JOSEPH ARTHUR CHALDECOTT
- Died: 13 Nov 1917
- Rank: Private
- Service no at death: 23005
- Died: 13 Nov 1917
- Rank: Private
- Service no at death: 23005
Personal
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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.
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- 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: 1911 Census
- Naval vessels served:
- Decorations and awards:
- Other service details: Listed as Corps of Hussars
- Other rank:
- Other service no:
- Service facts:
Death and Memorial
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- 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 191618)
- 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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