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Charles Edwin Coward was born in Motcombe, Dorset, on 10 Feb 1892 and was baptised there on 24 Apr 1892 the son of James Coward and Mary Jane Coward (nee Miles).   He spent all his life except for Military Service in Motcombe, Dorset.  He enlisted and served with the 1/5th Battalion of the Somerset Light Infantry (Service No. 242120).  He later transferred to the 2/4th Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 200153) eventually being promoted to Acting Warrant Office Class II.  It is not known in which theatre of war he served in but on his discharge on 2 Jul 1919 was awarded the Victory and British War Medals.   At the time of the 1921 Census he was living in The Street, Motcombe, working as an Under Carter on Lord Stalbridges' estate.   Shortly after the Census he married Hilda Mabel Archer in Motcombe, Dorset, on 31 Jul 1921.   By the time of the 1939 Register he was living at 40 The Street, Motcombe, Dorset, working as a Cutter and Dresser in a Bacon Factory as well as volunteering as an ARP Warden.  His died in Motcombe in 1971. Charles brothers Harold (b.1893) and Victor (b.1897) also served with the Dorsets during the war. Sadly Harold in Mesopotamia in 1917.

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Levi John (known as Jack) Clark was born in Motcombe, Dorset, on 3 Mar 1887 and baptised there on 1 May 1887 the son of Charles Clark and Harriet Clark (nee Brickell).  He spent all his life mainly in Bittles Green, Motcombe, Dorset.  He enlisted with the Dorsetshire Regiment as a Private (Service No. 26442).    It is not known in which theatre of war he served but he was with the 2nd Battalion and on his discharge on 9 Mar 1919 he was awarded the Victory and British War Medals.   By the 1921 Census he was living with his widowed mother at Shorts Green Lane, Motcombe, working as a  Milk Separator Assistant at CSG Prideaux Ltd milk factory.  He married Ellen Rosina (Nellie) Mogg in Motcombe during 1926.   By the time of the 1939 Register he was living at 17 The Street, Motcombe, Dorset, working as a Milk Factory Dairyman.  He died in Motcombe in 1960.

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Harry Gerald Plowman  (known as Gerald) was born on the 9 Dec 1896 the son of Ada Plowman.  (No father has been named).   He lived most of his early life in the West Orchard area.   He had enlisted and served with the Dorsetshire Regiment as a Private (Service No. 14507)  and was attached over time to the 5th and 6th Battalions.    It is not known in which theatre of war he served in but on his discharge on 19 Mar 1919 he was awarded the Victory and British War Medals.   By the 1921 Census he was living at West Orchard and working as a General Labourer at Lower Hartgrove Farm.  He married Lilian May Gawler in the Sturminster, Dorset, Registry area in 1927.  By the time of the 1939 Register he was living at The Avon, Benmoor Road, Poole, Dorset, working as a Bricklayer.  His death was recorded in Poole, Dorset, in 1959.

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Arthur Charles Moore was born at West Orchard, Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 12 Sep 1894 the son of Harry William Moore and Elizabeth Jane Moore (nee House).  He lived his early life at Keybrook Road, West Orchard.   He had enlisted on 23 Jan 1911 and joined the 11th Hussars as a Private later transferring to the 13th Hussars as a Private (Service No. 6880) and served in India.   He was transferred then to the Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry Division) on 27 Jun 1916 (Service No. 56823) becoming a Lance Corporal.  He served in France & Flanders and later in Ireland until his discharge on 13 May 1919.   He was awarded the Victory and British War Medals as well as the 1914/15 Star.  (He remained as a Territorial until 22 Jan 1923).  He married  Lottie May Rose at Sturminster, Dorset, on 6 Apr 1920 and by the 1921 Census they were living with his parents-in-law at 97 Glue Hill, Sturminster, Dorset.  By the time of the 1939 Register he was living at 98 Glue Hill, Sturminster, Dorset, working as a Dorset County Council Roadman.  He death was recorded in Sturminster in 1946.  His brother, Harry Philip Moore, also served in the conflict.

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Robert John Bartlett was born in the Shaftesbury, Dorset, Registry area on 19 Aug 1898 the son of Samuel Bartlett and Edith Bartlett (nee Bedford).  Little is know of his early life but by the time WW1 occurred he enlisted and joined the Dorsetshire Regiment as a Private (Service No. 40987).  It is not known in which theatre of war he served but he had been attached at times to both the 3rd (Reserve) and 6th Battalions.  He was discharged on 3 Jul 1919 and awarded the Victory and British War Medals.  He was registered on the Absent Voters List in 1918 and 1919 at The Cottage, West Orchard, Shaftesbury, Dorset.  (No record of his whereabouts at the time of the 1921 Census can be found.)  He married Victoria Annie Burlington in the Tisbury, Wiltshire, Registry area in 1923.  By the time of the 1939 Register he was living at Shaftesbury Road, West Stour, Dorset, working as a Farm Carter.  His death was recorded locally on 28 Jun 1969