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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.  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.   His death was recorded at the Sturminster, Dorset, Registry in 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.

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Ashley Herbert Broadway was born in Enmore Green, Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 22 Feb 1899 the son of Herbert Broadway and Margaret Broadway (nee Brownless).  He lived his early life with his family at 6 New Buildings, Enmore Green.   He enlisted on 27 Mar 1917 and joined the Royal Marines Divisional Training Reserve as a Private (Service No. 2702/S).  It is not known in which theatre of war he served but on his discharge was awarded the Victory and British War Medals.    He married Edith L. Barrett in Bournemouth in 1930.  By the time of the 1939 Register he was living at 5A Luckham Road East, Bournemouth, Hampshire, working as a Navvy (Public Works).  His death was recorded in Bournemouth in 1973.

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Charles Albert Bartley was born in Motcombe, Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 17 Nov 1899 and was baptised there on 17 Dec 1899 the son of Albert George Bartley and Ellen Bartley (nee Cook).  He lived all his life, apart from Military Service, in Motcombe.   He enlisted and joined the 1st Battalion of the Hampshire Regiment as a Private (Service No. 28843).  He was later transferred to the 2/5th Battalion of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment (Service No. 55869).  It is not known in which theatre of war he served but on his discharge was awarded the Victory and British War Medals.   He married Violet Mary Hoare at St. Philips Church, Cheam Common, Surrey, on 11 Jan 1930.  By the time of the 1939 Register he was living at Norfolk Cottage, Shorts Green, Motcombe, Shaftesbury, Dorset, working as a Farm Labourer.  His death was recorded at the Sturminster, Dorset, Registry in 1970 and he was buried at St. Mary's Church, Motcombe.

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Joseph Alford was born in Enmore Green, Shaftesbury, Dorset, in 1890 the son of Samuel Thomas Alford and Rebecca Alford (nee Burden).  He spent most of his early in Enmore Green.  He enlisted and joined the Royal Engineers as a Driver (Service No. 136741).  He was with the 88th Field Company but it is not known in which theatre of war he served.  On his discharge he was awarded the Victory and British War Medals.  Beyond these facts his last known address via the Absent Voters Lists of 1918/1919 was 32 Enmore Green, Shaftesbury, Dorset.  Further research is ongoing.  His brothers, Elijah Tom Burden Alford and Edwin Walter Alford, also served in the conflict.