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War Memorial - Shapwick, Dorset, England


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Edward Douglas Murray
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Second Lieutenant

29 February 1884, Shapwick, Dorset, UK
20 July 1916
32
8th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Corbie Communal Cemetery, France
Son of Richard Paget Murray and Ada Constance Murray, nee Woodhouse,
of 190, Iffley Road, Oxford.
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John George Andrews
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Private
200700
4th quarter 1887, Shapwick
26 January 1918
30
1st/4th Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
Amara War Cemetery, Iraq
Son of Mr. John George and Sarah Ann Andrews, nee Mitchell,
of Shapwick, Blandford, Dorset.
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Frederick George Bennett
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12660
1st quarter 1890, Sturminster, Dorset, UK
16 August 1917
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5th Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
Bedford House Cemetery, Belgium
Son of John and Mary Jane Bennett, nee Manuel,
husband of Celia Eliza Bennett, nee Sibley,
of Crab Farm Cottages, Shapwick, Blandford, Dorset.
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F. P. V. Brownsea
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Private
12663

12 October 1915

5th Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta
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C. J. Kerley
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Private
40972
abt. 1898
12 October 1918
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6th Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt, France
Son of Mrs. Fanny Kerley,
of Shapwick, Blandford, Dorset.
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Henry Charles Weeks
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Private
10475
abt. 1893
12 September 1915
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5th Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
Helles Memorial, Turkey (including Gallipoli)
Son of David and Harriett Weeks,
of Shapwick, Blandford, Dorset.
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W. C. Manuel
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Private
G/29377
abt. 1899
23 October 1918

7th Bn. Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
Le Cateau Communal Cemetery, France
Son of Charles and Elizabeth Manuel, nee Coakes
of Shapwick.
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