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SAMUEL SUMPTION

Died : 27 Aug 1915
Rank : Corporal
Service no at death: 299
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Surname: SUMPTION
Forename: SAMUEL
Initials: S
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Family (parents and grandparents)Son of Fred and the late Jane Sumption ofWaterloo Cottages,Corfe Mullen
Spouse Name Mabel Alice Keeler Sumption of 343 Marlboro Road, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.
NotesWas Scout Master of the Wimborne Boy Scouts at Wimborne, Dorset and organised the first troop of boy Scouts in Egypt (at Cairo) for which he received a Commendation from Sir Robert Baden-Powell
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Age at death28
Date of death 27 Aug 1915
Regiment at deathDorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own)
Battalion at deathC Squadron
Rank at deathCorporal
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Service no at death299
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Place of deathTurkey (including Gallipoli)
Location of graveHelles Memorial
PositionPanel 17 and 18.
Other memorialsCorfe Mullen War Memorial and named on plaque within Wimborne Minster
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