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Dorchester, Dorset [515]

Dorchester [61]

Dorchester England [28]

Dorchester, Oxfordshire [9]

Dorchester Dorset [6]

Abbotsbury, Dorchester, Dorset [3]

Alton Pancras Dorchester [3]

Alton Pancras Dorchester [2]

Broadmayne, Dorchester, Dorset [2]

Buckland Newton, Dorchester, Dorset [2]

Cerne Abbas, Dorchester, Dorset [2]

Dewlish, Dorchester, Dorset [2]

Dorchester, New Brunswick [2]

Fordington Dorchester [2]

Frampton, Dorchester, Dorset [2]

Melbury Osmond, Dorchester, Dorset [2]

Monkton, Dorchester [2]

Piddlehinton, Dorchester [2]

Puddletown, Dorchester, Dorset [2]

West Fordington, Dorchester, Dorset [2]

All Saints, Dorchester, Dorset [1]

Alton Pancras, Dorchester [1]

Alton Pancras, Dorchester Dorset [1]

Alton St Pancras, Dorchester [1]

Askerwell Dorchester [1]

Beaminster, Dorchester [1]

Bridport, Dorchester, Dorset [1]

Broadmayne near Dorchester [1]

Buckland Newton, Dorchester [1]

Chaldton Dorchester [1]

Charminster, Dorchester [1]

Chilfrome, Dorchester, Dorset [1]

Dewlish Dorchester [1]

Dorchester, Boston, United States of America [1]

Dorchester, Devon [1]

Dorchester, Dorset, England [1]

Dorchester, Dosetshire [1]

Dorchester, Dover [1]

Dorchester, Hampshire [1]

Dorchester, Northamptonshire [1]

Dorchester,Dorset. [1]

Dorchester,England [1]

Dorset, Dorchester [1]

East Lulworth, Dorchester, Dorset [1]

Fordington, Dorchester [1]

Fordington, Dorchester, Dorset [1]

Forston Dorchester Dorset [1]

Frampton, County Dorchester, Quebec [1]

Halfield Dorchester, Yorkshire [1]

Higher Farm, Dorchester Rd, Blandford St Mary, Dorset [1]

Rank

Private [70]

Stoker 1st Class [17]

Stoker 2nd Class [10]

Captain [8]

Lieutenant [8]

Able Seaman [7]

Gunner [7]

Lance Corporal [6]

Corporal [5]

Serjeant [5]

Leading Seaman [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Sergeant [4]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Major [3]

Sapper [3]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Boy Telegraphist [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [1]

Air Mechanic First Class [1]

Band Boy [1]

Bombardier [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Lance/Sergeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Leading Telegraphist [1]

Officer's Cook 1st Class [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Ordinary Telegraphist [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Special Military Probationer [1]

Stoker [1]

Stoker First Class [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Telegraphist [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Dorsetshire Regiment [33]

Dorset Yeomanry [7]

Army Service Corps [5]

Corps of Hussars [4]

HMS Fearless [4]

Somerset Light Infantry [4]

HMS BULWARK [3]

HMS Erin [3]

HMS Victory [3]

HMS Victory II [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Dorset Regiment [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [2]

HMS CANADA [2]

HMS Good Hope [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

HMS Princess Royal [2]

HMS SUPERB [2]

HMS Southampton [2]

HMS Vivid II [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

110th Mahratta Light Infantry [1]

14th Kings Hussars [1]

16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1]

19th Hussars [1]

23rd Sikh Pioneers [1]

2nd Royal Scots [1]

8th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars [1]

8th South Wales Borderers [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Assistant Director Medical Services [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

Service

Royal Navy [460]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [117]

British Army [103]

Australian Imperial Force [29]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Indian Army [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [78]

B [65]

H [64]

C [55]

W [55]

M [47]

P [47]

T [47]

G [44]

D [40]

R [30]

L [25]

F [21]

J [18]

A [16]

K [14]

V [13]

E [12]

N [12]

O [9]

Y [2]

I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [703]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [43]

Canada [2]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Dorchester, Dorset [515] Dorchester [61] Dorchester England [28] Dorchester, Oxfordshire [9] Dorchester Dorset [6] Abbotsbury, Dorchester, Dorset [3] Alton Pancras Dorchester [3] Alton Pancras Dorchester [2] Broadmayne, Dorchester, Dorset [2] Buckland Newton, Dorchester, Dorset [2] Cerne Abbas, Dorchester, Dorset [2] Dewlish, Dorchester, Dorset [2] Dorchester, New Brunswick [2] Fordington Dorchester [2] Frampton, Dorchester, Dorset [2] Melbury Osmond, Dorchester, Dorset [2] Monkton, Dorchester [2] Piddlehinton, Dorchester [2] Puddletown, Dorchester, Dorset [2] West Fordington, Dorchester, Dorset [2] All Saints, Dorchester, Dorset [1] Alton Pancras, Dorchester [1] Alton Pancras, Dorchester Dorset [1] Alton St Pancras, Dorchester [1] Askerwell Dorchester [1] Beaminster, Dorchester [1] Bridport, Dorchester, Dorset [1] Broadmayne near Dorchester [1] Buckland Newton, Dorchester [1] Chaldton Dorchester [1] Charminster, Dorchester [1] Chilfrome, Dorchester, Dorset [1] Dewlish Dorchester [1] Dorchester, Boston, United States of America [1] Dorchester, Devon [1] Dorchester, Dorset, England [1] Dorchester, Dosetshire [1] Dorchester, Dover [1] Dorchester, Hampshire [1] Dorchester, Northamptonshire [1] Dorchester,Dorset. [1] Dorchester,England [1] Dorset, Dorchester [1] East Lulworth, Dorchester, Dorset [1] Fordington, Dorchester [1] Fordington, Dorchester, Dorset [1] Forston Dorchester Dorset [1] Frampton, County Dorchester, Quebec [1] Halfield Dorchester, Yorkshire [1] Higher Farm, Dorchester Rd, Blandford St Mary, Dorset [1]

Rank

Private [70] Stoker 1st Class [17] Stoker 2nd Class [10] Captain [8] Lieutenant [8] Able Seaman [7] Gunner [7] Lance Corporal [6] Corporal [5] Serjeant [5] Leading Seaman [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Sergeant [4] Lance Serjeant [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Major [3] Sapper [3] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Boy Telegraphist [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant [1] Air Mechanic First Class [1] Band Boy [1] Bombardier [1] Colonel [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Lance/Sergeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Leading Telegraphist [1] Officer's Cook 1st Class [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Ordinary Telegraphist [1] Petty Officer [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1] Special Military Probationer [1] Stoker [1] Stoker First Class [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Telegraphist [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Dorsetshire Regiment [33] Dorset Yeomanry [7] Army Service Corps [5] Corps of Hussars [4] HMS Fearless [4] Somerset Light Infantry [4] HMS BULWARK [3] HMS Erin [3] HMS Victory [3] HMS Victory II [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] South Wales Borderers [3] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] Devonshire Regiment [2] Dorset Regiment [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] East Kent Regiment [2] HMS BLACK PRINCE [2] HMS CANADA [2] HMS Good Hope [2] HMS Impregnable [2] HMS Princess Royal [2] HMS SUPERB [2] HMS Southampton [2] HMS Vivid II [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Labour Corps [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Royal Munster Fusiliers [2] Welsh Regiment [2] 110th Mahratta Light Infantry [1] 14th Kings Hussars [1] 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1] 19th Hussars [1] 23rd Sikh Pioneers [1] 2nd Royal Scots [1] 8th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars [1] 8th South Wales Borderers [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Assistant Director Medical Services [1] Australian Infantry [1]

Service

Royal Navy [460] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [117] British Army [103] Australian Imperial Force [29] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Indian Army [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [78] B [65] H [64] C [55] W [55] M [47] P [47] T [47] G [44] D [40] R [30] L [25] F [21] J [18] A [16] K [14] V [13] E [12] N [12] O [9] Y [2] I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [703] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [43] Canada [2] India [1]

Bernard W J Stone

Born 1896

Died 1991

British Army 17828 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 17828 Private 8th South Wales Borderers 8th (Service) Battalion 67th Brigade of the 22nd Division

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William Alfred Paynter

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 27120 Private Dorset Regiment

British Army 27120 Lance Corporal Dorsetshire Regiment 6th battalion

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William Percy Membury

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 3/7501 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Edward Alexander Pope

Born 1875

Died 1919

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Welsh Regiment

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Thomas John Mowlem

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 17708 Private Dorset Regiment

British Army 26671 Private Duke Of Edinburgh's Wiltshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Mortimer James Payne

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 3427 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major Rifle Brigade

British Army 3427 Company Serjeant Major Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) 1st Battalion

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Lawrence James Macqueen Hunt

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army Private Young Soldiers 52nd Battalion

British Army 20602 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Joseph Ernest Prince

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 3/7439 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 3/7439 Corporal Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 3/7439 Lance Serjeant Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Btn

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Leslie Robert Gutsell

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 2518 Gunner Machine Gun Corps

British Army 2518 Gunner Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery

British Army 2518 Gunner Machine Gun Corps (Heavy Branch)

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Walter Edward Hill

Born 1892

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment

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George Ernest Squibb

Born 1881

Died 1967

British Army SS/847 Sergeant Army Service Corps

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William Percival Frederick Trew

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 20460 Corporal Royal Munster Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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Austin Joseph Damen

Born 1875

Died 1915

British Army R5752 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Battalion

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Reginald James Walker

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 9922 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9922 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Alfred Thomas Ford

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 3/8471 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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Charles George Williams Andrews

Born 1878

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Border Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Border Regiment

British Army Captain Border Regiment

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Henry William Hudson

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 62100 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery

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Edwin Reginald Voss

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 1742 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 61239 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 61239 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Richard Montgomery Archdale

Born 1893

Died 1965

British Army 145 (Incomplete) Second Lieutenant Interpreter

British Army Captain 19th Hussars

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John Mayo Biggs

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army GS/48639 Private Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment) 23rd Battalion

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