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Alton Pancras Dorchester [2]

London [2]

Motcombe, Dorset, England [2]

Motcombe, Shaftesbury, Dorset [2]

Sherborne, Dorset [2]

Thanet, Kent [2]

Thornford [2]

Whitchurch, Dorset [2]

Wimborne Minster, Dorset [2]

Anderson, near Blandford, Dorset [1]

Beaminster Dorset [1]

Beaminster/ Dorset [1]

Belchawell [1]

Blandford Forum, Dorset [1]

Blandford, Dorset [1]

Boscombe, Hampshire [1]

Bridgwater, Somerset [1]

Brighton [1]

Bromsgrove [1]

Buckhorn Weston, Dorset [1]

Castle Combe, Wiltshire [1]

Chalmington Cattistock Dorset [1]

Charlton Horethorne, Somerset [1]

Charminster [1]

Cheltenham, Glostershire [1]

Chesilborne Dorset [1]

Chettle, Dorset [1]

Chilcombe, Dorset [1]

Colehill, Wimborne, Dorset [1]

Corfe Mullen, Dorset [1]

Cranborne [1]

Crewkerne, Somerset [1]

Dorchester [1]

Dorchester Dorset [1]

Dorchester, Dorset [1]

Dorchester,Dorset. [1]

Dorset [1]

Everton, Lancashire [1]

Higher Farm, Dorchester Rd, Blandford St Mary, Dorset [1]

Highworth, Wiltshire [1]

Kington Magna, Dorset [1]

Kington Magna, Shaftesbury, Dorset [1]

Leicester, Leicestershire [1]

Lisheenataggart, Loughmore [1]

Liverpool [1]

Loders, Bridport, Dorset [1]

Longburton, Dorset [1]

Marnhull, Dorset [1]

Marnull, Dorset [1]

Melcombe Regis Weymouth [1]

Rank

Private [1236]

Serjeant [124]

Corporal [95]

Second Lieutenant [74]

Lance Corporal [70]

Lieutenant [49]

Captain [38]

Sapper [15]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [14]

Gunner [12]

Major [9]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [9]

Lance Serjeant [8]

Trooper [8]

Driver [7]

Staff Serjeant Major [7]

Acting Corporal [6]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Trumpeter [6]

Bombardier [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [4]

Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Farrier Serjeant [3]

Pioneer [3]

Private Lance Corporal [3]

Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Saddler Corporal [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Squadron Serjeant Major [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lance Corporal/Acting Corporal [2]

Pr [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Saddler [2]

Sergeant [2]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

3rd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Cadet [1]

Captain/Temporary Major [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commissary [1]

Unit

Dorset Yeomanry [1592]

Corps of Hussars [878]

Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own) [150]

Royal Engineers [50]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [38]

Staffordshire Yeomanry [33]

Labour Corps [30]

Machine Gun Corps [28]

Dorsetshire Regiment [24]

Army Service Corps [20]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [20]

Royal Air Force [19]

Royal Garrison Artillery [17]

2/1st Dorset Yeomanry [15]

Imperial Camel Corps [15]

County of London Yeomanry [14]

1/1st Dorset Yeomanry [11]

City of London Yeomanry [11]

Hussars [11]

South Irish Horse [11]

Oxfordshire Yeomanry [10]

Royal Army Service Corps [10]

Military Mounted Police [9]

Royal Field Artillery [9]

Berkshire Yeomanry [8]

Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry [8]

Corps Of Hussars [7]

1st Dorset Yeomanry [6]

Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [6]

Leicestershire Yeomanry [6]

London Regiment [6]

Royal Artillery [5]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Somerset Light Infantry [4]

8th Hussars [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Corps of Lancers [3]

Dragoon Guards [3]

Essex Yeomanry [3]

Hampshire Yeomanry [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Tank Corps [3]

Worcestershire Yeomanry [3]

1/1st Staffordshire Yeomanry [2]

DORSET YEOMANRY [2]

Service

British Army [1669]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Royal Navy [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [183]

W [156]

S [153]

H [144]

C [136]

M [110]

G [98]

P [97]

D [88]

T [77]

L [73]

R [70]

F [52]

A [51]

K [37]

J [31]

E [26]

N [25]

O [22]

V [14]

I [10]

Y [7]

Q [3]

U [3]

Z [3]

Contribution

Military Service [1661]

Country

United Kingdom [42]

New Zealand [1]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

Turkey [1]

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Place of birth

Alton Pancras Dorchester [2] London [2] Motcombe, Dorset, England [2] Motcombe, Shaftesbury, Dorset [2] Sherborne, Dorset [2] Thanet, Kent [2] Thornford [2] Whitchurch, Dorset [2] Wimborne Minster, Dorset [2] Anderson, near Blandford, Dorset [1] Beaminster Dorset [1] Beaminster/ Dorset [1] Belchawell [1] Blandford Forum, Dorset [1] Blandford, Dorset [1] Boscombe, Hampshire [1] Bridgwater, Somerset [1] Brighton [1] Bromsgrove [1] Buckhorn Weston, Dorset [1] Castle Combe, Wiltshire [1] Chalmington Cattistock Dorset [1] Charlton Horethorne, Somerset [1] Charminster [1] Cheltenham, Glostershire [1] Chesilborne Dorset [1] Chettle, Dorset [1] Chilcombe, Dorset [1] Colehill, Wimborne, Dorset [1] Corfe Mullen, Dorset [1] Cranborne [1] Crewkerne, Somerset [1] Dorchester [1] Dorchester Dorset [1] Dorchester, Dorset [1] Dorchester,Dorset. [1] Dorset [1] Everton, Lancashire [1] Higher Farm, Dorchester Rd, Blandford St Mary, Dorset [1] Highworth, Wiltshire [1] Kington Magna, Dorset [1] Kington Magna, Shaftesbury, Dorset [1] Leicester, Leicestershire [1] Lisheenataggart, Loughmore [1] Liverpool [1] Loders, Bridport, Dorset [1] Longburton, Dorset [1] Marnhull, Dorset [1] Marnull, Dorset [1] Melcombe Regis Weymouth [1]

Rank

Private [1236] Serjeant [124] Corporal [95] Second Lieutenant [74] Lance Corporal [70] Lieutenant [49] Captain [38] Sapper [15] Warrant Officer Class 2 [14] Gunner [12] Major [9] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [9] Lance Serjeant [8] Trooper [8] Driver [7] Staff Serjeant Major [7] Acting Corporal [6] Staff Serjeant [6] Trumpeter [6] Bombardier [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Shoeing Smith Corporal [4] Acting Lance Corporal [3] Acting Serjeant [3] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Farrier Serjeant [3] Pioneer [3] Private Lance Corporal [3] Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Saddler Corporal [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Squadron Serjeant Major [3] Acting Captain [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lance Corporal/Acting Corporal [2] Pr [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Saddler [2] Sergeant [2] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Temporary Captain [2] 3rd Lieutenant [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Cadet [1] Captain/Temporary Major [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commissary [1]

Unit

Dorset Yeomanry [1592] Corps of Hussars [878] Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own) [150] Royal Engineers [50] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [38] Staffordshire Yeomanry [33] Labour Corps [30] Machine Gun Corps [28] Dorsetshire Regiment [24] Army Service Corps [20] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [20] Royal Air Force [19] Royal Garrison Artillery [17] 2/1st Dorset Yeomanry [15] Imperial Camel Corps [15] County of London Yeomanry [14] 1/1st Dorset Yeomanry [11] City of London Yeomanry [11] Hussars [11] South Irish Horse [11] Oxfordshire Yeomanry [10] Royal Army Service Corps [10] Military Mounted Police [9] Royal Field Artillery [9] Berkshire Yeomanry [8] Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry [8] Corps Of Hussars [7] 1st Dorset Yeomanry [6] Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [6] Leicestershire Yeomanry [6] London Regiment [6] Royal Artillery [5] Devonshire Regiment [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Somerset Light Infantry [4] 8th Hussars [3] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Corps of Lancers [3] Dragoon Guards [3] Essex Yeomanry [3] Hampshire Yeomanry [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Tank Corps [3] Worcestershire Yeomanry [3] 1/1st Staffordshire Yeomanry [2] DORSET YEOMANRY [2]

Service

British Army [1669] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Royal Navy [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [183] W [156] S [153] H [144] C [136] M [110] G [98] P [97] D [88] T [77] L [73] R [70] F [52] A [51] K [37] J [31] E [26] N [25] O [22] V [14] I [10] Y [7] Q [3] U [3] Z [3]

Contribution

Military Service [1661]

Country

United Kingdom [42] New Zealand [1] Trinidad and Tobago [1] Turkey [1]

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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Norman William Harding

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 1710 Private Dorset Yeomanry

British Army 230901 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 230901 Private Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own)

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William Richard Salisbury

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 575 Trumpeter Dorset Yeomanry

British Army 575 Private Dorset Yeomanry

British Army 575 Private Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own)

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Reginald James Budden

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 498 Lance Corporal Dorset Yeomanry

British Army 498 Private Lance Corporal Dorset Yeomanry

British Army 498 Lance Corporal Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own)

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Edward William Feridge Castleman

Born 1870

Died 1946

British Army Major Dorset Yeomanry

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Owen Charles Bragge

Born 1876

British Army Second Lieutenant Dorset Yeomanry

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Edward Thomas Carr

Born 1895

British Army 230651 Acting Corporal Dorset Yeomanry

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Nigel James Christian Livingstone-Learmonth

Born 1878

Died 1915

British Army Captain Hussars/ Dorset Yeomanry 15th, The Kings Hussars

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John G Wakely

Born 1895

Died 1949

British Army 651 Private Dorset Yeomanry

British Army 230086 Private Corps of Hussars

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Ralph Hellyar

Born 1873

Died 1915

British Army 78 Corporal Dorset Yeomanry

British Army 78 Squadron Quartermaster Serjeant Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own)

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Gerald Fred Parsons

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 545 Private Dorset Yeomanry

British Army 545 Private Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own)

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Frederick James Bosworth Wingfield-Digby

Born 1885

British Army Captain Dorset Yeomanry

British Army Major Dorset Yeomanry

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William Henry Warne

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 230034 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 547 Private Dorset Yeomanry

British Army 230034 Lance Corporal Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own) "B" Squadron

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Frederick Short

Born 1894

Died 1921

British Army 925 Private Dorset Yeomanry

British Army 230288 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 230288 Corporal Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own)

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Herbert C Gould

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 77 Farrier Serjeant Dorset Yeomanry

British Army 77 Serjeant Dorset Yeomanry

British Army 77 Farrier Serjeant Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own)

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Charles Ernest Cadie

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 777 Lance Corporal Dorset Yeomanry

British Army 777 Corporal Dorset Yeomanry

British Army 777 Lance Corporal Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own)

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Arthur Edwin Perry

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 531 Lance Corporal Dorset Yeomanry

British Army 531 Private Dorset Yeomanry

British Army 531 Lance Corporal Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own)

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Howard James Brown

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 208 Lance Corporal Dorset Yeomanry

British Army 208 Serjeant Dorset Yeomanry

British Army 208 Serjeant Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own)

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Herbert Edward Parsons

Died 1915

British Army 606 Lance Corporal Dorset Yeomanry

British Army 606 Private Dorset Yeomanry

British Army 606 Lance Corporal Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own)

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Edward George Troyte-Bullock

Born 1862

Died 1942

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Dorset Yeomanry

More about Edward George Troyte-Bullock

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