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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]

James Bradshaw

British Army 100189 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army 4046 Corporal Corps of Guides

British Army 2120 Corporal Dorset Yeomanry

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John Arthur Fearnside

British Army Royal Army Veterinary Corps attached Dorset Yeomanry

British Army Captain Royal Army Veterinary Corps

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Thomas A Stainer

British Army 1419 Private Dorset Yeomanry

British Army 230683 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army M/45983 Private Army Service Corps

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Albert Victor Latty

British Army 1154 Corporal Dorset Yeomanry

British Army 230466 Corporal Corps of Hussars

British Army Second Lieutenant Provisional Company

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Percival Sidney Chaddock

British Army 510 Trooper Dorset Yeomanry Transport

British Army 121733 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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William C Mccadden

British Army WR 325952 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 2417 Private Dorset Yeomanry

British Army 2384 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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Edmund Stafford Atkinson

British Army Second Lieutenant Inns Of Court Regiment Officer Training Corps

British Army Captain 1/1st Dorset Yeomanry

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Fred Cade

British Army M1/28488 Serjeant Army Service Corps

British Army M1/28488 Warrant Officer Class 2 Army Service Corps

British Army M1/28488 Warrant Officer Class 2 Machine Gun Corps

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Thomas Dawson Layland

British Army 1232 Private King Edward's Horse

British Army 1232 Private Dorset Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant South Lancashire Regiment

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