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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]

Sidney Percival Humphrey

Born 1886

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 49627 Private Canterbury Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Norman Lyonel Desborough Malim

Born 1894

Died 1991

Canadian Expeditionary Force 522802 Private Canadian Army Medical Corps Canadian Army Medical Corps Training School

Canadian Expeditionary Force 522802 Private Canadian Army Medical Corps Assistant Director of Medical Services [Shorncliffe Army Camp near Cheriton in Kent]

Canadian Expeditionary Force 522802 Private Canadian Army Medical Corps HMHS [His Majesty's Hospital Ship] Letitia

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Frederick John Sambourne

Born 1890

Died 1981

Royal Navy 235519 Leading Signalman HMS Warrior

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Frederick Guy

Born 1892

Died 1984

British Army 136834 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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George John Chilcott

Born 1882

Died 1974

British Army 219388 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 57th Command

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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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Alfred Raymond Bowring

Born 1886

Died 1917

Royal Navy London Z/2323 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy London Z/2323 Leading Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy London Z/2323 Petty Officer Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Hawke Division

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Walter Frank Anstey

Born 1881

Died 1959

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 49194 RAF Reserve

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 49194 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 49194 Acting Corporal Royal Flying Corps

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Rev Sidney Elijah Lambert

Born 1886

Died 1971

Canadian Expeditionary Force 435398 Hon Capt Canadian Chaplain Services

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Hubert Holroyd Charles Wareham

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 18837 Private Coldstream Guards

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Harry James Dowland

Born 1882

Died 1957

Royal Navy Boy 2nd Class (B2C) HMS Boscawen

Royal Navy Boy 1st Class (B1C) HMS Boscawen

Royal Navy Boy 1st Class HMS Minotaur

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Frederick Charles Chick

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 16L/5605 Private 16th Lancers

British Army 13198 Private 16th Lancers

British Army Private 16th Lancers

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Turle Barber Wilson

Born 1891

Died 1918

Royal Navy 16093 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

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Percival Edward Morfee

Born 1877

Died 1917

Royal Navy R/25 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Nelson Battalion R N Division

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William Farley Rutter

Born 1888

Died 1991

British Army Sergeant British Red Cross Society Friends' Ambulance Unit

British Army Quarter Master Sergeant British Red Cross Society Friends' Ambulance Unit

British Army Corporal British Red Cross Society Friends' Ambulance Unit

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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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George Henry Adams

Born 1890

Died 1916

Royal Navy K18896 Stoker 1st Class HMS Defence

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Mark Brown

Born 1898

Died 1975

British Army 18928 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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John Samuel Hunt

Born 1890

Died 1970

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 3552

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