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Herbert Charles Maidment was born in Fifield Bavant, Wiltshire, on 9 Apr 1888 the son of Samuel Maidment and Martha Maidment (nee West).  He lived his very early life in Fifield Bavant until, by 1901, the family had moved to Topp Hill, Ebbesbourne Wake, Wiltshire.   Herbert married Annie Rebbeck at St. Martin's Church, Salisbury, Wilthshire, on 23 Feb 1909 and they went on to have five children.  By the outbreak of war he was living in Pound Street, Ebbesbourne Wake.  He enlisted on 10 Dec 1915 and was mobilized on 25 May 1916 joining the Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire) Regiment as a Private (Service No. 25783).  He served in Mesopotamia with the 5th Battalion and, whilst there, received gunshot wounds to the leg on 16 Apr 1917 from which he recovered.  He was finally discharged on 7 Dec 1919 being physically unfit for further service due to Pleurisy which had been aggravated by his time in the Military.     He was awarded the Victory and British War Medals.  By the time of the 1939 Register he was living at 7 Roberts Road, Salisbury, Wiltshire, working as a Garage Labourer.   His death was recorded in Salisbury in 1960.

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Harold Tom Holloway Foyle was born in Bower Chalke, Ebbesbourne Wake, Wiltshire, on 8 Mar 1891 and baptised there on 9 Apr 1891 the son of Henry Foyle and Mary Louisa Foyle (nee Holloway).  He lived most of his early life in Bower Chalke.   He enlisted on 29 Nov 1916 and joined the Royal Navy becoming an Able Seaman (Service No. J62614).  He was eventually discharged on 12 Mar 1919 and awarded the Victory and British War Medals.   He had married Margaret Ellen Penny in the Wilton, Wiltshire, Registration area in 1916.  By the 1921 Census he was living at Oakley Farm, Wimborne St Giles, Dorset, working on the farm.   His wife, Margaret died in 1938 and by the 1939 Registry Harold was living at the Gastard Stables, Cosham, Wiltshire, working as a Farm Labourer and Gardener.  He re-married Louisa Parrott in Devizes, Wiltshire, in 1941.  His death was recorded at the Salisbury, Wiltshire, Registry on 17 Mar 1970 and he was later buried at Bower Chalke.

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Cyril Bernard George Weeks was born in Ebbesbourne Wake, Wiltshire, on 25 Aug 1899 and baptised there on 29 Oct 1899 the son of William Weeks and Amelia Weeks (nee Wright).  He lived most of his life in the Ebbesbourne Wake and Broad Chalke, Wiltshire, area.   He enlisted and joined the 2nd Battalion of the Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire) Regiment as a Private (Service No. 35965).  It is not known in which theatre of war he served in but on his discharge on 15 Mar 1919 he was awarded the Victory and British War Medals.   The 1921 Census shows him living with his parents in Broad Chalke, Wiltshire, assisting his father on the farm. His marriage to Sarah Margaret Trowbridge at Broad Chalke, Ebbesbourne Wake, Wiltshire on 13 Feb 1926.  By the time of the 1939 Register he was living at Lush's Cottage, Near Cleaves Farm, Ebbesbourne Wake, Wiltshire, working as a Stockman on his father's farm.  He later moved to The Bungalow, South Street, Broad Chalke, where he died on 29 Nov 1975.

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Frank Herbert Hardiman was born in Islington, London, on 25 Apr 1891 and baptised in Lambeth, London, on 6 May 1891 the son of Elizabeth Hardiman (no father was named).   By 1901 he and his mother had moved to Ebbesbourne Wake, Wiltshire, and his mother had by then married Richard Golden and was living in Pound Street, Ebbesbourne Wake.  Frank enlisted and joined the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry as a Private (Service No. 2091).  He served with the 3rd and 7th Regiments before being transferred to the 11th Battalion of the Royal Worcestershire Regiment (Service No. 38372) on 19 Nov 1915.  He was in Salonika from 30 Sep 1916 for much of the time and had suffered from Malaria towards the end of his service being repatriated to the UK on 4 Dec 1918.  He was eventually discharged on 20 Apr 1919 and awarded the Victory and British War Medals.   He married Lily Rose Compton in the Wilton, Wiltshire, Registry area in 1919.  The 1921 Census shows him living at 1 The Cottages, Bower Chalke, Ebbesbourne Wake, Wiltshire, working as a Groom and by the time of the 1939 Register had moved to Chalkway Head, Ebbesbourne Wake, Wiltshire, now working as a General Farm Labourer.  His death was recorded at the Salisbury, Wiltshire, Registry in 1951.

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Charles John Austridge was born in Semley, Wiltshire, in 1870 the son of Henry Austridge and Mary Austridge (nee King).  He lived his very early life in Semley before the family moved to Wardour, Wiltshire, by 1911.  Charles during the latter time had enlisted on 16 Nov 1888 and joined the 2nd Battalion of the Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire) Regiment as a Private (Service No. 2322) and served in the UK and India until he finished his engagement on 15 Nov 1909 on a pension and was also awarded the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal.  He then went to live with his brother in Wardour, Wiltshire. until he re-enlisted on 26 Apr 1915 and joined the 4th Battalion of his old Regiment still with the rank of Private (Service No. 5781).   He was transferred to the Royal Defence Corps on 29 Apr 1916 (Service No. 10310) and was attached to the No. 2 Supply Company.  He remained throughout in the UK during this service period.  He was discharged on 18 Jan 1917 being unfit for further duty due to Chronic Bronchitis.  He received the Silver War Badge No. 49269.  He married Isabella Mary Pain in the Tisbury, Wiltshire, Registration area in 1920 and they went on to have two daughters.  The 1921 Census shows him living at Highwood, Wardour, Tisbury, Wiltshire, working as a Gardener for Lady Arundell of New Wardour Castle. His death was recorded at the Tisbury, Wiltshire, Registry in 1936 and he was buried in the Wardour RC Cemetery on 11 Jan 1936.