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Place of birth

Poole, Dorset [565]

Poole, Dorset, England [17]

Branksome, Poole, Dorset [10]

Parkstone, Poole, Dorset [7]

St James, Poole, Dorset [6]

Longfleet, Poole, Dorset [5]

Broadstone, Poole, Dorset [3]

Lytchett Minster, Poole, Dorset [3]

Poole Dorset [3]

Poole,Dorset. [3]

Hamworthy, Poole, Dorset [2]

Kinson, Poole, Dorset [2]

Longfleet Poole, Dorset [2]

Lytchett Minster Poole, Dorset [2]

Poole, Dorset. [2]

Poole. Dorset [2]

Upper Parkstone Poole, Dorset [2]

21 West St Poole Dorset [1]

Branksome Poole, Dorset [1]

Canford Poole, Dorset [1]

Corfe Castle, Poole, Dorset [1]

Heatherlands, Poole, Dorset [1]

Lychett Minster near Poole, Dorset [1]

Near Poole, Dorset [1]

Poole Dorset [1]

Saint James Poole, Dorset [1]

Wallesdown Kenson Poole, Dorset [1]

Wallesdown Poole, Dorset [1]

Wareham, Poole, Dorset [1]

Waterloo, Poole, Dorset [1]

Rank

Private [40]

Able Seaman [19]

Stoker 1st Class [10]

Lieutenant [6]

Captain [5]

Deck Hand [5]

Ordinary Seaman [5]

Leading Seaman [4]

Lieutenant Commander [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Corporal [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Rifleman [3]

Serjeant [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Commander [2]

Gunner [2]

Seaman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Signalman [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

2nd Lieut [1]

2nd corporal [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

CERA 1c [1]

CERA 2c [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Cooper [1]

Driver [1]

Joiner 3c [1]

Leading Carpenter's Crew [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Leading Telegraphist [1]

Lieut [1]

Major [1]

Member [1]

Midshipman [1]

Musician [1]

Naval Cadet [1]

Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Sapper [1]

Unit

Dorsetshire Regiment [14]

Royal Naval Reserve [10]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [5]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

HMS IRON DUKE [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Labour Corps [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

HMS CANADA [3]

HMS MALAYA [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

Border Regiment [2]

HMS Ajax [2]

HMS BULWARK [2]

HMS Fearless [2]

HMS Good Hope [2]

HMS NEPTUNE [2]

HMS QUEEN MARY [2]

HMS Vindictive [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

1/9th Gurkha Rifles [1]

10th Hussars [1]

45th Rattray Sikhs [1]

45th Sikhs [1]

9th Gurkha Rifles [1]

Apollo (Midge) [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

General Headquarters Staff [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

H.M. S/M “E50” [1]

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

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

HMS BELLEROPHON [1]

HMS Bulwark [1]

HMS CAROLINE [1]

HMS Cumberland [1]

HMS DEFENCE [1]

HMS Dreadnought. [1]

HMS FORTUNE [1]

HMS Fortune [1]

HMS Galatea [1]

HMS Ganges [1]

Service

Royal Navy [475]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [94]

British Army [60]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Indian Army [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [77]

B [75]

C [68]

H [62]

M [44]

W [42]

P [36]

G [34]

D [29]

R [28]

T [25]

A [24]

L [23]

E [20]

F [15]

N [12]

K [11]

J [10]

O [5]

V [4]

I [2]

Y [2]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [615]

Merchant Navy [19]

Country

United Kingdom [40]

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Place of birth

Poole, Dorset [565] Poole, Dorset, England [17] Branksome, Poole, Dorset [10] Parkstone, Poole, Dorset [7] St James, Poole, Dorset [6] Longfleet, Poole, Dorset [5] Broadstone, Poole, Dorset [3] Lytchett Minster, Poole, Dorset [3] Poole Dorset [3] Poole,Dorset. [3] Hamworthy, Poole, Dorset [2] Kinson, Poole, Dorset [2] Longfleet Poole, Dorset [2] Lytchett Minster Poole, Dorset [2] Poole, Dorset. [2] Poole. Dorset [2] Upper Parkstone Poole, Dorset [2] 21 West St Poole Dorset [1] Branksome Poole, Dorset [1] Canford Poole, Dorset [1] Corfe Castle, Poole, Dorset [1] Heatherlands, Poole, Dorset [1] Lychett Minster near Poole, Dorset [1] Near Poole, Dorset [1] Poole Dorset [1] Saint James Poole, Dorset [1] Wallesdown Kenson Poole, Dorset [1] Wallesdown Poole, Dorset [1] Wareham, Poole, Dorset [1] Waterloo, Poole, Dorset [1]

Rank

Private [40] Able Seaman [19] Stoker 1st Class [10] Lieutenant [6] Captain [5] Deck Hand [5] Ordinary Seaman [5] Leading Seaman [4] Lieutenant Commander [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Boy 1st Class [3] Corporal [3] Lance Corporal [3] Rifleman [3] Serjeant [3] Acting Corporal [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Commander [2] Gunner [2] Seaman [2] Sergeant [2] Signalman [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] 2nd Lieut [1] 2nd corporal [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] CERA 1c [1] CERA 2c [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Cooper [1] Driver [1] Joiner 3c [1] Leading Carpenter's Crew [1] Leading Stoker [1] Leading Telegraphist [1] Lieut [1] Major [1] Member [1] Midshipman [1] Musician [1] Naval Cadet [1] Petty Officer 1st Class [1] Pioneer [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Sapper [1]

Unit

Dorsetshire Regiment [14] Royal Naval Reserve [10] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6] HMS BLACK PRINCE [5] Devonshire Regiment [4] HMS IRON DUKE [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] Labour Corps [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Engineers [4] HMS CANADA [3] HMS MALAYA [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] Border Regiment [2] HMS Ajax [2] HMS BULWARK [2] HMS Fearless [2] HMS Good Hope [2] HMS NEPTUNE [2] HMS QUEEN MARY [2] HMS Vindictive [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] 1/9th Gurkha Rifles [1] 10th Hussars [1] 45th Rattray Sikhs [1] 45th Sikhs [1] 9th Gurkha Rifles [1] Apollo (Midge) [1] Army Service Corps [1] Canadian Infantry [1] General Headquarters Staff [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] H.M. S/M “E50” [1] H.M.S. "Hampshire" [1] H.M.S. "Vanguard" [1] HMS BELLEROPHON [1] HMS Bulwark [1] HMS CAROLINE [1] HMS Cumberland [1] HMS DEFENCE [1] HMS Dreadnought. [1] HMS FORTUNE [1] HMS Fortune [1] HMS Galatea [1] HMS Ganges [1]

Service

Royal Navy [475] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [94] British Army [60] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Indian Army [2] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [77] B [75] C [68] H [62] M [44] W [42] P [36] G [34] D [29] R [28] T [25] A [24] L [23] E [20] F [15] N [12] K [11] J [10] O [5] V [4] I [2] Y [2] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [615] Merchant Navy [19]

Country

United Kingdom [40]

Arthur G Cornick

Born 1888

Died 1926

British Army 2906 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 2906 Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Stephen John Florance

Born 1885

Died 1958

British Army 18007 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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Lawrence Lionel Tollemache

Born 1894

Died 1954

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant

Royal Navy Lieutenant

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

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Sidney Ernest Short

Born 1877

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 229926 Private 2nd Class Royal Air Force

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Fred Ashton Butler

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 10287

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Arthur Weeks

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 136529 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Jesse Skinner

Born 1880

Died 1918

South African Services TS 6857 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 6857/TS Trimmer Royal Naval Reserve: HM Trawler COMRADE

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William Jesse Bendle

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 4/3296 Private Hampshire Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 201103 Private Hampshire Regiment 1st/4th Battalion

British Army 201103 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Frank Green

Born 1894

Died 1971

British Army 165949 Private Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 31279 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Alfred T Stickland

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 49343 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 49343 2nd corporal Royal Engineers 67th Field company

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John Rowley Lunell Heyland

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army Captain 9th Gurkha Rifles

Indian Army Captain 1/9th Gurkha Rifles

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Harry Charles Brownsea Masters

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army 3/7736 Lance Corporal Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 3/7736 Corporal Dorsetshire Regiment 3rd, 8th Battalion

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Thomas Leslie Everitt

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 157323

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Tom Taylor

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28985

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Walter Frederick Adams

Born 1896

Died 1916

Royal Navy J19641 Able Seaman HMS Hampshire

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Harry Bert

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 401718

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Sidney Charles Upshell

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 408368

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Thomas Penney

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 10569

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Percival Gladstone Shute Hannam

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226809

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Cyril Edwin Veale Bundy

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 63264

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