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1869

birth United Kingdom Source:9480523 Source:7250085 1st October 1869

1879

education Number 2175 Elizabeth College La Grange Guernsey Source:9480523 May 1879

1887

enlistment Source:9480523 1887

1887

service British Army Trooper 17th Lancers Source:9480523 1887 - 1904

1894

commission Regular Source:9480523 June 1894

1894

service British Army Second Lieutenant The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment) Source:9480523 20th June 1894 - 10th December 1895

1895

service Other Empire Force Second Class Assistant Uganda Protectorate Forces Seconded from The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment) Source:9480523 11th December 1895

1896

awards East and West Africa Medal Other War Service Award Source:9480509 1896

1896

service Other Empire Force Second Lieutenant King's African Rifles Seconded from The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment) Source:9480523 1896 - 1897

1897

service British Army Lieutenant The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment) Source:9480523 1897 - 11th January 1901

1897

service Other Empire Force Lieutnant King's African Rifles Seconded from The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment) Source:9480523 1897 - 1898

1899

awards Distinguished Service Order (DSO) British Award/Decoration Source:9480523 24th January 1899

1899

service Other Empire Force Local Captain Uganda Rifles Seconded from The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment) Source:9480523 2nd February 1899

1899

appointments Special Service Officer, South Africa Source:9480523 1899 - 1902

1901

service British Army Captain The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment) Source:9480523 12th January 1901

1901

service Other Empire Force Local Major Mounted Infantry 2nd Kitchener's Fighting Scouts Source:9480523 6th May 1901 - 1st September 1901

1902

appointments Special Service Officer, Somaliland Source:9480523 1902 - 1904

1902

awards Africa General Service Medal Other War Service Award Source:9480509 1902

1902

service Other Empire Force Captain Somaliland Field Force Seconded from The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment) Source:9480523 1902

1902

service British Army Captain The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment) Source:9480523 9th September 1902 - 8th December 1905

1905

service Other Empire Force Captain Colonial Office Seconded from The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment) Source:9480523 9th December 1905

1906

service Other Empire Force Captain Liberian Development Company Seconded from The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment) Source:9480523 27th March 1906 - 17th September 1907

1908

service British Army Captain The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment) Source:9480523 5th July 1908 - 16th March 1909

1908

location Tournay Barracks, Farnborough United Kingdom military residence address Source:9480523 14th August 1908

1909

discharge Source:9480523 16th March 1909

1909

service British Army Captain Reserve of Officers The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment) Source:9480523 17th March 1909 - 10th October 1914

1911

awards 1911 Coronation Medal Other War Service Award Source:9480509 1911

1911

marriage Phyllis Usher Source:9480523 1911

1914

appointments Assistant Provost Marshall Source:9480523 11th October 1914

1914

service British Army Captain General List Source:9480523 11th October 1914

1915

appointments Battalion Commander, 1/4th Ox and Bucks Light Inf Source:9480523 3rd May 1915 - 28th December 1915

1915

service British Army Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1/4th Battalion Source:9480523 3rd May 1915 - 28th December 1915

1916

appointments Battalion Commander, 1st North Staffs Regt Source:9480523 24th March 1916 - 12th June 1917

1916

service British Army Temporary Major The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment) Source:9480523 24th March 1916

1916

service British Army Major Reserve of Officers The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment) Source:9480523 6th May 1916

1916

service British Army Acting Lieutenant Colonel The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment) 1st Battalion Source:9480523 6th May 1916 - 21st August 1916

appointments Second in Command, 72nd Highlanders (Canadian) Source:9480523

1917

death Killed in Action Ypres Belgium Source:7250085 Source:9480523 Source:9481448 12th June 1917

awards Central Africa Medal Other War Service Award Source:9480509

awards East and Central Africa Medal Other War Service Award Source:9480509

awards Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) British Award/Decoration Source:9480523

awards Queen's South Africa Medal Other War Service Award Source:9480509

education Oratory Edgebaston United Kingdom Source:9480523

education St Mary's College Oscott United Kingdom Source:9480523

hospitalisation In hospital for two months Hospital/Institution Source:9480523

marriage Phyllis Usher Source:7250085

service Canadian Expeditionary Force Major 72nd Highlanders Source:9480523

service British Army Acting Lieutenant Colonel The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment) 1st Battalion Source:9480518

theatres Egypt :4 Source:9480523

theatres Indian Frontier :6g Source:9480523

burial Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (transport Farm) CWGC Cemetery/Memorial West-Vlaanderen LIeper, West-Vlaanderen Belgium Source:7250085

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Names

Type	Name
First Names	William Francis Brougham Radclyffe
Initials	WFBR
Last Name	Dugmore
Source	9480523
First Names	William Francis Brougham Radclyffe
Initials	WFBR
Last Name	Dugmore,
Source	9480523

Gender

Gender	Source
Male

Locations

Address	Country	Type	Date	Source
Tournay Barracks, Farnborough	United Kingdom	military residence address	known 14th August 1908

Contribution

Military Service

Service	Unit	Section	Rank
Other Empire Force	Uganda Protectorate Forces	Seconded from The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment)	Second Class Assistant
British Army	The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment)		Lieutenant
Other Empire Force	Uganda Rifles	Seconded from The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment)	Local Captain
Other Empire Force	King's African Rifles	Seconded from The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment)	Second Lieutenant
Other Empire Force	King's African Rifles	Seconded from The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment)	Lieutnant
British Army	The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment)		Captain
Other Empire Force	Mounted Infantry	2nd Kitchener's Fighting Scouts	Local Major
Other Empire Force	Somaliland Field Force	Seconded from The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment)	Captain
British Army	The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment)		Captain
Other Empire Force	Colonial Office	Seconded from The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment)	Captain
Other Empire Force	Liberian Development Company	Seconded from The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment)	Captain
British Army	The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment)		Captain
British Army	Reserve of Officers	The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment)	Captain
British Army	General List		Captain
British Army	Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry	1/4th Battalion	Temporary Lieutenant Colonel
British Army	The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment)		Temporary Major
British Army	Reserve of Officers	The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment)	Major
British Army	The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment)	1st Battalion	Acting Lieutenant Colonel
Canadian Expeditionary Force	72nd Highlanders		Major
British Army	17th Lancers		Trooper
British Army	The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment)		Second Lieutenant
British Army	The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment)	1st Battalion	Acting Lieutenant Colonel

Awards

Award	Type	Source
1911 Coronation Medal	Other War Service Award
1914/15 Star	First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Africa General Service Medal	Other War Service Award
British War Medal	First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Central Africa Medal	Other War Service Award
DSO	British Award/Decoration
Distinguished Service Order (DSO)	British Award/Decoration
East and Central Africa Medal	Other War Service Award
East and West Africa Medal	Other War Service Award
Mentioned in Despatches (MiD)	British Award/Decoration
Queen's South Africa Medal	Other War Service Award
Victory Medal	First World War Campaign/Service Medal

Family

Parents

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
The Honourable Evelyn Mary Dugmore nee Brougham	mother
Captain Francis Dugmore	father

Spouse

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Phyllis Usher	wife
Phyllis Usher	wife	1911

Media

Lt Col W F B R Dugmore DSO

IWM Collection (HU 118167)

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Lieutenant Colonel William Francis Brougham Radclyffe Dugmore

Lieutenant Colonel William Francis Brougham Radclyffe Dugmore DSO. Unit: Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, attached to 1st Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment. Death: 02 June 1917 Western Front. | CWGC family information: Son of the late Capt. Francis Dugmore and the Hon. Evelyn Mary Dugmore; husband of Phyllis Dugmore (nee Usher). | Head and shoulders portrait

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Official Records

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Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records	Imperial1
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Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription	M2740
South Africa Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Transcription	M2740

External Evidence

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London Gazette	M2740
The Elizabethan	M2740

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Lt Col W F B R Dugmore DSO	M2740
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