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Poole, Dorset [565]

Poole, Dorset, England [17]

Poole England [14]

Branksome, Poole, Dorset [10]

Parkstone, Poole, Dorset [7]

Poole [6]

St James, Poole, Dorset [6]

Longfleet, Poole, Dorset [5]

Poole, Yorkshire [5]

Poole, Dorsetshire [4]

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, Cornwall [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]

Kinson Poole [1]

Lychett Minster near Poole, Dorset [1]

Near Poole, Dorset [1]

Poole Dorset [1]

Poole Keynes, Wiltshire, England [1]

Poole, Dover [1]

Poole, Somerset [1]

Poole, Somerset, England [1]

Poole, Yorkshire, England [1]

Saint James Poole, Dorset [1]

St James, Poole [1]

Swinefleet, Poole, Yorkshire [1]

Wallesdown Kenson Poole, Dorset [1]

Wallesdown Poole, Dorset [1]

Wareham, Poole, Dorset [1]

Waterloo, Poole, Dorset [1]

Rank

Private [47]

Able Seaman [19]

Stoker 1st Class [10]

Lieutenant [6]

Captain [5]

Deck Hand [5]

Ordinary Seaman [5]

Lance Corporal [4]

Leading Seaman [4]

Lieutenant Commander [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Corporal [3]

Gunner [3]

Rifleman [3]

Serjeant [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Commander [2]

Petty Officer 1st Class [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]

Pioneer [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Sapper [1]

Unit

Dorsetshire Regiment [18]

Royal Naval Reserve [10]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [5]

Hampshire Regiment [5]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

HMS IRON DUKE [4]

Labour Corps [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

HMS CANADA [3]

HMS MALAYA [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [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]

Rifle Brigade [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]

Essex Regiment [1]

General Headquarters Staff [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

H.M. S/M “E50” [1]

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

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

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

HM Trawler Alnmouth [1]

HMS BELLEROPHON [1]

HMS Bulwark [1]

HMS CAROLINE [1]

HMS Cumberland [1]

HMS DEFENCE [1]

HMS Dreadnought. [1]

Service

Royal Navy [489]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [95]

British Army [68]

Australian Imperial Force [14]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Indian Army [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [87]

B [78]

C [70]

H [65]

M [48]

W [44]

P [38]

G [35]

D [30]

R [29]

T [26]

L [25]

A [24]

E [21]

F [17]

K [12]

N [12]

J [11]

O [5]

I [4]

V [4]

Y [2]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [651]

Merchant Navy [21]

Country

United Kingdom [42]

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People [688] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Poole, Dorset [565] Poole, Dorset, England [17] Poole England [14] Branksome, Poole, Dorset [10] Parkstone, Poole, Dorset [7] Poole [6] St James, Poole, Dorset [6] Longfleet, Poole, Dorset [5] Poole, Yorkshire [5] Poole, Dorsetshire [4] 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, Cornwall [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] Kinson Poole [1] Lychett Minster near Poole, Dorset [1] Near Poole, Dorset [1] Poole Dorset [1] Poole Keynes, Wiltshire, England [1] Poole, Dover [1] Poole, Somerset [1] Poole, Somerset, England [1] Poole, Yorkshire, England [1] Saint James Poole, Dorset [1] St James, Poole [1] Swinefleet, Poole, Yorkshire [1] Wallesdown Kenson Poole, Dorset [1] Wallesdown Poole, Dorset [1] Wareham, Poole, Dorset [1] Waterloo, Poole, Dorset [1]

Rank

Private [47] Able Seaman [19] Stoker 1st Class [10] Lieutenant [6] Captain [5] Deck Hand [5] Ordinary Seaman [5] Lance Corporal [4] Leading Seaman [4] Lieutenant Commander [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Boy 1st Class [3] Corporal [3] Gunner [3] Rifleman [3] Serjeant [3] Acting Corporal [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Commander [2] Petty Officer 1st Class [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] Pioneer [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Sapper [1]

Unit

Dorsetshire Regiment [18] Royal Naval Reserve [10] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6] HMS BLACK PRINCE [5] Hampshire Regiment [5] Devonshire Regiment [4] HMS IRON DUKE [4] Labour Corps [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Engineers [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] HMS CANADA [3] HMS MALAYA [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [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] Rifle Brigade [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] Essex Regiment [1] General Headquarters Staff [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] H.M. S/M “E50” [1] H.M.S. "Emperor of India" [1] H.M.S. "Hampshire" [1] H.M.S. "Vanguard" [1] HM Trawler Alnmouth [1] HMS BELLEROPHON [1] HMS Bulwark [1] HMS CAROLINE [1] HMS Cumberland [1] HMS DEFENCE [1] HMS Dreadnought. [1]

Service

Royal Navy [489] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [95] British Army [68] Australian Imperial Force [14] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Indian Army [2] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [87] B [78] C [70] H [65] M [48] W [44] P [38] G [35] D [30] R [29] T [26] L [25] A [24] E [21] F [17] K [12] N [12] J [11] O [5] I [4] V [4] Y [2] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [651] Merchant Navy [21]

Country

United Kingdom [42]

Reginald John Petty Devenish Aldridge

Born 1877

Died 1914

British Army Captain Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment

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Edward Kitcatt

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 10214 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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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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Eric Algernon Tollemache

Born 1892

Died 1961

British Army Second Lieutenant Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) 6th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)

British Army Lieutenant Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)

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Alfred Albert Kellaway

Born 1898

Died 1978

British Army 13149 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 26185 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Charles William Walter Speck

Born 1887

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 207687 Sergeant Royal Air Force

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Thomas James Rigler

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 3288 Private London Regiment

British Army 3288 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Henry James Williams

Born 1894

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 10182 Private Canadian Infantry 3rd Battalion

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Arthur Cuthbert Stone

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant 45th Sikhs

Indian Army Lieut 45th Rattray Sikhs

British Army 2nd Lieut IARO attached 45th Rattray Sikhss

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Walter Cecil Kellaway

Born 1893

Died 1979

Royal Navy 1805 Musician Royal Marines Band

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Bertie Sherwood

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 3/7839 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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Albert Whitehead

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 6/232 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 281094 Private Hampshire Regiment

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George W Spillar

Born 1889

Died 1955

British Army 4927 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 52585 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Gilbert James Trent

Born 1896

Died 1919

British Army 34878 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 34878 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Alfred Percival Ware

Born 1887

Died 1945

British Army 18644 Sapper /Acting Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 18644 Driver Royal Engineers

British Army 18644 Sapper: Acting 2nd Corporal Royal Engineers

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Frank Gillingham

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 20748 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 14th (Service) Battalion (West of England)

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Philip Prideaux Budge

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army Major Royal Artillery

British Army Brevet Lieutenant Colonel General Headquarters Staff

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Albert Charles Fisher

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 2200 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

British Army 2200 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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Frederick William Sweetapple

Born 1879

Died 1963

British Army 202073 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 59103 Private Essex Regiment

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Frederick Charles Kellaway

Born 1897

Died 1919

Royal Navy J24505 Signalman

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