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Wimborne Minster, Dorset [33]

Wimborne, Dorset [19]

Wimborne [14]

Sturminster Marshall, Dorset [6]

Colehill, Wimborne, Dorset [5]

Blandford, Dorset [4]

Dorset [4]

Bere Regis, Dorset [3]

Birmingham [3]

Lambeth, London [3]

Poole, Dorset [3]

Tunbridge Wells, Kent [3]

Alderholt, Dorset [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Blandford Forum, Dorset [2]

Blandford St Mary, Dorset [2]

Bristol [2]

Colehill, Wimborne [2]

Dorchester [2]

Edinburgh [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Kennington, London [2]

Motcombe, Dorset, England [2]

Motcombe, Shaftesbury, Dorset [2]

Stoke Newington, London [2]

Sturminster Marshall, Nr Wimborne, Dorset [2]

Sturminster Marshall, Wimborne, Dorset [2]

Woolwich, London [2]

1st Quarter, Wimborne Minster, Dorset [1]

Acton, Middlesex [1]

Adelaide, South Australia [1]

Alderholt, Nr Wimborne Minster, Dorset [1]

Aldershot, Hants [1]

Ardwick, Lancashire [1]

Arrochar [1]

Ash Vale, Hants [1]

BLANDFORD, DORSET [1]

BOURNEMOUTH, HANTS [1]

Bangalore [1]

Barnard Castle, Durham [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Beeston, Yorks [1]

Belper, Derbyshire [1]

Bermondsey, South London [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Bewley, Hants [1]

Birmingham, Warwick [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Blackheath Hill, Greenwich, London. [1]

Rank

Private [300]

Serjeant [41]

Lance Corporal [36]

Lieutenant [34]

Corporal [33]

Captain [32]

Second Lieutenant [31]

Gunner [24]

Driver [19]

Major [17]

Sapper [12]

Lieutenant Colonel [9]

Able Seaman [8]

Sergeant [8]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Rifleman [7]

Acting Corporal [6]

Bombardier [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Pte [3]

2nd Lt [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Chaplain 4th Class [2]

Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [2]

Commander [2]

Midshipman [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd A.M. [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

3/7311 [1]

4th Class Chaplain [1]

Acting Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Bandsman [1]

Battery Sergeant Major [1]

Boy [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Boy II class [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Bugler Boy [1]

Unit

Dorsetshire Regiment [152]

Royal Field Artillery [26]

Royal Garrison Artillery [24]

Army Service Corps [22]

Royal Engineers [21]

Dorset Yeomanry [18]

London Regiment [16]

Machine Gun Corps [16]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [14]

Labour Corps [13]

Hampshire Regiment [12]

Royal Army Medical Corps [12]

Northumberland Fusiliers [10]

Royal Fusiliers [10]

Corps of Hussars [9]

Gloucestershire Regiment [9]

Somerset Light Infantry [9]

Worcestershire Regiment [9]

Wiltshire Regiment [8]

Dorset Regiment [7]

Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own) [7]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [7]

Royal Horse Artillery [7]

Essex Regiment [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Coldstream Guards [5]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Army Chaplain's Department [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

Border Regiment [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Scottish Rifles [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

1st Life Guards [2]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Corps Of Hussars [2]

DORSET YEOMANRY [2]

Dorsetshire [2]

Dorsetshire Regt [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corp [2]

Service

British Army [508]

Royal Navy [35]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [15]

Australian Imperial Force [6]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [68]

S [57]

C [55]

H [50]

M [40]

W [40]

D [26]

R [26]

A [25]

P [25]

L [22]

T [22]

F [21]

K [15]

G [14]

E [13]

J [13]

O [12]

N [10]

I [7]

Y [4]

V [3]

U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [559]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [246]

Australia [2]

Canada [2]

France [2]

Ireland [1]

New Zealand [1]

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People [570] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Wimborne Minster, Dorset [33] Wimborne, Dorset [19] Wimborne [14] Sturminster Marshall, Dorset [6] Colehill, Wimborne, Dorset [5] Blandford, Dorset [4] Dorset [4] Bere Regis, Dorset [3] Birmingham [3] Lambeth, London [3] Poole, Dorset [3] Tunbridge Wells, Kent [3] Alderholt, Dorset [2] Battersea, London [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Blandford Forum, Dorset [2] Blandford St Mary, Dorset [2] Bristol [2] Colehill, Wimborne [2] Dorchester [2] Edinburgh [2] Hackney, London [2] Kennington, London [2] Motcombe, Dorset, England [2] Motcombe, Shaftesbury, Dorset [2] Stoke Newington, London [2] Sturminster Marshall, Nr Wimborne, Dorset [2] Sturminster Marshall, Wimborne, Dorset [2] Woolwich, London [2] 1st Quarter, Wimborne Minster, Dorset [1] Acton, Middlesex [1] Adelaide, South Australia [1] Alderholt, Nr Wimborne Minster, Dorset [1] Aldershot, Hants [1] Ardwick, Lancashire [1] Arrochar [1] Ash Vale, Hants [1] BLANDFORD, DORSET [1] BOURNEMOUTH, HANTS [1] Bangalore [1] Barnard Castle, Durham [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Beeston, Yorks [1] Belper, Derbyshire [1] Bermondsey, South London [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bewley, Hants [1] Birmingham, Warwick [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Blackheath Hill, Greenwich, London. [1]

Rank

Private [300] Serjeant [41] Lance Corporal [36] Lieutenant [34] Corporal [33] Captain [32] Second Lieutenant [31] Gunner [24] Driver [19] Major [17] Sapper [12] Lieutenant Colonel [9] Able Seaman [8] Sergeant [8] Acting Serjeant [7] Rifleman [7] Acting Corporal [6] Bombardier [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Pte [3] 2nd Lt [2] Acting Captain [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Brigadier General [2] Chaplain 4th Class [2] Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [2] Commander [2] Midshipman [2] Staff Nurse [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Temporary Captain [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd A.M. [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 3/7311 [1] 4th Class Chaplain [1] Acting Battery Serjeant Major [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Bandsman [1] Battery Sergeant Major [1] Boy [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Boy II class [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Bugler Boy [1]

Unit

Dorsetshire Regiment [152] Royal Field Artillery [26] Royal Garrison Artillery [24] Army Service Corps [22] Royal Engineers [21] Dorset Yeomanry [18] London Regiment [16] Machine Gun Corps [16] Royal Berkshire Regiment [14] Labour Corps [13] Hampshire Regiment [12] Royal Army Medical Corps [12] Northumberland Fusiliers [10] Royal Fusiliers [10] Corps of Hussars [9] Gloucestershire Regiment [9] Somerset Light Infantry [9] Worcestershire Regiment [9] Wiltshire Regiment [8] Dorset Regiment [7] Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own) [7] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [7] Royal Horse Artillery [7] Essex Regiment [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Coldstream Guards [5] Devonshire Regiment [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Army Chaplain's Department [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] Border Regiment [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Scottish Rifles [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] East Kent Regiment [3] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] 1st Life Guards [2] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Corps Of Hussars [2] DORSET YEOMANRY [2] Dorsetshire [2] Dorsetshire Regt [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corp [2]

Service

British Army [508] Royal Navy [35] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [15] Australian Imperial Force [6] Canadian Expeditionary Force [6] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [68] S [57] C [55] H [50] M [40] W [40] D [26] R [26] A [25] P [25] L [22] T [22] F [21] K [15] G [14] E [13] J [13] O [12] N [10] I [7] Y [4] V [3] U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [559] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [246] Australia [2] Canada [2] France [2] Ireland [1] New Zealand [1]

William Henry Raine

Born 1896

Died 1941

British Army Private Wiltshire Regiment 8th

British Army Lance Corporal Wiltshire Regiment 8th

British Army Wiltshire Regiment 8th

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Alfred Frederick Pride

Born 1893

Died 1974

British Army 6270 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2/4 Battalion

British Army 2613 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 202566 Lance Corporal Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 4th Reserve, 2/4th Battalion

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John Joseph Mather

Born 1891

Died 1960

British Army WR2965 (incomplete) Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army T4/056183 Corporal Army Service Corps 163rd Company

British Army 334721 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Sidney Guy Dacombe

Born 1878

Died 1944

British Army RMA5099 Acting Battery Serjeant Major Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy RMA/5099 Colour Sergant Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy Sergeant HMS Ophir

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Thomas Ezra Dewison

Born 1880

British Army SA/055695 Private Army Service Corps

British Army SA/4/055695 Corporal Army Service Corps

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John Lawrence Moloney

Born 1873

Died 1914

British Army 68888 Warrant Officer Class 1 Royal Field Artillery

British Army 68888 Sergeant Major Warrant Officer (1st Class) Royal Field Artillery HQ

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George Edward Phillips

Born 1897

Died 1970

British Army 24915 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 36099 Private Scottish Rifles

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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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Gervase William Heaton

Born 1882

Died 1976

Royal Navy Commander

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James G Beaumont

Born 1883

British Army 85432 Private Machine Gun Corps 17th Battalion

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Thomas Raymond Mallock

Born 1869

Died 1934

British Army Lt. Colonal Royal Fusilliers 4th Battalion

British Army Major Royal Fusiliers 4th Battalion

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William Henry Hardiman

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 2151 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 2759 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 3/3rd Wessex Brigade

British Army 966395 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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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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Edgar Frank Moore

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 17702 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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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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Eustace Samuel Freeman Fry

Born 1898

Died 1967

British Army 97485 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 73630 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 42488 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Hubert Richard William Meager

Born 1883

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 481 Colour-Sergeant 3rd Infantry Battalion

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant 3rd Infantry Battalion

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George Angell

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 10711 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 5th Battalion

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William Caxton Tempest

Born 1899

Died 1977

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 80533 Second Lieutenant 38 Squadron

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