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Charles Wright was born in Enmore Green, Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 19 Jun 1893 the son of James William Wright and Emily Wright (nee Love).  He spent his early years living in Enmore Green.  By 1911 he was stationed at Aldershot, Hampshire, serving with the Army Service Corps as a Private (Service Nos. M/25950 & 561892).  He was a Butcher by trade and served with the 10th Brigade.  The Absent Voters List of 1918 shows his home address to be 34 Enmore Green, Shaftesbury.  It is not known in which theatre of war he served but on his discharge was awarded the Victory and British War Medals as well as the 1914/15 Star.  He married Edith Emily Brockway at Holy Trinity Church, Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 22 Aug 1918.   By the time of the 1939 Register he was living at 6 Barton Hill, Shaftesbury, Dorset, and described as a Butcher (Shopkeeper).  His death was recorded at the Sturminster, Dorset, Registry in 1961.

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Frank Tuffin was born in Motcombe, Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 28 Mar 1893 and baptised there on 3 Mar 1893 the son of Edwin George Tuffin and Mary Ann Tuffin (nee O'brien).  He lived all his life, apart from Military Service, in the Elm Hill, Motcombe, Shaftesbury area.   He enlisted and joined the Machine Gun Corps as a Private (Service No. 118509).  It is not know in which theatre of war he served but on his discharge on 19 Nov 1919 he was awarded the Victory and British War Medals.   He married Ellen Rose Tucker in Motcombe on 8 Feb 1921.   By the time of the 1939 Register he was living at 67 Motcombe Street, Motcombe, Shaftesbury, Dorset, working as a Bacon Factory Packer as well as being a Volunteer ARP Warden.  His death was recorded on 25 Jun 1964.

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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 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.  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. 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.  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.   He married Gertrude Rose Ingram at Enmore Green, Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 26 Feb 1922.   He died at the early age of 41 years in 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.