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Weymouth, Dorset [722]

Poole, Dorset [565]

Dorchester, Dorset [515]

Bridport, Dorset [435]

Portland, Dorset [392]

Dorset [319]

Blandford, Dorset [208]

Wimborne, Dorset [206]

Sherborne, Dorset [174]

Wareham, Dorset [164]

Weymouth, Dorset, England [158]

Swanage, Dorset [139]

Shaftesbury, Dorset [127]

Gillingham, Dorset [91]

Parkstone, Dorset [72]

Lyme Regis, Dorset [71]

Dorset England [68]

Beaminster, Dorset [46]

Sturminster Newton, Dorset [46]

Dorset, England [45]

Bridport, Dorset, England [35]

Wimborne Minster, Dorset [35]

Abbotsbury, Dorset [32]

Branksome, Dorset [26]

Stalbridge, Dorset [23]

Maiden Newton, Dorset [22]

Bere Regis, Dorset [20]

Bournemouth, Dorset [20]

Corfe Castle, Dorset [19]

Cranborne, Dorset [19]

Sherbourne, Dorset [18]

Kinson, Dorset [17]

Poole, Dorset, England [17]

Alderney, Dorset, England [16]

Charminster, Dorset [16]

Burton Bradstock, Dorset [15]

Charmouth, Dorset [15]

Chickerell, Dorset [15]

Sturminster, Dorset [14]

Swanage, Dorset, England [14]

Yetminster, Dorset [14]

Kingston, Dorset [13]

Sturminster Marshall, Dorset [13]

Wimbourne, Dorset [13]

Lyme Regis, Dorset, England [12]

Preston, Dorset [12]

Winfrith, Dorset [12]

Wool, Dorset [12]

Symondsbury, Dorset [11]

Upway, Dorset [11]

Rank

Private [684]

Able Seaman [133]

Stoker 1st Class [100]

Gunner [76]

Corporal [70]

Lance Corporal [66]

Second Lieutenant [47]

Lieutenant [46]

Serjeant [46]

Ordinary Seaman [42]

Sapper [42]

Leading Seaman [36]

Stoker 2nd Class [34]

Captain [32]

Boy 1st Class [26]

Petty Officer [26]

Stoker Petty Officer [25]

Leading Stoker [23]

Rifleman [23]

Deck Hand [21]

Driver [21]

Major [17]

Acting Corporal [14]

Boy 2nd Class [12]

Sergeant [12]

Bombardier [11]

Lieutenant Colonel [10]

Chief Petty Officer [8]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [8]

Petty Officer Stoker [8]

Lieutenant Commander [7]

Petty Officer 1st Class [7]

Pioneer [7]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [6]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Leading Signalman [6]

Acting Bombardier [5]

Acting Leading Stoker [5]

Armourer's Crew [5]

Boy [5]

Nurse [5]

Officer's Steward 1st Class [5]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [5]

2nd Lieutenant [4]

Blacksmith [4]

Shipwright 2nd Class [4]

Stoker [4]

Trooper [4]

Unit

Dorsetshire Regiment [283]

Royal Engineers [71]

Somerset Light Infantry [58]

Royal Garrison Artillery [57]

Hampshire Regiment [56]

Royal Field Artillery [47]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [40]

Dorset Yeomanry [37]

Labour Corps [34]

London Regiment [34]

Royal Naval Reserve [32]

Army Service Corps [29]

Devonshire Regiment [28]

HMS IRON DUKE [28]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [26]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [23]

Wiltshire Regiment [23]

Royal Air Force [22]

Machine Gun Corps [21]

HMS BULWARK [20]

Corps of Hussars [18]

HMS MALAYA [18]

HMS Good Hope [17]

HMS INVINCIBLE [17]

HMS QUEEN MARY [16]

HMS Victory II [16]

HMS Fearless [14]

HMS Victory I [14]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14]

Dorset Regiment [13]

Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own) [13]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [13]

HMS Victory [13]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [13]

Royal Army Medical Corps [13]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [12]

Royal Fusiliers [12]

Gloucestershire Regiment [11]

HMS NEPTUNE [11]

Royal Flying Corps [11]

Canadian Infantry [10]

HMS CANADA [10]

HMS Queen Mary [10]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [10]

Tank Corps [10]

HMS Impregnable [9]

South Wales Borderers [9]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [8]

HMS Agincourt [8]

HMS Caroline [8]

Service

Royal Navy [4132]

British Army [1049]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [993]

Australian Imperial Force [83]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [28]

Other Empire Force [18]

Indian Army [6]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [704]

B [687]

H [655]

C [622]

W [456]

M [439]

P [419]

G [327]

D [318]

L [310]

R [310]

T [293]

F [247]

A [212]

K [130]

J [124]

E [116]

N [112]

O [76]

V [53]

I [32]

Y [31]

U [10]

Q [2]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [6041]

Merchant Navy [409]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [538]

India [4]

Canada [2]

Ireland [2]

South Africa [2]

Australia [1]

Malaysia [1]

New Zealand [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Weymouth, Dorset [722] Poole, Dorset [565] Dorchester, Dorset [515] Bridport, Dorset [435] Portland, Dorset [392] Dorset [319] Blandford, Dorset [208] Wimborne, Dorset [206] Sherborne, Dorset [174] Wareham, Dorset [164] Weymouth, Dorset, England [158] Swanage, Dorset [139] Shaftesbury, Dorset [127] Gillingham, Dorset [91] Parkstone, Dorset [72] Lyme Regis, Dorset [71] Dorset England [68] Beaminster, Dorset [46] Sturminster Newton, Dorset [46] Dorset, England [45] Bridport, Dorset, England [35] Wimborne Minster, Dorset [35] Abbotsbury, Dorset [32] Branksome, Dorset [26] Stalbridge, Dorset [23] Maiden Newton, Dorset [22] Bere Regis, Dorset [20] Bournemouth, Dorset [20] Corfe Castle, Dorset [19] Cranborne, Dorset [19] Sherbourne, Dorset [18] Kinson, Dorset [17] Poole, Dorset, England [17] Alderney, Dorset, England [16] Charminster, Dorset [16] Burton Bradstock, Dorset [15] Charmouth, Dorset [15] Chickerell, Dorset [15] Sturminster, Dorset [14] Swanage, Dorset, England [14] Yetminster, Dorset [14] Kingston, Dorset [13] Sturminster Marshall, Dorset [13] Wimbourne, Dorset [13] Lyme Regis, Dorset, England [12] Preston, Dorset [12] Winfrith, Dorset [12] Wool, Dorset [12] Symondsbury, Dorset [11] Upway, Dorset [11]

Rank

Private [684] Able Seaman [133] Stoker 1st Class [100] Gunner [76] Corporal [70] Lance Corporal [66] Second Lieutenant [47] Lieutenant [46] Serjeant [46] Ordinary Seaman [42] Sapper [42] Leading Seaman [36] Stoker 2nd Class [34] Captain [32] Boy 1st Class [26] Petty Officer [26] Stoker Petty Officer [25] Leading Stoker [23] Rifleman [23] Deck Hand [21] Driver [21] Major [17] Acting Corporal [14] Boy 2nd Class [12] Sergeant [12] Bombardier [11] Lieutenant Colonel [10] Chief Petty Officer [8] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [8] Petty Officer Stoker [8] Lieutenant Commander [7] Petty Officer 1st Class [7] Pioneer [7] Acting Serjeant [6] Air Mechanic 1st Class [6] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6] Lance Serjeant [6] Leading Signalman [6] Acting Bombardier [5] Acting Leading Stoker [5] Armourer's Crew [5] Boy [5] Nurse [5] Officer's Steward 1st Class [5] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [5] 2nd Lieutenant [4] Blacksmith [4] Shipwright 2nd Class [4] Stoker [4] Trooper [4]

Unit

Dorsetshire Regiment [283] Royal Engineers [71] Somerset Light Infantry [58] Royal Garrison Artillery [57] Hampshire Regiment [56] Royal Field Artillery [47] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [40] Dorset Yeomanry [37] Labour Corps [34] London Regiment [34] Royal Naval Reserve [32] Army Service Corps [29] Devonshire Regiment [28] HMS IRON DUKE [28] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [26] HMS BLACK PRINCE [23] Wiltshire Regiment [23] Royal Air Force [22] Machine Gun Corps [21] HMS BULWARK [20] Corps of Hussars [18] HMS MALAYA [18] HMS Good Hope [17] HMS INVINCIBLE [17] HMS QUEEN MARY [16] HMS Victory II [16] HMS Fearless [14] HMS Victory I [14] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14] Dorset Regiment [13] Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own) [13] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [13] HMS Victory [13] King's Royal Rifle Corps [13] Royal Army Medical Corps [13] Royal Berkshire Regiment [12] Royal Fusiliers [12] Gloucestershire Regiment [11] HMS NEPTUNE [11] Royal Flying Corps [11] Canadian Infantry [10] HMS CANADA [10] HMS Queen Mary [10] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [10] Tank Corps [10] HMS Impregnable [9] South Wales Borderers [9] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [8] HMS Agincourt [8] HMS Caroline [8]

Service

Royal Navy [4132] British Army [1049] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [993] Australian Imperial Force [83] Canadian Expeditionary Force [28] Other Empire Force [18] Indian Army [6] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [704] B [687] H [655] C [622] W [456] M [439] P [419] G [327] D [318] L [310] R [310] T [293] F [247] A [212] K [130] J [124] E [116] N [112] O [76] V [53] I [32] Y [31] U [10] Q [2] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [6041] Merchant Navy [409] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [538] India [4] Canada [2] Ireland [2] South Africa [2] Australia [1] Malaysia [1] New Zealand [1] United States [1]

John Macpherson Bayliss

Born 1898

Died 1962

British Army L/31561 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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James Hobbs

Born 1890

Died 1958

British Army 166063 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery Dorsetshire Coast Brigade

British Army 132 Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 166063 Signaller and telephonist Royal Garrison Artillery No. 87 Seige Battery

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Edward Bracher

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army T4/035905 Driver Royal Army Service Corps 40th Field Ambulance, R.A.M.C.

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Charles Whitmarsh

Born 1877

Died 1920

British Army 8790 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 16372 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 4320 Private Dorsetshire 1st

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Kenneth Aubrey Malim

Born 1893

Died 1965

Canadian Expeditionary Force 107413 Trooper Canadian Mounted Rifles 2nd Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 107413 Trooper Canadian Mounted Rifles TOS District Depot XI [Hastings Park, Vancouver]

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Alan Reginald English

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 12251 Private Dorsetshire Regiment Depot

British Army 12251 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 12251 Private Dorsetshire Regiment Depot

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Victor James Hoare

Born 1892

Died 1953

British Army 10579 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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Wilfred Bertram Judd

Born 1889

British Army 5357 Private Gloucester Regiment Depot

British Army 5357 Private Gloucester Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 5357 Private, Lance Corporal, Corporal, Lance Sergeant, Sergeant & Colour Sergeant Gloucestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Alfred Frederick Pride

Born 1893

Died 1974

British Army 6270 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2/4 Battalion

British Army 2613 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 202566 Lance Corporal Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 4th Reserve, 2/4th Battalion

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Joseph Henry F. J. Sambourne

Born 1886

Died 1976

Royal Navy 222260 Boy

Royal Navy 222260 Boy 1st Class

Royal Navy 222260 Ordinary Seaman

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Richard William Jenkins

Born 1878

Died 1955

Royal Navy 173774 Ship's Steward's Boy

Royal Navy 173774 Ship's Steward's Assistant

Royal Navy 173774 Acting Ship's Steward

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Harry Cave Taylor

Born 1886

Died 1947

British Army 6313 Lance Corporal Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 6313 Private Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 2214 Private Royal Dragoon Guards 1st Battalion

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Ernest Fred Cross

Born 1881

Died 1959

British Army WR29126 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 14967 Private Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 262247 Sapper Royal Engineers Road & Quarry Troop

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Edward George Way

Born 1897

Died 1979

British Army 36339 Serjeant Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 27271 Serjeant Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 36339 Sargeant Duke of Cornwall light infantry 1st Battalion

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Alfred James Froom

Born 1891

Died 1931

British Army 6371 Private Connaught Rangers 5th (Service) Battalion

British Army 282 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 20772 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Regiment

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Cuthbert George Purchase

Born 1892

Died 1968

British Army Dorset Yeomanry 2/1

British Army 207388 Serjeant Worcestershire Regiment

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George Froome Emery

Born 1884

Died 1939

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286437 Air Mechanic Class 3 Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286437 Aircraftman 1 Royal Air Force

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Frederick William J Fowler

Born 1893

Died 1985

British Army 778 Private Dorset Yeomanry

British Army 230169 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 230169 Private Dorset Yeomanry

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James Phillips

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army 6403 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Alfred Applin

Born 1886

Died 1920

British Army 12646 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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