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Edgar Ernest Tucker was born in Cann, Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 9 Oct 1895 the son of Sidney Robert Tucker and Anna Tucker (nee Hillier).  He lived all his life, apart from Military Service, in the Shaftesbury area.  He enlisted and joined the 1/4th Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment as a Private (Service Nos. 3688 & 201751).  It is not known in which theatre of war he served but on his discharge on 5 Jun 1919 he was awarded the Victory and British War Medals.  The 1921 Census shows him living in Enmore Green, Shaftesbury, Dorset, working as a Farm Labourer and by the time of the 1939 Register he was still single and living at 25 Enmore Green, Shaftesbury, Dorset, working as a Cowman.  He married Elsie Rose Lane in Enmore Green, Shaftesbury, on 19 Oct 1939 and they set up home at 3 Sally Kings Lane, Enmore Green.  Edgar died in the Westminster Memorial Hospital, Shaftesbury, on 31 Jan 1956 and was buried at Enmore Green on 4 Feb 1956.

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Bertie Toogood was born in Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 7 Jul 1898 and baptised at Holy Trinity Church on 7 Sep 1898 the son of Frederick Toogood and Annie Elizabeth Toogood (nee Maskell).  He lived all his life, apart from a very short Military Service, in the Shaftesbury area.  He enlisted on 12 Apr 1915 and joined the Dorsetshire Regiment as a Private (Service No. 13077).  During his short service he spent much of it in and out of hospital.  He was declared unfit for further military service on 2 Jul 1916 due to a Valvular Disease of the Heart which he had suffered from since childhood.  He was duly discharged on 8 Jul 1916 and a later application for a pension was refused.  No medals were awarded. The 1921 Census shows him living with his father in Enmore Green working as a Farm Labourer. He married Lilian Mary Williams in 1932.  By the time of the 1939 Register he was living at 1 The Barton, Enmore Green, Shaftesbury, Dorset, working as a General Farm Labourer.  His wife, Lily, died in 1943 and he went on to re-marry Mary I. Larking in Sturminster, Dorset, in 1953.  Bertie's death was recorded at the Sturminster, Dorset, Registry in 1969 and he was buried at St. John's Church, Enmore Green.  His brothers, Frederick George Toogood, Arthur Charles Toogood, George Toogood, Charley Toogood and Reginald Toogood, also served in the conflict.

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George Toogood was born in Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 28 Jan 1888 and baptised there on 22 Mar 1888 the son of Frederick Toogood and Annie Elizabeth Toogood (nee Maskell).  He lived all his life, apart from Military Service, in the Shaftesbury area.  According to the Absent Voters List for 1918 he had served with the 7th Battalion of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry as a Private (Service No. 9607).  There are no obvious medal records in this case.  The 1921 Census shows him living with his father in Enmore Green working as a Farm Labourer. He married Gertrude Rose Ingram at Enmore Green, Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 26 Feb 1922.   He died at the early age of 41 years on 10 May 1929 and was buried at Enmore Green, Shaftesbury, on 14 May 1929.  His brothers, Frederick George Toogood, Arthur Charles Toogood, Reginald Toogood, Charley Toogood and Bertie Toogood, also served in the conflict.

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Percy Stacey was born in Enmore Green, Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 28 Feb 1898 the son of Ernest Alfred Stacey and Susan Mary Stacey (nee Lambert).  He lived all his life, apart from Military Service, in Enmore Green.   He enlisted and joined the 6th Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment as a Private (Service No. 18977).  He later transferred to the 2nd Battalion of the Lancashire Fusiliers (Service No. 53028).  It is not known in which theatre of war he served but on his discharge was awarded the Victory and British War Medals.  The 1921 Census shows him living with his parents in Enmore Gree working as a Hairdresser on his own account. He married Fanny Buckell at Enmore Green, Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 4 Aug 1924.  By the time of the 1939 Register he was living at The Stores, Enmore Green, Shaftesbury, described as a Grocer and Hairdresser.   His death was recorded at the Sturminster, Dorset, Registry in 1970 and he was buried at St' John's Church, Enmore Green, on 15 Jul 1970.

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John Burr was born in Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 4 Mar 1890 the son of John Burr and Elizabeth A. Burr (nee Brockway).  He lived his early life in Bimport, Shaftesbury, and later at Dorset House, Haines Lane, Shaftesbury, until by 1911 he had moved to Caledonian Road, London, N1, where he was boarding and working as a Grocer's Assistant.   He married Lizzie Gray in Romsey, Hampshire, in 1916.  He enlisted and joined the 1/4th Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment as a Private (Service Nos. 3904 & 201937).  It is not known in which theatre of war he served but on his discharge on 11 Oct 1919 he was awarded the Victory and British War Medals.   By the 1939 Register he was living at 38 Clifton Park Avenue, Merton, Surrey, working as a Bacon & Cooked Meat Salesman.   His death was recorded at the Surrey North West Registry in 1960.