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Bere Regis, Dorset [13]

Dorset [6]

Bere Regis, Wareham, Dorset [4]

Dorchester, Dorset [4]

Blandford, Dorset [3]

Wareham, Dorset [3]

Wimborne, Dorset [2]

Alton Pancras, Dorchester Dorset [1]

Athlehampton, Dorset [1]

Bangalore [1]

Bere Regis [1]

Bere Regis, Wareham [1]

Bovington, Wool, Dorset [1]

Bradford Peverell [1]

Bramcott, Nottingham [1]

Brentwood England [1]

Briantspiddle, Dorset [1]

Bridgewater, Somerset [1]

Brighton Sussex [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Broadwey, Dorset [1]

Cerne Abbas, Dorset [1]

Cerne Abbass, Dorset [1]

Chester, Cheshire [1]

Corfe Castle, Dorset [1]

Dewlish, Dorset [1]

Dickoya, Ceylon [1]

Freshwater, Isle of Wight [1]

Hooke, BEAMINSTER [1]

Linen Hill, Dorset [1]

Mappowder, Dorset [1]

Marlborough, Wiltshire [1]

Milborne St. Andrews, Dorset [1]

Moreton [1]

Moreton, Dorsetshire [1]

Oxbourne, Hampshire [1]

Poole. Dorset [1]

Ravensden, Bedfordshire [1]

Scarborough, Yorkshire [1]

Sitterton, Dorset [1]

St. George, Hanover Square, London [1]

Sturminster district, Dorset [1]

Sturminster, Dorset [1]

Uploman, Devon [1]

Uplowman, Devon [1]

Wareham (district), Dorset [1]

Wareham Dorset [1]

West Chinnock, Yeovil, Somerset [1]

West Knighton, DORCHESTER [1]

Wincanton, Somerset [1]

Rank

Private [163]

Gunner [15]

Serjeant [11]

Corporal [10]

Lance Corporal [8]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Driver [6]

Lieutenant [6]

Sapper [5]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Bombardier [2]

Captain [2]

Colonel [2]

Pioneer [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Boy II class [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Chaplain [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Garrison Serjeant Major [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Private, paid Lance Corporal [1]

Pte [1]

Reverend [1]

Sergeant [1]

Ship's Cook [1]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

Dorsetshire Regiment [89]

Labour Corps [19]

Hampshire Regiment [14]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Royal Garrison Artillery [11]

Royal Field Artillery [10]

Somerset Light Infantry [10]

Royal Engineers [9]

Army Service Corps [8]

Wiltshire Regiment [8]

Dorset Yeomanry [6]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [6]

Corps of Hussars [5]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [5]

Tank Corps [5]

London Regiment [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Dorset Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

HMS Victory [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

7th Dragoon Guards [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Artillery [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Welsh Guards [2]

2nd Scots Guards [1]

5th Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1]

6th Reserve Hussars [1]

Army Chaplain's Department [1]

Australian Army Medical Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

British Red Cross and St John of Jerusalem [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Commissariat & Transport Corps [1]

Corps Of Hussars [1]

Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own) [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [222]

Royal Navy [22]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [47]

C [34]

S [22]

L [19]

M [19]

H [18]

W [18]

A [10]

P [10]

T [10]

F [9]

J [8]

R [7]

D [6]

G [4]

K [3]

N [3]

O [3]

U [2]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [242]

Country

United Kingdom [45]

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People [253] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Bere Regis, Dorset [13] Dorset [6] Bere Regis, Wareham, Dorset [4] Dorchester, Dorset [4] Blandford, Dorset [3] Wareham, Dorset [3] Wimborne, Dorset [2] Alton Pancras, Dorchester Dorset [1] Athlehampton, Dorset [1] Bangalore [1] Bere Regis [1] Bere Regis, Wareham [1] Bovington, Wool, Dorset [1] Bradford Peverell [1] Bramcott, Nottingham [1] Brentwood England [1] Briantspiddle, Dorset [1] Bridgewater, Somerset [1] Brighton Sussex [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Broadwey, Dorset [1] Cerne Abbas, Dorset [1] Cerne Abbass, Dorset [1] Chester, Cheshire [1] Corfe Castle, Dorset [1] Dewlish, Dorset [1] Dickoya, Ceylon [1] Freshwater, Isle of Wight [1] Hooke, BEAMINSTER [1] Linen Hill, Dorset [1] Mappowder, Dorset [1] Marlborough, Wiltshire [1] Milborne St. Andrews, Dorset [1] Moreton [1] Moreton, Dorsetshire [1] Oxbourne, Hampshire [1] Poole. Dorset [1] Ravensden, Bedfordshire [1] Scarborough, Yorkshire [1] Sitterton, Dorset [1] St. George, Hanover Square, London [1] Sturminster district, Dorset [1] Sturminster, Dorset [1] Uploman, Devon [1] Uplowman, Devon [1] Wareham (district), Dorset [1] Wareham Dorset [1] West Chinnock, Yeovil, Somerset [1] West Knighton, DORCHESTER [1] Wincanton, Somerset [1]

Rank

Private [163] Gunner [15] Serjeant [11] Corporal [10] Lance Corporal [8] Second Lieutenant [7] Driver [6] Lieutenant [6] Sapper [5] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Bombardier [2] Captain [2] Colonel [2] Pioneer [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Boy II class [1] Brigadier General [1] Chaplain [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Garrison Serjeant Major [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Private, paid Lance Corporal [1] Pte [1] Reverend [1] Sergeant [1] Ship's Cook [1] Shoeing Smith Corporal [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

Dorsetshire Regiment [89] Labour Corps [19] Hampshire Regiment [14] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Royal Garrison Artillery [11] Royal Field Artillery [10] Somerset Light Infantry [10] Royal Engineers [9] Army Service Corps [8] Wiltshire Regiment [8] Dorset Yeomanry [6] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [6] Corps of Hussars [5] Machine Gun Corps [5] Royal Berkshire Regiment [5] Tank Corps [5] London Regiment [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Canadian Infantry [3] Dorset Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] HMS Victory [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Rifle Brigade [3] 7th Dragoon Guards [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Essex Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Artillery [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Welsh Guards [2] 2nd Scots Guards [1] 5th Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1] 6th Reserve Hussars [1] Army Chaplain's Department [1] Australian Army Medical Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] British Red Cross and St John of Jerusalem [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Commissariat & Transport Corps [1] Corps Of Hussars [1] Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own) [1] Dragoon Guards [1] Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [222] Royal Navy [22] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Australian Imperial Force [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [47] C [34] S [22] L [19] M [19] H [18] W [18] A [10] P [10] T [10] F [9] J [8] R [7] D [6] G [4] K [3] N [3] O [3] U [2] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [242]

Country

United Kingdom [45]

Walter B Haggett

British Army M2/018533 Private Army Service Corps

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Samuel Hewitt

British Army 38539 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 28016 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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Tom A Lockyer

British Army 24205 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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Percy Laws

British Army 1896 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 200373 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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Frank Barnes

British Army 47984 Bombardier Royal Artillery

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Ernest Crabb

British Army 17131 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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Walter T Cox

British Army 285 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 35251 Private Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 53663 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Herbert Samuel Janes

British Army 272940 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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John T Jeans

British Army 12856 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 0701 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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William J Brown

British Army 19607 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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Frederick W Burden

British Army 113346 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 200786 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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Walter A Trump

British Army 12864 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 353318 Private Labour Corps

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Frank Sheppard

British Army 17018 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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Owen Skinner

British Army 47973 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 47973 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

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Henry C Upshall

British Army 83066 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Benjamin Hiscock

British Army M2/076544 Corporal Army Service Corps

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Charles J Mowlem

British Army 31092 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Arthur W Osmond

British Army 827 Private Dorset Yeomanry

British Army 230208 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 230208 Private Dorset Yeomanry

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William F Percy

British Army 826542 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 211194 Driver Royal Garrison Artillery

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Bertram J Lacey

British Army 37183 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 92078 Private Labour Corps

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