The Great War and the Wallops

Introduction

The idea for this project came to me during the Remembrance service in St Andrew’s in 2006. I was saddened by the thought that the individual story of the majority of these brave men would be unknown to most of the congregation. I could only presume that the same might apply at St Peter’s.

When I started my research, I wasn’t sure how many of the Wallop men’s families would still be represented in the villages and was pleasantly surprised. I have received help and encouragement from members of the Baigent, Barnes, Baverstock, Grist, Harman, Hiscock and Minault families. I would also like to thank many others who have helped and advised me – John Taylor-Firth (who put in a huge amount of work on Army records), Judy Maynard, Tony and Janet Hope, Richard Osmond, Jan Smith, Lindsay Murray-Twinn, Gary Richardson and the late Eileen Wilmott. My apologies if there is anybody I have omitted.

Research

If anyone is hoping to learn the full life story of the Wallop men who gave their lives in World War One, I’m afraid they are going to be disappointed. Even with the help of their descendants, it has not been possible, after 90 years, to discover as much as I would have liked about most of the men. The starting point for my research was the Census of 1901, followed by the records held by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, whose website is a mine of information. When the Census of 1911 is made available to researchers in 2012 (possibly earlier) we should learn much more about many of them.

An explanation

Each page has a code at the bottom, explaining the source of the information given which I hope will be easy enough to follow. Dates of birth shown are, for the most part, just the year, followed by the Registration details. The month is the last of each quarter and the reference shows page number and volume in each case. In some instances the birth place (obtained from Army records) differs but I have shown all the information for completeness.

The location given for parents and siblings is, actually, the place of registration rather than the place of birth. The second “Residence” box gives the information obtained from the CD ROM “Soldiers who died in the Great War” which, in turn, was taken from Army records at the time of enlistment or subsequently. There were clearly some cases where information was misheard or misinterpreted! See Fred Hiscock’s page as an example.

Anthony Whitaker Reference Codes: 1 = Commonwealth War Graves Commission website 2 = Free BMD website 3 = Soldiers who died in the Great War CD ROM 4 = Census 1891 & 1901 (England) 5 = Army Medal records 6 = Andover Advertiser 7 = Nether Wallop Parish records 8 = Over Wallop Parish records 9 = Army List CASUALTIES WITH WALLOP CONNECTIONS

NAME Harry Alexander Village Wallop Rank Rifleman 1 Regiment / Ship 3rd Rifle Brigade 1

D O B 00.00.1882 Baptised 26.03.1882 in OW 8 Birth registered Stockbridge March 1882 2c 95 2 Birth place (Over) Wallop 3

Father Henry DOB 1859 Stockbridge 2 Mother Martha (née People) 1881 DOB 1857 Andover 2 Siblings Sidney DOB 1886 Quarley 2 Edith DOB 1890 Amport 2 Residence in 1901 Residence Andover 3 Occupation Marriage Agnes (née Bradbury) Andover Dec 1909 2c 561 2 Children Nellie A DOB 1912 Andover 2 Grandchildren Widow’s re-marriage none found 2 Enlisted Quarley 3 Number 7698 1 Medals None found Date of death 25.09.1914 1 Age 32 Cause Missing Death registered Burial / Memorial La Ferté-sous-Jouarre Memorial, Seine et Marne 1 NOTES May have taken part in the Boer War as a regular soldier?

NAME Albert William Bagent Village Over Wallop Rank Private 1 Regiment / Ship 2nd Hampshire Regiment 1

D O B 00.00.1880 Birth registered Winchester Dec 1880 2c 103 2 Birth place Winchester 3

Father Charles Bagent DOB 1845 Henley 2 Mother Mary Ann (née Marsh) 1874 DOB 1854 Winchester 2 Siblings Lilian Louisa (Lily) DOB 1874 Winchester 2 Charles Frederick H DOB 1878 Winchester 2 Hilda Mary F DOB 1885 Winchester 2 Emma Charlotte (Emmy) DOB 1887 Winchester 2 Arthur (died 24.10.1914) DOB 1891 Winchester 2 Edward James (Ted) DOB 1897 Andover 2 Names in green – also served Residence in 1901 South Africa 1 Residence Wallop 3 Occupation Regular soldier

Marriage none found 2 Children Grandchildren Widow’s re-marriage Enlisted Winchester 3 Number 3/5223 1 Medals Long Service / Good Conduct (Boer War) 1 1915 Star / Victory / British (served in Balkans) 5 Date of death 13.04.1917 1 Age 37 1 Cause Death registered Burial / Memorial Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension Nº 1 V.E.55 1 NOTES List has Baigent and ‘Drummer’ as rank. Charles – registered as “Bagont” at birth (Corporal in 60th Rifles in 1881; Sergeant in KRR in 1891) buried 13.11.1926 (OW) aged 81; Mary Ann buried 12.10.1931 (OW) aged 77, both Baigent. 1914 Electoral Roll – Charles in Pound Road; 1915 in Pound Road & Orange Lane (Vine Cottage). Ted served at Gallipoli.

NAME Arthur Baigent Village Over Wallop Rank Private 1 Regiment / Ship 2nd Wiltshire Regiment 1

D O B 00.00.1891 Birth registered Winchester June 1891 2c 118 2 Birth place Winchester 3

Father Charles Bagent DOB 1845 Henley 2 Mother Mary Ann (née Marsh) 1874 DOB 1854 Winchester 2 Siblings Lilian Louisa (Lily) DOB 1874 Winchester 2 Charles Frederick H DOB 1878 Winchester 2 Albert William (died 13.04.17) DOB 1880 Winchester 2 Hilda Mary F DOB 1885 Winchester 2 Emma Charlotte (Emmy) DOB 1887 Winchester 2 Edward James (Ted) DOB 1897 Andover 2 Names in green – also served Residence in 1901 Brick Kiln Ivy Cottage, Amport 4 Residence Stockbridge 3 Occupation

Marriage none found 2 Children Grandchildren Widow’s re-marriage

Enlisted Devizes 3 Number 8006 1 Medals 1914 Star / Victory / British 5 Date of death 24.10.1914 1 Age 23 Cause Missing Death registered Burial / Memorial Menin Gate, Ypres Panel 53 1 NOTES Birth registered as Bagent but known to Army as Baigent. Charles – registered as “Bagont” at birth (Corporal in 60th Rifles in 1881; Sergeant in KRR in1891) buried 13.11.1926 (OW) aged 81; Mary Ann buried 12.10.1931 (OW) aged 77, both Baigent. 1914 Electoral Roll – Charles in Pound Road; 1915 in Pound Road & Orange Lane (Vine Cottage). Ted served at Gallipoli.

NAME Albert Edward Arthur Barnes Village Nether Wallop Rank Private 1 Regiment / Ship 1st / 4th Hampshire Regiment 1

D O B 14.10.1898 Baptised 22.11.1898 in NW 7 Birth registered Stockbridge Dec 1898 2c 112 2 Birth place Nether Wallop (probably – blank on 1901 Census) 4

Father Unknown - illegitimate DOB Mother Martha Louisa Pretty Barnes DOB 19.06.1881 7 Siblings Ernest Frank (Frederick) DOB 10.02.1897 2

Residence in 1901 Blenheim Cottage (confirmed by Michael Barnes) 4 Residence Nether Wallop 3 Occupation Farm labourer (1911)

Marriage none found 2 Children Grandchildren Widow’s re-marriage

Enlisted Andover 3 Number 201549 1 Medals Victory / British 5 Date of death 06.02.1917 1 Age 19 Cause Gunshot wound to stomach 6 Death registered Burial / Memorial Amara War Cemetery, Iraq XXI.K.2 1

NOTES Baptised as Alfred Edward Alexander – mother: Martha; father unknown. Brother, Ernest Frank aka Frederick, baptised at same time. Martha died 1905 aged 24.

Andover Advertiser – Friday 23rd February 1917: Nether Wallop: The Toll of the War – Mr and Mrs H Barnes of this village, have received official notification from Lord Derby, Secretary of State for War, of the death of their grandson, Private Albert Ernest Barnes (sic) of the 4th Hants, from wounds received in action in Mesopotamia. It appears from the information imparted that the young fellow, who voluntarily joined up, was wounded in the abdomen and died on the 6th inst. The grand parents of Private Barnes, by whom he was reared, feel very deeply their loss, and doubtless parishioners will sympathise with them in their bereavement.

Andover Advertiser – Friday 6th 1917: Nether Wallop: How Pte Barnes fell – Mr and Mrs H Barnes of this village have received the following letter: - “Mesopotamia, 14th February. It is my painful duty to inform you that your grandson, Pte A Barnes, Reference Codes: 1 = Commonwealth War Graves Commission website 2 = Free BMD website 3 = Soldiers who died in the Great War CD ROM 4 = Census 1891 & 1901 (England) 5 = Army Medal records 6 = Andover Advertiser 7 = Nether Wallop Parish records 8 = Over Wallop Parish records 9 = Army List died of wounds on the 6th inst. On the night of the 6th I took out a patrol of 8 men, of whom your grandson was one. On our way back to the trench we were seen and fired on by the enemy and your grandson was hit in the stomach. We carried him back to the trench and bandaged him up, and shortly afterwards the stretcher bearers took him down. I thought he would be all right, as he seemed fairly comfortable when taken away, but a day or two afterwards I was officially informed that he died in the field ambulance. I was very much distressed at losing him, for he had been in my platoon ever since he came out here, and I always regarded him as one of my favourites. He was certainly a most willing worker, a good soldier, and one of the best men in the platoon. His comrades are all very sorry to lose him. As soon as I can find out I will let you know exactly where he is buried; roughly it is on the right (or west) bank of the Hai, about a mile below its junction with the Tigris. Please accept my deepest and most sincere sympathy in your bereavement. Yours sincerely, Kenneth R Weatherall, 2nd Lieut, B Company, 1 / 4 Hants Regiment”.

NAME William Barrett Village Over Wallop Rank Private 1 Regiment / Ship 2nd Hampshire Regiment 1

D O B 00.00.1897 Baptised 05.09.1897 in OW 8 Birth registered Stockbridge Sept 1897 2c 117 2 Birth place Andover 3 Over Wallop 4

Father James Barrett 17.10.1885 DOB 1863 Winchester 2 Mother Rose (née Rosa Lewis) DOB 1865 Fareham 2 Siblings Ellen Mary DOB 1886 Stockbridge 2 Alfred James DOB 1887 Stockbridge 2 Oliver Henry DOB 1889 Stockbridge 2 Charles (Thomas?) DOB 1891 Stockbridge 2 Wilfred George Dates 1893-1894 ditto 2 Frances Kate DOB 1894 Stockbridge 2 Albert DOB 1896 Stockbridge 2 Names in green – also served

Residence in 1901 The Old Cottage, Station Road 4 Residence Stockbridge 3 Occupation

Marriage none found 2 Children Grandchildren Widow’s re-marriage

Enlisted Winchester 3 Number 14716 1 Medals None found Date of death 28.04.1915 1 Age 18 1 Cause Missing Death registered Burial / Memorial Helles Memorial, Gallipoli - Panels 125-134 or 223-226 or 1 228-229 or 328

NOTES Father registered as Barratt at birth. Rose buried 01.11.1925 (OW) aged 66. 1914/15 Electoral Roll – address ‘The Street’.

NAME Thomas George Baverstock Village Nether Wallop / Over Wallop Rank Private 1 Regiment / Ship 1st Wiltshire Regiment 1

D O B 00.00.1895 Baptised 02.06.1895 in OW 8 Birth registered Stockbridge June 1895 2c 106 2 Birth place Netheravon (sic) = Nether Wallop 3

Father Robert Baverstock 25.12.1871 DOB 1846 Stockbridge 2 Mother Mary Jane (née Chalk) DOB 1852 St Cross 2 Siblings William Henry DOB 1874 Alresford 2 Albert Edward DOB 1876 Alresford 2 Louisa Jane DOB 1880 Alresford 2 Gertrude Alice DOB 1882 Andover 2 Ethel Mary DOB 1885 Whitchurch 2 Rose DOB 1887 Whitchurch 2 Laura DOB 1889 Stockbridge 2 Florence Lily DOB 1892 Stockbridge 2 Names in green – also served

Residence in 1901 Jack’s Bush Cottages 4 Residence Middle Wallop 3 Occupation

Marriage none found 2 Children Grandchildren Widow’s re-marriage

Enlisted Devizes 3 Number 9143 1 Medals 1914 Star / Victory / British 5 Date of death 27.03.1915 1 Age 20 Cause Death registered Burial / Memorial Rue-du-Bois Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix II.D.16 1

NOTES NW memorial says 2nd / 4th Hampshires. 1915 Electoral Roll – living in “Middle Wallop”. Robert buried in NW on 18.12.1931 aged 85.

Andover Advertiser – Friday 4th June 1915: Nether Wallop: Casualties at the war – Private Tom Baverstock, son of Mr Baverstock of Jack’s Bush, Middle Wallop, is reported killed.

Private Thomas Baverstock 1895— 1915 by kind permission of his niece, Mrs Joan Cory

NAME Francis George Bratchell (known as Frank) Village Over Wallop Rank Private 1 Regiment / Ship 9th (Queen’s Royal) Lancers 1

D O B 00.07.1890 Birth registered Andover Sept 1890 2c 201 2 Birth place Upper Clatford 3

Father George Bratchell March 1886 DOB 1854 Devizes 2 Mother Martha Ann (née Fisher) DOB 1857 Pewsey 2 Siblings Margaret Annie (died Sept 1886) DOB 1886 Andover 2 Elizabeth Dora DOB 1888 Andover 2 Agnes May DOB 1895 June 2

Residence in 1901 Amport 4 Residence Shipton Bellinger 3 Occupation Regular soldier ?

Marriage N/A Children Grandchildren Widow’s re-marriage

Enlisted Dorchester (landed in France 23.11.1914) 3 Number L / 7412 1 Medals 1915 Star / Victory / British 5 Date of death 20.05.1915 1 Age 24 1 Cause Missing / KIA 5 Death registered Burial / Memorial Menin Gate, Panel 5 1

NOTES Parents at Council Cottages, King Lane, Over Wallop (per CWGC). Martha died 09.03.1924 and is buried in St Peter’s churchyard, OW. George died in 1945. Sister, Agnes, married Frank Grist, brother of Charles Grist (QV) in 1925. Frank Bratchell is commemorated on the War Memorial in Shipton Bellinger near Tidworth

NAME Leonard Harold Bulpitt Village Over Wallop Rank Private 1 Regiment / Ship 15th (Hants Yeomanry) Hampshire Regiment 1

D O B 00.00.1883 Baptised 14.09.1883 in NW 7 Birth registered Stockbridge Sept 1883 2c 100 2 Birth place Over Wallop 3

Father John Bulpitt 26.11.1881 DOB 1855 Stockbridge 2 Mother Sabina (née Taylor, formerly DOB c 1853 4 Huddlestone – m 1877) Winterslow Siblings Lilly Louise Huddlestone (½) DOB 1879 Hanover Squ 2 Elsie Florence DOB 15.04.82 S’bridge 2 Percy John DOB 1884 Stockbridge 2 Gertrude Alice DOB 1886 Stockbridge 2 Edith Kate DOB 1887 Stockbridge 2 Reginald George (died 1914) DOB 1889 Stockbridge 2 Frederick James DOB 1892 Stockbridge 2 Names in green – also served

Residence in 1901 King Lane 4 Residence Sherborne, Dorset 3 Occupation Under-Shepherd on farm 4

Marriage Alice Maria Brown Hastings Dec 1912 2b 71 2 Children none found 2 Grandchildren Widow’s re-marriage Arthur Shepherd ?? Guildford June 1925 2a 268 2

Enlisted Andover 3 Number 13926 1 Medals 1915 Star / Victory / British 5 Date of death 20.10.1918 1 Age 36 1 Cause Death registered Burial / Memorial Heestert Military Cemetery, Belgium F.8 1

NOTES OW memorial says Corporal. Father’s birth registered as Bulpit. Parents married in NW. Widow living in Brockenhurst per CWGC. Reginald died in shipwreck in Canada 1914 (see Albert Pepler document). 1914/15 Electoral Roll – family in King Lane

NAME William Herbert Bundy Village Nether Wallop Rank Private 1 Regiment / Ship Royal Army Medical Corps 1

D O B 28.02.1884 Baptised 07.04.1884 in NW 7 Birth registered Stockbridge June 1884 2c 97 2 Birth place Nether Wallop 3.4

Father Osman Charles Bundy DOB 28.03.1844 JP Mother Ellen (née Plasket) 1878 DOB 1850 Stockbridge 2 Siblings Victor Charles DOB 29.09.1878 JP Alice Annie DOB 1881 Stockbridge 2 Kate DOB 1886 Stockbridge 2 Lily Alice Mary DOB 1888 Stockbridge 2 Names in green – also served

Residence in 1901 Church Hill 4 Residence Stockbridge 3 Occupation Carter on farm in 1901. Postman in 1916 4

Marriage Lydia Elizabeth Morris March 1915 Lambeth 1d 414 2 Children Mary Ellen (born 01.07.1916) Baptised 23.07.1916 7 Grandchildren June Peck (née Pollard), Bruce and Clive Pollard JP Widow’s re-marriage Bernard C Sinden Dec 1918 Lambeth 1d 510 2

Enlisted Andover 03.11.1916 3 Number 85718 1 Medals None Date of death 21.11.1916 1 Age 32 2 Cause Pneumonia Death registered Farnham Dec 1916 2a 219 2 Burial / Memorial St Andrew’s, Nether Wallop on 26.11.1916. (22nd ??) 1

NOTES William Bundy only had one lung and, as the village Postman, was in a reserved occupation. He joined up in 1916 after receiving white feathers. During his training, he was required to swim across a river and caught a cold, which turned to pneumonia. His widow lived at “Firleigh Cottage” (Farley Cottage). Father registered as Osman Charles at birth. He died in 1936 and was buried in NW. Ellen buried in NW on 23.01.1926 aged 75. Bernard Sinden walked out on the family on 1st April 1927 and was never seen again. Lydia (born in 1882 in Bethnal Green) was buried in NW on 31.07.1954 aged 71

Andover Advertiser – Friday 1st December 1916: Nether Wallop: The late Private W H Bundy – There were general manifestations of sorrow on Saturday, when the Reference Codes: 1 = Commonwealth War Graves Commission website 2 = Free BMD website 3 = Soldiers who died in the Great War CD ROM 4 = Census 1891 & 1901 (England) 5 = Army Medal records 6 = Andover Advertiser 7 = Nether Wallop Parish records 8 = Over Wallop Parish records 9 = Army List late Private W H Bundy was interred in the parish Churchyard. The body, which had been removed from Aldershot, was conveyed to this village on the preceding day. It was enclosed in a coffin of polished elm, with brass furnishing, the inscription on the breastplate read thus: - WILLIAM HERBERT BUNDY, Died Nov 21, 1916, Aged 32 years.

The burial service was impressively read by the Vicar, and attending the funeral solemnities were Mrs W H Bundy (the widow), Mr C Bundy (father), Mrs Bradley and Miss L Bundy (sisters), Mr Morris (father-in-law), Mrs Brown (sister-in-law), Mrs W Cooper, Mrs Salter, Mrs Butler, Mrs Lacon, Mrs W Gould, Mrs H Goodyear, Mrs E Hendley, Mr Roberts, Private A Price, CEF, Mr F Webb, Mr W Webb, and Messrs O J Hinward, C Seaward, E Ventham and Mr Cooper, representing the postal service, in which the deceased was employed previous to joining the Colours. A number of floral wreaths as tokens of love and respect were deposited on the grave, amongst which were the following:- In loving memory, from his loving wife and babe; from his Father and Mother; from his sisters, A, K and L; Mr and Mrs Piercey; in ever loving memory, from Dad and the girls in London; in fond remembrance, to uncle Bill, from Margaret, Queen and Ron; Maxie; with deepest sympathy, Mrs Lyne-Stivens and Miss Lyne-Stivens; Mr and Mrs F Vincent and family; indoor and outdoor staff at Middle Wallop and Nether Wallop Post Offices; Mrs Butler; Mrs Bernett and F Peacock; Mrs G Cook; E M Cook.

Andover Advertiser – Friday 1st December 1916: Nether Wallop: The late Private W H Bundy – There were general manifestations of sorrow on Saturday, when the late Private W H Bundy was interred in the parish Churchyard. The body, which had been removed from Aldershot, was conveyed to this village on the preceding day. It was enclosed in a coffin of polished elm, with brass furnishing, the inscription on the breastplate read thus: - WILLIAM HERBERT BUNDY, Died Nov 21, 1916, Aged 32 years.

Andover Advertiser – Friday 23rd February 1917: Mrs William Bundy sincerely thanks all kind Friends for their Private William Bundy generous support, also kind by kind permission of his grand-daughter, June sympathy shown to her in her Peck recent sad loss. Nether Wallop, near Stockbridge, Hants

Although I had discovered quite a lot about Private Bundy, June was able to provide me with even more information which is now included in the books on show in both churches, including a rather splendid photograph of him as a young man.

Although none of the stories of the Wallop dead from WW1 has a happy ending, William’s story is a particularly poignant one and, with June’s permission, I set it out below.

William Herbert Bundy was born on 28th February 1884 to Osman Charles Bundy and his wife Ellen (née Plasket). He was their second son and third child. His brother Victor (who also served in WW1 but survived) and sister Annie came before him and two further sisters, Kate and Lily, came after. At the time of the 1901 census, the family were living on Church Hill - the house no longer exists - and the 17 year old William’s occupation is described as “carter on farm”.

In the spring of 1915, William married Lydia Morris in Lambeth, south London and, by 1916, he was working as the village Postman in Nether Wallop. This was classed as a reserved occupation and William was exempted from military service. Also, he had only one lung (whether from birth or due to a later illness, is not clear) which may have provided further grounds for exemption.

As is well known, the Battle of the Somme, which began on 1st July 1916, was not the resounding success that was needed to end the stalemate of trench warfare. It is probable that parents who had lost sons began to resent those who did not enlist. Unfortunately, William began to receive white feathers – presumably from those who did not fully understand why he had not enlisted already. Eventually, he felt sufficiently pressured into joining up and did so in Andover on 3rd November 1916. He joined the Royal Army Medical Corps and was sent to Aldershot to be trained. As part of the training he was required to swim across a river – in November. Almost inevitably, he caught a cold and, having only one lung, this turned to pneumonia. He died on 21st November 1916, having been in the Army for less than 3 weeks and leaving his widow, Lydia, and their baby daughter, Mary, who was not yet 6 months old.

Although his military career was exceptionally short, his sacrifice was recognised by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and he has a CWGC grave in St Andrew’s churchyard. His widow, Lydia, remarried in 1918 and she and her new husband, Bernard Sinden, lived in one half of what is now Farley Cottage. Mr Sinden walked out on his family on 1st April 1927 and was never seen again. Lydia died in 1954 and is also buried at St Andrew’s. Her daughter’s ashes will be placed in the same grave on 3rd May.

NAME Albert Cannons Village Over Wallop Rank Private 1 Regiment / Ship 1st Hampshire Regiment 1

D O B 00.00.1883 Birth registered Stockbridge Sept 1883 2c 105 2 Birth place Longstock 3

Father James Cannons DOB 1846 Stockbridge 2 Mother Mary Ann (née Judd) 05.01.69 DOB 1850 Stockbridge 2 Step-Mother Harriett (née Bray) 12.12.1891 DOB 1843 Whitchurch 2 Siblings Rosa DOB 1870 Stockbridge 2 Stephen DOB 1871 Stockbridge 2 Emily DOB 1873 Stockbridge 2 Lydia DOB 1874 Stockbridge 2 Mark DOB 1877 Stockbridge 2 Enos DOB 1880 Stockbridge 2 Alice DOB 1887 Stockbridge 2 Names in green – also served

Residence in 1901 Brockhurst Cottages (1891 in Tufton) 4 Residence Over Wallop 3 Occupation Carter on farm 4

Marriage none found 2 Children Grandchildren Widow’s re-marriage

Enlisted Andover 3 Number 314661 1 Medals 1915 Star / Victory / British 5 Date of death 13.05.1915 1 Age 31 Cause Missing Death registered Burial / Memorial Menin Gate, Ypres Panel 35 1

NOTES 1914 Electoral Roll – James Cannon. All other records say Cannons (except Andover Advertiser!). Mary Ann died in 1890 – death registered as Mary Canning. Step-mother registered as Harriet Brey at birth.

Andover Advertiser – Friday 4th June 1915: Over Wallop: Killed in action – Information has been received that Privates William Scott and Albert Cannon (sic) have been killed in action.

NAME Edward Albert Chidsey Village Nether Wallop Rank Gunner 1 Regiment / Ship Royal Field Artillery 1.5

D O B 00.00.1896 Birth registered Stockbridge Dec 1896 2c 111 2 Birth place Wallop 3.4

Father Charles Chidsey 1893 DOB 1868 Axbridge 2 Mother Sarah Jane (née Underwood) DOB 1863 Devizes 2 Siblings William Charles DOB 1894 Alderbury 2

Residence in 1901 Cottage near Warren Court 4 Residence Occupation

Marriage none found 2 Children Grandchildren Widow’s re-marriage

Enlisted Devizes 3 Number 10454 1 Medals 1915 Star / Victory / British 5 Date of death 22.01.1917 1 Age 20 Cause Death registered Burial / Memorial Faubourg d’Amiens Cemetery, Arras II.C.1

NOTES Father registered as Chedzey at birth

NAME Frederick Lewis Ralph Chubb Village Over Wallop Rank Private 1 Regiment / Ship 11th Prince Albert’s Somerset Light Infantry 1

D O B 00.00.1895 Birth registered Stockbridge June 1895 2c 105 2 Birth place Over Wallop 3

Father Frederick Card Chubb DOB 1859 Alderbury 2 Mother Fanny (née Cable) 1894 DOB 1867 Stockbridge 2 Siblings Gertrude Fanny DOB 1897 Stockbridge 2

Residence in 1901 Wayside, Station Road 4 Residence Stockbridge 3 Occupation

Marriage none found 2 Children Grandchildren Widow’s re-marriage

Enlisted Andover 3 Number 266085 1 Medals Victory / British 5 Date of death 16.11.1918 1 Age 23 1 Cause Death registered Burial / Memorial Terlincthun British Cemetery, France XI.A.42 1

NOTES 1914/15 Electoral Roll – address ‘The Street’. Frederick Card Chubb buried 14.10.1922 (OW) “aged 67”. Gertrude baptised on 24.12.1931 as an adult.

NAME James Oliver Clark Village Over Wallop Rank Private 1 Regiment / Ship 1st / 4th Hampshire Regiment 1

D O B 00.00.1889 Birth registered Stockbridge June 1889 2c 91 2 Birth place Over Wallop 3

Father Elias Clark 03.05.1884 DOB 1859 Stockbridge 2 Mother Sabina (née Futcher) DOB c 1860 4 Siblings William John DOB 1885 Stockbridge 2 Mary DOB 1887 Stockbridge 2 Arthur DOB 1891 Stockbridge 2 Names in green – also served

Residence in 1891 near Townsend Farm (1901 in Odiham) 4 Residence Aldershot 3 Occupation

Marriage none found 2 Children Grandchildren Widow’s re-marriage

Enlisted Winchester 3 Number 200656 1 Medals 1915 Star / Victory / British 5 Date of death 21.11.1916 1 Age 26 1 Cause Missing “presumed dead” 5 Death registered Burial / Memorial Basra Memorial, Iraq Panels 21 & 63 1

NOTES Parents later in Alresford per CWGC

NAME William Charles Curtis Village Nether Wallop Rank 2nd Lieutenant 1 Regiment / Ship 5th Battalion, Tank Corps 1

D O B 05.01.1896 Birth registered West Ham 4a 73 2 Birth place 93 Clifton Road, Canning Town, London E16

Father Alfred Tofts Curtis DOB 1867 Orsett, Essex 2 Mother Mary Ann (née Bryant) 1891 DOB 1868 Poplar ?? 2 Siblings Alfred Tofts (Jr) DOB 1892 West Ham 2

Residence in 1911 Naini Tal, India 9 Residence Knockwood Farm, Nether Wallop 9 Occupation Commercial traveller 9

Marriage May (née Davis) born June 1895. Married March 1918 2 in Croydon. Died 1st November 1918, of Spanish Flu Children None Widow’s re-marriage n/a

Enlisted Commissioned 20.12.1917 (Army list 1577b) 219551 9 Number Royal Fusiliers 1293 / Machine Gun Corps 107869 5 Medals Victory / British (and 1914-15 Star?) 5 Date of death 03.10.1918 1 Age 22 Cause Killed in action 9 Death registered Burial / Memorial Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Panel 11 1

NOTES Father described as Assistant Store Keeper (Corporation) on birth certificate. Enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers as a Private and first arrived in France on 29th July 1915. Transferred to the Machine Gun Corps before commission into the Tank Corps. Father claimed his medals in 1922.

Extracts from War Diary of 5th Battalion, Tank Corps

10th September 1918: 2nd Lieut W C Curtis joined Battalion. 2nd October 1918 - Battalion moved to Etricourt. Tanks trekked to Fosse Wood. 3rd October 1918 - Battalion went into action, 17 Tanks strong, 15 of which reached their objective. Eight of these were knocked out in the vicinity of the objective (Red Line), remaining Tanks rallied at Fosse Wood. Weather good. 2nd Lieut W C Curtis amongst those killed in action.

Army Service record – William Curtis attended Philander Smith College, Naini Tal, India. He was a member of the Naini Tal Volunteer Cadets from 1908-10 and a Reference Codes: 1 = Commonwealth War Graves Commission website 2 = Free BMD website 3 = Soldiers who died in the Great War CD ROM 4 = Census 1891 & 1901 (England) 5 = Army Medal records 6 = Andover Advertiser 7 = Nether Wallop Parish records 8 = Over Wallop Parish records 9 = Army List member of the Malay States Volunteer Rifles from 1913-14. He enlisted in 6th Battalion Royal Fusiliers at Colchester on 13th January 1915. His height is recorded as 5 foot 8 inches; he had a tattoo of a bird on his left forearm. The next of kin is cited as Mary A Curtis of Eastleigh, Sidegate Lane, Ipswich. He served in France between 29th July 1915 and 22nd July 1916, but received a gun shot wound during the attack on Pozières on 15th July 1916, being discharged from hospital on 20th August 1916. He transferred into the Machine Gun Corps at Grantham on 28th July 1917 and then was commissioned into the Tank Corps on 20th December 1917. After a period of training (presumably) he embarked from Folkestone and disembarked at Boulogne on 13th August 1918. Following William Curtis’ death, his next of kin changed from his mother to his wife, May, who was living at 5 Waddon Marsh Lane, Croydon at the time. She is described as “since dead” (within less than a month of her husband) so the administration of the estate reverted to his father, A T Curtis (a retired Colonial Official) of Knockwood, Nether Wallop. The family’s Solicitors (Ward, Bowie of Cheapside) wrote to the War Office asking the whereabouts of various items – “a gold chain, a silver identification disc, a gold ring and a gold wristlet watch, in addition to other articles forming his kit”. When his father applied for his son’s medals, his address is shown as the Green Hotel in Dulverton, Somerset, rather than Knockwood.

From an article appearing in the Parish magazine… William Charles Curtis was born on 5th January 1896, at 93 Clifton Road, Canning Town, London E16, to Alfred Tofts Curtis (born 1867 in Essex) and his wife, Mary Ann née Bryant. William had an older brother, Alfred Tofts (junior) who was born in 1892 in West Ham, London but I have not been able to trace any other siblings. At the time of William’s birth, Alfred senior was described as an Assistant Store Keeper (Corporation).

At some stage, the family moved to India. They do not show on the 1901 Census so one must assume that they had already left England by then. According to William’s Army papers, he attended the American-run Philander Smith College in Nainital in Uttarakhand State in north eastern India, in the foothills of the Himalayas. Between 1908 and 1910, he was a member of the Naini Tal Volunteer Cadets. Alfred senior must have taken up a new position because the next record of William’s military experience is as a member of the Malay States Volunteer Rifles, between 1913 and 1914.

Presumably the outbreak of war in August 1914 encouraged William to return home as, on 13th January 1915 (shortly after his 19th birthday), he enlisted as a Private in the 6th Battalion, the Royal Fusiliers, at Colchester. According to his papers, he was 5 foot 8 inches in height with the distinguishing mark of a tattoo of a bird on his left forearm. His next-of-kin is shown as Mary A Curtis of Eastleigh, Sidegate Lane, Ipswich.

After his training, William served in France between 29th July 1915 and 22nd July 1916. On 15th July 1916 he received a gunshot wound during the attack on Pozières in the Somme campaign but was discharged from hospital on 20th August 1916. What happened next is unclear but on 27th July 1917 he was nominated for an appointment to a commission and on the next day he transferred to the Machine Gun Corps still as a Private, joining this unit at Grantham. At the time, William’s previous occupation is

The next recorded event in William’s life is his marriage to May Davis (who was born in 1895 in Croydon). This was registered as taking place in Croydon between January and March 1918. Her address is shown as 5 Waddon Marsh Lane, Croydon. Sadly, their happiness was to be doubly short-lived.

William had been commissioned in the Tank Corps on 20th December 1917 and, presumably after further training, he embarked at Folkestone (and disembarked at Boulogne) on 13th August 1918, joining 5th Battalion, Tank Corps on 10th September 1918. According to the War Diary of the 5th Battalion, on 2nd October, they moved to Etricourt, south west of Cambrai, from where “tanks trekked to Fosse Wood”. On 3rd October 1918, the War Diary states: “Battalion went into action, 17 Tanks strong, 15 of which reached their objective. Eight of these were knocked out in the vicinity of the objective (Red line), remaining Tanks rallied at Fosse Wood. Weather good”. 2nd Lieut W C Curtis amongst those killed in action.

One must assume that his body was never found since, instead of a grave, William Curtis’ name appears on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial, south-east of Arras, which bears the names of over 9,000 men who fell in the period from 8th August 1918 to the date of the Armistice (11th November 1918) in Picardy and Artois, between the Somme and Loos, and who have no known grave.

William’s widow, May Curtis, died on 1st November 1918 at 5 Waddon Marsh Lane, of Influenza and Broncho-Pneumonia, one of the many victims of the Spanish Flu Epidemic, one assumes. With her death, the administration of the estate fell to his father, Alfred. Amongst William’s Army papers is a letter from Ward Bowie, Solicitors, of 7 King Street, Cheapside, London, EC2 to the War Office: “We are informed by his father that when leaving for abroad he had in his possession a gold chain, a silver identification disc, a gold ring and a gold wristlet watch in addition to other articles forming his kit”. It is unclear whether these items were ever restored to the family but the assumption is that they were not.

William was posthumously awarded the British Medal and the Victory Medal. It is not entirely clear from the Medal rolls whether he was also awarded the 1914-15 Star, although he would certainly have been eligible for it, having served in a theatre of war between August 1914 and December 1915. On 27th January 1922, his father applied to the War Office for the medals due to his late son. His address is shown as the Green Hotel, Dulverton, Somerset. I have been told that Alfred Curtis actively farmed at Knockwood which seems a surprising change of career from that of a Colonial Official. However, May’s death certificate describes her late husband as a ‘2nd Lieutenant in the Tank Corps (Farmer)’ so perhaps it was he who was farming the land at Knockwood, rather than his father? It seems unlikely that he was either the owner or the actual tenant of the Farm. In 1918 the Farm was owned by Henry C Knapman. William Woodford (who actually lived at Haydown Farm) was the tenant. Perhaps Alfred Curtis was his sub-tenant? Whether, by 1922, Alfred was living in Dulverton, or just staying there, is also unclear.

NAME Charles Frank Down Village Over Wallop Rank Corporal 1 Regiment / Ship 2nd Hampshire Regiment 1

D O B 00.00.1894 Baptised 09.09.1894 in OW 8 Birth registered Stockbridge Sept 1894 2c 101 2 Birth place (Over) Wallop 3

Father Josiah Down DOB 1853 Wilton 2 Mother Ellen (née Calloway) 1878 DOB 1853 Stockbridge 2 Siblings James DOB 1880 Stockbridge 2 Jane Ellen DOB 1882 Stockbridge 2 Allan DOB 1884 Stockbridge 2 William Best DOB 1887 Stockbridge 2 Walter DOB 1889 Stockbridge 2 Names in green – also served

Residence in 1901 King Lane (Beam End?) 4 Residence Over Wallop 3 Occupation

Marriage none found 2 Children Grandchildren Widow’s re-marriage

Enlisted Andover 3 Number 25498 1 Medals None found 5 Date of death 13.04.1918 1 Age 22 1 Cause Missing Death registered Burial / Memorial Ploegsteert Memorial Panel 6 1

NOTES Josiah died 1908 ?? 1915 Electoral Roll – Allan Down in King Lane. Corporal A. Down awarded “Roumanian Medal” per OW list of combatants

NAME George Kenward Elton Village Nether Wallop Rank 2nd Lieut 1 Regiment / Ship 5th Hampshire Regiment 1

D O B 00.00.1898 Birth registered Langport March 1898 5c 356 2 Birth place Kingweston, Somerset 4

Father Rev George Goodenough Elton DOB 1865 Eton 2 Mother Ada (née Hume) 1897 DOB c 1868 India 4 Siblings Edward Hume DOB 1901 Romsey 2 Dorothea Mary DOB 1903 Romsey 2 John Goodenough DOB 1905 Romsey 2

Residence in 1911 Millbrook Rectory, Southampton 4 Residence Occupation Engineering apprentice - Day & Summers, Southampton 1

Marriage Children Grandchildren Widow’s re-marriage

Enlisted Number Medals Victory / British 5 Date of death 18.10.1916 1 Age 18 1 Cause Missing Death registered Burial / Memorial Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 7 C and 7 B 1

NOTES Mother born in Bareilly, North West Provinces, India. Father became Vicar of St Andrew’s in 1919, so connection with Nether Wallop is very tenuous

NAME William French Village Nether Wallop Rank Acting Lance Corporal 1.3 Regiment / Ship Military Mounted Police, Corps of Military Police 1

D O B 00.00.1869 Baptised 07.03.1869 in NW 7 Birth registered Stockbridge March 1869 2c 84 2 Birth place Wallop 3

Father Alfred DOB 1838 Stockbridge 2 Mother Mary (née Hindes) 1863 DOB 1841 Stockbridge 2 Siblings Henry DOB 1864 Stockbridge 2 Mary DOB 1866 Stockbridge 2 Jane DOB 1870 Stockbridge 2 Florence DOB 1872 Stockbridge 2 Edith DOB 1874 Stockbridge 2 Alfred DOB 1877 Stockbridge 2 Emily DOB 1879 Stockbridge 2

Residence in 1901 South Africa Residence Paddington 3 Occupation Carman

Marriage Children Grandchildren Widow’s re-marriage

Enlisted London 3 Number P/1840 1 Medals None found Date of death 19.02.1916 1 Age 47 Cause Died at home 3 Death registered not found 2 Burial / Memorial Kingston-upon-Thames Cemetery D.“U”.843 1

NOTES Enlisted in 4th Dragoon Guards on 29.08.1890

NAME Alfred Harold Fry Village Over Wallop Rank 2nd Lieutenant 1 Regiment / Ship 1st / 22nd London Regiment 1

D O B 08.01.1886 9 Birth registered Barton Regis March 1886 6a 56 2 Birth place 104 Pembroke Road, Clifton, Bristol 9

Father Francis James Fry 1861 DOB 1835 Bristol 4 First wife (1) Elizabeth Greer (née Rake) DOB 1838 Bristol 2 Mother (2) Elizabeth (née Pass) 1885 DOB 1851 Bedminster 2 Siblings Francis Rhodolph (1) DOB 1862 Clifton 2 Roderick James (1) DOB 1864 Clifton 2 Conrad Penrose (1) DOB 1865 Clifton 2 Norah Lillian (1) DOB 1871 Clifton 2 Geoffrey Storrs (2) DOB 27.07.1888 2+

Residence in 1901 Father at Cricket House, Cricket St Thomas, Somerset 4 Residence South Eaton Place, Eaton Square, London 1 Occupation Barrister at law 9

Marriage Margaret A C Evans (born 1891) March 1912 2 Marylebone 1a 836 - daughter of John Carbery Evans & Lady Henrietta Anna Wallop (m 1890) Children None Grandchildren Widow’s re-marriage No

Commissioned 05.03.1915 5 Number Medals None listed on medal record Date of death 30.10.1916 1 Age 30 1 Cause Died of wounds 5 Death registered Burial / Memorial Etaples Military Cemetery, France I.A.64 1

NOTES Fry’s Chocolate family. Elizabeth (1) died 1877. Francis died on 15.11.1918 aged 83. Norah has a research centre at Bristol University named after her. She and Geoffrey (born Bedminster) both died in 1960. Widow lived at Townsend Manor, Over Wallop. Originally served in the Inns of Court OTC as a Lance Serjeant (number 599)

1911 Census – Harold Fry living at 2 Ryder Street, London, SW. Occupation – law student.

On 8th January 1920, Carbery Evans wrote from Townsend, Middle Wallop (sic), Hants, to the War Office: “My son-in-law, Mr Harold Fry was wounded on the Somme and died at the Duchess of Westminster’s Hospital, Le Touquet on October 30th 1916. I see that he is entitled to a War Gratuity of the Dead. Will you kindly send to the above address the necessary papers?”.

2nd Lieutenant Harold Fry

1886-1916

NAME Herbert Walter Grace Village Nether Wallop Rank Private 1 Regiment / Ship 1st / 4th Hampshire Regiment 1

D O B 00.00.1897 Birth registered Croydon June 1897 2a 247 2 Birth place South Norwood 3

Father Sydney Grace DOB 1864 Stockbridge 2 Mother Kate (née Horswill) 1889 DOB 1862 Plymouth 2 Siblings Christina Beale DOB 1890 Croydon 2 Charles Sydney DOB 1893 Croydon 2

Residence in 1901 38 Cobden Road, Croydon 4 Residence Nether Wallop 3 Occupation

Marriage none found 2 Children Grandchildren Widow’s re-marriage

Enlisted Bustard Camp, Salisbury Plain 3 Number 200986 3 Medals 1915 Star / Victory / British 5 Date of death 31.12.1916 1 Age 19 1 Cause Missing (same day as Harry Martin) Death registered Burial / Memorial Basra Memorial, Iraq Panels 21 & 63 1

NOTES Parents at “Ivy Cottage”, Nether Wallop, per CWGC. Father (a Police Constable, born in NW) died 08.12.1926 (aged 62); mother (born Plymouth) died 04.01.1950 (aged 88). Headstone includes “Hubert Walter Grace who died in Turkey 1915 aged 18”.

NAME William Ernest Grace Village Nether Wallop / Over Wallop Rank Acting Leading Stoker 1 Regiment / Ship HMS Hampshire 1

D O B 00.00.1884 Baptised 06.01.1884 in NW 7 Birth registered Stockbridge March 1884 2c 97 2 Birth place Nether Wallop 4

Father John Grace 12.09.1874 DOB 1853 Andover 2 Mother Elizabeth Sarah (née Perkins) DOB 1855 Stockbridge 2 Siblings Albert DOB 1875 Stockbridge 2 Walter Lloyd DOB 1876 Stockbridge 2 Edith Mary DOB 1879 Stockbridge 2 Ernest Frank DOB 12.04.1880 ditto 2 James Edgar (died Feb 1883) DOB 17.06.1882 ditto 2 Lily DOB 1887 Stockbridge 2 Florence Emily DOB 1891 Stockbridge 2 Frederick Charles DOB 1893 Stockbridge 2 Names in green – also served

Residence in 1901 at sea. Family in cottage on road below Fifehead 4 Residence Occupation Seaman 1

Marriage none found 2 Children

Enlisted Number 295753 Medals Date of death 05.06.1916 1 Age 32 1 Cause Drowned, when ship sank (with Lord Kitchener) Death registered Burial / Memorial Portsmouth Naval memorial, 16 1

NOTES Birth recorded as Edwin Willy. Baptism has Edwin Willie. Sister Edith registered as Agnes – baptised in Dec 1878. John Grace buried in NW on 03.12.1932 aged 78; Elizabeth buried in NW on 13.02.1933 aged 76. Elizabeth is sister to Wallace Perkins, so aunt to William Perkins who is, therefore, first cousin to William Grace.

Andover Advertiser – Friday 26th November 1915: Nether Wallop: The Appeal for Men - … from the same neighbourhood, Fred Grace has succeeded in enlisting in the Hampshire regiment.

Deaths: On the 5th inst, died in action on HMS Hampshire, William E Grace aged 32. Deeply mourned by his parents, John and E Grace of Middle Wallop, Hants.

Reference Codes: 1 = Commonwealth War Graves Commission website 2 = Free BMD website 3 = Soldiers who died in the Great War CD ROM 4 = Census 1891 & 1901 (England) 5 = Army Medal records 6 = Andover Advertiser 7 = Nether Wallop Parish records 8 = Over Wallop Parish records 9 = Army List CASUALTIES WITH WALLOP CONNECTIONS NAME Walter George Green Village Nether Wallop Rank Private 1 Regiment / Ship 1st Wiltshire Regiment 1 D O B 00.00.1882 Birth registered Stockbridge June 1882 2c 93 2 Birth place Nether Wallop / “Wallop” 4.3 Father George Green 1866 DOB 1842 Alderbury 2 Mother Caroline (née Bray) DOB 1845 Alderbury 2 Siblings William Thomas DOB 1872 Stockbridge 2 James DOB 1875 Stockbridge 2 Fanny Edith DOB 1884 Stockbridge 2 George Edward DOB 1887 Stockbridge 2 Frank DOB 1889 Stockbridge 2 Residence in 1901 South Africa? Residence Salisbury 3 Occupation Marriage Ethel Emily (née Coleman) Sept 1913 Salisbury 5a 403 2 Children Walter J DOB Dec 1913 Salisbury 2 Grandchildren Widow’s re-marriage none found 2 Enlisted Salisbury 3 Number 5694 1 Medals 1914 Star / Victory / British 5 Date of death 12.03.1915 1 Age 32 1 Cause Missing Death registered Burial / Memorial Menin Gate, Ypres Panel 53 1 NOTES Family living in Grateley in 1891 but must have been in Nether Wallop between approx 1875 and 1889 as all children apart from William are shown as being born in NW on 1891 Census

NAME Charles William Grist (William Charles in 1901 Census) Village Over Wallop Rank Private 1 Regiment / Ship 1st Hampshire Regiment 1

D O B 00.00.1895 Baptised 10.03.1895 in OW 8 Birth registered Stockbridge March 1895 2c 109 2 Birth place Nether Wallop 3 “Wallop” 4

Father William Grist DOB 1864 Stockbridge 2 Mother Alice (née Baker) 21.11.1892 DOB 1869 Wimborne 2 Siblings Frank DOB 1893 Stockbridge 2 Walter DOB 1897 Stockbridge 2 Fanny Florence DOB 1899 Stockbridge 2 Lilian Alice DOB 1900 Stockbridge 2 Leah Christina DOB 1903 Stockbridge 2 Ivy Kathleen DOB 1907 Stockbridge 2 Albert DOB 1909 Stockbridge 2 Frederick George (Fred) DOB 1911 Stockbridge 2 Names in green – also served

Residence in 1901 Cottage near The Marsh, Nether Wallop 4 Residence Stockbridge 3 Occupation

Marriage none found 2 Children Grandchildren Widow’s re-marriage

Enlisted Andover 3 Number 15369 1 Medals 1915 Star / Victory / British 5 Date of death 01.05.1915 1 Age 20 Cause Missing Death registered Burial / Memorial Menin Gate, Ypres Panel 35 1

NOTES Fred born in Gryst Cottage, Over Wallop.

NAME Thomas Harman (known as Tommy or Tom) Village Over Wallop Rank Private 1 Regiment / Ship 12th Hampshire Regiment 1

D O B 06.05.1897 Baptised 06.06.1897 in OW 8 Birth registered Stockbridge June 1897 2c 101 2 Birth place Over Wallop 3

Father George William Harman DOB 1859 Andover 2 Mother Kate (née Pepler) 24.10.1885 DOB 1864 Stockbridge 2 Siblings Ellen Fanny (died 1890) DOB 1887 Stockbridge 2 Alfred George (died 1890) DOB 1889 Stockbridge 2 Maggie Eveline DOB 1904 Stockbridge 2 Dennis (born 17.04.1908) DOB 1909 Stockbridge 2

Residence in 1901 5, Mouland’s Row (father only) 4 Residence Stockbridge 3 Occupation

Marriage none found 2 Children Grandchildren Widow’s re-marriage

Enlisted Andover 3 Number 19013 1 Medals Victory / British 5 Date of death 29.12.1916 1 Age 19 Cause Death registered Burial / Memorial Salonika (Lembet Road) Military Cemetery, Greece 753 1

NOTES Father (George) baptised in NW on 15.04.1860. Thomas lied about his age when he enlisted. Mother (Kate) registered as Pippler at birth – sister of William Pepler and thus aunt of Albert Pepler, who is 1st cousin to Thomas. She was in Winchester Prison in 1901 (for stealing a loaf of bread?). Ellen Fanny baptised as Jubilee Ellen on 05.06.1887 (Jubilee year) but was buried in NW on 11.03.1890. Alfred George buried in NW on 31.01.1890. Thomas living with James & Ellen Futcher in NW in 1901. 1914/15 Electoral Roll – living at Mouland’s Row. Dennis living at Brewery Cottage, MW, in 1949 (having moved in on 24.12.1945)

Andover Advertiser – Friday 22nd September 1916: Over Wallop: War Casualties – We regret to hear that 1st Lieut Basil Clarke, son of Mr John Clarke, of Northern Farm and Private Tom Harman, son of Mr George Harman of Middle Wallop are Reference Codes: 1 = Commonwealth War Graves Commission website 2 = Free BMD website 3 = Soldiers who died in the Great War CD ROM 4 = Census 1891 & 1901 (England) 5 = Army Medal records 6 = Andover Advertiser 7 = Nether Wallop Parish records 8 = Over Wallop Parish records 9 = Army List both reported wounded and we sincerely hope that their injuries are not serious. The last named joined up not long after the outbreak of war and attained considerable proficiency in shooting. Lieut Clarke took considerable interest in the Boy Scout movement, and was actively connected, whilst in the neighbourhood, with a patrol formed in the locality, which unfortunately has now become extinct.

Andover Advertiser – Friday 19th January 1917: Over Wallop: War Casualty – Intelligence has been received by Mr and Mrs Harman, of Moulands Cottages, of the death of their son, Private Tom Harman of the Hampshires, who fell while fighting for his country in the neighbourhood of Salonika. We are sure the condolences of people in this locality, where Private Harman’s parents are well known, will be extended to them in their sad bereavement.

NAME William Harman Village Nether Wallop Rank Private (Driver) 6 Regiment / Ship Royal Field Artillery 6

D O B 00.00.1893 2 Birth registered Andover March 1893 2c 223 2 Birth place Amport 4

Father James Harman 1885 DOB 1864 Stockbridge 2 Mother Mary Ann (née Alexander) DOB 1865 Whitchurch 2 Siblings Alice DOB 1886 Andover 2 Harry DOB 1889 Andover 2 James DOB 1895 Andover 2 Names in green – also served

Residence in 1901 Georgia Farm Cottages, Amport 2 Residence Garlogs Cottages in 1915 6 Occupation Carter 9

Marriage Not married 9 Children Grandchildren Widow’s re-marriage

Enlisted Hilsea on 22.01.1915 9 Number 65310 9 Medals None awarded Date of death 14.02.1915 9 Age 22 2 Cause Cerebral meningitis at Alexandra Hospital, Cosham 6 Death registered Fareham March 1915 2b 1651 2 Burial / Memorial St Andrew’s, Nether Wallop on 20.02.1915 6

NOTES NW memorial says 4th Hampshires. Mary Ann living in Andover Union workhouse with entire family in 1871 Census. 1914 Electoral Roll has family at “Wisdims” Lane & Garlogs. 1915 has Garlogs only. Harry married Elsie Maidment on 31.10.1914 and buried on 01.07.1953 aged 64 (living at Wraggs Corner – sic) in NW. James married Beatrice Mabel Mackrill on 26.05.1928 in NW (Harry Duke as Best Man) and died in 1979 (aged 83). Beatrice died 11.10.1989 (aged 87) both buried in NW. They lived at Aylwards Way. Son: Albert (nephew to William).

Andover Advertiser – Friday 19th February 1915: Nether Wallop: Sad death of a recruit – Mr and Mrs Harman of Garlogs Cottages, received the very sad intelligence on Tuesday of the death of their son, Private William Harman of the RFA who died the preceding day after a few days illness from cerebral meningitis. The deceased was

Andover Advertiser – Friday 26th February 1915: Nether Wallop: Funeral of Private W. Harman – as indicated in our report last week, the funeral of Private W Harman RFA took place on Saturday afternoon. The body was brought from Stockbridge Station whither it had been conveyed by rail from Cosham on Thursday afternoon in last week. A military escort accompanied the body from Alexandra Hospital to Cosham Station, the interment taking place in the Parish Churchyard at which the Vicar officiated; the body was conveyed from Garlogs Cottages, the home of the young man’s parents in a waggonette kindly provided by Dr Lyne Stivens on whose estate the deceased before his enlistment was employed and where his father is at present engaged. A brougham was also provided for the bereaved mother, who with the father, attended the last solemn rites. The announcement of the unexpected death at Alexandra Hospital, Cosham, at the comparatively early age of 23 years, came as a terrible shock and has elicited very general feelings of sympathy in the neighbourhood. There were also present at the funeral Messrs H and J Harman (brother - sic), Mrs H Harman (sister-in-law), Mr and Mrs C. Amor, Over Wallop (uncle and aunt), Mrs Lyne Stivens, Mrs Cooper, Mr Wiltshire (bailiff) and a strong contingent of workmen on the estate, from whom the bearers were selected.

Andover Advertiser – Friday 28th January 1916: Nether Wallop: Military News – Two more young men from this village, James Harman and William Herbert Muspratt, presented themselves for attestation at Andover last Friday. The first named passed: but the latter was rejected.

NAME Frederick Allan Hiscock (known as Allan in Lockerley) Village Nether Wallop Rank Private 1 Regiment / Ship 2nd Wiltshire Regiment 1 Originally enlisted in Royal Gloucester Hussars 7 D O B 02.03.1890 RH Birth registered Stockbridge June 1890 2c 91 2 Birth place Nether Wallop 4

Father Allan Hiscock 01.11.1884 DOB 1860 Stockbridge 2 Mother Annie Louisa (née Miles) DOB 1863 Stockbridge 2 Siblings Augustus Willie (Will) DOB 1886 Stockbridge 2 Agnes Emma Mary DOB 1887 Stockbridge 2 Reginald Harry (Reg) DOB 1898 Stockbridge 2 Names in green – also served

Residence in 1901 Nº 1 Bolton Row 4 Residence “Easterleigh”, Hants (= East Tytherley?) 3 Occupation Stable lad at Lockerley Hall RH

Marriage Children

Enlisted Crickhowell, Brecon 3 Number 204063 (2427 in Royal Gloucester Hussars) 1 Medals Victory / British 5 Date of death 20.10.1918 1 Age 28 Cause Wounded / missing RH Death registered Burial / Memorial Vis-en-Artois, Panel 9 1

NOTES Mother’s birth registered as Louisa Annie, daughter of John Miles. Great uncle of Robin Hiscock (RH). Medal record has Gloucester Yeomanry and a different number (235366). Allan buried on 05.10.1937, aged 77; Annie Louisa buried on 20.11.1948, aged 85; Reg buried on 04.01.1958, aged 59 – all in NW.

In December 1918, 2nd Lieut French, O.C. ‘B’ Company, 2nd Wilts, wrote that Pte Hiscock had been wounded on 20th October in an attack near Haussy, east of Cambrai and had been “sent down to field ambulance”. In December 1919, the Army Council concluded that Fred and his stretcher bearers had never reached the field ambulance. The death announcement reads: “Reported wounded and missing on October 20, 1918, but now presumed dead, Pte F A Hiscock, Royal Gloucester Hussars, dearly loved son of A and L Hiscock, of Nether Wallop and East Tytherley”.

Fred and workmates at Lockerley Hall

Fred the cyclist

Private Fred Hiscock (1890-1918)

Private Frederick Hiscock commemorated in East Tytherley church, as A Hiscock. During his employment at Lockerley Hall he was known as Allan, possibly in order to avoid confusion with another Fred?

Fred Hiscock was born in Nether Wallop on 2nd March 1890, the son of Allan Hiscock and his wife Annie Louisa (née Miles). Fred had an older brother (Will, who was Robin’s grandfather) and sister (Agnes, known as Aggie) and a younger brother Reg. Will and Reg both served in the First World War as well, but survived. The family lived at Nº 1 Bolton Row, Church Road, one of the row of seven thatched cottages that were burnt to the ground in 1928.

After attending the village school in Nether Wallop, Fred got a job as a stable lad at Lockerley Hall, where he was known as Allan Hiscock (perhaps in order to avoid confusion with another Fred?) and as such his death is commemorated on the war memorial in East Tytherley church which lists him as Private A Hiscock of the 2nd Battalion, the Wiltshire regiment.

Fred enlisted early in the war and, not surprisingly in view of his experience in the Lockerley stables, he joined the cavalry, specifically the Royal Gloucester Hussars. He signed up at Crickhowell, Brecon and his address at the time appears as ‘Easterleigh’ – presumably a miss-hearing of East Tytherley!

He was wounded quite early on and was invalided to a hospital near Southampton before going to Dartmouth to convalesce. Here he took up with a local girl, Beattie Heard, who worked as a cook but the Army put a stop to the friendship by sending him back to the war, attached to the 2nd Wiltshires.

By October 1918, the Allied Armies in France were pushing the Germans back on all fronts and Fred, as part of the Third Army, was involved in the attack on Haussy to the east of Cambrai on 19th October. His family had heard nothing from him since his last letter home, dated 26th September 1918, and became increasingly anxious when, following the Armistice on 11th November, there was still no word from him.

Then in December, they received a letter from 2nd Lieutenant French, Officer Commanding B Company, notifying them that Fred had been wounded on 20th October during the attack on Haussy but had been “sent down to field ambulance”. It seems possible that Fred and his stretcher bearers never reached their destination. As a result, Fred has no known grave but his death is commemorated on the Vis-en- Artois memorial which bears the names of over 9,000 men who fell in the period from 8th August 1918 to the date of the Armistice in Picardy and Artois, between the Somme and Loos, and whose bodies were never recovered. He was 28.

In 1919, his family accepted the inevitable and placed announcements in the local papers – “In loving memory of Private F A Hiscock of the Royal Gloucester Hussars, attached 2nd Wilts, who was reported wounded and missing on October 20, 1918, now presumed dead”.

The final word should rest with Allan Hiscock, Fred’s nephew: “Fred’s mother never ceased to cling to the faint hope that the absence of any message from her missing son

NAME Arthur Henry Horne Village Nether Wallop Rank Private 1 Regiment / Ship 2nd Dorsetshire Regiment 1

D O B 00.03.1891 Birth registered Stockbridge March 1891 2c 95 2 Birth place Nether Wallop 3

Father Hezekiah Horne DOB 1854 Stockbridge 2 Mother Louisa Emily (née Warr) 1879 DOB 1858 Barnstaple 2 Siblings Louisa Eleanor DOB 1880 Stockbridge 2 Helena Sophia DOB 1886 Stockbridge 2 Laura Sarah DOB 1888 Stockbridge 2 Albert Frank DOB 1893 Stockbridge 2 Names in green – also served

Residence in 1901 House in St Andrew’s church car park, now demolished 4 Residence Nether Wallop 3 Occupation Agricultural labourer 9

Marriage none found 2 Children Grandchildren Widow’s re-marriage

Enlisted Dorchester on 17.10.1910 3 Number 8940 1 Medals DCM / 1914-15 Star / Victory / British 5 Date of death 31.08.1916 1 Age 25 Cause Malaria 9 Death registered Burial / Memorial Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery XXI.D.19 1

NOTES List says Albert. DCM - Gazetted 12.12.1917. Childhood friend of Fred Hiscock to whom he wrote, from Poona Barracks, requesting news and “don’t forget to send a bit of skurt in the corner of the letter”….! Father died in 1908 aged 53. Mother emigrated to Ontario, Canada, pre-1914

Andover Advertiser – Friday 4th June 1915: Nether Wallop: Casualties at the war – Private Arthur Horne is …. mentioned in the casualty lists as being wounded (second time) whilst operating with the British force in the Persian Gulf.

Andover Advertiser – Friday 8th June 1917: Nether Wallop: Died for his country – Information has been received by Mr Sherwood of the death of Pte A H Horne of the 2nd Dorsets, which occurred on the 31st August 1916, from malarial fever whilst a prisoner of war at Baghtche (sic) in Turkey. Pte Horne, a son of the late Mr Hezekiah Reference Codes: 1 = Commonwealth War Graves Commission website 2 = Free BMD website 3 = Soldiers who died in the Great War CD ROM 4 = Census 1891 & 1901 (England) 5 = Army Medal records 6 = Andover Advertiser 7 = Nether Wallop Parish records 8 = Over Wallop Parish records 9 = Army List Horne, was a native of this village, and joined the Imperial Forces some time before the outbreak of war, and was thereafter drafted to India. When the Turks proved treacherous and turned their backs on their old friends – the British – and joined forces with the Central Empires, he was one of the Indian Expeditionary Force into Mesopotamia, and in these operations he was thrice wounded, but even then recovered and returned to the ranks, and was probably among the number that surrendered with the gallant Townsend at Kut-el-Amira (sic). His mother some few years ago, with her daughters, emigrated to Canada to join another son, who had gone out to that enterprising colony some time previously. This last mentioned son since the war began, together with another local emigrant, named Alfred Price, enlisted in the force being raised in the Colony to assist the Mother Country, being attached to the 181st Huron Infantry Regiment, which has been in England now some months awaiting their turn to be sent out to the scene of hostilities.

Army Service record – Arthur Horne is described in his Army papers on enlistment as being 19 years and 7 months old (on 17th October 1910) and being 5 foot 4¼ inches in height, 123 lbs weight, with fair complexion, blue eyes and dark brown hair. He was originally posted to Poona in India (where, according to a medical report, he was treated for gonorrhoea in July/August 1914). A postcard from his aunt, Mrs Margetts of Leicester, dated 15th September 1914 informs the War Office that her nephew is Private A Horne, “stationed in India, 2nd Dorset regiment, H Company, Poona” and that his mother is living in Wingham, Ontario, Canada.

On 17th November 1914, Pte Horne was severely wounded in action at Sahil, near Basra and had a bullet removed from his leg. He was wounded again on 14th April 1915 at Shaiba – a slight wound to the fore finger, this time. On 28th September 1915, he was admitted to hospital a third time with a severe gunshot wound to the back, received at Kut-al-Amarah. On 24th August 1916 he was mentioned in a despatch by General Sir Percy Lake, KCB, KCMG for “distinguished service under Major General (Charles) Townsend during the defence of Kut-al-Amarah, Mesopotamia”.

Pte Horne was presumed to have been taken prisoner of war on the fall of Kut on 29th April 1916 and was later unofficially reported to have died whilst interned at Baghche internment camp in Armenia. Later still, confirmation was received from the Ottoman Red Crescent that he had died of malaria on 31st August 1916. Many of the British soldiers captured after the fall of Kut were held at Baghche and the conditions there were so bad that many died.

On 27th August 1920, the Infantry Record Office of the Dorset regiment at Exeter wrote to Mrs L E Horne in Canada informing her of her late son’s mention in despatches. The letter also refers to another son who had served in the Canadian Forces during the war. Presumably this is Albert Horne, Arthur’s younger brother.

NAME Patrick Loughman Village Nether Wallop Rank Private 1 Regiment / Ship 1st / 4th Hampshire Regiment 1 5th Royal Irish Regiment in 1901 ?? 4 D O B unknown Birth registered Birth place Co. Tipperary, Ireland 3

Father DOB Mother DOB Siblings DOB DOB DOB

Residence in 1901 Stanhope & Wellington Lines, Aldershot ?? 4 Residence Co. Tipperary 3 Occupation

Marriage Children Grandchildren Widow’s re-marriage

Enlisted Andover / 22.11.1915 6 Number 4143 1 Medals Victory / British 5 Date of death 26.01.1917 1 Age unknown Cause Death registered Burial / Memorial Amara War Cemetery, Iraq XXI.J.10 1

NOTES NW memorial has Pat.

Andover Advertiser – Friday 26th November 1915: Nether Wallop: The Appeal for Men – On Monday, Patrick Loughman and Bertie Sivier enlisted at Andover…. Charles Cook, son of Mr George Cook of Bend Street, in this parish, presented himself for enlistment last Saturday but was rejected on account of defective eyesight. Walter Seaward and Percy Southwell of Middle Wallop, offered themselves for the Yeomanry and Mechanical Transport services respectively, but were declined as these services are now reported full up. (Friday 3rd December 1915 – last week it was stated that Mr Walter Seaward was unable to join the Wilts Yeomanry as it was filled. We learn that this was not correct, Mr Seaward being accepted for that unit, and is now serving with them). Andover Advertiser – Friday 23rd February 1917: Nether Wallop: The Toll of the War - Mr F E Withington, of the Danebury Stables, has received information from Reference Codes: 1 = Commonwealth War Graves Commission website 2 = Free BMD website 3 = Soldiers who died in the Great War CD ROM 4 = Census 1891 & 1901 (England) 5 = Army Medal records 6 = Andover Advertiser 7 = Nether Wallop Parish records 8 = Over Wallop Parish records 9 = Army List the father of Private Patrick Loughman, who was formerly employed at Danebury Training Stables, that the latter has been killed in action in Mesopotamia. Private Loughman, an Irish lad, was the first local recruit under the Derby scheme to join the forces, and was at first attached to the Remount Department, but afterwards transferred to the 4th Hants. Another stable lad, Private Leonard Brick, who was also employed at the same establishment, is also reported killed. Both were well known in the neighbourhood, where general regret will be felt at their loss.

Note: the Derby Scheme was established by the Earl of Derby who as Director- General of Recruitment in 1915 unveiled a policy under which men could give their voluntary 'assent' to being called up if necessary; the government in turn promised to call up married men last. In the event the Derby Scheme did not produce nearly enough men to satisfy army recruitment demands - fewer than 350,000 men in total. Consequently the scheme was dropped in December the same year in favour of the introduction of conscription via the Military Service Act of January 1916.

NAME William Charles Maggs Village Middle Wallop Rank Sergeant 1 Regiment / Ship 15th Hampshire Regiment 1

D O B 00.00.1885 Birth registered Stockbridge Dec 1885 2c 92 2 Birth place Middle Wallop / “Wallop” 4.3

Father DOB Mother DOB Siblings DOB DOB DOB

Residence in 1901 Residence Witley, Surrey 3 Occupation

Marriage Evelyn L 1 Children none found 2 Grandchildren Widow’s re-marriage none found 2

Enlisted Guildford 3 Number 15301 1 Medals MM 1 1915 Star / Victory / British 5 Date of death 02.09.1918 1 Age 32 1 Cause Died at home of wounds 3 Death registered Lambeth Sept 1918 1d 253 2 Burial / Memorial All Saints churchyard, Witley, Surrey 1

NOTES Living with grandparents in 1891 in Maddington, near Shrewton

NAME Herbert Henry (Harry) Martin Village Nether Wallop Rank Private 1 Regiment / Ship 1st / 4th Hampshire Regiment 1

D O B 00.00.1897 Baptised 25.03.1897 in NW 7 Birth registered Stockbridge March 1897 2c 118 2 Birth place Nether Wallop 3

Father Harry Martin 07.05.1892 DOB 1862 Stockbridge 2 Mother Mary Agnes (née Lawrence) DOB 1860 Clerkenwell 2 Siblings Lawrence Edmund DOB 1893 Stockbridge 2 Violet Ethel DOB 1895 Stockbridge 2

Residence in 1901 Ivy Cottage ?? The Square 4 Residence Stockbridge 3 Occupation

Marriage none found 2 Children Grandchildren Widow’s re-marriage

Enlisted Bustard Camp, Salisbury Plain 3 Number 200911 1 Medals 1915 Star / Victory / British 5 Date of death 31.12.1916 1 Age 19 Cause Missing (same day as Herbert Grace) Death registered Burial / Memorial Basra Memorial, Iraq Panels 21 & 63 1

NOTES Known to Army as Henry Herbert Martin

Andover Advertiser – Friday 16th April 1914: reference to a poem sent to Mr H Martin of Nether Wallop by his son Private Herbert H Martin who joined the Territorial Army immediately after the outbreak of war, and with his Company was

NAME Arthur John Miles Village Over Wallop Rank Private 1 Regiment / Ship 1st Hampshire Regiment 1

D O B 00.00.1885 Birth registered Stockbridge June 1885 2c 97 2 Birth place Stockbridge 3.4

Father William Miles 1877 Dates 1838 Stockbridge 2 Step father James Amor DOB 1839 Stockbridge 2 Mother Louisa (née Marriner) 1897 DOB 1843 Winchester 2 Siblings Louisa DOB 1874 Winchester 2 James DOB c 1877 Winchester 4 William DOB 1879 Stockbridge 2 Bessie Annie DOB 1882 Stockbridge 2 Step-sister Rose Amor DOB 1885 Stockbridge 2

Residence in 1911 Brockhurst Cottages, OW, step-son of James Amor 4 Residence Stockbridge 3 Occupation Waggoner on farm 4

Marriage none found 2 Children Grandchildren Widow’s re-marriage

Enlisted Andover 3 Number 15326 1 Medals 1915 Star / Victory / British 5 Date of death 23.10.1916 1 Age 31 Cause Missing Death registered Burial / Memorial Thiepval Memorial Pier and Face 7C and 7B 1

NOTES William Miles & family in Stockbridge Workhouse in 1891 Census. William died 1892 aged 53. Louisa (Mariner at birth) remarried, to James Amor, a widower, who died in 1919 aged 80. She died in 1922 aged 78.

Purchased from a junk shop in Bexhill-on-Sea in about 1973

The three medals awarded to most combatants in the First World War were: the 1914 Star, also known as the Mons Star (or the 1914-15 Star, as here); the British War Medal; and the Victory Medal, all of which could be given posthumously. They were nicknamed “Pip”, “Squeak” and “Wilfred” after a trio of post-War cartoon animals. Arthur Miles’ 1914-15 Star is, therefore, Pip.

NAME Pierre Paul Antoine Minault Village Over Wallop Rank Sergeant (2nd Lieutenant or Private in OW records…!) Regiment / Ship 43rd Régiment Infanterie Coloniale

D O B 19.11.1887 Birth registered Paris, France Birth place Vigan, Gard

Father Paul Minault (murdered 1897) DOB c 1857 Mother Bertha (née Peyron-Theulle) DOB Siblings Hélène DOB Adrienne DOB Blanche DOB

Residence in 1901 France Residence Martin’s Farm Rabbit Warren, Over Wallop Occupation Farmer of game birds

Marriage Dora Smith West Ham March 1908 4a 379 (born 1887) 2 Children (1) Paul Adrien Marseilles 19.09.1909 Died 1997 (2) Sylvain Sydney Stockbridge 07.05.1912 2 Died 16.07.2007 Grandchildren (1) Gail 1939 (1) Denise (Dee) 1947 (2) Brian c1940-?? (2) Pierre Kent 1943 (2) Paul 1946 Widow’s re-marriage Donald Lawrence King in Paris 1928

Enlisted 1909-10 National Service / rejoined August 1914 Number Medals Croix de Guerre (“CM” in OW records) Date of death 18.11.1914 Age 26 Cause Died of wounds (sniper fire) Death registered 06.05.1919 Burial / Memorial Hénu churchyard, near Arras

NOTES Father (Paul) was a Protestant minister from the south of France who was killed while doing missionary work in Madagascar. Pierre attended the Protestant École Alsacienne in Paris and then moved to England to study agriculture (probably) where he met and married Dora. He returned to France to do his National Service, with a colonial regiment based in Marseilles, and was back in England by 1912. He was tenant at Martin’s farm near Grateley (referred to as Martin’s Warren in the 1901 Census). Reference Codes: 1 = Commonwealth War Graves Commission website 2 = Free BMD website 3 = Soldiers who died in the Great War CD ROM 4 = Census 1891 & 1901 (England) 5 = Army Medal records 6 = Andover Advertiser 7 = Nether Wallop Parish records 8 = Over Wallop Parish records 9 = Army List Dora returned to Paris after the war, where she met and married an American widower, Donald King, with whom she moved to America.

Andover Advertiser – Friday 28th August 1914: Wallop: Mr P Minault has been called up to join the French colours and left early this week.

Andover Advertiser – Friday 24th September 1915: Grateley: Going away: After the sale at Martin's Farm on Wednesday, the district will lose one of its most popular residents in the person of Mrs Minault. Having lost her husband, who was killed while serving in the French Army, Mrs Minault decided to give up the farm, hence the loss. She is well known in the Andover and Salisbury districts and if ever intentions of a future return to the district realise, she will be sure of a sincere welcome from many genuine friends.

Andover Advertiser – Friday 8th October 1915: Grateley: Upon leaving the district, Mrs Minault wishes to acknowledge the kindness shown by many friends during the time she was at Martin's Farm.

The Sale at Martin's Farm proved a very successful affair, exceptional prices being realised for practically all the lots. In spite of the isolated nature of the place, there was a very large attendance. Messrs F Ellen and Sons were the auctioneers.

Andover Advertiser – Friday 19th November 1915: IN MEMORIAM. In loving memory of Pierre, the dearly loved husband of Dora Minault, killed in action, November 18, 1914. So sadly missed by his wife and little boys. 12 Borthwick Road, Boscombe.

Dora Minault Pierre Minault 1887—1953 1887—1914

Pierre Minault was born on 19th November 1887 in the Gard region of southern France, the only son of Paul Minault, a Protestant minister and missionary, and his wife Bertha. Paul was murdered in 1897, possibly by Madagascan natives during an uprising against French rule. His widow died about a year later and Pierre and his three sisters were brought up by their maternal grandparents.

In 1899, Pierre moved to Paris and lived with his Minault grandfather while studying at the École Alsacienne, a Protestant school. Having passed his Baccalaureate in 1906 he headed for England to improve his English and learn about commerce. He decided to open a chain of sweet shops and hit upon the idea of making the “berlingots” in the shop window. He opened his first shop in Antwerp, another in London and, later, in Paris and Marseilles.

While paying a visit to London at Christmas in 1907 (possibly with a view to studying agriculture so that he could emigrate to Canada or Australia) he met and, fairly rapidly thereafter, married Dora Smith, early in 1908. Their first son, Paul, was born in 1909 while Pierre was doing his Military Service in the French Colonial Infantry regiment, in Marseilles.

Once his two years service militaire was complete (the brutality of which had upset Dora in particular), the family returned to England. Pierre entered into a five year Tenancy Agreement with the Earl of Portsmouth in June 1912 and became the tenant of ‘Martin’s Farm Rabbit Warren situate in the Parish of Over Wallop in the County of Southampton’. Martin’s Farm is now part of the Porton Down land and is marked as Martin’s Clump on the Ordnance Survey map of the area. With the help of his father in law, William Smith, Pierre established what seems to have been a successful business, raising partridges for the local land owners. He was clearly a very enterprising young man. A second son, Sylvain, was born in 1912 while Pierre and Dora were living at Martin’s Farm.

When war was declared in August 1914, Pierre (who had never really enjoyed the military life) hoped to be exempted from the call up because he was a farmer but the French Consul in Southampton advised him that he must rejoin the French Army, which he did, as a Sergeant.

Pierre recorded his experiences of the war in a diary which starts on 22nd September and concludes with his death on 18th November 1914. It is an intensely sad document and paints a depressing picture of life in the French Army during the first few months of the war. In just three months, his ill-equipped and ill-fed regiment were marched hither and thither around the Somme, living off the land and sleeping rough, without blankets or any form of bedding, under the command of ineffective officers who kept well out of the firing line themselves. Pierre caught dysentery and, while suffering from bouts of diarrhoea, was accused of dereliction of duty and demoted. Being a tall man, he was aware that he might make an easy target and, on 16th November 1914, he was shot in the forehead by a sniper and died two days later. He is buried in the churchyard at Hénu, near Arras.

In September 1915, Dora who had become a popular member of the community, moved from Martin’s Farm, initially to Grateley and later to Paris so that her boys could be brought up as Frenchmen. In 1928 she married Donald King, an American, who was studying at the Sorbonne and in 1929 the family moved to America where Pierre’s descendants still live.

NAME Oswald William Morgan Village Nether Wallop Rank Captain 1 Regiment / Ship Royal Flying Corps / Royal Field Artillery 1 originally served with King Edward’s Horse as Corporal & Sgt. DOB 21.06.1888 9 Birth registered Birth place Pietermaritzburg, South Africa 9

Father William Charles Morgan DOB Mother DOB Siblings DOB

Residence pre-war Morgan’s Spur, Bulawayo, Rhodesia 9 Residence Mallows, NW (in 1918) 6 Occupation Fitter and Amalgamator 9

Marriage Edytha Myers 25th March 1916 (Woolwich 1d 2282) 2 Children none found 2 Widow’s re-marriage none found 2

Enlisted Watford 21.11.1914. Commissioned 17.10.1915 5 Number 717 (in King Edward’s Horse) 5 Medals 1915 Star / Victory / British 5 Date of death 03.02.1918 1 Age 29 Cause “Killed by an accidental fall with an aeroplane” 8 Death registered Stockbridge 06.02.1918, following inquest on 05.02.1918 8 Burial / Memorial St Andrew’s Nether Wallop on 07.02.1918 7

NOTES Widow aged 21 at time of marriage in 1916 (born c 1895), daughter of Harry Myers (a mechanic) of Ballincolig, Co Cork, Ireland. Later resident at 25 Weymouth Street, Portland Place, London (per Medal records)

Andover Advertiser – Friday 8th February 1918: Nether Wallop: Terrible Aviation Accident – On Sunday morning just as people in the neighbourhood were assembling for public worship, a shocking aviation accident happened, which caused the death of one airman and serious injuries to another. The victims of the accident were Lieut. Morgan, a popular officer in the R.F.C., who has recently been residing at the Mallows in the village, and Lieut. Peacock. It appears that they made an ascent from the Aerodrome in an Avro 2-seater at Lopcombe Corner, and flew down near the village, making a halt for breakfast, after which they attempted to re-ascend; the machine, however, did not appear to rise to any appreciable altitude, and came down almost immediately with a great crash in a field on Berry Court Farm, almost to the rear of Peacock’s Cottages. The accident was observed by persons going to church, and efforts were made at once to rescue the unfortunate airmen from the wreckage. Lieut. Morgan was so badly injured that he expired in about 20 minutes, and Lieut. Peacock was removed in a Red Cross van to Tidworth Hospital for medical treatment. Reference Codes: 1 = Commonwealth War Graves Commission website 2 = Free BMD website 3 = Soldiers who died in the Great War CD ROM 4 = Census 1891 & 1901 (England) 5 = Army Medal records 6 = Andover Advertiser 7 = Nether Wallop Parish records 8 = Over Wallop Parish records 9 = Army List Mrs Morgan, the wife of the fatally injured airman, who had been away for some weeks, only returned home the day preceding the accident. In the company of some sympathetic ladies she visited and viewed the dead body of her husband as it lay on the ground, and a pathetic scene occurred.

Army Service record – Capt Morgan is described on his enlistment into King Edward’s Horse (a regiment of colonial volunteers, based in London) as being 5 foot 7 inches in height with brown eyes and ‘dark’ hair. Previously, he had served in the Southern Rhodesia Volunteers. He served in France between 21st April and 14th October 1915, being promoted Corporal on 3rd March 1915 and Sergeant on 12th September 1915. He was commissioned in the Royal Field Artillery on 17th October 1915. He graduated as a Flying Officer on 14th July 1916. In a letter dated 13th August 1917, Capt Morgan wrote “I reported sick in East Africa and after a spell of two weeks I was returned to duty in November 1916. I had my last flight at Dar-es- Salaam on 29th November 1916, was taken bad again and put on board the hospital ship ‘Gascon’ on 1st December 1916 and sailed for Durban”. He subsequently returned to England. On 19th July 1917 his medical report states: “Malaria has now disappeared but there is occasional trouble with the urine which is considered to be due to bilharzia contracted 12 years ago”. On 22nd December 1916, he was diagnosed with renal calculus (kidney stones). A note dated 15th November 1917 reads: “He states he has had no attack of malarial fever since (his) last Medical Board. Also, that he feels better now than he has done for many years. This officer is a Rhodesian and on medical grounds the Board recommends he be employed in a warm climate. Fit after 1 month’s flying at home, for service in a warmer climate. Caught malaria in East Africa”.

Telegram sent on 7th February 1918 to W C Morgan, Morgan’s Spur, Bulawayo, Rhodesia, reads: “Deeply regret inform you 2 Lieut O W Morgan Royal Artillery attached Flying Corps killed aeroplane accident Salisbury third February and Army Council express their sympathy”. The passenger was 2nd Lieut E J Peacocke (not Peacock) aged 18. The aircraft “stalled on a turn”. The papers also contain an invoice from H Fowgies of Stockbridge (Builder, Carpenter, Undertaker and House Decorator) dated 5th February 1918: “Oak coffin with brass furniture for the late Oswald William Morgan, also shroud and trimmings - £10”.

At the time of the accident, the widow, Mrs Edytha Morgan, is described as living at 44 Cleveland Mansions, Widley Street, Elgin Avenue, Maida Vale, W – and later (3rd July 1918) at 4 Fellows Road, Hampstead, NW. A letter on file from William C Morgan, dated 6th July 1918, asks the War Office to assist the widow with the fare to Cape Town (on the grounds that the deceased would have been entitled to this, had he survived the war). It is not clear if this request was granted.

Casualty Card: Flying an Avro 504J (serial number B/3156). Court of Inquiry concluded that the accident was due to that fact that 2nd Lieut Morgan stalled the machine on a left hand turn when without enough height to recover control.

After note: 2nd Lieut Evelyn Jeffreys Peacocke (born 1899) died on 4th February 1918 and is buried at Tidworth Military Cemetery (CWGC grave reference E16).

Casualty Card regarding the accident in which Capt Oswald Morgan and 2nd Lieut Evelyn Peacocke were killed 3rd February 1918

Type of Machine:

Avro 504J registration number B/1356

Type of Machine: CASUALTIES WITH WALLOP CONNECTIONS

NAME Reginald Morris Village Nether Wallop Rank Lance Sergeant 1 Regiment / Ship 14th Hampshire Regiment 1

D O B 00.00.1891 Baptised 10.10.1891 in NW 7 Birth registered Stockbridge Dec 1891 2c 91 2 Birth place Nether Wallop 3.4

Father Robert Morris DOB 1864 Alcham 2 Mother Eleanor (née Martin) 1888 DOB 1861 Kingston 2 Siblings Emily DOB 1889 Stockbridge 2 Gerard DOB 1893 Stockbridge 2 Robert Alfred DOB 1894 Kingston 2 Arthur John DOB 1896 Stockbridge 2 Florence Mary (died 1899) DOB 1898 Stockbridge 2 Gertrude Edith DOB 1900 Stockbridge 2

Residence in 1901 Wallop House (Father as Coachman) 4 Residence Lyndhurst, Hants 3 Occupation

Marriage none found 2 Children Grandchildren Widow’s re-marriage

Enlisted Southampton 3 Number 18241 1 Medals Victory / British 5 Date of death 03.09.1916 1 Age 24 1 Cause Missing Death registered Burial / Memorial Thiepval Memorial Pier and Face 7C and 7B 1

NOTES Parents moved to Pipers Hill, Lyndhurst per CWGC. Mother registered at birth as Ellinor.

NAME Edgar Mouland Village Nether Wallop Rank Private (promoted to Lance Corporal 01.03.1915?) 1 Regiment / Ship 12th Australian Infantry (AIF) 1

D O B 00.00.1887 Birth registered Alderbury Sept 1887 5a 175 2 Birth place Alderbury 1

Father John Mouland DOB 1846 Amesbury 2 Mother Emma (née Dowty) 1873 DOB 1853 Alderbury 2 Siblings Mildred DOB 1874 Alderbury 2 Bertram DOB 1877 Alderbury 2 Hilda DOB 1889 Alderbury 2 Wilfred (killed 07.04.1917) DOB 1893 Alderbury 2 Reginald DOB 1895 Salisbury 2 Names in green – also served

Residence in 1901 The Green, Alderbury 4 Residence Occupation Farmer / Motor driver / Mechanical Engineer

Marriage Single Children Grandchildren Widow’s re-marriage

Enlisted Adelaide, South Australia 07.09.1914 Number 651 1 Medals 1914-15 Star / Victory / British Date of death 25.04.1915 1 Age 27 1 Cause Reported missing on 02.05.1915 at Suvla Bay Death registered 05.06.1916 Burial / Memorial Lone Pine Cemetery, Anzac, Gallipoli O.12 1

NOTES Embarked from Melbourne on board HMAT Geelong, 17.09.1914. John (a blacksmith) died in June 1913 in Salisbury aged 67

Andover Advertiser – Friday 25th June 1915: Nether Wallop: Reported missing – the friends of Private Edgar Mouland have been informed that he is missing. Private Mouland emigrated from this village some two or three years ago to Australia. On the outbreak of war he enlisted in that colony and was attached to an infantry regiment, being subsequently sent after a period of training to Egypt and afterwards was sent to the Dardanelles. Here they were engaged in the hot fight which took place on the landing of the British forces in Gallipoli, where he became detached from his platoon and is now probably a prisoner in the hands of the Turks.

NAME Wilfred Mouland Village Nether Wallop Rank Private 1 Regiment / Ship 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles (Saskatchewan Regiment) 1

D O B 14.06.1893 Birth registered Alderbury Sept 1893 5a 171 2 Birth place Alderbury 2

Father John Mouland DOB 1846 Amesbury 2 Mother Emma (née Dowty) 1873 DOB 1853 Alderbury 2 Siblings Mildred DOB 1874 Alderbury 2 Bertram DOB 1877 Alderbury 2 Edgar (killed 25.04.1915) DOB 1887 Alderbury 2 Hilda DOB 1889 Alderbury 2 Reginald DOB 1895 Salisbury 2 Names in green – also served

Residence in 1901 The Green, Alderbury 4 Residence Occupation Blacksmith (father’s assistant) 4

Marriage none found 2 Children Grandchildren Widow’s re-marriage

Enlisted Number 151074 1 Medals None found Date of death 07.04.1917 1 Age 23 1 Cause Death registered Burial / Memorial Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez XIV.M.2 1

NOTES Parents described as Emma and the late John of Dudley House, Nether Wallop. John (a blacksmith) died in June 1913 in Salisbury aged 67. Dudley House is now known as The Old Forge in The Square, Nether Wallop

NAME Fred Muspratt Village Nether Wallop Rank Lance Corporal 1 Regiment / Ship 8th Devonshire Regiment 1 Originally Private in 10th Hampshires 9 D O B 02.07.1894 Birth registered Stockbridge Sept 1894 2c 101 (as Fred) 2 Birth place “Stokbridge, Devon” 3 Nether Wallop 4

Father William Muspratt DOB 1860 Stockbridge 2 Mother Rhoda (née Yates) 04.02.1882 DOB 1860 Alderbury 2 Siblings William Herbert DOB 1882 Stockbridge 2 Henry (Harry) DOB 1884 Stockbridge 2 Kate DOB 1886 Stockbridge 2 Archibald Percy DOB 1889 Stockbridge 2 Lillian Rose DOB 1891 Stockbridge 2 Mildred (Milly) DOB 1896 Stockbridge 2 Names in green – also served

Residence in 1901 Jane’s Cottage. Later, at Brook Cottage, Church Road 4 Residence Occupation

Marriage none found 2 Children Grandchildren Widow’s re-marriage

Enlisted Winchester 3 Number 33536 (12116 in Hampshires) 1 Medals 1915 Star / Victory / British (served in Egypt) 5 Date of death 06.11.1917 1 Age 23 Cause Died of wounds in captivity as a POW 6 Death registered Burial / Memorial Ghent City Cemetery, Belgium D.12 1

NOTES Father buried in NW on 20.08.1928 aged 67. William Herbert of “Brooksides” (Brook Cottage) buried in NW on 06.02.1954 aged 71. Mildred married William Powrie (QV) in 1917.

Andover Advertiser – Friday 18th February 1916: Nether Wallop: Soldiers married – The rather unusual occurrence of two weddings in one day took place at Reference Codes: 1 = Commonwealth War Graves Commission website 2 = Free BMD website 3 = Soldiers who died in the Great War CD ROM 4 = Census 1891 & 1901 (England) 5 = Army Medal records 6 = Andover Advertiser 7 = Nether Wallop Parish records 8 = Over Wallop Parish records 9 = Army List the parish church on Saturday…. At 2pm the marriage was solemnised by the Vicar of Pte Archibald Percy Muspratt, third son of Mr and Mrs William Muspratt, of this village to Annie Christabel, only daughter of Mr and Mrs George Yeates of West Cholderton, but formerly of Nether Wallop. The bride was given away by her father, whilst Pte Fred Muspratt (brother of the groom) acted as best man. The bride was neatly attired in a dress of cream voile, and wore a wreath of orange blossoms. There was one bridesmaid, Miss Milly Muspratt, sister of the bridegroom, who wore a becoming dress of coffee coloured voile and picture hat. After the ceremony, the happy couple received the hearty congratulations of their friends and were also the pleased recipients of many useful and valuable presents. Pte Muspratt, who is in the 4th Hants will, we understand, shortly proceed to India.

Andover Advertiser – Friday 22nd September 1916: Nether Wallop: War Casualty – The parents of Lance Corporal Fred Muspratt have been informed that their son has been wounded and is now undergoing treatment in a Birmingham military hospital. We understand that he has been injured in the shoulder. Friends in the neighbourhood, where he is well known, will wish him a speedy recovery. He had previously served in the Dardanelles, from which place he was invalided home, having contracted enteric fever. After having fully recovered from this he volunteered for service in France, where he has been for the last two or three months.

Andover Advertiser – Friday 8th February 1918: Nether Wallop: Unwelcome News – A few weeks ago we reported in these columns that Lance-Corporal F Muspratt was missing and had been for some time. This news, when received from the War Office by his parents, naturally caused them great anxiety and the worst was feared. They have recently been informed by the Genevan Red Cross Society from the lists published and despatched from Berlin he died in the prisoners’ hospital (military), Ghent, on 6th November, from wounds in the abdomen. This has been confirmed by an official report now received from the Military Records Office at Exeter, who report the facts as above stated. The sympathy of fellow villagers and others will, we are sure, be extended to Mr and Mrs Muspratt and family on the sad and painful intelligence they have received.

NAME George Noyce Village Over Wallop Rank Corporal 1 Regiment / Ship 2nd Wiltshire Regiment 1

D O B 00.00.1893 Birth registered Stockbridge Dec 1893 2c 92 2 Birth place King’s Somborne 3

Father Frank Noyce 25.12.1886 DOB 1859 Alderbury 2 Mother Fanny (née Cooper) DOB 1862 Stockbridge 2 Siblings Harriet Alice DOB 1891 Stockbridge 2 Archibald Charles DOB 1900 Andover 2

Residence in 1901 Monxton, near Weyhill Stables 4 Residence Stockbridge 3 Occupation

Marriage none found 2 Children Grandchildren Widow’s re-marriage

Enlisted Salisbury 3 Number 9124 1 Medals 1914 Star / Victory / British 5 Date of death 31.07.1917 1 Age 23 Cause Death registered Burial / Memorial Tyne Cot Cemetery XLVIII.A.5 1

NOTES 1914/15 Electoral Roll – Frank at Brockhurst Cottages. Frank died in 1917 aged 57. Fanny buried in NW on 12.04.1928 aged 66. Address – Great House, Stockbridge

Andover Advertiser – Friday 19th November 1915: Nether Wallop: Back from the trenches – Private Frank Clarke, a reservist who left this village at the outbreak of war, but whose home is now at Broughton, is in the neighbourhood on short leave after over 12 months’ service in the trenches, where he had some thrilling and interesting experiences. Private George Noyce of Over Wallop, who has also been in Flanders for a similar period, and has been in several hot engagements, including that of the recent capture of Loos by the British forces, arrived home for a short rest last Friday, and rejoins his regiment tomorrow. We are glad to report that both are looking well.

Andover Advertiser – Friday 4th August 1916: Over Wallop: The Big Push – The parents of Corporal George Noyce who has been serving with forces almost from the commencement of the war, have been informed that he has returned from the front wounded in the left arm and leg, and is now in hospital at Manchester. It is hoped that his wounds are not serious and that he will have a quick recovery.

NAME Norman Moore Owen Village Over Wallop Rank 2nd Lieutenant 1 Regiment / Ship 49th Battery, Royal Field Artillery 1

D O B 16.12.1893 9 Birth registered Thingoe (Suffolk) March 1894 4a 781 2 Birth place Flempton, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 2

Father Octavius Edward Owen (Rev) DOB c 1855 France 4 Mother Ella Jane (née Briggs) 1888 DOB c 1865 Scotland 4 Siblings Herbert (Lieut RN – DSC) DOB 1889 Thingoe 2 Names in green – also served

Residence in 1901 The Rectory, Over Wallop 4 Residence Occupation Regular soldier

Marriage Died a bachelor 9

Enlisted Number Medals 1914 Star / Victory / British 5 Date of death 13.09.1914 1 Age 20 1 Cause Found dead during Battle of the Aisne 8.9 Death registered Burial / Memorial “Buried near Chassemy, France” 8 La Ferté-sous-Jouarre Memorial, Seine et Marne 1

NOTES La Ferté-sous-Jouarre Memorial records those of the BEF who were killed during August, September and early October 1914 and for whom there is no known grave, so one must assume that his actual grave was lost in the turmoil of war. Father died in 1930 aged 75.

Andover Advertiser – Friday 6th November 1914: Over Wallop: Condolence – At a meeting of the Stockbridge Ruri-Decanal Conference held recently under the presidency of the Rev R J Chandler, rural dean, a vote of deepest sympathy with the Rev O E and Mrs Owen upon the loss of their son, who was killed fighting for his King and country, was proposed by the Rev R S Routh and carried unanimously.

Army Service record – Norman Owen’s father is described at the time of his birth as a retired Lieut in the Royal Marine Artillery. Norman was educated at Stubbington House, Fareham from September 1903 to April 1907, then, from May 1907 he went to Cheltenham College where he joined the Officer Training Corps, becoming a Colour Sergeant. On 11th August 1911 he applied to the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst. Telegram sent on 18th September 1914: “Deeply regret to inform you that 2nd Lieut N M Owen, RFA, is reported killed in action. Lord Kitchener expresses his Reference Codes: 1 = Commonwealth War Graves Commission website 2 = Free BMD website 3 = Soldiers who died in the Great War CD ROM 4 = Census 1891 & 1901 (England) 5 = Army Medal records 6 = Andover Advertiser 7 = Nether Wallop Parish records 8 = Over Wallop Parish records 9 = Army List sympathy”. Telegram dated 23rd September 1914: “Beg to inform you 2nd Lieut N M Owen died and was buried at Chassemy about 16th September”. The Certificate of Death states that he died at Chassemy on 13th September 1914. “It is stated by the Office in Charge, Royal Artillery section, 3rd Echelon, General Headquarters, that the Officer was found dead, and was buried at the corner of a small wood just before arriving at Chassemy from Braisne”. His personal effects are listed as: Field glasses in case, wrist watch (glass broken), Identity Disc, Leather Pouch. This list was later clarified as: Purse containing 13 Francs, 85 Centimes, 1 Penny (English), Identity Disc etc”.

NAME Evelyn Jeffreys Peacocke Village Nether Wallop Rank 2nd Lieutenant 1 Regiment / Ship Royal Flying Corps 1

D O B 19.07.1899 9 Birth registered Kensington Dec 1899 1a 154 2 Birth place Westminster 9

Father Charles Leslie Peacocke 1891 DOB 1867 Hanover Square 2 Mother Arnoldine Georgiana née Marten DOB 1872 Gower 2 Step father Umfreville Percy Swinburne DOB 24.11.1868 Guildford 2 Siblings Iris DOB 1893 India 4 Loftus Gwyn Leslie DOB 1895 Scarborough 2 Kathleen Arnoldine DOB 1896 Scarborough 2 Names in green – also served

Residence in 1911 Somerville Lodge, Sandgate, Kent (as a boarder) 4 Residence Coombe Priory, Shaftesbury, Dorset 9 Occupation Former pupil at Tonbridge School 9

Marriage Children Grandchildren Widow’s re-marriage

Enlisted Temporary commission in RFC 07.11.1917 9 Number Medals None found Date of death 04.02.1918 1 Age 18 1 Cause Aeroplane crash near Peacock Cottages, Nether Wallop 6 Death registered Andover March 1918 2c 337 (as Peacock) 2 Burial / Memorial Tidworth Military Cemetery E16 1

NOTES Injured in crash when a passenger of Oswald Morgan (qv). Taken to Tidworth Hospital but died the next day. Charles’s family originated in Belmont, Co Wexford in Ireland. He served in the Boer War. Arnoldine born in Oystermouth, Glamorgan and died on 07.10.1944, in Newbury, aged 71, while a resident of Sunningdale, Berkshire. Loftus was, at one time, a Lieut in 1st Dragoon Guards

Army service record – Height at time of Attestation: 5 ft 9 inches. Served in OTC at Tonbridge School (Lance Corporal in 1914). Father – Major Charles Leslie Peacocke described as Chief Inspector of Mines, Johannesburg. Uncle (mother’s brother) Major A J Marten RFA, handled much of the correspondence after the accident as the mother was in no fit state to do so. At the time of Evelyn’s death, mother living at Western, Withdean, near Brighton. “The parents of the late Officer would appear to Reference Codes: 1 = Commonwealth War Graves Commission website 2 = Free BMD website 3 = Soldiers who died in the Great War CD ROM 4 = Census 1891 & 1901 (England) 5 = Army Medal records 6 = Andover Advertiser 7 = Nether Wallop Parish records 8 = Over Wallop Parish records 9 = Army List have been divorced and the Mother who had the custody of the children is now the wife of Mr U P Swinburne. The Father renounced Administration of the late Officer’s estate which was granted to Mrs Swinburne – under the circumstances it is submitted that the memorial Plaque and Scroll may be sent to the Mother”.

Additional information – there is no evidence of the parents’ marriage in England or Wales so, since their first child was born in India, it is possibly safe to assume that the marriage took place in India as well (unless in Ireland?). The younger daughter is called Catharine on the 1901 Census but Kathleen at the time of her birth. There is a mention in the Army service records of a brother “in India” (as well of “sisters”).

The step father, Umfreville Swinburne, was the younger son of Sir John Swinburne, the 7th Baronet. In the 1901 Census his occupation is shown as Mining engineer. The family seat was at Capheaton Hall in Northumberland. His unusual Christian name is a family one, of Plantagenet origin. He married Arnoldine on either 31.07.1905 or 01.08.1905. She is wrongly described as a widow in “The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood-Royal”. Umfreville served in the Matabele War of 1895-96 and played a leading role in the establishment of the Francistown Defence Force in what is now Botswana in 1899. Between 1899 and 1903 he was a Justice of the Peace in Francistown, served in the Boer war and was wounded in WW1 (?), ending up as a Major in the 8th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders. He died (without issue) on 07.11.1931 in Ringwood, Hampshire, aged 62 (while resident in Regents Park, London). The poet, Algernon Swinburne, was a cousin.

Coombe Priory, near Shaftesbury, Dorset, where the family seem to have been living in 1917, is currently (October 2010) on the market with a “guide price” of over £3 million.

NAME Albert James Pepler Village Over Wallop Rank Private 1 Regiment / Ship 45th Battalion (Manitoba), Canadian Infantry / CEF 1

D O B 13.03.1883 Baptised 15.04.1883 in OW 8 Birth registered Stockbridge June 1883 2c 97 2 Birth place Over Wallop 4

Father William Pepler DOB 1854 Stockbridge 2 Mother Mary Ann (née Rolfe) 1876 DOB 1855 Kingsclere 2 Siblings Edith Annie (“Peppler”) DOB 1877 Basingstoke 2 Ada Jane (“Eda” Jane) DOB 1878 Basingstoke 2 William Henry (died June 1882) DOB 1881 Basingstoke 2 Alice Sarah DOB 1885 Stockbridge 2

Residence in 1901 House on site of the Coachworks, now demolished 4 Residence Emigrated from Liverpool to Halifax in 1908. And again in 1913 (to St John) accompanied by R G Bulpitt Occupation Carpenter & decorator 4

Marriage none found 2 Children Grandchildren Widow’s re-marriage

Enlisted Brandon, 16.03.1915 Number 425902 Medals Date of death 01.05.1915 1 Age 32 Cause Flu ? Death registered Burial / Memorial Brandon Cemetery, Manitoba S.16.B.’C’.L.49 1

NOTES Father (William) born as Pipler, married as Peplar and died in 1927 “aged 79”. He was brother to Kate Harman and thus uncle to Thomas Harman who is 1st cousin to Albert. Mary Ann died in 1911 aged 58. Sister, Alice married John William Shadwell on 26.11.1916 but it was short lived and he was buried on 05.10.1917 aged 35.

Andover Advertiser – Friday 7th May 1915: Over Wallop: Sad tidings – On Sunday morning Mr W Pepler, of this village received the unwelcome intelligence of the death of his only son Albert, which occurred in Canada the previous day, when the news was duly cabled over. The exact cause of death does not at present appear to be known. The deceased emigrated to Vancouver something less than two years ago and it is stated that he was about to return to this country with a Canadian contingent for Reference Codes: 1 = Commonwealth War Graves Commission website 2 = Free BMD website 3 = Soldiers who died in the Great War CD ROM 4 = Census 1891 & 1901 (England) 5 = Army Medal records 6 = Andover Advertiser 7 = Nether Wallop Parish records 8 = Over Wallop Parish records 9 = Army List service in the war, for which he had volunteered. The sympathy of the inhabitants of this parish will, we are sure, go out to Mr Pepler in the shock and loss he has sustained by the death of his son, who was a promising young man. It is a remarkable fact that another young fellow named Reginald Bulpitt, who went out with him, is also dead, having lost his life in the wreck of the “Empress of Ireland” which occurred in the St Lawrence, now just about 12 months ago, and which fact was duly recorded in this paper at the time.

Grave of Private Albert James Pepler 13.03.1883—01.05.1915 45th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force in Brandon Municipal Cemetery, Manitoba Photograph by kind permission of Janet Nicholson

NAME William Walter Perkins Village Nether Wallop Rank Private 1 Regiment / Ship 2nd Wiltshire Regiment 1

D O B 00.00.1893 Baptised 05.03.1893 in NW 7 Birth registered Stockbridge March 1893 2c 97 2 Birth place Nether Wallop 3

Father Wallace Perkins DOB 1865 Stockbridge 2 Mother Lydia (née Baker) 15.10.1884 DOB 1866 Wimborne 2 Siblings Alice Louisa DOB 1886 Stockbridge 2 Frederick George DOB 1894 Stockbridge 2 Dorothy May DOB 1898 Stockbridge 2 Queenie Isabel DOB 1904 Stockbridge 2.7 Barbara Enid (Ena) DOB 1906 Stockbridge 2.7 Names in green – also served Residence in 1901 The Marsh cottage 4 Residence Stockbridge 3 Occupation Farm labourer 4

Marriage none found 2 Children Grandchildren Widow’s re-marriage

Enlisted Salisbury 3 Number 11015 3 Medals 1915 Star / Victory / British (1914-15 Star applied for) 5 Date of death 12.03.1915 1 Age 22 Cause Missing Death registered Burial / Memorial Le Touret Memorial Panels 33 & 34 1

NOTES Fred Mouland’s uncle. 1915 Electoral Roll - “Walice” living in “Wisdims” Lane. Family at Danebury Cottage in 1919 and at Elm Cottage in 1934. Wallace buried in NW on 13.04.1934 aged 69; Lydia on 17.10.1934 aged 68. Wallace is brother to Elizabeth Grace, so uncle to William Grace who is, therefore, first cousin to William Perkins. Andover Advertiser – Friday 16th April 1915: Nether Wallop: MISSING – the parents of Private Walter William Perkins who joined the 3rd Wilts soon after the declaration of war have received information from the War Office that their son, who only a few weeks ago was sent out to the front with his regiment, has been missing since March 8th. Naturally this intelligence causes them considerable anxiety, in which they have the sympathies of their fellow villagers.

Andover Advertiser – Friday 3rd December 1915: Nether Wallop: Died for his country – Mr Wallace Perkins was on Wednesday officially notified by the War Office of the death of his son, Pte Walter W Perkins of the Wiltshire Regiment, which is stated to have occurred whilst serving with the British Expeditionary Force in France. The young fellow who, like his parents, was well known in the neighbourhood enlisted very shortly after the outbreak of war and has another brother, Pte F Perkins, now serving at the Dardanelles, who joined the Army a little later. We are sure that general feelings of regret will be extended to the parents on their loss.

Andover Advertiser – Friday 15th June 1917: Nether Wallop: Ill at Baghdad – Mr and Mrs Wallace Perkins of Wisdom Lane have received official notification from Woolwich Record Office that their son, Driver F Perkins of the ASC is lying ill at the 23rd British Hospital, Baghdad, suffering from dyspepsia. Local friends wish him a speedy and complete recovery from his ailment. As reported in a previous issue, the parents of Driver Perkins have already lost one of their two sons, who fell while fighting on the Western Front.

NAME William Powrie Village Nether Wallop Rank Private 1 Regiment / Ship 1st Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh’s) 1

D O B c 1890 1 Birth registered Birth place Scotland 6

Father David Powrie DOB 7 Mother DOB Siblings DOB DOB

Residence in 1917 Wyvenhoe, Essex 7 Residence Stockbridge 3 Occupation

Marriage Mildred (née Muspratt) at St Andrew’s on 01.09.1917 7 Children Widow’s re-marriage

Enlisted Chippenham 3 Number 204644 1 Medals Victory / British 5 Date of death 10.09.1918 1 Age 28 1 Cause Killed in action near Sorel le Grand (per Broadhead) Death registered Burial / Memorial Grand-Seraucourt British Cemetery VIII.C.2 1

NOTES Widow was sister to Fred Muspratt and lived at Brook Cottage, Church Road, Nether Wallop

Andover Advertiser – Friday 7th September 1917: Nether Wallop: Wedding – On 1st September the Rev E Lacon solemnised the wedding of Corporal (sic) William Powill (sic) Royal Wilts Yeomanry, second son of Mr and Mrs David Powill of Craigdallie, Inchture, and Mildred, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs William Muspratt, of this village. The bridal dress was of cream voile, with (a) wreath of orange blossoms and veil, and the bride carried a bouquet of lilies and white heather. She was attended by her sister, Miss Kate Muspratt, in (a) pale biscuit eolienne (?) dress and Georgian hat of brown silk and velvet, with pink roses and carrying a bouquet of pink lilies and chrysanthemums. The father of the bride gave her away, and her brother Harry acted as best man in the absence of the brother of the bridegroom. The sun came out brilliantly for the ceremony between two storms. The honeymoon is being spent in Bournemouth.

NAME Leonard William Rounds Village Middle Wallop Rank Private 1 Regiment / Ship 1st Prince Albert’s Somerset Light Infantry 1

D O B 00.00.1882 Birth registered Stockbridge Dec 1882 2c 119 2 Birth place Middle Wallop 3

Father Charles Rounds 1880 DOB 1832 Stockbridge 4 Mother Ann Spiller (née Dudderidge) DOB 1843 Chard 2 Siblings none found DOB DOB DOB

Residence in 1901 The Gables, Heathman Street, NW 4 Residence Ilchester, Somerset 3 Occupation Journeyman baker 4

Marriage Emily (née Lye) March 1912 2 Children Eda E DOB 1913 Yeovil 2 Grandchildren Widow’s re-marriage none found 3

Enlisted Yeovil 3 Number 203435 1 Medals Victory / British 5 Date of death 27.11.1917 1 Age 35 Cause Death registered Burial / Memorial Windmill British Cemetery, Monchy-le-Preux I.F.23 1

NOTES Father (shoemaker) died in 1895 aged 63. Ann Spiller Dudderidge his 2nd wife – described as Sweet shop keeper and baker

NAME Frederick William Scott Village Over Wallop Rank Private 5 Regiment / Ship 1st Hampshire Regiment 1

D O B 00.00.1886 Birth registered Tisbury March 1886 5a 210 as Frederick William LEVER 2 Birth place Wallop / Tisbury 3.4

Father F William Scott 1897 DOB 1868 Tisbury 2 Step-father Edwin Tom Chalk 06.04.1901 DOB 1860 Amesbury 2 Mother Mary Ann (née Lever) DOB 1866 Tisbury 2 Siblings DOB DOB DOB

Residence in 1901 Piccadilly, Over Wallop 4 Residence Lower Wallop 3 Occupation Carter on farm 4

Marriage Sarah / Sally (née Toomer) on 21.11.1908 (born 1893) 2 Children Alice Mary DOB 1909 Stockbridge 2 Edith Daisy DOB 1910 Stockbridge 2 William Montague D DOB 17.03.1912 ditto 2 Leslie George DOB 21.03.1915 ditto 2 Posthumous child…. Freda Doreen DOB 1930 Stockbridge 2 Grandchildren none found 2 Widow’s re-marriage none found 2

Enlisted Andover (as Drummer) 3.5 Number 7044 1 Medals 1914 Star / Victory / British 5 Date of death 02.05.1915 1 Age 30 1 Cause Missing Death registered Burial / Memorial Menin Gate, Ypres Panel 35 1

NOTES Illegitimate so William Scott (died 1898 aged 29) may not be actual father. Known to Army as Frederick. Living in King Lane in 1912 and described as Private in 1915. 1914 Electoral Roll – at Drove End, OW. Freda Doreen Scott baptised 27.07.1930 in OW. Father uncertain!

Andover Advertiser – Friday 4th June 1915: Over Wallop: Killed in action – Information has been received that Privates William Scott and Albert Cannon (sic) have been killed in action.

NAME Bert Sivier Village Nether Wallop Rank Private 1 Regiment / Ship 2nd / 4th Hampshire Regiment 1

D O B 00.00.1892 Birth registered Andover Sept 1892 2c 207 (as Birtie) 2 Birth place Weyhill 4

Father Jacob Sivier DOB 1844 Stockbridge 2 Mother Kate (née Purdue) 02.12.1876 DOB 1857 Devizes 2 Siblings William DOB 1878 Stockbridge 2 Alfred DOB 1880 Stockbridge 2 Charles DOB 1886 Alresford 2 George (“Scivier”) DOB 1888 Stockbridge 2 Ellen DOB 1890 Stockbridge 2 Emma DOB 1895 Andover 2 Names in green – also served

Residence in 1901 corner of Wisdom Lane (now demolished) 4 Residence Stockbridge (native of Amport per CWGC) 3 Occupation

Marriage none found 2 Children

Enlisted Andover / 22.11.1915 6 Number 201714 3 Medals None found Date of death 01.12.1917 1 Age 25 Cause Death registered Burial / Memorial Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel (now Ramla) R58

NOTES Mother registered as Kitty Perdue at birth. Jacob registered as “Male Sivier” at birth & died Sept 1925 aged 81. Married Kate at St Andrew’s. George buried in NW in July 1902 aged 14. Kate buried in NW on 20.12.1947 (living at 45 Junction Road, Andover) aged 90.

Andover Advertiser – Friday 26th November 1915: Nether Wallop: The Appeal for Men – On Monday, Patrick Loughman and Bertie Sivier enlisted at Andover. The last mentioned is the son of Mr and Mrs Jacob Sivier of this village, who have now three sons and one son-in-law in the Army, and one son who has served 12 years in the Navy.

Private Bert Sivier 1892-1917 photograph of Wallop Arabs (Nether Wallop Football Club) 1909-10

NAME Stanley Thomas Smith Village Nether Wallop Rank Acting Sergeant 3 Regiment / Ship 2nd Royal Dublin Fusiliers 1

D O B 00.00.1888 Birth registered Southampton June 1888 2c 38 2 Birth place Southampton 3

Father Walter Hamilton Smith DOB 1845 Clutton 2 Mother Eliza DOB c 1845 Step-mother Anne DOB c 1854 Siblings Algernon DOB c 1876 Ada DOB c 1881 Gertrude DOB c 1883 Frank DOB c 1885 Edith DOB c 1887 Reginald John DOB 1890 Southampton 2 Names in green – also served

Residence in 1901 84 High Street, Andover 4 Residence Stockbridge 3 Occupation

Marriage none found 2 Children Grandchildren Widow’s re-marriage

Enlisted Finsbury Barracks 3 Number 15949 1 Medals 1915 Star / Victory / British 5 Date of death 23.10.1916 3 Age 28 1 Cause Missing, killed in action 5 Death registered Burial / Memorial Menin Gate, Ypres Panels 44 & 46 1

NOTES Described as “native of Nether Wallop” by CWGC. Father a hairdresser.

Andover Advertiser – Friday 17th November 1916: Nether Wallop: Died for his country – Our respected parishioner, Mr Hamilton Smith, draper and hairdresser, has received the sorrowful intelligence from the War Office that his son, Sergeant Stanley Thomas Smith has been killed in action in France. Previous to being sent to the scene of hostilities, the gallant sergeant, who joined up in London, and had successfully passed his examination, was appointed a military instructor and was afterwards sent to Dublin, being attached to the Dublin Fusiliers. He was the third son of Mr H Smith and has another brother, Reginald, who is serving his King and country, having joined Reference Codes: 1 = Commonwealth War Graves Commission website 2 = Free BMD website 3 = Soldiers who died in the Great War CD ROM 4 = Census 1891 & 1901 (England) 5 = Army Medal records 6 = Andover Advertiser 7 = Nether Wallop Parish records 8 = Over Wallop Parish records 9 = Army List up in the Dominion of Canada, to which colony he emigrated some few years ago.

NAME William Ernest Snook Village Nether Wallop Rank Private 1 Regiment / Ship 1st / 4th Hampshire Regiment 1

D O B 00.00.1892 Birth registered Stockbridge June 1892 2c 100 2 Birth place West Tytherley 3

Father Charles James Snook 08.11.82 DOB 1858 Mere 2 Mother Rhoda Ann (née Lancaster) DOB 1858 Kingsclere 2 Siblings George Harvey DOB 1883 Highworth 2 Charles James DOB 1885 Tisbury 2 Blanche Alice DOB 1888 Mere 2 Sidney Thomas DOB 1890 Andover 2 Bertie Leonard DOB 1894 Tisbury 2 Emily Agnes DOB 1897 Tisbury 2 Edith Louise DOB 1901 Tisbury 2

Residence in 1901 Hindon Lane, Tisbury 4 Residence Longstock 3 Occupation

Marriage none found 2 Children Grandchildren Widow’s re-marriage

Enlisted Andover 3 Number 2683 3 Medals 1915 Star / Victory / British 5 Date of death 26.07.1915 1 Age 23 Cause Died from wounds 6 Death registered Burial / Memorial Basra War Cemetery, Iraq V.B.15 1

NOTES 1914 Electoral Roll has Charles Snook in NW, house unspecified

Andover Advertiser – Friday 24th September 1915: Nether Wallop: Correction – Last week we reported that Private W Snook died from enteric fever contracted at the Dardanelles. This is not quite correct. We are informed that he died from wounds received whilst fighting in Mesopotamia.

NAME Ernest Charles Stokes Village Nether Wallop Rank Private / Driver 1.6 Regiment / Ship 6th Wiltshire Regiment 1

D O B 23.10.1893 Birth registered Wilton Dec 1893 5a 184 2 Birth place Stoford, South Newton, Wiltshire

Father Henry John Stokes 1881 DOB 1862 Amesbury 2 Mother Emma Louisa (née Nokes) DOB 1862 Warminster 2 Siblings Beatrice DOB c 1878 Henry John DOB 1881 Alderbury 2 Elizabeth Emma DOB 1886 Amesbury 2 Alice DOB 1888 Amesbury 2 Bessie Louisa DOB 1892 Amesbury 2 Wilfrid Leonard DOB 1896 Wilton 2 Winifred Edith DOB 1898 Andover 2 Names in green – also served

Residence in 1911 South Park, Shoddesdon, Andover 4 Residence Andover. Parents from Palestine Estate per CWGC 3.1 Occupation Carter on farm (1911) 4

Marriage none found 2 Children Grandchildren Widow’s re-marriage

Enlisted Andover. 1914 3 Number 10177 1 Medals 1915 Star / Victory / British 5 Date of death 17.02.1917 1 Age 23 (24 per CWGC) 1 Cause Double pneumonia 6 Death registered Burial / Memorial Puchevillers British Cemetery, France VI.C.36 1

NOTES NW memorial has ‘Driver E C Stokes’. Assume that “Edward” (as previously read out in church) is a mistake. Medal records have ‘Ernerist C Stokes’ (sic). Birth certificate has mother’s maiden names as Noakes. In 1901 Census, when the family was living at Thruxton, she is listed as ‘Emily’.

Andover Advertiser – Friday 9th October 1914: listed as an “Andover man serving with the Colours”: Private E C Stokes – Wiltshire Regiment.

Reference Codes: 1 = Commonwealth War Graves Commission website 2 = Free BMD website 3 = Soldiers who died in the Great War CD ROM 4 = Census 1891 & 1901 (England) 5 = Army Medal records 6 = Andover Advertiser 7 = Nether Wallop Parish records 8 = Over Wallop Parish records 9 = Army List Andover Advertiser – Friday 2nd March 1917: Kimpton: Died on duty – We have received an intimation of the death of Driver Ernest Charles Stokes, who joined the Colours two years and five months ago, which took place at a hospital in France after five days suffering with double pneumonia. A son of Mr and Mrs Stokes of this village, he had been at the French Front for a year and seven months, when the chill which proved fatal compelled him to give up his duties. Captain Stock, C F, has sent the following letter to Mrs Stokes: - “I am very sorry to have to inform you that your son, Private E Stokes, died of pneumonia on the 17th February. I buried him with all reverence with the Church of England service, and will shortly have a cross with inscription put up over the grave. He received every care and attention from both doctors and nurses. You will feel comfort in the midst of your sorrow from the thought that he gave his life at the call of duty in the sacred cause of patriotism and surely God will accept his sacrifice and take him to be with Himself for ever.”

Andover Advertiser – Friday 6th April 1917: Died in France – Driver E C Stokes, son of Mr and Mrs Stokes of Kimpton, died in hospital in France on 17th February. Lieut Ledgard, of the 6th Batt Wiltshire Regiment, writing on 7th March to Miss Stokes, said the sad news of the death of Pte Stokes had come as a great shock to him and all the boys of the transport (sic) and he wished to convey all their sympathy to her and her parents. Pte E Stokes had been in the battalion since it was formed, everybody knew him and he was well liked by everyone. He was one of the best on the transport, always being cheery, and would willingly do anything, no matter what sort of job it was. Pte Stokes returned from the Field Ambulance on 2nd February. “On his return I noticed that he had a cold, which did not seem to get any better. On 7th February he complained of his cold, so I put him off all duty, the next day he asked to go sick and so on 8th February was admitted to the Field Ambulance. When I last saw him I asked him not to be away longer than he could help, as he was a man we could ill afford to lose, and he promised to return as soon as he could.”

NAME Charles Turton Village Over Wallop Rank Private 1 Regiment / Ship 1st Wiltshire Regiment 1

D O B 00.00.1884 Birth registered Stockbridge June 1884 2c 97 2 Birth place Over Wallop 3.4

Father Fred Turton DOB c 1847 4 Mother Fanny (née Bray) 1868 DOB 1852 Andover 2 Siblings Thomas DOB 1869 Stockbridge 2 George DOB 1872 Stockbridge 2 Walter DOB 1879 Stockbridge 2 James DOB 1881 Stockbridge 2 Alfred DOB 1887 Stockbridge 2 Helen Mary DOB 1890 Stockbridge 2 Alice DOB 1893 Stockbridge 2 Fanny May DOB 1895 Stockbridge 2 Edith Daisy DOB 1897 Stockbridge 2

Residence in 1901 King Lane 4 Residence Whitchurch 3 Occupation

Marriage Lydia Jane (née Cook) Sept 1907 South Stoneham 2 Children none found 2 Grandchildren Widow’s re-marriage

Enlisted Devizes 3 Number 6502 1 Medals 1914 Star / Victory / British 5 Date of death 27.10.1914 1 Age 30 1 Cause Died of wounds 5 Death registered Burial / Memorial Bethune Town Cemetery I.B.7 1

NOTES Pte E G Turton is on OW list of combatants (no relation?). 1914 Electoral Roll – Fred living in “King Lane & MW”. 1915 – Middle Wallop

Andover Advertiser – Friday 11th December 1914: Over Wallop: The Roll of Honour – Private Charles Turton, an Over Wallop man, but who rejoined his regiment, the 1st Wilts on the outbreak of war as a reservist from Longparish has been

NAME William Thomas Wells Village Nether Wallop / Over Wallop Rank Private 1 Regiment / Ship 5th Wiltshire Regiment 1

D O B 00.00.1889 Birth registered Whitchurch March 1889 2c 195 2 Birth place Hurstbourne, Hampshire 3

Father Frederick Wells DOB 1862 Wantage 2 Mother Elizabeth (née White) 1886 DOB 1865 Andover 2 Siblings Emily DOB 1895 Whitchurch 2 Frederick William DOB 1898 Whitchurch 2 Elizabeth DOB c 1901 Barton 4 Mary Ann DOB 1903 Alton 2 Henry DOB 1905 Andover 2

Residence in 1911 Jack’s Bush, Middle Wallop 4 Residence Nether Wallop 3 Occupation Carter on farm 4

Marriage none found 2 Children Grandchildren Widow’s re-marriage

Enlisted Salisbury 3 Number 9556 1 Medals 1915 Star / Victory / British 5 Date of death 10.08.1915 1 Age 26 Cause Killed in action (missing) 5 Death registered Burial / Memorial Helles Memorial, Gallipoli - Panels 156 to 158 1

NOTES Father described as Carter on farm in 1911 census; brother, Frederick, as Ploughboy. Assume worked at Jack’s Bush Farm?

NAME Frank Alexander Whitehorne Village Over Wallop Rank Private 1 Regiment / Ship 2nd Hampshire Regiment 1

D O B 00.00.1897 Baptised 04.04.1897 in NW 7 Birth registered Stockbridge March 1897 2c 119 2 Birth place Over Wallop / “Wallop” 3.4

Father Frank William 1896 DOB 1871 Andover 2 Mother Rose Constance S (née Sque) DOB 1867 Ringwood 2 Siblings Rosina Kate DOB 1898 Alton 2

Residence in 1901 Longparish 4 Residence Winchester 3 Occupation

Marriage none found Children Grandchildren Widow’s re-marriage

Enlisted Southampton 3 Number 10808 / 10809 3.1 Medals British 5 Date of death 13.08.1915 1 Age 18 Cause Died at sea 3 Death registered Burial / Memorial Helles Memorial, Gallipoli Panels 125-134 or 223-226, 1 228-229 & 828

NOTES Father, a carpenter, per Baptismal records. Registered as Whitehorn at birth. Mother is Rosina in census and at time of marriage

NAME Edgar Charles Williams Village Nether Wallop / Over Wallop Rank Private 1 Regiment / Ship 2nd / 4th Hampshire Regiment 1

D O B 00.00.1900 Birth registered Stockbridge March 1900 2c 121 2 Birth place Nether Wallop / Over Wallop in Census 3.4

Father Edward Williams 1894 DOB 1874 Alderbury 2 Mother Elizabeth Susan R (née Harris) DOB 1874 Pewsey 2 Siblings Fred DOB 1894 Highworth 2 Annie DOB 1895 Highworth 2 Names in green – also served (?)

Residence in 1901 Burry’s Cottages 4 Residence Bishops Fonthill, Wilts 3 Occupation

Marriage none found 2 Children Grandchildren Widow’s re-marriage

Enlisted Devizes 3 Number 28893 1 Medals Victory / British 5 Date of death 12.09.1918 1 Age 18 Cause Missing Death registered Burial / Memorial Vis-en-Artois Memorial Panel 6 1

NOTES Over Wallop list of combatants includes A/B F Williams RN. Brother?

NAME Herbert Roland Seaton Wright Village Middle Wallop Rank Sapper 1 Regiment / Ship 27th Division GHQ Postal Section Corps of Royal Engineers 1

D O B 00.00.1882 Birth registered Romford June 1882 4a 250 2 Birth place Romford, Essex 3

Father DOB Mother DOB Siblings DOB DOB DOB

Residence in 1901 Residence Middle Wallop 3 Occupation

Marriage Deborah Agnes (née Browning) Mile End Dec 1909 2 Children Roland Seaton Dec 1913 Romford 2 Grandchildren Widow’s re-marriage none found 2

Enlisted London 3 Number 47564 Medals 1915 Star / Victory / British 5 Date of death 03.08.1916 1 Age 34 Cause Death registered Burial / Memorial Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta C.X.5 1

NOTES