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Frederick Edwin Pike was born at Heytesbury, Wiltshire, on 7 Jun 1885 the son of Edwin Pike and Ellen Pike (nee Gibbs).  His family moved to Sherborne Causeway, Shaftesbury, Dorset, and he lived his early life there.  He had previously enlisted on 30 Sep 1902 with the 11th Lancers (Service No. 5070) and served also with the 11th Lancers (Service No. 6792) and 9th Lancers (Service No. 4999) in South Africa and India.  He was discharged on 10 Sep 1907 as being medically unfit for further service.  He had re-enlisted during WW1 with the 9th Lancers (Corps of Hussars) as a Private (Service No. L/10740) and was attached to the No. 8 Company of the Royal Engineers.  It is not known in which theatre of war he served but on his discharge on 10 Feb 1919 he was awarded the Victory and British War Medals.  He married Mary Annie Light at Motcombe, Dorset, on 7 May 1921.  His death was recorded at the Shaftesbury, Dorset, Registry in 1932.

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Percy Frank Parsons was born in Motcombe, Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 4 Oct 1895 the son of Joseph Parsons and Frances Parsons (nee Frost).  He lived his early life with his family at Hugglers Hole, Semley, Wiltshire.  He enlisted and joined the Dorsetshire Regiment as a Private (Service Nos. 2556 & 200862).  He served with the 1/4th Battalion but it is not known in which theatre of war.  He was discharged on 20 Mar 1919 and awarded the Victory and British War Medals. His family had moved to Longcross, Enmore Green, Shaftesbury, Dorset, and he was registered at that address until 1920.  He moved to Monmouthshire, South Wales and by the time of the 1939 Register he was the Licensee of the Tillery Fountain, Penybont Road, Abertillery, Monmouthshire, and still single.   He eventually married Elizabeth Ann James in Bedwelty, Monmouthshire, in 1946.  He died at the Neville Hall Hospital, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, on 5 Nov 1964.   Of his brothers, Charles George Parsons, died in service whilst Walter John Parsons and Archibald Joseph Parsons both served and survived the conflict.

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Arthur Douglas Miles was born in Enmore Green, Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 23 Jun 1895 the son of Edwin Miles and Lucy Jane Miles (nee Meade).  He spent his early life with his family at The Nurseries, Nettlebed, Enmore Green.   He enlisted on 19 Jan 1915 and joined the Royal Engineers as a Sapper (Service No. 64935).  He served in France and Flanders as a Telegraphist with the 18th Signal Company.  Whilst serving he was wounded on 1 Aug 1917 and spent three weeks in military hospital.  He rejoined the 59th Divisional Signals Company until he was discharged on 15 Feb 1919.  He was awarded the Victory and British War Medals as well as the 1915 Star.   He married Winifred May Ricks at Maidenhead, Berkshire in 1922.   By the time of the 1939 Register he was living at 31 Woodside Road, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, working as a Post Office Clerk.   He died in Amersham on 6 Oct 1963.  Arthur's brothers, Harold Edwin Miles and Charles Ernest Miles, also served in the conflict.

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Arthur Charles Maskell was born at Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire on 13 Oct 1892 and baptised at Holy Trinity Church, Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 25 Dec 1892 the son of Arthur Uriah Maskell and Emily Jane Maskell (nee Toogood).  He lived his early life in and around the Enmore Green, Shaftesbury, area.   He married Lily Matilda Gray in Bournemouth, Hampshire, in 1915.  He had enlisted with the Royal Navy (Service No. ZP/2019) on 5 Jul 1915 giving 7 Terrace Road, Bournemouth, Hampshire, as his address.  He was however discharged almost immediately for an unknown reason.  He then re-enlisted and joined the Dorsetshire Regiment as a Private (Service Nos. 3608 & 201686).  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.   He had given Enmore Green as his address on the Absent Voters List in 1918/1919 and the Census of 1921 shows he was working as a Bricklayer and still living with his wife in Enmore Green their four children but by the time of his early death a further two children had been born, the last one in 1929. His death was recorded in Shaftesbury in 1932 and he was buried in the churchyard at St. John's Church, Enmore Green, Shaftesbury, on 4 Jul 1932.  His wife went on to re-marry Ernest E. Harris in 1943.  His brother, Bertie George Maskell, also served in the conflict.

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Charles Maidment was born in Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 1 Feb 1888 the son of Edward Maidment and Lydia Maidment (nee Fish).  He lived a lot of his early life at Sherborne Causeway, Shaftesbury, Dorset.  By 1911 he was living with an Uncle in Aberystruth, Monmouthshire, South Wales.   His father had died in 1912. He enlisted on 5 Apr 1916 and joined the Somerset Light Infantry as a Private (Service No. 24434).  He later transferred to the London Regiment (Service Nos. 6937 & 573722).  He served with the 17th Battalion in France and Flanders and on his discharge on 15 Sep 1919 he was awarded the Victory and British War Medals.   He did not return to South Wales on his discharge but lived with his widowed mother back in Sherborne Causeway.  The 1921 Census indicates he was an unemployed Road Labourer at the time. By 1939 he was living at 96 St. James Street, Shaftesbury, Dorset, working as a Farm Labourer and still single.  His death was recorded at the Sturminster, Dorset, Registry on 13 Aug 1973.   His brother, Sidney James Maidment, also served in the conflict.