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JOSEPH ARTHUR CHALDECOTT

Died : 13 Nov 1917

Rank : Private

Service no at death: 23005

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Surname:	CHALDECOTT
Forename:	JOSEPH ARTHUR
Initials:	J A
Date of Birth	1894
Place of Birth	East Orchard
Place of Birth Source	1911 Census
Address	White Horse Hotel, Maiden Newton (1911)
Schools attended	Sixpenny Handley School c. 1903

Employment / trade	Stable boy in hotel
Place of work	White House Hotel, Maiden Newton
Family (parents and grandparents)	Son of Arthur and Selina Parham Chaldecott. Grandparents - Thomas and Julia Ann (nee Vardy) Chaldecott; William and Julia (nee Andrews) Parham
Spouse Name	Not married
Notes	Father Arthur was a journeyman baker. In 1918 the family is living at Chettle. Joseph's brother William was also killed on 10 Oct 1918. Their brother Albert died in 1915 at Handley.

Regiment at call-up	Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own)
Regiment at discharge
Rank at call-up	Private
Service no at call-up	230055
Date of attestation	-
Date of call-up	-
Area reported to	Maiden Newton
Source

Naval vessels served
Decorations and awards
Other service details	Listed as Corps of Hussars
Other rank
Other service no
Service facts

Age at death	23
Date of death	13 Nov 1917
Regiment at death	Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own)
Battalion at death	1st/1st
Rank at death	Private
Circumstances of death	Sustained a gun shot wound one mile north El Mughar. Buried 14 Nov 1917. (Dorset Yeomanry Report of deaths on field service 1916-18)
Service no at death	23005
Field of action at death	El Mughar
Place of death	Palestine

Location of grave	RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY
Position	P. 57.
Other memorials	Sixpenny Handley War Memorial Remembered at a Memorial Service at Maiden Newton (where he was employed in 1911)
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