Walter Charles Pitman

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Surname: Pitman
Other names: Walter Charles
Other people in this story:
Eli Charles Pitman
Emily Walters Pitman (nee Elliot)
Lilian Mary Andrews
Locations in this story:
Motcombe, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Todber, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Mottisfont, Romsey Hampshire
Southampton, Hampshire

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Walter Charles Pitman was born in Motcombe, Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 21 Feb 1899 and baptised there on 26 Mar 1899 the son of Eli Charles Pitman and Emily Walters Pitman (nee Elliot).  He lived most of his early life in Motcombe and by 1911 was at Hains Farm, Motcombe, where his father was the Farmer.  Walter enlisted and served with the 61st Battalion of the Machine Gun Corps as a Private (Service No. 133357).  He was discharged on 12 Mar 1919 and awarded the Victory and British War Medals. The 1921 Census shows him living with his parents now at Shorts Green Farm, Motcombe, Dorset, where he was assisting his father on the farm.  He married Lilian Mary Andrews at Todber, Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 30 Apr 1924.   By the time of the 1939 Register he was living at Abbey Farmhouse, Mottisfont, Romsey, Hampshire, described as a Dairy Farmer.  He died at Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, Hampshire, on 25 Aug 1960.

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Gilbert Charles Pitman

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Surname: Pitman
Other names: Gilbert Charles
Other people in this story:
Lot Pitman
Mary Ann Pitman (nee Webb)
Helena Durdle
Locations in this story:
Motcombe, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Cranborne, Dorset
Chandler's Ford, Eastleigh, Hampshire
Winchester, Hampshire
France & Flanders
Iwerne Minster, Dorset
Gallipoli, Turkey

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Gilbert Charles Pitman was born in Motcombe, Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 3 Sep 1896 and baptised there on 18 Oct 1896 the son of Lot Pitman and Mary Ann Pitman (nee Adams).  He lived his early life at The Kennels, Donedge Lodge Farm, Motcombe.  He enlisted on the 11 Aug 1914 and joined the Dorsetshire Regiment as a Private (Service No. 9940).  He served with the 5th Battalion in France and Flanders, He later transferred to the Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire) Regiment (Service No. 47528).   He had served in the Balkans area, including Gallipoli, Turkey, from 20 Sep 1915 and had suffered from gunshot wounds and was discharged on 23 Aug 1918 as 'being no longer physically fit for service'.  He received the Silver War Badge No. B2007 as well as a small pension.  He was later also awarded the Victory and British War Medals as well as the 1914/15 Star.   He married Helena (Lena) Durdle in Cranbourne, Dorset, on 25 Nov 1919.  The 1921 Census shows him living at West Lodge, Iwerne Minster, Dorset, working as a Gardener and by the time of the 1939 Register had moved to 'Capri', Keble Road, Chandler's Ford, Eastleigh, Hampshire, described as a Head Gardener.  His death was recorded at the Winchester, Hampshire, Registry, in 1969.

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Alfred Roy Pitman

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Surname: Pitman
Other names: Alfred Roy
Other people in this story:
Dan Pitman
Mary Ann Pitman (nee Gray)
Stella Constance Kate Lewis
Arthur Victor Pitman
Sidney Pitman
Locations in this story:
Motcombe, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Egypt
Wincanton, Somerset
Fifehead Magdalen, Sturminster, Dorset
Gillingham, Dorset
Speckington, Ilchester, Somerset

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Alfred Roy Pitman was born in Motcombe, Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 2 Apr 1895 and baptised there on 15 May 1895 the son of Dan Pitman and Mary Ann Pitman (nee Gray).  He spent his early life in The Street, Motcombe.   He enlisted and joined the Dorset (Queen's Own) Yeomanry as a Private (Service No. 1134).  He served in Egypt from 22 April 1914 as part of the Corps of Hussars (Service No. 230450).  On his discharge on 27 Jun 1919 he was awarded the Victory and British War Medals as well as the 1915 Star.   He married Stella Constance Kate Lewis in Wincanton, Somerset, in 1920.  The 1921 Census shows him visiting a family in Speckington, Ilchester, Somerset, described as a Second Horseman. By the time of the 1939 Register he was living at Fifehead House Stables, Fifehead Magdalen, Sturminster, Dorset, working as a Stud Groom as well as being an ARP Warden.  His death was recorded in Gillingham, Dorset, on 14 Oct 1956. His brothers, Arthur Victor Pitman and Sidney Pitman, also served and survived the conflict.

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Frederick Edwin Pike

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Surname: Pike
Other names: Frederick Edwin
Other people in this story:
Edwin Pike
Ellen Pike (nee Gibbs)
Mary Annie Light
Locations in this story:
Heytesbury, Wiltshire
Sherborne Causeway, Motcombe, Dorset
South Africa
India
Motcombe, Dorset
Shaftesbury, Dorset
Erlestoke, Wiltshire
Stour Provost, Dorset

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Frederick Edwin Pike was born at Heytesbury, Wiltshire, during 1885 and baptised at Erlstoke, Wiltshire, on 7 Jun 1885 the son of Edwin Pike and Ellen Pike (nee Gibbs).  By 1891 his family had moved to Sherborne Causeway, Motcombe, Dorset, and he lived most of 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 and the 1921 Census shows he had set up home at Chequers Cottage, Stour Provost, Dorset, where he worked as a Mason's Labourer.  His death was recorded at the Shaftesbury, Dorset, Registry in 1932.

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Walter John Parsons

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Surname: Parsons
Other names: Walter John
Other people in this story:
Joseph Parsons
Frances Parsons (nee Frost)
Edith Emily Harris
Percy Frank Parsons
Archibald Joseph Parsons
Charles George Parsons
Locations in this story:
Motcombe, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Semley, Wiltshire
Farnham, Dorset
Rogate, Horsham, Sussex
Crawley, West Sussex
Enmore Green, Shaftesbury, Dorset
India

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Walter John Parsons was born in Motcombe, Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 9 Feb 1894 the son of Joseph Parsons and Frances Parsons (nee Frost).  (He was not baptised until 4 Nov 1906 at the same time his five siblings were also baptised.) 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. 2512 & 200830).  He served with the 1/4th Battalion though it is not known in which theatre of war though it is known his battalion served in India.  He was discharged 25 Apr 1919 and was awarded the Victory and British War Medals.  He was registered at the then family home at 37 Longcross, Enmore Green, Shaftesbury until his marriage to Edith Emily Harris at the Parish Church in Farnham, Dorset, on 9 Oct 1922.  Regrettably his wife died in 1934. By the time of the 1939 Register he was living at Wakeham Farm Cottage, Rogate, Horsham, Sussex, working as a Cowman.  His death was recorded at the Crawley, West Sussex, Registry in 1978.  Of his brothers, Charles George Parsons, died in service whilst Percy Frank Parsons and Archibald Joseph Parsons, both served and survived the conflict.

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Charles George Parsons

Percy Frank Parsons

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Surname: Parsons
Other names: Percy Frank
Other people in this story:
Joseph Parsons
Frances Parsons (nee Frost)
Elizabeth Ann James
Walter John Parsons
Archibald Joseph Parsons
Charles George Parsons
Locations in this story:
Motcombe, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Semley, Wiltshire
Enmore Green, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Abertillery, Monmouthshire, South Wales
Bedwelty, Monmouthshire, South Wales
Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, South Wales
India

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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 on 4 Sep 1914 and joined the Dorsetshire Regiment as a Private (Service Nos. 2556 & 200862).  He served with the 1/4th Battalion in India from 18 Feb 1916.  On the 28 Sep 1917 he received gunshot wounds to the chest. 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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Ernest Harold Miles

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Surname: Miles
Other names: Ernest Harold
Other people in this story:
Ernest William Miles
Annie Miles (nee Ware)
Elsie May Brickell
Locations in this story:
Motcombe, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Enmore Green, Shaftesbury, Dorset

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Ernest Harold Miles was born in Motcombe, Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 27 Apr 1898 and baptised there on 25 May 1898 the son of Ernest William Miles and Annie Miles (nee Ware).  He spent all his life apart from Military Service in Motcombe.  (Probably because his father was also 'Ernest' his name was frequently changed to Harold in the records but he was registered and baptised as Ernest Harold.)  He enlisted with the 4th Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment as a Private (Service No. 2170).  He later transferred to the Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire) Regiment and served with the 2/4th Battalion (Service No. 6638) and the 6th and 2nd Battalions (Service No. 202551).  It is not known in which theatre of war he served in but on his discharge was awarded the Victory and British War Medals.  He married Elsie May Brickell at St. John's Church, Enmore Green, Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 1 Jul 1925.  By the time of the 1939 Register he was living at The Bungalow, Elm Hill, Motcombe, Shaftesbury, Dorset, working as a Maintenance Engineer in a Milk Factory.  He died in Motcombe on 22 Jan 1990 aged 92 years.

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Arthur Douglas Miles

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Surname: Miles
Other names: Arthur Douglas
Other people in this story:
Edwin Miles
Lucy Jane Miles (nee Meade)
Winifred May Ricks
Harold Edwin Miles
Charles Ernest Miles
Locations in this story:
Enmore Green, Shaftesbury, Dorset
France & Flanders
Maidenhead, Berkshire
Amersham, Buckinghamshire
Ogbourne St. Andrew, Marlborough, Wiltshire

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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 from the 25 July 1915 as a Telegraphist with the 18th Signal Company.  Whilst serving he received gun shot wounds 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.   The 1921 Census shows he was boarding out at 56 High Street, Ogbourne St. Andrew, Marlborough, Wiltshire, working for the Post Office as a Sorting Clerk and Telegraphist. He married Winifred May Ricks in Marlborough, Wiltshire, on 18 June 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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Thomas Edward Guy Mead

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Surname: Mead
Other names: Thomas Edward Guy
Other people in this story:
Thomas Arthur Mead
Kate Mead (nee Coward)
Mabel Emily Beatrice Sams
Locations in this story:
Highgate, London
Chelsea, London
Motcombe, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Ardley, Oxfordshire
Shaftesbury, Dorset
Salisbury, Wiltshire
Islington, London

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Thomas Edward Guy Mead was born in Highgate, London, on 14 Oct 1888 and baptised at Christ Church, Chelsea, London, on 6 Jan 1889 the son of Thomas Arthur Mead and Kate Mead (nee Coward).  Thomas spent his early life in Islington, London and later at The Street, Motcombe, Shaftesbury, Dorset, where he was living with his Uncle (his mother's brother).  By 1911 he had moved to Ardley Hall, Ardley, Oxfordshire, where he was employed as a Footman.  He enlisted and served with the Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire) Regiment as a Private (Service No. 48482).  There are no other military records other than those indicated on the Absent Voter List of 1918/1919.  He had married Mabel Emily Beatrice Sams as recorded in the Shaftesbury, Dorset, Registry in 1916.   By the time of the 1939 Register he was living in Shorts Green Lane, Motcombe, Shaftesbury, Dorset, working as a Lorry Driver in the Wholesale Milk Trade.  His death was recorded in the Salisbury, Wiltshire, Registry in 1953.

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Arthur Charles Maskell

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Surname: Maskell
Other names: Arthur Charles
Other people in this story:
Arthur Uriah Maskell
Emily Jane Maskell (nee Toogood)
Lily Matilda Gray
Ernest E. Harris
Bertie George Maskell
Locations in this story:
Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire
Shaftesbury, Dorset
Enmore Green, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Bournemouth, Hampshire

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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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