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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]

Wilfred Herbert Farthing

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 403636

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William Frank Sturgess

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 15485

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Maurice Chilton Ruegg

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 29544 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 29887 Private Prince Albert's Somerset Light Infantry 7th (Service) Battalion

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Hubert William Harding

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army T4/058633 Driver Army Service Corps 40th Reserve Park

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Walter Bartlett

Australian Imperial Force 2302

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Edgar Whittingham Anstey

Born 1894

Died 1962

British Army 26447 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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Frederick Batson

Born 1889

British Army 37245 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 37245 Rifleman South Lancashire Regiment 1st/5th Battalion

British Army 26225 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Ernest Cyphus

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 47230 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 47230 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 12th Battalion

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Albert John Sherwin

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 405030

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Harold George Clarke

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 406013

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Arthur Reginald Chaffin

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 406061

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Bertram Frank Beaton

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281158

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Francis David Hamblin

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192238

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Ernest Sansom

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 14959

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Richard Eveleigh Hodgson

Born 1894

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant

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Harry Reader Lambert

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 14490 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Augustus Kenneth Dodge

Died 1917

British Army TR/8/9436 Private Training Reserve

British Army TR/8/9436 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Arthur Edwin Loader

Born 1898

Died 1918

Royal Navy DA 10563 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 10563/DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve - HM Trawler Ben Glas

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William Dyer

Born 1879

Died 1916

Royal Navy 293013 Stoker Petty Officer HMS BLACK PRINCE

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Sydney Herbert Cheesman

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 218720

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