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Stourton Connections
Stourton Connections
This community began with the ten names on the memorial tablet on the wall of the Memorial Hall in Stourton near Mere in Wiltshire. The stables adjoining the Spread Eagle Hotel were converted into the present Memorial Hall and opened with a concert on April 21st 1919. An inscription over the doorway records that the hall was erected in memory of those who gave their lives in the First World War. The ten are: Frederick Broomfield; William Thomas Chaldecott; William John Green; William Henry Creene; Henry Colt Arthur Hoare; Hubert Thomas John Keevil; Thomas Joseph Keevil; Robert George Maidment; John Charles (Jack) Pyne; Edgar Eustace Watson. To these have been added a further eight men and one woman identified by the website ‘Wiltshire Soldiers’ (run by Richard Broadhead) as having an association with Stourton. In most cases, they were born nearby and stayed for varying lengths of time. In addition, three men of particular interest who served and survived are also included: Frederick Fowler DCM, Harry Hoare’s soldier-servant; CPO Edward S Keevil, brother of two of the men lost, who also served in the Second World War; Ebenezer Stone, who overcame severe injury to raise a family. The Stourhead Estate extends for a large area around Stourton village; at the time of the First World War it was owned by the Hoare family. The loss of their son ‘Harry’ Hoare in the War was the principal reason for transferring the house and much of the Estate to the National Trust.
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Born 1880
Died 1915
British Army 4966 Somerset Light Infantry
British Army 3/8572 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Battalion
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British Army 778 Private Dorset Yeomanry
British Army 230169 Private Corps of Hussars
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Born 1893
Died 1985
British Army 778 Private Dorset Yeomanry
British Army 230169 Private Corps of Hussars
British Army 230169 Private Dorset Yeomanry
More about Frederick William J Fowler -
Born 1884
Died 1917
British Army PS/2026 Private Middlesex Regiment
British Army PS/2026 Serjeant Middlesex Regiment 16th Battalion
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Born 1893
Died 1915
British Army 9441 Private Wiltshire Regiment 5th Battalion
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Born 1885
Died 1916
British Army 7879 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 2nd Battalion
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Born 1895
Died 1917
Royal Navy CH/1635/S Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division
Royal Navy CH/1635(S) Private Royal Marine Light Infantry 1st Royal Marine Battalion, Royal Naval Division
More about William John Green -
Born 1892
Died 1917
British Army 14536 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 7th
British Army 14536 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 5th Battalion
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Born 1891
Died 1918
British Army 18671 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 10th Battalion
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Born 1897
Died 1970
Royal Navy J23828 Boy 1st Class
Royal Navy J23828 Boy Telegraphist
Royal Navy J23828 Ordinary Telegraphist
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More about Edward Stephen Keevil -
Born 1891
Died 1918
British Army 23223 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry
British Army 72314 Private Royal Defence Corps
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Born 1884
Died 1915
British Army 3/7868 Corporal Dorsetshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion
British Army 3/7868 Corporal Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Battalion
More about Frederick John Robert Broomfield -
Born 1891
Died 1918
British Army 15695 Worker Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps
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Born 1888
Died 1917
British Army Second Lieutenant Dorset Yeomanry
British Army Acting Captain Dorset Yeomanry
British Army Captain Dorset Yeomanry
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More about Henry Colt Arthur Hoare -
Born 1894
Died 1916
British Army 48479 Sapper Royal Engineers
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Born 1881
Died 1918
British Army 357 Corporal Welsh Guards 1st Battalion
British Army 357 Private Welsh Guards 1st Battalion
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Born 1893
Died 1956
British Army 22391 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 7th Battalion
More about Ebenezer Edward Stone -
Born 1895
Died 1914
British Army 8962 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion
British Army 8962 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion
More about William James Arnold -
Born 1875
Died 1917
British Army 36707 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 1st/6th Battalion
More about Joseph Percy Herrington -
Born 1886
Died 1918
British Army 35367 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry 7th Battalion
More about William Henry Creene