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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]

Harold John Gilbert Lane

Born 1896

Died 1966

British Army 2016 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 120954 Private Machine Gun Corps

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William James Wolfe

Born 1895

British Army 58236 Acting Corporal Royal Engineers 20th Company

British Army 58236 Sergeant Royal Engineers Bedford S.D

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William K Old

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 3/7311 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 3/7311 3/7311 Dorsetshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 3/7311 Private Dorsetshire Regt 1st Battalion

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Harold Roy Hadfield

Born 1888

Died 1969

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 209158

Royal Navy F9158

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Montague Edgar Randall

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 3/7667 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 1st, 3rd Battalion

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Albert James Kent

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 11003 L/CPL Dorsetshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Edwin Churchill Smith

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 864 Private Dorset Yeomanry

British Army 864 Lance Corporal Corps of Hussars

British Army 864 Lance Corporal Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own)

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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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John Dean Smith

Born 1884

Died 1950

British Army 73144 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Samuel James Raine

Born 1895

Died 1966

Canadian Expeditionary Force 29004

Canadian Expeditionary Force 29004 Sergeant 16th Battalion

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Ernest Herbert Ingham

Born 1888

Died 1965

Sergeant

British Army L/8806 Serjeant Royal West Surrey Regiment

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Victor James Inman

Born 1894

Died 1971

British Army 9259 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 512962 Private Labour Corps

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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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Tudor Ralph Castle

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 175 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal West Surrey Regiment

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William Turner

Born 1899

Died 1944

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 26562 2nd Lt 33 Squadron

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 26562 2nd Lt 38 Squadron

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 26562 RAF School of A.G. Hythe

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Henry Lewkenor Knight

Born 1874

Died 1945

British Army Major Infantry Brigade

British Army Colonel Temporary Brigadier General Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Walter John Jewer

Born 1894

Died 1969

British Army 88983 Driver Royal Field Artillery 19th Bde

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Samuel Fox

Born 1892

Died 1918

Royal Navy SS110714 Senior Stoker Julnar

Royal Navy SS/110714 Stoker 1st Class HMS Pembroke

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Frank Elswood

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 45856 Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 20134 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1st Battalion

British Army 20134 Lance Corporal Royal Lancaster Regiment 1St Battalion

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Wilfred Sidney Elmer

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 1609 Lance Serjt Suffolk Regiment

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