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War Memorial - Puddletown, Dorset, England


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Henry Martin Oliver
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Serjeant
8258
abt. 1888
14 March 1914
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1st Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium
Son of William and Emily Oliver,
husband of Lilian Maud Caundle (formerly Oliver),
of New Rd., Puddletown, Dorset.
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A. Ford
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Henry John Ford (Probably)
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16909

16 July 1917

1st Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
Nieuport Memorial, Belgium
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W. C. Adams (Probably)
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43004

04 November 1918

1st Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
St. Souplet British Cemetery, France
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A. S. T. Painter (Probably)
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10822

08 May 1916

1st Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
Authuile Military Cemetery, France
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James Henry Lake (Probably)
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Private
9868
abt. 1894
27 November 1916
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5th Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
Dorchester (Fordington) Cemetery, Dorset, England
Son of John and Louisa Lake,
of Cerne Abbas.
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Henry Edward Harwood
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12614

26 September 1916

5th Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
Thiepval Memorial, France
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E. G. Sansford
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13144

26 September 1916

5th Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
Regina Trench Cemetery, Grandcourt, France
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Reginald George Pearce
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10409
abt. 1895
29 September 1916
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5th Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
Wimereux Communal Cemetery, France
Son of Mark and Annie Pearce,
of Waterbarn, Puddletown, Dorchester.
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M. Pearce
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Arthur R. Sprackling
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11174
abt. 1894
08 November 1916
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6th Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
Thiepval Memorial, France
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Bertram William Scott
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8935
abt. 1891
01 December 1916
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2nd Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq
Son of H. and Eveline Scott,
of High St., Puddletown, Dorchester.
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W. W. Gifford (Probably)
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203245

24 February 1917

1st/4th Bn. Hampshire Regiment
Basra Memorial, Iraq
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G. Selby
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W. R. Paul (Probably)
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404911

25 April 1916

20th Bn. Canadian Infantry
Ridge Wood Military Cemetery, Belgium
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B. Tucker
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Bernard Tompkins
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Serjeant
10303
abt. 1881
12 October 1917
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10th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium
Son of Sarah Ann Tompkins,
of New St., Puddletown, Dorchester,
and the late James Tompkins.
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T. F. West
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W. R. Kingman (CWGC: H. C. Kingman)
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Private
15466

16 December 1918

3rd Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
Puddletown (St. Mary) Churchyard
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B. R. Barrett
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13140

11 August 1918

1st Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
Bouchoir New British Cemetery, France
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J. J. Ellis
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Private
12845
Military Medal
abt. 1891
03 October 1918
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1st Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery, France
Son of Mrs. Sarah Jane Ann Pitcher,
of 5, The Green, Puddletown, Dorchester.
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Hew Robin Guy Brymer
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Major
64625

22 April 1945

King's Shropshire Light Infantry
attd. 2nd Bn. Gold Coast Regiment, R. W. A. F. F.
Rangoon Memorial, Myanmar
Son of Walter Henry and Gladys Mary Brymer.
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R. J. Davis
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Douglas John Gould
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Private
5727888
abt. 1919
26 April 1944
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2nd Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
Kohima War Cemetery, India
Foster-son of Frederick and Agnes Thorne,
of Puddletown, Dorchester, Dorsetshire.
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Pierce Thomas de la Garde Grissell
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Midshipman

abt. 1924
10 October 1942
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Royal Navy, H. M. S. "Dragon"
Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent
Son of Lt.-Col. Thomas De La Garde Grissell and Vera Grissell,
formerly of Waterston, Dorset.
R. N. College, Dartmouth: King's Medal,
Robert Roxburgh Prize.
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William Lovell James Legg
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Trooper
14316988
abt. 1924
17 April 1945
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Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) Royal Armoured Corps
Argenta Gap War Cemetery, Italy
Son of William Lovell Legg and Winifred Legg,
of Puddletown, Dorsetshire.
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Percival George Moore
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Corporal
5726706
abt. 1915
15 August 1944
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4th Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
Banneville-la-Campagne War Cemetery, France
Son of John and Alice Louisa Moore,
husband of Audrey Lilian Moore,
of Puddletown, Dorsetshire.
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John Maurice Berkeley Portman
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Lieutenant

abt. 1922
24 February 1943
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Royal Navy, H. M. Submarine Vandal,
formerly H. M. Submarine P. 64.
Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire, England
Son of Comdr. Maurice Percy Berkeley Portman, R. N., and of Joan Wycliffe Portman,
of Dorchester, Dorsetshire.
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