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Wimborne, Dorset [206]

Wimborne Minster, Dorset [35]

Colehill, Wimborne, Dorset [5]

Wimborne Dorset [4]

Sturminster Marshall, Wimborne, Dorset [3]

Moor Crichel, Wimborne, Dorset [2]

Sturminster Marshall, Nr Wimborne, Dorset [2]

Wimborne St Giles, Dorset [2]

1st Quarter, Wimborne Minster, Dorset [1]

Alderholt, Nr Wimborne Dorset [1]

Alderholt, Nr Wimborne Minster, Dorset [1]

Corfe Mullen, Wimborne, Dorset [1]

Cowgrove, Wimborne Minster, Dorset [1]

Cowgrove, Wimborne, Dorset [1]

Cranborne, Nr Wimborne, Dorset [1]

Cranborne,Wimborne,Dorset. [1]

Edmondsham, Nr Wimborne, Dorset [1]

FURZEHILL, WIMBORNE, DORSET [1]

HINTON MARTEL (Holt), Nr Wimborne , DORSET [1]

Hampreston, near Wimborne, Dorset [1]

Hinton Martell, Nr Wimborne Dorset [1]

Ho;t, Nr Wimborne, Dorset [1]

Near Wimborne, Dorset [1]

Pamphill, Nr Wimborne, Dorset [1]

Shapwick, Nr Wimborne Minster, Dorset [1]

Shapwick, Nr Wimborne, Dorset [1]

Tarrant Keyneston, Nr Wimborne, Dorset [1]

Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England [1]

Wimborne St Giles, Nr Wimborne Minster, Dorset [1]

Wimborne St. John's, Dorset [1]

Wimborne, Dorset, England [1]

Winterbourne Kingston, Nr Wimborne Minster, Dorset [1]

Witchampton, Wimborne, Dorset [1]

Woodlands, Wimborne, Dorset [1]

Rank

Private [66]

Serjeant [10]

Able Seaman [9]

Lance Corporal [8]

Lieutenant [8]

Corporal [7]

Gunner [6]

Sapper [6]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Captain [3]

Petty Officer [3]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Driver [2]

Nurse [2]

Rifleman [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Bombardier [1]

Colonel [1]

Commander [1]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

Flight Serjeant [1]

L/cpl [1]

Lance Sgt [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Major [1]

Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Mate [1]

Midshipman [1]

Naval Cadet [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private / Drummer [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Sergeant [1]

Ship's Cook 2nd Class [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

VAD Member [1]

Unit

Dorsetshire Regiment [39]

Royal Engineers [8]

Dorset Regiment [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

HMS MALAYA [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Dorset Yeomanry [3]

HMS IRON DUKE [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [2]

HMS ONSLOW [2]

London Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

19th Hussars [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

British Red Cross [1]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own) [1]

Dorsetshire Regt. [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

French Red Cross [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

H.M. Submarine E.13 [1]

H.M.S. "Victory I" [1]

H.M.S. Vivid [1]

HM Submarine E13 [1]

HMS Agincourt - RMLI Detachment [1]

HMS Ardent [1]

HMS Brilliant [1]

HMS Calliope [1]

HMS Castor [1]

HMS Centurion [1]

HMS Firedrake [1]

HMS Hannibal [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

Service

Royal Navy [176]

British Army [100]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

Other Empire Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [37]

C [29]

H [29]

S [26]

W [20]

F [19]

P [19]

L [18]

M [14]

D [12]

G [11]

J [9]

O [8]

E [7]

R [7]

T [5]

A [4]

K [4]

N [3]

Y [2]

I [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [275]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [58]

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Wimborne, Dorset [206] Wimborne Minster, Dorset [35] Colehill, Wimborne, Dorset [5] Wimborne Dorset [4] Sturminster Marshall, Wimborne, Dorset [3] Moor Crichel, Wimborne, Dorset [2] Sturminster Marshall, Nr Wimborne, Dorset [2] Wimborne St Giles, Dorset [2] 1st Quarter, Wimborne Minster, Dorset [1] Alderholt, Nr Wimborne Dorset [1] Alderholt, Nr Wimborne Minster, Dorset [1] Corfe Mullen, Wimborne, Dorset [1] Cowgrove, Wimborne Minster, Dorset [1] Cowgrove, Wimborne, Dorset [1] Cranborne, Nr Wimborne, Dorset [1] Cranborne,Wimborne,Dorset. [1] Edmondsham, Nr Wimborne, Dorset [1] FURZEHILL, WIMBORNE, DORSET [1] HINTON MARTEL (Holt), Nr Wimborne , DORSET [1] Hampreston, near Wimborne, Dorset [1] Hinton Martell, Nr Wimborne Dorset [1] Ho;t, Nr Wimborne, Dorset [1] Near Wimborne, Dorset [1] Pamphill, Nr Wimborne, Dorset [1] Shapwick, Nr Wimborne Minster, Dorset [1] Shapwick, Nr Wimborne, Dorset [1] Tarrant Keyneston, Nr Wimborne, Dorset [1] Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England [1] Wimborne St Giles, Nr Wimborne Minster, Dorset [1] Wimborne St. John's, Dorset [1] Wimborne, Dorset, England [1] Winterbourne Kingston, Nr Wimborne Minster, Dorset [1] Witchampton, Wimborne, Dorset [1] Woodlands, Wimborne, Dorset [1]

Rank

Private [66] Serjeant [10] Able Seaman [9] Lance Corporal [8] Lieutenant [8] Corporal [7] Gunner [6] Sapper [6] Stoker 1st Class [5] Second Lieutenant [4] Acting Corporal [3] Captain [3] Petty Officer [3] Boy 1st Class [2] Driver [2] Nurse [2] Rifleman [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Bombardier [1] Colonel [1] Commander [1] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1] Flight Serjeant [1] L/cpl [1] Lance Sgt [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Major [1] Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Mate [1] Midshipman [1] Naval Cadet [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private / Drummer [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Sergeant [1] Ship's Cook 2nd Class [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] VAD Member [1]

Unit

Dorsetshire Regiment [39] Royal Engineers [8] Dorset Regiment [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] HMS MALAYA [4] Army Service Corps [3] Dorset Yeomanry [3] HMS IRON DUKE [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] Coldstream Guards [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] HMS BLACK PRINCE [2] HMS ONSLOW [2] London Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] 19th Hussars [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] British Red Cross [1] Canadian Mounted Rifles [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own) [1] Dorsetshire Regt. [1] Dragoon Guards [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] French Red Cross [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] H.M. Submarine E.13 [1] H.M.S. "Victory I" [1] H.M.S. Vivid [1] HM Submarine E13 [1] HMS Agincourt - RMLI Detachment [1] HMS Ardent [1] HMS Brilliant [1] HMS Calliope [1] HMS Castor [1] HMS Centurion [1] HMS Firedrake [1] HMS Hannibal [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

Service

Royal Navy [176] British Army [100] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4] Other Empire Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [37] C [29] H [29] S [26] W [20] F [19] P [19] L [18] M [14] D [12] G [11] J [9] O [8] E [7] R [7] T [5] A [4] K [4] N [3] Y [2] I [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [275] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [58]

Joseph James White

Born 1892

Royal Navy M3701

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Cecil Edgar Riggs

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 3201 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army G/31426 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 6th Batt.

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Albert Portnall

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 16396 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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Percy Cole

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 26407 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Sidney Ralph Orman

Born 1895

Died 1973

British Army 41976 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 41976 Corporal Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 1029111 Royal Horse Artillery

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Edgar John Osmond

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 94128 Private Liverpool Regiment

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Joseph James

Born 1869

Died 1915

British Army 3/8008 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Walter George Cherrett

Born 1886

British Army 24481 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 1st, 6th Battalion

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Arthur Clement

Born 1898

Died 1915

British Army 10339 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 10339 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 5th Battalion

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Willie Tom Lockyer

Born 1884

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 687961

Canadian Expeditionary Force 687961 Private Canadian Mounted Rifles 2nd canadian mounted rifles battalion (1st Battalion

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Thomas Blount Joyce

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 330157 Acting Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery Devonshire. [RGA - (TF)]

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Arthur Frank Milton

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army M2/078842 Private Army Service Corps

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Albert Reginald M Pond

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 25323 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army GS/82994 Private Royal Fusiliers 7th Battalion

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Alfred Edmund Godsal

Born 1884

Died 1918

Royal Navy Naval Cadet

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Hannibal

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant

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Arthur Charles Hammett

Born 1883

Died 1967

British Army 17788 Serjeant Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 1021236 Serjeant Royal Horse Artillery

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William John Sheppard

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army G/1073 Lance Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army G/1073 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army G/1073 Lance Corporal

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Allan Gordon Munden

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 38081 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 35632 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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Walter Thomas Wilcox

Born 1892

Died 1915

Royal Navy K7191 Stoker 1st Class H.M. Submarine E.13

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George William Scoble

Born 1873

Died 1953

Royal Navy RME/4982/S Private Royal Marine Engineers

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Victor Albert Harry Britten

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 2044 Serjeant Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 2044 Corporal Dorsetshire Regiment

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