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Shaftesbury, Dorset [127]

Shaftesbury, Dorset, England [5]

Motcombe, Shaftesbury, Dorset [4]

Enmore Green, Shaftesbury, Dorset [3]

CHURBORNE, SHAFTESBURY, DORSET [1]

Cann, Shaftesbury, Dorset [1]

Coomb, Shaftesbury, Dorset [1]

East Orchard, Shaftesbury, Dorset [1]

Gillingham Shaftesbury,Dorset. [1]

Gillingham, Shaftesbury, Dorset [1]

Kington Magna, Shaftesbury, Dorset [1]

Motcombe, near Shaftesbury, Dorset [1]

Shaftesbury Dorset England [1]

Shaftesbury,Dorset. [1]

St James, Shaftesbury, Dorset [1]

Rank

Private [18]

Able Seaman [4]

Corporal [3]

Gunner [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Air Mechanic First Class [1]

Air Vice-Marshal [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Flying Officer [1]

Group Captain [1]

Hon Capt [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Ordinary Telegraphist [1]

Pilot Officer [1]

Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant [1]

Squadron Leader [1]

Stoker 1st class [1]

Wing Commander [1]

Unit

Dorsetshire Regiment [6]

Dorset Yeomanry [4]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

HMS INVINCIBLE [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

14th (King’s) Hussars [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

Canadian Chaplain Services [1]

Corps Of Hussars [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS Boscawen [1]

HMS Caesar [1]

HMS Cressy [1]

HMS Fearless [1]

HMS Majestic [1]

HMS Minotaur [1]

HMS TIPPERARY [1]

HMS Victory I [1]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1]

Royal Defence Corps [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry, H.M.S. "Hampshire" [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1]

Seaplane Station [1]

South Wales Borderers [1]

Wiltshire Regiment [1]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

Royal Navy [85]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [34]

British Army [26]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [27]

H [18]

G [13]

W [13]

C [11]

S [11]

M [9]

P [8]

R [8]

L [7]

F [6]

T [6]

A [5]

K [3]

D [2]

J [2]

E [1]

Contribution

Military Service [141]

Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

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Place of birth

Shaftesbury, Dorset [127] Shaftesbury, Dorset, England [5] Motcombe, Shaftesbury, Dorset [4] Enmore Green, Shaftesbury, Dorset [3] CHURBORNE, SHAFTESBURY, DORSET [1] Cann, Shaftesbury, Dorset [1] Coomb, Shaftesbury, Dorset [1] East Orchard, Shaftesbury, Dorset [1] Gillingham Shaftesbury,Dorset. [1] Gillingham, Shaftesbury, Dorset [1] Kington Magna, Shaftesbury, Dorset [1] Motcombe, near Shaftesbury, Dorset [1] Shaftesbury Dorset England [1] Shaftesbury,Dorset. [1] St James, Shaftesbury, Dorset [1]

Rank

Private [18] Able Seaman [4] Corporal [3] Gunner [2] Leading Seaman [2] Petty Officer [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Air Mechanic First Class [1] Air Vice-Marshal [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1] Deck Hand [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Flying Officer [1] Group Captain [1] Hon Capt [1] Lance Corporal [1] Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Ordinary Telegraphist [1] Pilot Officer [1] Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant [1] Squadron Leader [1] Stoker 1st class [1] Wing Commander [1]

Unit

Dorsetshire Regiment [6] Dorset Yeomanry [4] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] Army Service Corps [2] HMS INVINCIBLE [2] Labour Corps [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] 14th (King’s) Hussars [1] British Red Cross Society [1] Canadian Chaplain Services [1] Corps Of Hussars [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS Boscawen [1] HMS Caesar [1] HMS Cressy [1] HMS Fearless [1] HMS Majestic [1] HMS Minotaur [1] HMS TIPPERARY [1] HMS Victory I [1] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1] Royal Defence Corps [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry, H.M.S. "Hampshire" [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1] Seaplane Station [1] South Wales Borderers [1] Wiltshire Regiment [1] Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

Royal Navy [85] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [34] British Army [26] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [27] H [18] G [13] W [13] C [11] S [11] M [9] P [8] R [8] L [7] F [6] T [6] A [5] K [3] D [2] J [2] E [1]

Contribution

Military Service [141] Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

King Lionel Lear

Born 1897

British Army 230353 Private Corps Of Hussars

British Army 1007 Private Dorset Yeomanry

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James Alford

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 408856

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Walter John Hall

Born 1881

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Royal Navy Lieutenant (Temporary) Royal Naval Reserve

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Osborne B Ricketts

Born 1893

British Army 226 Corporal Dorset Yeomanry

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Hugh Stowell

Born 1890

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Hebert Clarence Rutter

Born 1889

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Loftus Harry Lear

Born 1892

British Army 449 Private Dorset Yeomanry

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Albert Sidney Barnes

Born 1894

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Charles Scott Wilkinson

Born 1871

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James White

Born 1878

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