War Memorial - Semley, Wiltshire, England - The men behind the names.

Alfred Radcliffe Bowles
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 200790 (2463) abt. 1895, Semley, Wiltshire 16 October 1918 23 2nd/4th Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment Delhi Memorial (India Gate), India Son of Mrs. Bessie Alice Bowles, of Simhill, Semley, Shaftesbury, Dorset. Buried Tank Cem. 35.

Bertram Percival Bowles (Probable B. P. Bowles)
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 200736 abt. 1894, Semley, Wiltshire 16 April 1918 24 1st/4th Bn. Devonshire Regiment Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq

England Census 1911 about Alfred and Bertram P. Bowles and family Residence: Old Workhouse, Sem Hill, Semley, Shaftesbury, Wiltshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Frank Bowles Bessie Alice Bowles Leonard Thomas Bowles Bertram Percival Bowles Alfred Radcliffe Bowles Harold Donald Victor Bowles Florence Bowles Arthur John Bowles Maurice Bowles Joan Bowles Edith Fulyard	Head Wife Son Son Son Son Daughter Son Son Daughter Visitor	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single Single Single Single Single	45 45 19 17 15 13 11 9 6 5 23	abt. 1866 abt. 1866 abt. 1892 abt. 1894 abt. 1896 abt. 1898 abt. 1900 abt. 1902 abt. 1905 abt. 1906 abt. 1888	Freemantle, Hampshire Semley, Wiltshire Semley, Wiltshire Semley, Wiltshire Semley, Wiltshire Semley, Wiltshire Semley, Wiltshire Semley, Wiltshire Downton, Wiltshire Semley, Wiltshire Semley, Wiltshire

Ernest Leslie Butt
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private CH/1612(S) abt. 1890 28 April 1917 27 2nd R. M. Bn. R. N. Div. Royal Marine Light Infantry Arras Memorial, France Son of James and Elizabeth Butt, of Barker's Hill, Semley, Shaftesbury, Wiltshire.

Wilfred J. Butt
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 22690 abt. 1896 29 November 1916 20 6th Bn. Wiltshire Regiment Etaples Military Cemetery, France Son of James and Elizabeth Butt, of Barkers Hill, Semley, Wiltshire.

England Census 1911 about Ernest L. and Wilfred J. Butt and family Residence: Barkers Hill, Semley, Shaftesbury, Wiltshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
James Butt Elizabeth Butt Ernest Butt Blanche Butt Edwin Butt Wilfred Butt	Head Wife Son Daughter Son Son	Married Married Single Single Single Single	51 41 21 19 18 14	abt. 1860 abt. 1870 abt. 1890 abt. 1892 abt. 1893 abt. 1897	Donhead, Wiltshire Donhead, Wiltshire Semley, Wiltshire Semley, Wiltshire Semley, Wiltshire Semley, Wiltshire

Lionel George Churchill
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Corporal 2215 abt. 1883 24 August 1915 32 Royal Gloucestershire Hussars Helles Memorial, Turkey (including Gallipoli) Son of Mark and Elizabeth Churchill, of Kirby House, Station Rd., Semley, Wilts. Served in the South African War, and five years in Cape Mounted Rifles.

England Census 1901 about Lionel G. Churchill and family Residence: Station Road, Gillingham, Shaftsbury, Dorset, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Mark Churchill Elizabeth Churchill Lionel G. Churchill	Head Wife Son	Married Married Single	45 41 18	abt. 1856 abt. 1860 abt. 1883	Chidham, Sussex Gillingham, Dorset Gillingham, Dorset

Geoffrey Mathew George Culley
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Captain abt. 1883 15 September 1916 33 11th Bn. Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) Bulls Road Cemetery, Flers, France Son of Matthew T. and Eleanor Culley, of Coupland Castle, Northumberland, husband of Elizabeth Francis Culley, of Corscombe, Dorset.

England Census 1911 about Geoffrey Mathew George Culley and family Residence: Grove House, Semley, Shaftesbury, Wiltshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Eleanor Jane Culley Geoffrey Mathew George Culley Mary Ann James Lillian Hare Louise Mard Ment William Bowers	Head Son House Keeper Cook House Maid Footman	Widowed Single Single Single Single Single	66 28 52 29 35 15	abt. 1845 abt. 1883 abt. 1859 abt. 1882 abt. 1876 abt. 1896	Chatton, Northumberland Kirkheaton, Northumberland Deptford, Kent Donhead, Wiltshire Tisbury, Wiltshire Buckland, Hampshire

Thomas Doggrell
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Serjeant 230084 abt. 1897 13 January 1918 21 Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own) Jerusalem Memorial, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza) Son of Mr. T. Doggrell, of Chaldicotts Farm, Semley, Shaftesbury, Dorset.

England Census 1911 about Thomas Doggrell and family Residence: East End Farm, Semley, Shaftesbury, Wiltshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Thomas Doggrell Sarah Ann Doggrell Selina Elizabeth Doggrell Thomas Doggrell Edith Markey	Head Wife Daughter Son Visitor	Married Married Single Single Single	38 46 17 14 29	abt. 1873 abt. 1865 abt. 1894 abt. 1897 abt. 1882	Motcombe, Dorset Sherborne, Dorset Henstridge, Somerset Henstridge, Somerset Shaftesbury, Dorset

R. Gale
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:

Ernest William Gray
	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 19525 abt. 1891, Semley, Wiltshire 12 April 1917 26 6th Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment Arras Memorial, France

England Census 1911 about Ernest William Gray and family Residence: Old Workhouse, Sem Hill, Semley, Shaftesbury, Wiltshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
William Gray Mary Jane Gray Ernest William Gray Mary Ann Penny Winifred Kate Penny Bessie Emma Penny Henry Rogers	Head Wife Son Daughter Granddaughter Brother	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single	62 61 19 37 12 9 56	abt. 1849 abt. 1850 abt. 1892 abt. 1874 abt. 1899 abt. 1902 abt. 1855	Semley, Wiltshire Semley, Wiltshire Semley, Wiltshire Semley, Wiltshire Brighton, Surrey Semley, Wiltshire Semley, Wiltshire

Ernest James Day
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Gunner 273336 abt. 1888 09 November 1918 30 57th 3 "A" Reserve Bde. Royal Field Artillery Semley Baptist Churchyard, UK

England Census 1891 about Ernest James Day and family Residence: Semley, Wiltshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Sarah Day Emma J. Day Ernest J. Day	Head Daughter Grandson	Widowed Single Single	65 31 3	abt. 1826 abt. 1860 abt. 1888	Wiltshire, England Wiltshire, England Wiltshire, England

England Census 1901 about Ernest Day and family Residence: Semley, Wiltshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Emma Day Ernest Day	Head Nephew	Single Single	41 13	abt. 1860 abt. 1888	Semley, Wiltshire Semley, Wiltshire

Clement Martin Maidment
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 200907 abt. 1897 11 November 1918 21 1st/4th Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment Semley (St. Leonard) Churchyard, UK

England Census 1911 about Clement Maidment and family Residence: Semley, Wiltshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Thomas Maidment Ella Maidment Gilbert Maidment Clement Maidment Denis Maidment Flora Maidment Benjamin Maidment	Head Wife Son Son Son Daughter Son	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single	47 47 18 13 12 7 5	abt. 1864 abt. 1864 abt. 1893 abt. 1898 abt. 1899 abt. 1904 abt. 1906	Semley, Wiltshire Widcombe, Bath, Somerset Sedgehill, Wiltshire Sedgehill, Wiltshire Sedgehill, Wiltshire Semley, Wiltshire Semley, Wiltshire

Wilfred Harry Merefield
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Gunner 57938 abt. 1882 01 August 1917 35 "C" Bty. 82nd Bde. Royal Field Artillery Dickebusch New Military Cemetery, Belgium Husband of Louisa Gertrude Merefield, of 229, Gutch Common, Semley, Wiltshire.

England Census 1911 about Wilfred Merrifield and family Residence: Semley, Wiltshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Wilfred Merrifield Louisa Merrifield Lilian Merrifield Herbert Merrifield	Head Wife Daughter Son	Married Married Single Single	29 27 5 2	abt. 1882 abt. 1884 abt. 1906 abt. 1909	Compton Abbas, Dorsetshire Croydon, Surrey Semley, Wiltshire Semley, Wiltshire

Stanley J. Pitman (Probably Stanley George Pitman)
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 19550 abt. 1890 03 September 1918 28 6th Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment Fienvillers British Cemetery, France Son of John and Mary Ann Pitman, of Semley, Shaftesbury.

England Census 1901 about Stanley George Pitman and family Residence: Semley, Wiltshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
John Pitman William J. Pitman Stanley G. Pitman Hubert M. Pitman Harold A. Pitman William Pitman Marion Thyer	Head Son Son Son Son Brother Servant	Widowed Single Single Single Single Single Single	41 11 11 8 5 39 41	abt. 1860 abt. 1890 abt. 1890 abt. 1893 abt. 1896 abt. 1862 abt. 1860	Motcombe, Dorsetshire Motcombe, Dorsetshire Motcombe, Dorsetshire Motcombe, Dorsetshire Motcombe, Dorsetshire Motcombe, Dorsetshire High Ham, Somerset

England Census 1911 about Stanley George Pitman and family Residence: Semley, Wiltshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
William Pitman William John Pitman Stanley George Pitman Hubert Morgan Pitman Harold Arthur Pitman Alice Bennett	Head Nephew Nephew Nephew Nephew Servant	Single Single Single Single Single Single	49 21 21 18 15 34	abt. 1862 abt. 1890 abt. 1890 abt. 1893 abt. 1896 abt. 1877	Motcombe, Dorsetshire Motcombe, Dorsetshire Motcombe, Dorsetshire Motcombe, Dorsetshire Motcombe, Dorsetshire Coxley, Somerset

Vernon W. Stainer (Probably Walter Vernon Stainer)
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private M2/203030 abt. 1893 11 February 1919 26 M. T. 219th Siege Bde. Ammunition Col. Royal Army Service Corps Tourcoing (Pont-Neuville) Communal Cemetery, France Son of George and Mary Stainer, of Semley, Shaftesbury, Dorset.

England Census 1911 about Walter Vernon Stainer and family Residence: Semley, Wiltshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Walter George Stainer Mary Emma Stainer Percy George Stainer Walter Vernon Stainer Daisy May Amelia Stainer Theodore Bridge Stainer Oliver Gordon Stainer Wilfred Leonard Stainer	Head Wife Son Son Daughter Son Son Son	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single Single	53 50 21 18 15 13 10 5	abt. 1858 abt. 1861 abt. 1890 abt. 1893 abt. 1896 abt. 1898 abt. 1901 abt. 1906	Leigh, Dorsetshire Bradford Abbas, Dorsetshire Bradford Abbas, Dorsetshire Bradford Abbas, Dorsetshire Bradford Abbas, Dorsetshire Semley, Wiltshire Semley, Wiltshire Semley, Wiltshire

William Edwin Toogood
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 201994 abt. 1897 10 April 1918 21 "B" Coy. 1st/4th Bn. Wiltshire Regiment Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza) Son of William and Emily Toogood, of The Green, Semley, Shaftesbury.

England Census 1911 about William Edwin Toogood and family Residence: Semley, Wiltshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
William Toogood Emily Toogood William Edwin Toogood Beatrice Elizabeth Toogood Edith Kate Toogood Bertram Charles Toogood	Head Wife Son Daughter Daughter Son	Married Married Single Single Single Single	37 37 14 13 8 6	abt. 1874 abt. 1874 abt. 1897 abt. 1898 abt. 1903 abt. 1905	Semley, Wiltshire Semley, Wiltshire Semley, Wiltshire Semley, Wiltshire Semley, Wiltshire Semley, Wiltshire

Ernest William Viney
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Lance Corporal P/11523 abt. 1882, Semley, Wiltshire 12 March 1918 36 Military Foot Police Military Police Corps Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq

England Census 1891 about Ernest W. Viney and family Residence: Semley, Wiltshire, England
Name	Relation	Marital status:	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
William Viney Sarah Viney Lilian J. Viney Ernest W. Viney Ellen R. Viney	Head Wife Daughter Son Daughter	Married Married Single Single Single	34 34 11 8 5	abt. 1857 abt. 1857 abt. 1880 abt. 1891 abt. 1886	Wiltshire, England Wiltshire, England Wiltshire, England Wiltshire, England Wiltshire, England

Ernest Ronald Beale
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 14579694 abt. 1918 25 August 1944 26 5th Bn. Wiltshire Regiment St. Desir War Cemetery, France Son of Harry and Maud Annie Beale, of Semley, Wiltshire.

Cyril George Coward (Probably)
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Driver T/97760 06 August 1918, Wiltshire, England 17 Juni 1940 21 1 Base Supply Depot Royal Army Service Corps Dunkirk Memorial, France Son of William and Elsie Coward, husband of E. L. Coward, of Purbrook, Hampshire.

Sidney Donald Hankey
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:

Hankey, Sidney Donald, of Seniors Farm, Semley, Wiltshire, died 26 January 1944 at Tali West, Yunnan, China.
Probate Llandudno, 19 June, to reverent John Duncan Hankey, clerk, and Ian Brian Hankey, farmer.
Effects £35801 11s 3d.

Philip Fred Cole
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Lance Corporal 6095425 abt. 1917 25 June 1941 24 2nd Bn. The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery, Syria Son of Arthur and Kate Cole, of Semley, Wiltshire.

Percy William Lodge
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Trooper 326879 abt. 1920 02 November 1942 22 Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry Royal Armoured Corps Alamein Memorial, Egypt Son of John Harry Gilbert Lodge and Amy Lodge, of Semley, Dorsetshire.

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