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Sherborne, Dorset [174]

Sherborne England [10]

Sherborne, Dorset, England [6]

Sherborne St John, Hampshire [5]

Holwell, Sherborne, Dorset [3]

Sherborne [3]

Sherborne, Somerset [3]

Monk Sherborne, Hampshire [2]

Sherborne Dorset [2]

Sherborne, Gloucestershire [2]

Sherborne, Hampshire [2]

Alweston Sherborne, Dorset [1]

Chetnole, Sherborne, Dorset [1]

Haydon near Sherborne, Dorset [1]

Holwell Manor, Sherborne, Dorset [1]

Horsecastles, Sherborne, Dorset [1]

Leigh, Sherborne, Dorset [1]

Monk Sherborne [1]

Monk Sherborne, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Nether Sherborne, Dorset [1]

Pulham, Sherborne, Dorset [1]

Sherborne Glos [1]

Sherborne Hill, Durham [1]

Sherborne Saint John, Hampshire [1]

Sherborne St Johns, Hants [1]

Sherborne St. John. Hampshire. [1]

Sherborne St.John Hampshire [1]

Sherborne Yeovil, Dorset [1]

Sherborne, Dorset England [1]

Sherborne, Glos [1]

Sherborne, Hampshire, England [1]

Sherborne, Oxfordshire [1]

Sherborne, Warwickshire, [1]

Thornford, Sherborne, Dorset [1]

Yetminster, Sherborne [1]

Rank

Private [36]

Captain [5]

Corporal [5]

Gunner [5]

Lance Corporal [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Driver [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major [2]

Rifleman [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Serjeant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

2nd Lt [1]

AC2 Driver and Motorcyclist [1]

Able Seaman (Leading Boatman Coast Guard) [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Air Mechanic II [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Colonel [1]

Cyclist [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Probationary Flight Officer [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Signalman [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Unit

Dorsetshire Regiment [12]

Hampshire Regiment [7]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

The Hampshire Regiment [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

HMS BULWARK [2]

HMS VALIANT [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

Training Reserve [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

2nd Reserve Infantry Brigade [1]

75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Air Force [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

DORSET YEOMANRY [1]

Dorset Yeomanry [1]

Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own) [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

GOC 167th Brigade [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS Boscowan II [1]

HMS DUBLIN [1]

HMS Fearless [1]

HMS GARLAND [1]

HMS Grafton [1]

HMS Monmouth [1]

HMS NEPTUNE [1]

HMS Nelson [1]

HMS Orion II [1]

HMS Vanguard [1]

Honourable Artillery Company [1]

Kent Regiment [1]

Lancers [1]

London Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

No. 1 Officer Cadet School, Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Norfolk Regiment attached Suffolk Regiment [1]

Prince Albert's Somerset Light Infantry [1]

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). [1]

Service

Royal Navy [121]

British Army [55]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [44]

Australian Imperial Force [12]

Last name first letter

B [24]

H [22]

S [22]

C [21]

A [19]

P [16]

L [15]

W [14]

M [11]

R [11]

G [10]

D [7]

V [7]

T [6]

F [5]

N [5]

I [4]

J [4]

K [4]

Y [4]

E [3]

O [2]

Contribution

Military Service [223]

Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

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People [236] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Sherborne, Dorset [174] Sherborne England [10] Sherborne, Dorset, England [6] Sherborne St John, Hampshire [5] Holwell, Sherborne, Dorset [3] Sherborne [3] Sherborne, Somerset [3] Monk Sherborne, Hampshire [2] Sherborne Dorset [2] Sherborne, Gloucestershire [2] Sherborne, Hampshire [2] Alweston Sherborne, Dorset [1] Chetnole, Sherborne, Dorset [1] Haydon near Sherborne, Dorset [1] Holwell Manor, Sherborne, Dorset [1] Horsecastles, Sherborne, Dorset [1] Leigh, Sherborne, Dorset [1] Monk Sherborne [1] Monk Sherborne, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Nether Sherborne, Dorset [1] Pulham, Sherborne, Dorset [1] Sherborne Glos [1] Sherborne Hill, Durham [1] Sherborne Saint John, Hampshire [1] Sherborne St Johns, Hants [1] Sherborne St. John. Hampshire. [1] Sherborne St.John Hampshire [1] Sherborne Yeovil, Dorset [1] Sherborne, Dorset England [1] Sherborne, Glos [1] Sherborne, Hampshire, England [1] Sherborne, Oxfordshire [1] Sherborne, Warwickshire, [1] Thornford, Sherborne, Dorset [1] Yetminster, Sherborne [1]

Rank

Private [36] Captain [5] Corporal [5] Gunner [5] Lance Corporal [3] Able Seaman [2] Driver [2] Lieutenant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major [2] Rifleman [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Serjeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] 2nd Lt [1] AC2 Driver and Motorcyclist [1] Able Seaman (Leading Boatman Coast Guard) [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Air Mechanic II [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Colonel [1] Cyclist [1] Deck Hand [1] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Probationary Flight Officer [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Signalman [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Unit

Dorsetshire Regiment [12] Hampshire Regiment [7] Royal Field Artillery [4] The Hampshire Regiment [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Devonshire Regiment [2] HMS BULWARK [2] HMS VALIANT [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] South Wales Borderers [2] Training Reserve [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] 2nd Reserve Infantry Brigade [1] 75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Air Force [1] Army Service Corps [1] Australian Infantry [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Corps of Hussars [1] DORSET YEOMANRY [1] Dorset Yeomanry [1] Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own) [1] Dragoon Guards [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] GOC 167th Brigade [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS Boscowan II [1] HMS DUBLIN [1] HMS Fearless [1] HMS GARLAND [1] HMS Grafton [1] HMS Monmouth [1] HMS NEPTUNE [1] HMS Nelson [1] HMS Orion II [1] HMS Vanguard [1] Honourable Artillery Company [1] Kent Regiment [1] Lancers [1] London Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] No. 1 Officer Cadet School, Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Norfolk Regiment attached Suffolk Regiment [1] Prince Albert's Somerset Light Infantry [1] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). [1]

Service

Royal Navy [121] British Army [55] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [44] Australian Imperial Force [12]

Last name first letter

B [24] H [22] S [22] C [21] A [19] P [16] L [15] W [14] M [11] R [11] G [10] D [7] V [7] T [6] F [5] N [5] I [4] J [4] K [4] Y [4] E [3] O [2]

Contribution

Military Service [223] Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [15] India [1] Ireland [1]

Ernest Brister

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 12825 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 27827 Private Wiltshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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William Frederick Vincent

Born 1868

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 304253

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Ernest William Short

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 52829

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Percy Gerald Dicker

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191623

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Walter Newport

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 13144

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Arthur Collings

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 403574

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Lewis Pete Loader

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 200049 Private Lance Corporal Tank Corps

British Army 200049 Corporal Tank Corps

British Army 200049 Corporal The Royal Tank Corps 1st Battalion

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William James Welsh

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226518

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Edward Frank Mullett

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232735

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Noel Milford Henson Atkinson

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 1214 Serjeant Royal Fusiliers 18th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 1214 2nd Lt Royal Fusiliers, East Lancs Regiment 18th Bn

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Harold Stanley Russell

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 15485 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 15485 Lance Corporal Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Samuel John Wells

Born 1896

Died 1916

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 7870

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Wilfred Keates

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 27962 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 30795 Private Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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George Fred Andrews

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 369 Corporal Dorset Yeomanry

British Army 369 Corporal Corps of Hussars

British Army 369 Corporal Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own)

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Edwin John Baker

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 11229 Corporal Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 11229 Lance Serjeant Dorsetshire Regiment

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Arthur John Reyland

Died 1917

British Army 19557 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 1766 DORSET YEOMANRY

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William Alfred Edward Othen

Born 1895

Died 1914

Royal Navy J11241 Ordinary Signalman HMS BULWARK

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Leonard Yearsley

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 218638

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William George Milner

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 611

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James George Frampton

Born 1893

Died 1915

Royal Navy 16702 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry HMS Bayano

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