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William Robert Davis was born in Enmore Green, Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 10th May 1886 and baptised there at St. John's Church on 6th June 1886, the son of Frederick Davis and Emily Davis (née Jenkins). His siblings included Harry (b.1880) and Charles (b.1888) both of whom died during the war. His other brothers, Frank (b.1882) served in the war with the Coldstream Guards and Edward Frederick (b. 1898) with the Inniskilling Fusiliers. William lived all his early life in and around Enmore Green until, prior to 1911, he enlisted with the 2nd Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 7161) and, at the time of the 1911 Census, was serving at the Wanowri Lines, India.  He later served with the 1st Battalion in France and Flanders from 16 Aug 1914 where he was promoted to Corporal.  At the time of the Absent Voter List dated 1918 he was with the 5th Battalion.   On his discharge he was awarded the Victory and British medals as well as the 1914/15 Star with roses and clasp.  He married Lilian Winifred Hayter at St. James's Church, Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 2nd May 1920.  They went on to have three children.  The 1921 Census shows him living at 23 St. James Street, Shaftesbury, working as an Agricultural Labourer at Holyrood Farm, Shaftesbury. By the time of the 1939 Register he had moved to 14 West Orchard, Shaftesbury, Dorset and working as a Horseman on a Farm.  His death was recorded at the Gillingham, Dorset, Registry in 1945 and he was buried at Milton-on-Stour, Near Gillingham, on 26 March 1945.

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Victor Stanley Weldon was born in Shaftesbury, Dorset, in 1897 and baptised at Holy Trinity Church on 1st April 1897, the son of Charles Weldon and Harriet Madonna Louisa Weldon (née Roberts).   He lived most of his life, apart from Military Service, at the family home, Round House or Toll House, Cann, Shaftesbury, Dorset.  He enlisted and joined the Dorsetshire Regiment as a Private (Service No. 17216).  He served with the 1st and the 6th Battalions though it is not known in which theatre of war he was based.  He was discharged on 3rd March 1919 and was awarded the Victory and British War medals.  By the 1921 Census he was living with his parents at the Toll House though the actual Census detail, apart from the cover sheet, has been missed on-line and the 1921 Electoral Roll confirms his address. He married Hilda Smith in Shaftesbury, Dorset, in 1925 and they went on to have two children.  Regrettably Victor died on 22nd December 1936 at the Westminster Memorial Hospital, Shaftesbury.  He was buried at St. Rumbold's Church, Cann, Shaftesbury, on 26th December 1936.   His brothers, Montague Wyndham Weldon and Edgar Reginald Weldon, also served in the conflict.