War Memorial - Castle Combe, Wiltshire, England

Ernest Albert Young
© IWPP	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 15298 01 July 1878 01 October 1915 37 10th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment Etaples Military Cemetery, France Son of Albert and Elizabeth Young. Husband of Annie Maria Young, nee Haynes, of Park Street, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire.

The birth (01 July 1878) of Ernest Albert Young was registered in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England during the third quarter of 1878 and was baptised in Castle Combe, Wiltshire, England on 15 September 1878. He was married to Annie Maria Haynes in Castle Combe, Wiltshire, England on 01 November 1902.

England Census 1881 about Ernest A. Young and family Residence:5, Water Street, Castle Combe, Wiltshire, England
Name	Relation to Head	Marital status	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Albert Young Elizabeth Young Charles F. Young William Young George Young Ernest A. Young James Young	Head Wife Son Son Son Son Son	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single	36 36 12 7 5 2 6 mo.	abt. 1845 abt. 1845 abt. 1869 abt. 1874 abt. 1876 abt. 1879 abt. 1880	Nettleton, Wiltshire Littleton Drew, Wiltshire Castle Combe, Wiltshire Castle Combe, Wiltshire Castle Combe, Wiltshire Castle Combe, Wiltshire Castle Combe, Wiltshire

England Census 1911 about Ernest Albert Young and family Residence: Park Street, Stow On The Wold, Gloucestershire, England
Name	Relation to Head	Marital status	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Ernest Albert Young Annie Marie Young Gertrude Helen Young Elizabeth Rose Young George Frederick Young	Head Wife Daughter Daughter Son	Married Married Single Single Single	32 32 8 5 1	abt. 1879 abt. 1879 abt. 1903 abt. 1906 abt. 1910	Castle Combe, Wiltshire Maugersbury, Gloucestershire Castle Combe, Wiltshire Stow on the Wold, Gloucestershire Stow on the Wold, Gloucestershire

Harold "Harry" Melsom
© laurinlaurin espie	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 6207 abt. 1890, Castle Combe 05 July 1916 26 12th Bn. Middlesex Regiment Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz, France Son of George and Elizabeth Sarah Melsom, nee Tylee.

The birth of Harold Melsom was registered in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England during the third quarter of 1890.

England Census 1891 about Harold Melsom and family Residence: Lower Combe, Castle Combe, Wiltshire, England
Name	Relation to Head	Marital status	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
George Melsom Elizabeth Melsom Albert G. Melsom Frederick W. Melsom Ethel E. Melsom Harold Melsom	Head Wife Son Son Daughter Son	Married Married Single Single Single Single	40 38 9 7 4 8 mo.	abt. 1851 abt. 1853 abt. 1882 abt. 1884 abt. 1887 abt. 1890	Castle Combe, Wiltshire Market Lavington, Wiltshire Castle Combe, Wiltshire Castle Combe, Wiltshire Castle Combe, Wiltshire Castle Combe, Wiltshire

Rowland Alpheus Pullin (Also Roland Alphaeus Pullen)
© John M	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 22647 14 November 1897, Castle Combe 19 January 1917, King George's Hospital, London 19 Depot Gloucestershire Regiment Castle Combe (St. Andrew) Churchyard, Wiltshire, England Son of Albert and Stevenia Ann Pullin, nee Neate, of Castle Combe, Chippenham.

The birth of Rowland Alpheus Pullin was registered in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England during the fourth quarter of 1897.

England Census 1901 about Roland Pullin and family Residence: Park Lane, Castle Combe, Wiltshire, England
Name	Relation to Head	Marital status	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Albert Pullin Stevena Pullin Florence Pullin Emmeline Pullin Albert Richard Pullin Walter John Pullin Roland Pullin Beatrice Pullin	Head Wife Daughter Daughter Son Son Son Daughter	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single Single	38 38 15 11 12 9 3 9 mo.	abt. 1863 abt. 1863 abt. 1886 abt. 1890 abt. 1889 abt. 1892 abt. 1898 abt. 1900	Castle Combe, Wiltshire Castle Combe, Wiltshire Castle Combe, Wiltshire Castle Combe, Wiltshire Castle Combe, Wiltshire Castle Combe, Wiltshire Castle Combe, Wiltshire Castle Combe, Wiltshire

Arthur King (Couldn't be identified on CWGC.)
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:

England Census 1901 about William Arthur King and family Residence: Castle Combe, Wiltshire, England
Name	Relation to Head	Marital status	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Mary Ann King Elizabeth King William Arthur King	Head Daughter Grandson	Widowed Single Single	57 26 5	abt. 1844 abt. 1875 abt. 1896	Castle Combe, Wiltshire Castle Combe, Wiltshire Pimlico, London

Eustace Arundel Sladen Watkins
© Nancy Wright	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Captain abt. 1889, Castle Combe, Wiltshire 31 January 1915 26 3rd Bn. Devonshire Regiment Merville Communal Cemetery, France Son of Robert Arundel Watkins and Mary Etheldred Watkins, nee Sladen.

The birth of Eustace Arundel Sladen Watkins was registered in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England during the first quarter of 1889 and was baptised in Castle Combe, Wiltshire, England on 11 March 1889.

List of Medical Students
registered during the year 1908.
Watkins, Eustace Arundel Sladen, Preliminary Institution, Scotland in January 1908, registered 06 February
Place and date of commencement of Medical Study: St. Bart's Hospital, 15 January. (St. Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, London)

England Census 1911 about Eustace Arundel Watkins and family Residence: Shrub House, Castle Combe, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England
Name	Relation to Head	Marital status	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Robert Arundel Watkins Mary Etheldred Watkins Eustace Arnudel Watkins Jessie Wordley Malvina Jane Mann	Head Wife Son Cook Housemaid	Married Married Single Single Single	56 59 22 27 21	abt. 1855 abt. 1852 abt. 1889 abt. 1884 abt. 1890	Truton, Yorkshire Pimlico, London Castle Combe, Wiltshire Coate near Northfields, Wiltshire Castle Combe, Wiltshire

Fred Purbrick
© Nancy Wright	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Lance Corporal 18878 23 July 1884, Almondsbury, Gloucestershire 02 July 1916 32 2nd Bn. Wiltshire Regiment Thiepval Memorial, France Son of Joseph and Annie Allsop Purbrick, nee Smith, of Castle Combe, Chippenham, Wiltshire. Husband of Mabel Beatrice Copeland, formerly Purbrick, nee King, of Salutation Lodge, Burton, Chippenham, Wiltshire.

Fred Purbrick was born on 23 July 1884 and was babtised in the Church of St. Mary in Almondsbury, Gloucestershire, England on 28 September 1884. His marriage (06 August 1904) to Mable Beatrice Mary King was registered in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England during the third quarter of 1904. Following children of the couple are known: Ethel May (b. 1905), Fred William (b. 1907), Harry Victor (b. 1911), Arthur Reginald (b. 1912), Frederick Kitchener (b. 1916, and Francis Mabel (b. 1916).

England Census 1891 about Fred Purbrick and family Residence: Horsedown, Nettleton, Wiltshire, England
Name	Relation to Head	Marital status	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Joseph Purbrick Annie Purbrick Thomas Purbrick Fred Purbrick Mary J. Purbrick	Head Wife Son Son Daughter	Married Married Single Single Single	31 30 8 6 2	abt. 1860 abt. 1861 abt. 1883 abt. 1885 abt. 1889	Longcot, Berkshire Castle Combe, Wiltshire Almondsbury, Gloucestershire Almondsbury, Gloucestershire Nettleton, Wiltshire

England Census 1911 about Fred Purbrick and family Residence: Gibb Gate House, Burton, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England
Name	Relation to Head	Marital status	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Fred Purbrick Mabel Purbrick Ethel Purbrick William Purbrick Victor Purbrick	Head Wife Daughter Son Son	Married Married Single Single Single	26 25 5 3 3 mo.	abt. 1885 abt. 1886 abt. 1906 abt. 1908 abt. 1911	Patchway, Gloucestershire Pickwick, Chippenham, Wiltshire Castle Combe, Wiltshire Castle Combe, Wiltshire Castle Combe, Wiltshire

Richard Henry Reginald Neate
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Corporal CH/18066 28 January 1896, Castle Combe, Wiltshire 23 April 1918 22 4th R. M. Bn. Royal Marine Light Infantry Castle Combe (St. Andrew) Churchyard, Wiltshire, England Son of Annie Taylor Short, formerly Neate, nee Snell, of 100, Wood Lane, Chippenham, and the late Richard Neate. Born at Castle Combe.

The birth (28 January 1896) was registered in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England during the first quarter of 1896.

England Census 1911 about Richard Henry Reginald Neate and family Residence: Weston, Bath, Somerset, England
Name	Relation to Head	Marital status	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Richard Neate Ann Taylo Neater Richard Henry Reginald Neate George Robert Snell	Head Wife Son Brother-in-Law	Married Married Single Single	73 29 5 27	abt. 1828 abt. 1872 abt. 1896 abt. 1874	Castle Combe, Wiltshire Castle Combe, Wiltshire Castle Combe, Wiltshire Castle Combe, Wiltshire

The grave of Richard Henry Reginald Neate
in St. Andrew Churchyard, Castle Combe, Wiltshire, England:

© JohnM

To the memory of

Richard Neate, R. M. L. I.,
aged 22.
Killed in action at Zeebrugge
April 23^rd 1918.

Given by
the parishioners of Castle Combe.

Corp^l H. M. S. "Vindictive"

Reginald Stanley James
© Len	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 6218 abt. 1894 01 July 1916 22 12th Bn. Middlesex Regiment Dive Copse British Cemetery, Sailly-le-Sec, France Son of Mr. F. and Mrs. E. James, of Castle Combe, Chippenham, Wiltshire.

The birth of Reginald Stanley James was registered in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England during the second quarter of 1894.

England Census 1901 about Reginald Stanley James and family Residence: West Street, Castle Combe, Wiltshire, England
Name	Relation to Head	Marital status	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Frederick James Elizabeth James Arthur John James Francis Herbert James Reginald Stanley James Mary Ann James	Head Wife Son Son Son Mother	Married Married Single Single Single Widowed	42 36 11 9 6 83	abt. 1859 abt. 1865 abt. 1890 abt. 1892 abt. 1895 abt. 1818	West Kington, Wiltshire Castle Combe, Wiltshire Nettleton, Wiltshire Nettleton, Wiltshire Castle Combe, Wiltshire West Kington, Wiltshire

The James grave in St. Andrew Churchyard, Castle Combe, Wiltshire, England:

Loving memory of

Francis Herbert James
died Jan. 27, 1916, aged 24.

Also of
Pte. Reginald Stanley James
12th Middlesex Regt.
died of wounds July 1, 1916, aged 22.
Buried at Dive Copse Cemetery, France.
United in death
beloved sons of E. and F. James

Also of Frederick John James,
died July 11, 1920, aged 62.

And of his wife Elizabeth Sophia
died March 2, 1949, aged 84.

Also of their son Cecil Taylor James
born April 11, 1902, died November 8, 1967

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