Frederick George Wright and Mary Wright (nee Weldon).   He lived all his life apart from any Military Service in Shaftesbury including 90 St. James Street, Shaftesbury.   He married Mabel Mary Pickford at Holy Trinity Church, Shaftesbury, on 28 Jun 1914.  According to the Absent Voters List of 1918 he was serving with the Military but no records can be found to confirm this.  By the time of the 1939 Register he was still living at 90 St. James Street, Shaftesbury, working as a Drover.  His death was recorded at the Sturminster, Dorset, Registry in 1972.

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Edward Charles Mozley was born in Plymouth, Devon, on 4 Nov 1892 and baptised after his family had moved to Loders, Dorset, on 25 Dec 1892 the son of William Edward Mozley (a serving soldier) and Ellen (aka Nellie) Mozley (nee Guppy).   The family move yet again by 1901 to 35 Bell Street, Shaftesbury, Dorset.  By 1911 Edward was a Student Teacher and living at 2 Grove Cottages, Bimport, Shaftesbury.  He had enlisted and joined the Dorsetshire Regiment eventually becoming a Sergeant (Service No. 14973).  He had served with the 6th and 3rd Battalions in battles including the Somme and Arras. He had suffered from a gunshot wound during a battle near Arras during late April, 1917 and in due time spent a period at the Napsbury Hospital, St. Albans, Hertfordshire. Announcement in the London Gazette on 28 Jul 1917 showed he had been awarded the Military Medal.  He was seconded to the King's African Rifles towards the end of his service which officially ended on 7 Aug 1919.  He was further awarded the Victory and British War Medals.  It would appear he move abroad to Cape Province, South Africa, continuing his attachment with the King's African Rifles not returning to the UK.   He had married Mary Elizabeth Judd on 22 Sep 1928 at The Observatory, Kaapstad, Cape Province.  He died in Cape Province, South Africa, on 4 Jun 1975.

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Edwin Powell was born in Hulme, Manchester, on 21 Feb 1880 and baptised there on 11 Apr 1880 the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Powell.  By 1902 he was in Burnley, Lancashire, and it was there at St. Peter's Church he married Charlotte Mary Dean in October of that year.  Charlotte had been born in Shaftesbury in 1878 the daughter of Albert Dean and Emmeline Dean (nee Brickell) who resided at the Post Office, St. James Street, Shaftesbury, Dorset.  Edwin had enlisted on 23 May 1905 and joined the Territorial Unit of the Royal Engineers attending regular annual camps. He was later discharged on 27 May 1912. At the outbreak of WW1 he was re-embodied with the Royal Signals (Signals Section) becoming a 2nd Corporal (Service No. 182283).  It is not known in which theatre of was he served but on his discharge was awarded the Victory and British War Medals. During his service he had registered in-laws address in St. James Street, Shaftesbury, as his residence where his wife had moved during the war.  The 1921 Census shows his wife still living in St. James Street, Shaftesbury, whilst Edwin was boarding at 119 Fentiman Street, Lambeth, London, working for the General Post Office Engineer's Department.  His death was recorded on 26 Feb 1936 in Golders Green, Middlesex, where he had been living latterly at 285 Golders Green Road.  Charlotte died shortly after on 29 Apr 1936 having returned to Shaftesbury following her husband's passing.

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Percy Brown was born in Coventry, Warwickshire, on 26 Feb 1881 and baptised there on 3 Apr 1881 the son of Frederick George and Annie Brown.  He lived most of his early life in Coventry,  He married Elizabeth Mary Waterson at Christ Church, Kingston, Liverpool, on 6 Mar 1901.  By 1911 he was living in Tower Hill, Iwerne Minster, Dorset, working as a Domestic Chauffeur and Mechanic.  According to the Absent Voters List for 1918 he served with the 2nd/1st Battalion of the Sussex Yeomanry as a Private (Service No. 46215).  No other military records have been found.  The 1921 Census shows him living in Tower Cottages, Iwerne Minster working as a Motor Mechanic and Driver. The Electoral Roll of 1927 shows that Percy was still living in Iwerne Minster but nothing has been found beyond this time.

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Herbert Charles Gray was born in Ashmore, Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 29 Aug 1899 and baptised there on 12 Nov 1899 the son of Charles Gray and Elizabeth Ann Gray (nee Taylor).  He spent all his life, apart from Military Service, in Ashmore, Shaftesbury, Dorset.   In 1911 he was living at High Street, Ashmore.   According to the Absent Voters List of 1918 he was serving with the 17th Squadron of the Machine Gun Corps as a Private (Service No. 96213) except that by the 1921 census he was still serving in the army and based at the barracks in Ludd, Palestine, (Israel).  He was awarded the Victory and British War Medals which record also indicates that he had originally served under the name of Charles Herbert Gray with the Dorset (Queen's Own) Yeomanry (Service No. 1378) before transferring to the MGC.  He married Marjorie F. Uphill in Sherborne, Dorset, in 1925.   By the time of the 1939 Register he was living at Mullins, Noad Street, Ashmore, working as a Builders Labourer.  No record of his death has been found to date.

Herbert's brother Gordon James (b.1895) also served in the war, with the Coldstream Guards.