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Bridport, Dorset [435]

Bridport, Dorset, England [35]

Symondsbury, Bridport, Dorset [5]

Beaminster, Bridport, Dorset [4]

Shipton Gorge, Bridport, Dorset [4]

Walditch, Bridport, Dorset [4]

Bradpole, Bridport, Dorset [3]

Burton Bradstock, Bridport, Dorset [3]

Loders, Bridport, Dorset [3]

Netherbury, Bridport, Dorset [3]

Allington, Bridport, Dorset [2]

Bridport Dorset [2]

Eype, Bridport, Dorset [2]

Near Bridport, Dorset [2]

Powerstock, Bridport, Dorset [2]

Shipton Gorge, Nr Bridport, Dorset [2]

Allington, near Bridport, Dorset [1]

Beaminster Bridport, Dorset [1]

Bothenhampton, Bridport, Dorset [1]

Bothenhampton, near Bridport, Dorset [1]

Bridport, Dorchester, Dorset [1]

Burton Bradstock,Bridport,Dorset. [1]

Charmouth, Bridport, Dorset [1]

Chideock, Bridport, Dorset [1]

Chideock, Whitchurch Canonicorum, Bridport, Dorset [1]

Loders Bridport, Dorset [1]

Morcombelake, Whitchurch Canonicorum, near Bridport, Dorset [1]

Powerstock, West Milton, Bridport, Dorset [1]

Puncknowle Rectory, near Bridport, Dorset [1]

Stancombe, Askerswell, Bridport, Dorset [1]

Symondsbury, Nr Bridport, Dorset [1]

West Allington, Bridport, Dorset [1]

Rank

Private [23]

Able Seaman [15]

Stoker 1st Class [7]

Leading Stoker [6]

Petty Officer [6]

Gunner [5]

Lance Corporal [5]

Driver [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Petty Officer 1st Class [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Armourer [2]

Sapper [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic Class 3 [1]

Aircraftman 1 [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2c [1]

Boy I [1]

Boy II [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Chief Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Master At Arms [1]

Naval Cadet [1]

Nurse [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Plumber's Mate [1]

Saddler [1]

Saddler-Sergeant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Ship's Corporal [1]

Ship's Steward [1]

Sick Berth Attendant [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Dorsetshire Regiment [8]

HMS IRON DUKE [6]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Labour Corps [3]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

HMS BULWARK [2]

HMS Black Prince [2]

HMS INVINCIBLE [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

HMS NEPTUNE [2]

HMS QUEEN MARY [2]

HMS Queen Mary [2]

London Regiment [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

(RFR PO/B5629). H.M.S. "Victory" [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Diligence - Onslaught [1]

Dorset Yeomanry [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

French Red Cross [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

H.M. Submarine E5 [1]

H.M. Trawler Murato [1]

H.M.S. "Emperor of India" [1]

H.M.S. "Hampshire" [1]

H.M.S. Cyclops [1]

HMS AMBUSCADE [1]

HMS BELLEROPHON [1]

HMS CANADA [1]

HMS Caroline [1]

HMS Carysfort [1]

HMS Collingwood [1]

HMS Excellent [1]

HMS Fearless [1]

HMS Ganges [1]

HMS Goliath [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS Hampshire [1]

HMS Hindustan [1]

HMS Inconstant [1]

HMS Indomitable [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS Newmarket [1]

HMS ONSLOW [1]

Service

Royal Navy [389]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [69]

British Army [32]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [64]

H [57]

B [49]

C [47]

W [40]

G [35]

L [34]

M [30]

T [26]

F [23]

P [22]

D [18]

R [17]

A [16]

N [14]

K [11]

O [8]

E [6]

J [5]

I [3]

Q [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [472]

Merchant Navy [35]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [30]

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Place of birth

Bridport, Dorset [435] Bridport, Dorset, England [35] Symondsbury, Bridport, Dorset [5] Beaminster, Bridport, Dorset [4] Shipton Gorge, Bridport, Dorset [4] Walditch, Bridport, Dorset [4] Bradpole, Bridport, Dorset [3] Burton Bradstock, Bridport, Dorset [3] Loders, Bridport, Dorset [3] Netherbury, Bridport, Dorset [3] Allington, Bridport, Dorset [2] Bridport Dorset [2] Eype, Bridport, Dorset [2] Near Bridport, Dorset [2] Powerstock, Bridport, Dorset [2] Shipton Gorge, Nr Bridport, Dorset [2] Allington, near Bridport, Dorset [1] Beaminster Bridport, Dorset [1] Bothenhampton, Bridport, Dorset [1] Bothenhampton, near Bridport, Dorset [1] Bridport, Dorchester, Dorset [1] Burton Bradstock,Bridport,Dorset. [1] Charmouth, Bridport, Dorset [1] Chideock, Bridport, Dorset [1] Chideock, Whitchurch Canonicorum, Bridport, Dorset [1] Loders Bridport, Dorset [1] Morcombelake, Whitchurch Canonicorum, near Bridport, Dorset [1] Powerstock, West Milton, Bridport, Dorset [1] Puncknowle Rectory, near Bridport, Dorset [1] Stancombe, Askerswell, Bridport, Dorset [1] Symondsbury, Nr Bridport, Dorset [1] West Allington, Bridport, Dorset [1]

Rank

Private [23] Able Seaman [15] Stoker 1st Class [7] Leading Stoker [6] Petty Officer [6] Gunner [5] Lance Corporal [5] Driver [3] Leading Seaman [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Petty Officer 1st Class [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Armourer [2] Sapper [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] Acting Corporal [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic Class 3 [1] Aircraftman 1 [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2c [1] Boy I [1] Boy II [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Chief Petty Officer Stoker [1] Chief Stoker [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal [1] Deck Hand [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Lieutenant [1] Master At Arms [1] Naval Cadet [1] Nurse [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1] Plumber's Mate [1] Saddler [1] Saddler-Sergeant [1] Sergeant [1] Ship's Corporal [1] Ship's Steward [1] Sick Berth Attendant [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Dorsetshire Regiment [8] HMS IRON DUKE [6] Royal Field Artillery [5] Labour Corps [3] Devonshire Regiment [2] HMS BULWARK [2] HMS Black Prince [2] HMS INVINCIBLE [2] HMS Impregnable [2] HMS NEPTUNE [2] HMS QUEEN MARY [2] HMS Queen Mary [2] London Regiment [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] (RFR PO/B5629). H.M.S. "Victory" [1] Army Service Corps [1] Australian Infantry [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Diligence - Onslaught [1] Dorset Yeomanry [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] French Red Cross [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] H.M. Submarine E5 [1] H.M. Trawler Murato [1] H.M.S. "Emperor of India" [1] H.M.S. "Hampshire" [1] H.M.S. Cyclops [1] HMS AMBUSCADE [1] HMS BELLEROPHON [1] HMS CANADA [1] HMS Caroline [1] HMS Carysfort [1] HMS Collingwood [1] HMS Excellent [1] HMS Fearless [1] HMS Ganges [1] HMS Goliath [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS Hampshire [1] HMS Hindustan [1] HMS Inconstant [1] HMS Indomitable [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS Newmarket [1] HMS ONSLOW [1]

Service

Royal Navy [389] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [69] British Army [32] Australian Imperial Force [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [64] H [57] B [49] C [47] W [40] G [35] L [34] M [30] T [26] F [23] P [22] D [18] R [17] A [16] N [14] K [11] O [8] E [6] J [5] I [3] Q [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [472] Merchant Navy [35] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [30]

Alfred Brooks Wadham

Born 1885

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 953 Private Australian Infantry 8th Battalion

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Sidney Oxenbury

Born 1888

Died 1979

Royal Navy F/24633 Air Mechanic 1st Class RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V) aboard HMS Vindictive on 23 April 1918

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Arthur George China Ward

Born 1897

Died 1962

Royal Navy J64107

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Lewis Fry

Born 1884

Died 1953

British Army 606009 Private Labour Corps

British Army 8289 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 8289 Private South Wales Borderers

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George James Knight

Born 1894

Died 1940

Royal Navy P/K 16240 Chief Petty Officer Stoker H.M. Trawler Murato

Royal Navy K16240 Chief Stoker H.M.S. Cyclops

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Henry Sidney Arthur England

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 225924

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Albert George Froom

Born 1885

Died 1948

British Army 631 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

British Army 200057 Corporal Dorsetshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

British Army 200057 Corporal Dorsetshire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Thomas William Hurrell

Born 1873

Died 1916

Royal Navy 169630 Armourer HMS Carysfort

Royal Navy 169630 Armourer HMS Vivid

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William Stone

Born 1874

Died 1917

Royal Navy 148368 Petty Officer 1st Class HMS Excellent

Royal Navy A4011 Petty Officer Royal Fleet Reserve

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Albert Edward Smith

Born 1877

Died 1917

Royal Navy 170673 Chief Petty Officer HMS Pembroke

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Wilfrid Charles Cliffe

Born 1900

Died 1919

Royal Navy J83784 Ordinary Seaman H.M.S. "Emperor of India"

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Frederick William Hayward

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 217916

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Percy Alfred Hitchcock

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 245146

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William Charles James Hanson

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5760

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Fred Hoskins

Born 1882

Died 1969

Royal Navy 16772 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy 11382 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: HMS Ajax

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William Hugh Patrick Morey

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 247689

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Alexander William Gale

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 402053

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Alfred Clarke

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 310919

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Ernest Henry Bendall

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 212859

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Frederick Henry Hodder

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216673

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