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Wimborne, Dorset [206]

Wimborne Minster, Dorset [35]

Wimborne [19]

Colehill, Wimborne, Dorset [5]

Wimborne Dorset [4]

Wimborne England [4]

Wimborne, Hampshire [4]

Sturminster Marshall, Wimborne, Dorset [3]

Colehill, Wimborne [2]

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]

Chilbridge, Wimborne [1]

Corfe Mullen, Nr Wimborne [1]

Corfe Mullen, Wimborne, Dorset [1]

Corfe Mullen, Wimborne. [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 [1]

Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England [1]

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

Wimborne St. John's, Dorset [1]

Wimborne, Dorset, England [1]

Wimborne, Dorsetshire [1]

Wimborne, Sussex [1]

Winterbourne Kingston, Nr Wimborne Minster, Dorset [1]

Witchampton, Wimborne, Dorset [1]

Woodlands, Wimborne, Dorset [1]

Rank

Private [80]

Able Seaman [10]

Lance Corporal [10]

Serjeant [10]

Corporal [9]

Lieutenant [9]

Gunner [8]

Sapper [7]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Bombardier [3]

Captain [3]

Driver [3]

Petty Officer [3]

Rifleman [3]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Major [2]

Nurse [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Colonel [1]

Commander [1]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

Flight Serjeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

L/cpl [1]

Lance Sgt [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Mate [1]

Midshipman [1]

Naval Cadet [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private / Drummer [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Pte [1]

Second Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1]

Sergeant [1]

Ship's Cook 2nd Class [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

VAD Member [1]

Unit

Dorsetshire Regiment [43]

Royal Engineers [9]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

Army Service Corps [5]

Dorset Regiment [5]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Coldstream Guards [4]

Dorset Yeomanry [4]

HMS MALAYA [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Corps of Hussars [3]

HMS IRON DUKE [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [2]

HMS ONSLOW [2]

London Regiment [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [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]

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 [1]

HMS Agincourt - RMLI Detachment [1]

HMS Ardent [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS Brilliant [1]

HMS Calliope [1]

HMS Castor [1]

HMS Centurion [1]

Service

Royal Navy [184]

British Army [123]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

Other Empire Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [41]

H [31]

S [31]

C [30]

W [23]

F [22]

P [21]

L [18]

D [17]

M [15]

J [14]

G [13]

O [9]

E [8]

R [7]

T [5]

A [4]

K [4]

N [3]

Y [2]

I [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [307]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [74]

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People [320] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Wimborne, Dorset [206] Wimborne Minster, Dorset [35] Wimborne [19] Colehill, Wimborne, Dorset [5] Wimborne Dorset [4] Wimborne England [4] Wimborne, Hampshire [4] Sturminster Marshall, Wimborne, Dorset [3] Colehill, Wimborne [2] 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] Chilbridge, Wimborne [1] Corfe Mullen, Nr Wimborne [1] Corfe Mullen, Wimborne, Dorset [1] Corfe Mullen, Wimborne. [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 [1] Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England [1] Wimborne St Giles, Nr Wimborne Minster, Dorset [1] Wimborne St. John's, Dorset [1] Wimborne, Dorset, England [1] Wimborne, Dorsetshire [1] Wimborne, Sussex [1] Winterbourne Kingston, Nr Wimborne Minster, Dorset [1] Witchampton, Wimborne, Dorset [1] Woodlands, Wimborne, Dorset [1]

Rank

Private [80] Able Seaman [10] Lance Corporal [10] Serjeant [10] Corporal [9] Lieutenant [9] Gunner [8] Sapper [7] Stoker 1st Class [5] Second Lieutenant [4] Acting Corporal [3] Bombardier [3] Captain [3] Driver [3] Petty Officer [3] Rifleman [3] Boy 1st Class [2] Leading Stoker [2] Major [2] Nurse [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Colonel [1] Commander [1] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1] Flight Serjeant [1] Guardsman [1] L/cpl [1] Lance Sgt [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Mate [1] Midshipman [1] Naval Cadet [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private / Drummer [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Pte [1] Second Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1] Sergeant [1] Ship's Cook 2nd Class [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] VAD Member [1]

Unit

Dorsetshire Regiment [43] Royal Engineers [9] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] Army Service Corps [5] Dorset Regiment [5] Machine Gun Corps [5] Coldstream Guards [4] Dorset Yeomanry [4] HMS MALAYA [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Corps of Hussars [3] HMS IRON DUKE [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] Durham Light Infantry [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] HMS BLACK PRINCE [2] HMS ONSLOW [2] London Regiment [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [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] 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 [1] HMS Agincourt - RMLI Detachment [1] HMS Ardent [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS Brilliant [1] HMS Calliope [1] HMS Castor [1] HMS Centurion [1]

Service

Royal Navy [184] British Army [123] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4] Australian Imperial Force [4] Other Empire Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [41] H [31] S [31] C [30] W [23] F [22] P [21] L [18] D [17] M [15] J [14] G [13] O [9] E [8] R [7] T [5] A [4] K [4] N [3] Y [2] I [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [307] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [74]

George Adams Ellis

Born 1869

Died 1915

British Army Major Scottish Rifles

British Army Lieutenant The Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army Major Scottish Rifles

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Victor William Hammett

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army M2/129399 Corporal Army Service Corps

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Ernest Fred Cross

Born 1881

Died 1959

British Army WR29126 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 14967 Private Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 262247 Sapper Royal Engineers Road & Quarry Troop

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Fred Freeman Gibbs

Born 1897

Died 1961

British Army 125855 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 125855 Royal Garrison Artillery

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Henry James Jewer

Born 1886

Died 1915

Royal Navy 13442 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy 13442 Pte Royal Marine Light Infantry, HMS Bayano

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Edgar Frank Moore

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 17702 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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William Herbert Foster

Born 1899

Died 1919

British Army 21441 Private Coldstream Guards

British Army 21441 Guardsman Coldstream Guards

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Walter Frank Plomer

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 1238 Lance Corporal Dorsetshire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Reginald Frank Davis

Born 1887

Died 1919

British Army SD/2889 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Bn.

British Army 241514 Private Labour Corps

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Walter John Jewer

Born 1894

Died 1969

British Army 88983 Driver Royal Field Artillery 19th Bde

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Hubert Holroyd Charles Wareham

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 18837 Private Coldstream Guards

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Walter Webb

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 241971 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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George Leonard Willis

Born 1896

Died 1919

British Army G/1351 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers 3rd Battalion

British Army 16283 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 3rd

British Army 5362 Private Leinster Regiment 2nd to 14.12.16 then 7th

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John England

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 12949 Private Dorsetshire Regt. 6th Battalion

British Army 12949 Lance Corporal Dorsetshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Tom Chris King

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 3/7912 Acting Corporal Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 3/7912 Corporal Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Walter Evelyn Parke

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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Edward Whitley Baker

Born 1889

Died 1920

British Army 12853 Lance Corporal Coldstream Guards

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers att'd Royal Corps of Signals

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William Freeman Gibbs

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 2348 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 2348 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

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Arthur Long

Born 1889

Died 1915

Royal Navy Stoker 1st Class HM Submarine E13

Royal Navy 312113 Stoker 1st Class HM Submarine E13

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Ralph Small

Born 1898

Died 1924

British Army 128424 Private Machine Gun Corps

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