THIS MEMORIAL IS ENTRUSTED TO
THE CARE OF FUTURE GENERATIONS
AS A LASTING TRIBUTE TO THE
PATRIOTIC SPIRIT OF THE MEN OF
BEAMINSTER
WHO FOUGHT IN THE
GREAT WAR OF 1914 – 1919
A GUN WHICH WAS ONE OF THOSE CAPTURED FROM THE GERMANS DURING THE CAMPAIGN & WAS PRESENTED TO THE TOWN OF BEAMINSTER IN RECOGNITION OF THE VERY GALLANT DEED OF LIEUT W. B. R. RHODES MOORHOUSE ROYAL FLYING CORPS. FOR WHICH HE WAS GIVEN THE VICTORIA CROSS.
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GNR F. ACKERMAN
860594 Dvr Frederick Charles Ackerman A/217 Brigade, 1091st Battery Royal Field Artillery. Frederick resided at East Street, Beaminster and later moved to 190 Eaton Cottages, St Andrews Road, Bridport. He was disembodied from the army on the 15th December 1919.
DR G. ACKERMAN
620230 Dvr George Wilfred Ackerman 1/1st Somerset Royal Horse Artillery. George resided at East Street, Beaminster.
PTE H. ACKERMAN
45751 Pte Herbert Edward Ackerman 5 Bn and 16 Bn King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Herbert resided at St Mary’s Street, Beaminster.
PTE S. E. ACKERMAN
623045 Pte Sidney Ernest Ackerman 2/19 London Regiment, formerly 31795 Pte 1/4 Norfolk Regiment, 30096 Pte 2/4 Dorset Regiment and 85029 Pte Royal Army Medical Corps. Sidney was a Butcher’s Assistant and resided at High Street, Beaminster. He enlisted for the Great War with the Royal Army Medical Corps in Bridport in October 1916. In February 1918, he was transferred to the 2/4th Dorset Regiment and in September 1918 to the 1/4 Norfolk Regiment. In October 1919 he was again transferred, this time to the Middlesex Regiment, being immediately posted to the 2/19th London Regiment.
SERGT T. ACKERMAN
25026 L/Sgt Thomas Ackerman 4 Bn South Wales Borderers. Thomas resided at East Street, Beaminster. During his service, he suffered from Malaria. He was discharged from the army on the 22nd May 1919.
PTE J. ACKERMAN
44411 Pte Jesse Ackerman 3 Bn Dorset Regiment. Jesse was born in 1897 and was a Baker residing at East Street, Beaminster. He enlisted for the Great War in Dorchester in May 1918 but wasn’t graded fit enough for frontline service. As such, he didn’t serve overseas. He was discharged from the army in March 1919.
DR S. ADKINS
52282 Dvr Stephen Adkins 22 Brigade Ammunition Column Royal Field Artillery. Stephen was born in Greater Bourton, Oxford. He resided at North Street and later Fleet Street, Beaminster. Stephen has been a pre war regular soldier, enlisting in October 1908 at Canterbury. He had previously served in the Queen’s Own Oxfordshire Hussars. During the war he served with a number of units including 104 Battery, 106 Battery, A/159 Brigade and finally with C Battery, Royal Horse Artillery. He was discharged from the army in February 1919. During the war, he had married Elsie E May Dunscombe, in July 1917.
PTE A. C. ALLEN
Archibald Cooper Allen was born in June 1883 in Stratton, near Dorchester. He joined the Royal Navy in May 1901 serving until April 1908 when he was discharged. In the 1911 Census, he was residing at the Sun Inn, Beaminster. It would appear he moved to the Lutterworth area of Leicestershire soon after, but no details of wartime service have yet been found.
PTE H. J. ALLEN
M2/021477 Pte Hedley John Allen 384th MT Company Army Service Corps. Hedley was a Motor Lorry Driver and resided at East Street, Beaminster. He enlisted for the Great War in London in December 1914, having previously served 4 years in the 4th Dorsets (Territorials). Within a week he had been posted to France to join the GHQ Troops on the Lines of Communications. In September 1918 he married Mabel Annie Swaffield in Beaminster. Hedley died on the 22nd November 1963.
CORPL T. H. ALLEN
83020 Cpl Vandelow Hobman Allen Royal Army Medical Corps. Vandelow was a solicitor’s clerk and resided at Hogshill Street, Beaminster. In December 1915, he married Equilla Marian Hansford in Beaminster. After the war he moved to Lyme Regis and became a photographer and then an Estate Agent. Vandelow died on the 14th March 1953.
GNR G. AITCHISON
6286 Gnr George Aitchison Royal Marine Artillery. George was born in Ayr on the 28th September 1896 in Glasgow. He enlisted for the Royal Marine Artillery in September 1896. He served for the majority of the war onboard HMS Superb. In October 1914, he married Clara Elliott in Beaminster. They resided at Prout Cottage, Beaminster. George was finally discharged in May 1919 after 23 years service. George died in 1936 and is buried in Beaminster.
PTE G. BACON
T/439505 Pte Frederick George Bacon L Supply Company Army Service Corps. Frederick resided at Church Street, Beaminster. In April 1907, he married Mary Ann Staple in Beaminster. He enlisted for the Great War at Dorchester in August 1918, aged 50. He had previously served with the 3rd Dorsets for 6 years. Frederick was discharged from the army in April 1919, having not served overseas. Frederick died in 1954 and is buried in Beaminster.
SERGT E. P. BAILEY
201143 (2916) L/Sgt Edwin Parker Bailey 1/4 Bn Dorset Regiment. Edwin was born in Beaminster on the 30th April 1890. He resided at Hogshill Street, Beaminster. He was disembodied from service on the 20th March 1919. He married Ethel Hollis on the 13th April 1919 and they continued to live in Beaminster where Edwin worked as a Solicitors Clerk. Edwin died on 16th May 1965 and is buried in Beaminster.
PTE W. J. BAILEY
83021 Pte William John Bailey 37 Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. William resided at Hogshill Street, Beaminster. He married Sylvia Victoria White on the 2nd August 1921 in Beaminster. They continued to live in Beaminster, where William worked as a builder. William died in 1966, being cremated in Weymouth, before his ashes were buried in Beaminster.
PTE E. J. BALDRY
S/308846 Dvr Edward James Baldry 834 HT Company Army Service Corps. Edward was born in Norwich on the 3rd March 1894. He was working as a schoolmaster in Beaminster before being conscripted in March 1917. He had been registered as an external student of the University of London in May 1915. He was discharged from the army on the 14th March 1919, having served in France from August 1918 to February 1919. He returned to Beaminster after the war, residing at the Grammar school for sometime. By 1939, he was living in Great Yarmouth. Edward died on the 2nd January 1979 in Lincolnshire.
GNR J. BARRETT
91595 Gnr James Barrett 60th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery. James resided at The Lodge, Southgate, Beaminster and worked as a Butler at Parnham House. He married Sarah Jane Mellor in December 1907 and they had two children, Joseph and Evelyn. He joined under the Derby Scheme in late 1915, being then called up in June 1916. He was discharged from the army in October 1919. By 1939 he was working as a postman in Beaminster.
LT CPR H. BARCLAY
10503 L/Cpl Henry Barclay 5 Bn Dorset Regiment. Henry was born on the 2nd April 1892 and resided at the Bell and Crown Inn, Beaminster where he was the Inn Keeper. He was wounded at Gallipoli by a gunshot to the right thigh. Due to this wound, he was discharged from the army in June 1916. He married Rosa Ellen Norris on the 28th April 1917. Henry died on the 28th September 1956 in Beaminster.
SERGT A. BARTER
12209 Sgt Alfred Barter 3 Bn Dorset Regiment. Alfred resided at North Street, Beaminster.
SPR E. BARTLETT
TRP G. BARTLETT
2ND LIEUT W. O. BEAMENT
2nd Lieut William Oliver Beament General List, formerly Cadet, Cambridge University OTC. William was commissioned on the 28th May 1916 into the General List, for service with the Dean Close School Contingent, Officer Training Corps.
PTE J. BERNEY *
2010 Pte John Newman Berney 1/4 Bn Dorset Regiment, formerly 1421 Pte Royal West Surrey Regiment. John was born in Tooting and resided in Stoughton, Surrey. He had previously worked as a postman in Beaminster. He enlisted for the Great War in Guildford. John died of cholera in Mespotamia on the 20th August 1916 aged 21. He is buried in Basra War Cemetery. The CWGC lists “Son of Mortimer B. and Florence A. Berney, of 2, Mizpah Villas, North Rd., Stoughton, Guildford”.
PTE E. BEVISS
19889 Pte Ernest James Beviss 5 Bn Dorset Regiment. Ernest was born on the 1st June 1896 in Beaminster and at the time of the Great War, resided at St Mary’s Street, Beaminster. He enlisted for the Great War at Bridport in November 1915, aged 19. Ernest was a Butcher by trade and it was because of this he initially joined the Army Service Corps. He arrived in France at the end of April 1917, but was soon transferred to the Dorset Regiment a few weeks later and joined the 5th Battalion. On 5th October 1917 he was wounded in action, receiving a gunshot wound to the head and right thigh. He made a quick recovery, and re-joined the battalion a month later. On the 1st October 1918, Ernest was once again wounded, this time receiving a shell wound to the right knee and was evacuated to the UK where he went to Cambridge Military Hospital, Aldershot. On recovery he was sent to the Military Convalescent Hospital at Eastbourne, before returning to his Regiment at Wyke Regis. It was whilst stationed at Wyke Regis he was deprived a days pay in December 1918 for overstaying his leave pass by 18 hours. Ernest was discharged from the Army in 1919. He died in 1974, aged 78.
CAPT F. E. BISHOP D.S.O.
Capt Frederick Edward Bishop D.S.O. 3 Bn Bedfordshire Regiment, Attached Middlesex Regiment Depot, Mill Hill Barracks. Frederick resided at Woodswater Cottage, Beaminster. Frederick was born in Secunderabad, India. He was commissioned into the Bedfordshire Regiment on the 25th February 1891. In 1896, he was attached to the Gold Coast Constabulary as the Assistant Inspector. By 1900 he was now a Captain with the 1st Battalion Gold Coast Regiment, and became besieged by the Ashantis in the fort at Kumasi. When a break out was organised, Frederick was chosen to command the small garrison left behind under siege and was subsequently wounded. For this work, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order. In 1906, he was appointed travelling commissioner of the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast, before returning to the UK in 1908. He was attached to the Middlesex Regiment Depot during the Great War, but also spent periods with the 3rd and 9th Battalions Bedfordshire Regiment. He died aged 59 at Beaminster in 1931.
GNR G. W. BOON
860505 Gnr George Wallace Boon 3rd Wessex Brigade, Royal Field Artillery TF. His original number was 2626. George was born on the 25th January 1894 at Beaminster, and at the time of the Great War, resided at Newtown, Beaminster. After the war he married Florence Ethel Rendell at Beaminster in February 1924. In civilian life, George worked as a dairy farmer. He died in October 1964 at Beaminster aged 70. His brother is also on the Beaminster War Memorial, see Pte S J Boon.
PTE S. J. BOON
63213 Gnr Sidney John Boon 49 Company Royal Garrison Artillery. Sidney was born in Beaminster on the 29th September 1896. He enlisted for the Great War on the 6th November 1915. He was discharged from the Army (having not served overseas) on the 21st September 1916 due to valvular disease of the heart. In mid 1916 he had married Kate A Watts in Yeovil and they resided at 5 Crofton Avenue, Yeovil. Sidney died on the 14th November 1973 aged 77 at Farlington, Hampshire. His brother is also on the Beaminster War Memorial, see Gnr G W Boon.
GNR W. G. BOON
860503 Gnr William George Boon 3rd Wessex Brigade, Royal Field Artillery TF. His original number was 2624. William was born in Beaminster on the 4th November 1895. At the time of the Great War, he resided at Hurst, Beaminster. In 1921, he married Winifred M S Francis in Bridport. By 1939 the family were living at North Allington, Bridport.
LIEUT C. E. BOWDITCH
Lieut Clement Edgar Bowditch Indian Army Reserve of Officers, formerly 2229 Cpl 1/4 Bn Dorset Regiment. Clement was born in Beaminster in 1892. At the time of the Great War, he resided at North Street, Beaminster and worked as a solicitors clerk. He originally served as a soldier with the 4th Dorsets, before being commissioned into the Indian Army Reserve of Officers on the 30th September 1917.
CORPL O. R. BOWDITCH
DR A. BRINSON
T/210278 Dvr Arthur Thomas Brinson 4th Company, 14th Division, Army Service Corps. Arthur resided at The Green, Beaminster.
PTE F. BRINSON
88972 Dvr Frank Brinson C/56th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. resided at The Green, Beaminster.
PTE G. BRINSON
10427 Pte George Brinson 5 Bn Wiltshire Regiment. George resided at The Green, Beaminster.
SERGT L. BRINSON
506218 Lot Brinson 105th Field Company Royal Engineers. Lot resided at The Green, Beaminster.
DR R. BRINSON
PTE R. J. BRINSON *
34610 Pte Richard John Brinson 2/4 Bn Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, formerly 203276 Pte Dorset Regiment. Richard was born and resided in Beaminster. He enlisted for the Great War in Bridport. Richard was Killed in Action on the 12th May 1918. He is buried in St. Venant-Robecq Road British Cemetery, Robecq. The CWGC lists “Son of Mr. S. Brinson, of The Green, Beaminster, Dorset”.
SPR A. J. BROOKS
495171 Spr Arthur John Brooks 429 Field Company Royal Engineers. Arthur resided at Fleet Street, Beaminster.
PTE E. P. BROOKS
64437 Pte Edward Frank Brooks 41 Brigade Machine Gun Corps. Edward resided at Foreplace, Beaminster. He was taken Prisoner of War.
CAPT A. H. BUGLER
PTE E. BUGLER
WR/23260 Pnr Esau Bugler 317 Road Construction Company Royal Engineers. Esau resided at St Mary’s Street, Beaminster.
CAPT E. F. BUGLER M.C.
2 Lieut Ernest Frank Bugler 1/35 Sikhs. Ernest resided at Church Street, Beaminster.
PTE F. BUGLER
21092 Pte Frank Hillary Bugler HMS Shannon. Frank resided at St Mary’s Street, Beaminster.
PTE G. H. BUGLER
H4/068868 Pte George Henry Bugler 5th Base Remount Depot. George resided at East Street, Beaminster.
SERGT J. BUGLER
T2/016463 Sgt Joseph Bugler Army Service Corps attached 142 Field Ambulance. Joseph resided at North Street, Beaminster.
PTE L. BUGLER
TS/3675 Farrier Levi Bugler Y Company Army Service Corps. Levi resided at Newtown, Beaminster.
PTE M. W. BUGLER
PTE T. BUGLER
96061 Pte Thomas Bugler 161 Labour Company Labour Corps. Thomas resided at East Street, Beaminster.
LIEUT W. T. H. BUGLER M.B.E.
2 Lieut William Thomas Henry Bugler Army Service Corps. William resided at North Street, Beaminster.
SERGT A. BULLOCK
200309 Cpl Arthur John Bullock Dorset Regiment. Arthur resided at North Street, Beaminster.
PTE T. BULLOCK
201031 Pte Thomas Alfred Elias Bullock Dorset Regiment. Thomas resided at North Street, Beaminster.
PTE R. S. CALLOW
GNR T. C. CARTER
63211 Gnr Thomas Charles Carter Royal Garrison Artillery. Thomas resided at Foreplace, Beaminster.
PTE E. CHARD
PTE A. CLEAL
8620 Pte Albert Cleall Royal Defence Corps. Albert resided at East Street, Beaminster.
CORPL A. G. CLEAL
Pte Albert George Cleall 1/6 Bn Essex Regiment. Albert resided at Fore Place, Beaminster. OR 291633 Pte Albert George Cleall 1/4 Bn Devonshire Regiment. Albert resided in East Street, Beaminster.
PTE E. CLEAL M.M.
200545 Pte Ernest Cleall Dorset Regiment. Ernest resided at East Street, Beaminster.
PTE G. CHUBB
24144 Pte George Chubb Dorset Regiment. George resided at St Mary’s Street, Beaminster.
DR G. H. COLLINS
Possibly 518761 Pte Charles Collins 609 Agricultural Company, Labour Corps. Charles resided at East Street, Beaminster.
DR G. COLLINS
370356 Dvr William Frederick George Collins B Company Training Depot Royal Engineers. William resided at Half Acre, Beaminster.
PTE T. H. COOK
295110 Pte Thomas Henry Cooke 8 Bn Durham Light Infantry. Thomas resided at East Street, Beaminster.
TR W. COOK
PTE D. S. COX
143460 Pte Daniel Edward Cox 651 Agricultural Company Labour Corps. Daniel resided at East Street, Beaminster.
PTE H. V. COX
SERGT W. COX
H/230043 Sgt Wakely Cox 1/1st Dorset Yeomanry. Wakely resided at Mapperton Marsh, Beaminster.
LIEUT W. H. CROCKER
CAPT F. H. CULLINGFORD
2 Lieut Frank Harold Cullingford Supply and Transport Corps. Frank resided at Prout Bridge, Beaminster.
CORPL B. C. DARBY
SERGT A. J. DAWBNEY
PTE ALB. DAWE
200513 Pte Albert James Dawe 1/4 Bn Dorset Regiment. Albert resided at East Street, Beaminster.
PTE ARTH. DAWE
AB C DAWE RN
SERGT C. S. DAWE
202589 Sgt Samuel Charles Dawe 1/4 Bn Somerset Light Infantry. Samuel resided at Woodswater, Beaminster.
L CPL H. DAWE
62060 L/Cpl Henry Dawe 130 Company Machine Gun Corps. Henry resided at Woodswater, Beaminster.
PTE H. V. DENNER
7579 Pte Henry Denner Dorset Regiment. Henry resided at Tanyard, Beaminster.
A. DICKER
ENGR E. DICKER
Engineer Edward Dicker HM Transport Ship Singapore. Edward resided at Hogshill Street, Beaminster.
L CPL P. DICKER *
31683 L/Cpl Philip Dicker 1 Bn Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, formerly 17284 Pte Dorset Regiment. Philip was born in Bridport and attended Beaminster Grammar School. He enlisted for the Great War on 4th April 1916 in Bridgwater, Somerset, having previously worked as a draper’s assistant. He proceeded to the Western Front on the 19th July 1916 and became am member of the Lewis Gun section. Philip was wounded by a shell on the 6th November and Died of these Wounds at No.2 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station on the 8th November 1917 aged 28. He is buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery. The CWGC lists “Son of William George and Laura Charlotte Dicker, of London House, Beaminster, Dorset. Born at Bridport, Dorset”.
PTE J. DODGE
Possibly 200003 CQMS Bertram Harold Dodge Dorset Regiment. Bertram resided at East Street, Beaminster.
CAPT A. E. DRYSDALE D.S.O. M.C.
TR P. DUNN *
1488 Pte Percy Victor John Dunn 1/1st Dorset Yeomanry. Percy was born and resided in Beaminster. He enlisted for the Great War in Sherborne. Percy was Killed in Action at the Charge at Agagia, on the 26th February 1916, aged 18. It was one of the last great cavalry charges made by the British Army. Percy is also remembered on our Agagia Roll of Honour. He is buried in Alexandria (Chatby) Military And War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. The CWGC lists “Son of Francis John and Bessie Ada Dunn, of Fleet St., Beaminster, Dorset”. He is also commemorated on the Sherborne War Memorial.
BOMB H. EBDON
Bmdr Harry Ebdon 134 Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery. Harry resided at Hogshill Street, Beaminster.
PTE H. H. EDWARDS
200004 Pte Harold Herbert Edwards 1/4 Bn Dorset Regiment. Harold resided at Southgate, Beaminster.
L CPL H. ELLIOTT
CQMS C. W. EMERY
PTE A. FARNHAM
424150 Dvr Amos Farnham 3rd RHTD Army Service Corps. Amos resided at East Street, Beaminster.
PTE C. J. FARNHAM
200528 L/Cpl Charles George Farnham Dorset Regiment. Charles resided at East Street, Beaminster.
PTE R. FARNHAM
TR T. S. FRAMPTON
14767 Pte Tom Sydenham Frampton 18th Hussars. Tom resided at Rose Cottage, Beaminster.
PTE E. W. FRAMPTON
QMS G. FROOME
DR A. D. GALE
966428 Dvr Albert Daniel Gale B/303 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Albert resided at Half Acre, Beaminster.
SERGT W. C. GALE
201109 Pte William Cox Gale 1/4 Bn Dorset Regiment. William resided at St Mary’s Street, Beaminster.
DR W. W. GALE
Walter William Gale resided at Langdon, Beaminster. OR 200005 Cpl William Gale Dorset Regiment. William resided at East Street, Beaminster.
PTE B. GERRARD *
28378 Pte Benjamin Gerrard 7 Bn East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 31556 Pte 11th Reserve Regiment of Cavalry. Benjamin was born and resided in Beaminster, where he worked as a Motor Delivery Hand. He enlisted for the Great War in May 1916 at Bridport, but had previous military experience, having served in the 10th Hussars (4924 Pte – 1900 to 1908) and 1st Volunteer Bn Dorset Regiment. On re-joining, he originally served with the 11th Reserve Regiment of Cavalry in Tidworth, before being transferred to the East Yorkshire Regiment. Benjamin had married Bessie Marina Gunning at Beaminster in January 1911, and they had a daughter together, Dorothy, who sadly died aged 3. Benjamin was admitted to No.34 Casualty Clearing Station on the 11th March 1917, suffering from Nephritis. He was then sent back to the UK for treatment. Benjamin died of Nephritis at the VAD Hospital in Dorchester on the 7th August 1917. He is buried in Beaminster (Holy Trinity) Churchyard.
SERGT A. C. GIBBS
200019 Cpl Arthur Charles Gibbs Dorset Regiment. Arthur resided at Tanyard, Beaminster.
TR H. S. GIBBS
PTE L. H. GIBBS
PTE P. GIBBS
WR/30955 Pnr Percy Gibbs 316th Road Construction Company, Royal Engineers. Percy resided at Church Street, Beaminster.
PTE W. B. GIBBS
T4/147074 Pte Walter Bertram Gibbs 10th Field Bakery Army Service Corps. Walter resided at Hogshill Street, Beaminster.
TR W. J. GIBBS
GNR W. T. GIBBS
147604 Pte William Thomas Frank Gibbs 37th Machine Gun Corps. William resided at Tanyard, Beaminster.
PTE W. GILLINGHAM
139693 Pte William Gillingham 47th Remount Squadron, Army Service Corps. William resided at Church Street, Beaminster.
PTE W. E. GOWER
PTE A. GREENING
PTE E. GRIMES
265581 Pte Ernest Grimes 11 Bn Somerset Light Infantry. Ernest resided at Southgate, Beaminster.
PTE W. GRIMES *
2905 Pte Walter Grimes 1/4 Bn Dorset Regiment. Walter was born and resided in Beaminster. He enlisted for the Great War in Bridport. Walter died of enteric fever in India on the 1st June 1916 aged 21. He was originally buried in Jullundur Cantonment Cemetery and is now commemorated on the Kirkee 1914 – 1918 Memorial. The CWGC lists “Son of George and Sarah Grimes, of Fleet St., Beaminster, Dorset”.
CORPL F. V. GUNNING
63316 Cpl Frank Victor Gunning 3 Bn Machine Gun Corps. Frank resided at North Street, Beaminster.
PTE G. R. GRIFFIN *
28783 Pte Charles Randall Griffin 2 Bn Grenadier Guards. Charles was born in Beaminster. He enlisted for the Great War in Bridport. In April 1909 he married Ada Mary Bugler at Beaminster and by 1911 they were living at Sutton Poyntz. They went on to have two children, Kathleen and Charles. Charles was Killed in Action on the 8th October 1917 aged 34. He is buried in Ruisseau Farm Cemetery. The CWGC lists “Husband of Ada Mary Griffin, of Newtown, Beaminster, Dorset”.
PTE E. GUPPY
201110 Pte Ernest Frank Guppy 1/4 Bn Dorset Regiment. Ernest resided at Fleet Street, Beaminster.
AM W. H. GUPPY
401680 AM1 William Henry Guppy Royal Air Force. William resided at Fleet Street, Beaminster.
SERGT F. J. HALLETT
416427 Pte Frederick John Hallett 699th Agricultural Company Labour Corps. Frederick resided at South View, Beaminster.
PTE A. HALSON *
10582 Pte Albert Hanson 5 Bn Dorset Regiment. Albert was born in Beaminster and resided at Stoke Road, Beaminster. He enlisted for the Great War in Dorchester on the 31st August 1914, having previously worked as a labourer. Albert was Killed in Action (Missing) at Gallipoli on the 21st August 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial.
PTE G. HALSON
A/CPO George Halson Royal Air Force. George resided at Tunnel Road, Beaminster.
PTE P. HALSON
201887 Pte Percy Halson 1/4 Bn Dorset Regiment. Percy resided at Stoke Road, Beaminster.
PTE R. HALSON
Reginald Halson resided at Stoke Road, Beaminster.
AB C. HAM RN
LIEUT A. P. HANN RN
PTE G. HANN
2ND LIEUT CECIL. C. HANN *
2 Lieut Cecil Collins Hann 3 Squadron Royal Flying Corps, formerly 1386 Sgt Royal Flying Corps. Cecil was born in Beaminster in 1891. In January 1914, Cecil was driving his motor car from Romsey to Bournemouth when he was involved in a tragic accident, which resulted in a pedestrian being killed. He enlisted as a soldier in the Royal Flying Corps at Farnborough on the 10th August 1914. He had previously worked as a motor engineer and served with the 4th Dorsets (Territorials) pre-war. He was granted a commission on the 17th October 1915 and served as an Observer on Morane Sauliner aircraft. Cecil was Killed in Action (along with his pilot 2 Lieut Francis W G Marchant) on the 22nd October 1916 aged 25. They had been shot down by German Ace, Hans Berr. Cecil is buried in Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L’Abbe. The CWGC lists “Son of Albert and Edith Mary Hann, of “Holmleigh”, Beaminster, Dorset”. An individual memorial plaque can be found to Cecil in St Mary’s Church, Beaminster. His medals were sold at auction in March 2014.
LIEUT CHAS. C. HANN RN
200188 CPO Charles Carpenter Hann Royal Air Force. Charles resided at Foreplace, Beaminster.
LIEUT H. W. HANSFORD
2 Lieut Henry Woodland Beazing Hansford RAF, formerly 3 Bn Yorkshire Regiment. Henry resided at Hogshill Street, Beaminster.
PTE C. HARRIS
PTE G. H. HART
334407 Gnr George Henry Hart No.1 Royal Artillery Cadet School. George resided at Knap Inn, Beaminster.
GNR H. R. HAWKER
272751 Gnr Harold Robert Hawker 13th Reserve Battery, Royal Field Artillery. Harold resided at Fleet Street, Beaminster.
STKR C. HAWKINS RN
GNR E. HAWKINS
STKR F. HAWKINS RN
PTE A. E. HAYWARD
PTE J. H. HAYWARD
PTE W. HAYWARD
PTE A. R. HILL *
3/7994 Pte Arthur Roland Hill 1 Bn Dorset Regiment. Arthur was born and resided in Beaminster. He enlisted for the Great War with his brother Geoffrey on the 24th August 1914 in Beaminster, having previously worked as a baker. Arthur was fatally wounded on the 18th June 1916 by a gunshot wound to the right side. He Died of Wounds on the 19th June 1916 at 90th Field Ambulance. Arthur is buried in Bouzincourt Communal Cemetery Extension. The CWGC lists “Son of Mrs. L. A. Hill, of Southgate, Beaminster, Dorset”. His brother also appears on the Beaminster War Memorial, see Geoffrey Frank Hill.
SERGT E. HILL
200025 Cpl Ernest George Hill Dorset Regiment. Ernest resided at Southgate, Beaminster.
PTE G. HILL
8473 Pte Gilbert Hill 1 Bn Dorset Regiment. Gilbert resided at Southgate, Beaminster.
PTE G. T. HILL *
10078 Pte Geoffrey Frank Hill 5 Bn Dorset Regiment. Geoffrey was born and resided in Beaminster. He enlisted for the Great War with his brother Arthur, on the 24th August 1914 in Beaminster. Geoffrey was Killed in Action (Missing) at Gallipoli on the 9th August 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial. His brother also appears on the Beaminster War Memorial, see Arthur Roland Hill.
PTE H. HILL
DR R. V. HILL
57342 Dvr Reginald Victor Hill E Battery Royal Field Artillery. Reginald resided at Southgate, Beaminster.
PTE S. HILL
2ND LIEUT W. E. M. HILL
CORPL W. H. HILL
PTE A. HOARE
Albert Hoare resided at Newtown, Beaminster.
LIEUT C. R. HOARE
PTE L. V. HOCKING *
G/20002 Pte Leonard Vickory Hocking 7 Bn East Kent Regiment. Leonard was born in Bideford, Devon and resided in Beaminster. He enlisted for the Great War in Bridport. Leonard Died of Wounds on the 3rd May 1917 aged 19. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial. The CWGC lists “Son of James and Annie Hocking, of Alexandra House, Clovelly Rd., Bideford, Devon”.
PTE F. HODDER
106406 Pte Frank George Hodder 178 Company Labour Corps. Frank resided at the Red Lion Hotel, Beaminster.
PTE A. G. HOOPER
45364 Pte Arthur Hooper 2 Bn Royal Berkshire Regiment. Arthur resided at East Street, Beaminster.
PTE E. HOOPER
860504 Dvr Edwin Hooper 215th Brigade Royal Field Artillery. Edwin resided at East Street, Beaminster.
PTE H. HOOPER
9848 Pte Henry Thomas Hooper 5 Bn Dorset Regiment. Henry resided at The Green, Beaminster. OR 17574 Sgt Harry Hooper 1 Bn Dorset Regiment. Harry resided at East Street, Beaminster.
PTE H. W. HOOPER *
17574 Pte Henry William Hooper 1 Bn Dorset Regiment. Henry was born and resided in Beaminster. He enlisted for the Great War in Bridport. Henry was Killed in Action on the 3rd October 1918. He is buried in Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery.
DR R. HOOPER
278536 Dvr Robert Hooper Army Service Corps. Robert resided at East Street, Beaminster.
L CPL G. HOUSE
200311 L/Cpl George House Dorset Regiment. George resided at The Green, Beaminster.
PTE J. R. HOUSE
1663 Pte John Richard House Royal Marine Light Infantry. John resided at The Green, Beaminster.
PTE T. HOUSE
201032 Pte Tom Victor House 1/4 Bn Dorset Regiment. Tom resided at The Green, Beaminster.
PTE F. J. HURREN
154368 Pte Frederick James Hurren 6th Company Royal Army Medical Corps. Frederick resided at Fleet Street, Beaminster.
SERGT F. HUSSEY
147334 Saddler Frank Hussey Royal Field Artillery. Frank resided at Shadrack Street, Beaminster.
PTE G. HUSSEY *
7317 Pte George Hussey 1 Bn Dorset Regiment. George was born at Furzemoor Gate, Beaminster. He was a pre-war regular soldier and had resided in Beaminster before enlisting for the army in July 1904 at Dorchester. His service took him to India with the Dorset Regiment, but he also found himself in trouble when tried by Court Martial in February 1905 at Colchester. George was sentenced to 56 days imprisonment with hard labour for receiving (knowing them to be stolen) goods that belonged to a comrade. He left the army and was transferred to the reserve in July 1907. He married Edith Mary Hill at Beaminster in February 1912, and together they had a son, Edward Walter George Hussey, born in 1913. When war broke out, he was promptly recalled to the army on the 5th August 1914. George was Killed in Action on the 13th October 1914. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial.
GNR H. W. HUSSEY
PTE B. V. HUNT
CPO C. J. HUNT RN
PC/5300209 CPO Charles John Hunt HMS Cormorant. Charles resided at Fleet Street and then later East Street, Beaminster.
GNR F. HUTCHINGS
AB R. J. HUTCHINGS RN
304994 PO Reginald John Hutchings HMS Caroline. Reginald resided at Buckham Farm, Beaminster.
LIEUT C. S. JAMES
PTE F. JANE
SUB LIEUT S. V. JEPHSON RN
LIEUT F. S. KEECH
PTE G. KITE *
3/7762 Pte Gabriel Kite 1 Bn Dorset Regiment. Gabriel was born and resided in Beaminster. He enlisted for the Great War in Beaminster on the 11th August 1914. He has previously served in the Volunteer Force. Gabriel married Minnie Larcombe at Beaminster in November 1902. They went on to have 8 children together, although sadly suffered from a high infant mortality rate. Gabriel seemed to of had a habit of getting himself into trouble as a young man. In 1893 he was sued for payment of goods supplied, in 1899 he was charged for poaching and again for obscene language. Gabriel was wounded in the abdomen at Hill 60 whilst serving with the 1st Dorsets in 1915. He was evacuated to the UK, but tetanus set in and he Died of Wounds at St Katherine’s Red Cross Auxiliary Hospital in Wantage on the 20th May 1915, aged 43. He was the first death at the hospital, and was given a full military funeral. He is buried in Wantage Cemetery.
LT COL H. L. KITSON
GNR A. LAKE
62078 Pte Albert Lake Machine Gun Corps. Albert resided at North Street, Beaminster.
TR H. LAKE *
5113 Pte Harry Lake 9th Lancers, formerly 21st Lancers. Harry was born in Pudletown and resided in Beaminster. He was a pre-war regular soldier, having enlisted in Dorchester on the 29th August 1905. Harry was Killed in Action on the 16th October 1914, aged 27. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial.
PTE A. J. LARCOMBE *
16050 Pte Albert James Larcombe 5 Bn Dorset Regiment. Albert was born in Winsham, Somerset, and resided in Lower Langdon, Beaminster. He enlisted for the Great War in Bridport. Albert had grown up and worked as a farm labourer at Lower Langdon, Beaminster. In November 1915, he married Jessica Janet Rodford in South Perrott. Albert Died of Wounds on the 2nd October 1918, aged 25. He is buried in Bucquoy Road, Cemetery, Ficheux. The CWGC lists “Son of Henry Bond Larcombe and Jane Larcombe; husband of Jessica Janet Larcombe, of South Perrott, Misterton, Somerset”.
PTE G. LARCOMBE *
21606 Pte George William Larcombe 14 Bn Gloucestershire Regiment. George was born and resided in Beaminster. He enlisted for the Great War in Dorchester. In 1909 he married Lilian Doris Holborn in Beaminster, and they had at least one child together by 1911. It would appear they had separated before his death, although a daughter, Daisy, was listed as having been born in March 1916. George was Killed in Action on the 30th July 1916. He has no known grave and is now commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial to the missing on the Somme.
AM E. LAWRENCE
220018 Pte Ernest Lawrence Royal Air Force. Lawrence resided in North Street, Beaminster.
PTE S. J. LAWRENCE
PTE J. LEGG *
3/7696 Pte Joseph Legg 1 Bn Dorset Regiment. Joseph was born in Beaminster. He also enlisted for the Great War in Beaminster. In June 1910, he married Mabel Mary Bishop at North Perrott, Somerset and they had two sons, George William Job Legg and Percy Joseph Legg. Joseph was present at Hill 60 on the 1st May 1915 when the 1st Dorsets were gassed in one of the first of such attacks of this new form of warfare. Joseph died from gas poisoning on the 3rd May 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
PTE L. LEGG
52591 Pte Leonard Legg 2 Garrison Bn Northumberland Fusiliers. Leonard resided at Mapperton, Beaminster. OR 26595 Pte Louis Legg 2 Bn Wiltshire Regiment. Louis resided at Millground, Beaminster. He was taken Prisoner of War.
RSM R. LEGG
200555 RSM Reginald Legg Dorset Regiment. Reginald resided at Clay Lane, Beaminster.
PTE W. G. LEGG
H/230629 Pte Walter Charles Legg 1/1st Dorset Yeomanry. Walter resided at East Street, Beaminster.
PTE E. MARSH
234887 Pte Edgar Marsh 1 Bn Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, formerly 201201 Pte 1 Bn Seaforth Highlanders. Edgar resided at Shadrack Street.
SERGT H. J. MARSH M.M.
9943 Cpl Harry Marsh 6 Bn Dorset Regiment. Harry resided in Shadrack Street, Beaminster.
CORPL R. MASON
WR/325524 2 Cpl Robert Victor Mason Inland Waterways and Docks Royal Engineers. Robert resided at Southgate, Beaminster.
PTE H. MARTIN
PTE T. MEAD
Thomas Mead resided at The Green, Beaminster.
Pte A. MEECH * (Does not appear on Memorial Wall)
2793 Pte Bertie Meech 2/4 Bn Dorset Regiment. Bertie was born in Beaminster and resided in Toller Whelme. He enlisted for the Great War in Beaminster on the 11th September 1914. Bertie died when he accidentally drowned whilst on Furlough on the 21st June 1916, aged 19. He is buried in Kala Khan Cemetery, Nainital, India.
PTE G. H. MEECH
AB G. F. MILLWARD RN
CAPT J. MILLWARD
Capt Joseph Millward Army Veterinary Corps. Joseph resided at The Green, Beaminster.
LIEUT W. B. R. MOORHOUSE V.C. *
Lieut William Barnard Rhodes-Moorhouse V.C. No.2 Squadron Royal Flying Corps. William was born in London on the 26th September 1887. He was educated at Harrow and then Trinity College, Cambridge. He was a keen aviator, who worked on aircraft experiments pre-war, eventually taking his pilot’s certificate in October 1911. He was the first pilot to ever make a channel crossing with two passengers in 1912. Much has been written about William over the years, and plenty of information can be found online. He joined the Royal Flying Corps soon after war broke out in August 1914. He later joined No.2 Squadron out in France in in March 1915. William was awarded the first ever flying Victoria Cross. He citation reads: “For most conspicuous bravery on 26th April, 1915, in flying to Courtrai and dropping bombs on the railway line near that station. On starting the return journey he was mortally wounded, but succeeded in flying for 35 miles to his destination, at a very low altitude, and reported the successful accomplishment of his object. He has since died of his wounds.” William was buried in Parnham Private Cemetery, Beaminster. The CWGC lists “Son of Edward Moorhouse, of Parnham House, Dorset; husband of Linda Rhodes-Moorhouse. His son William Henry Rhodes-Moorhouse DFC, fell in the 1939-1945 War”.
AB A. MOUNTER RN
227144 AB Archibald Charles Mounter HMS Monarch. Archibald resided at Fleet Street, Beaminster.
AB R. MOUNTER RN
PTE R. MOUNTER
SERGT H. NEWBERY
200006 Sgt Hubert Newbery Dorset Regiment. Hubert resided at the Swan Inn, Beaminster.
SIG L. NEWBURY
36871 Pte Leonard Walter Newbery 62 Bn Machine Gun Corps. Leonard resided at the Swan Inn, Beaminster.
SPR G. J. NEWTON
517870 Spr Charles John Newton Royal Engineers, formerly H/230963 Pte 1/1st Dorset Yeomanry. Charles resided at Fleet Street, Beaminster.
PTE F. NEWTON
601299 Pte Frank Newton 182nd Labour Company Labour Corps, formerly 72347 Pte 11 Bn Cheshire Regiment. Frank resided at Fleet Street, Beaminster.
GNR N. J. NEWTON
PTE T. H. NEWTON
62088 Pte Thomas Henry Newton Machine Gun Corps. Thomas resided at Fleet Street, Beaminster.
PTE W. J. NEWTON
200512 Pte William James Newton Dorset Regiment. William resided at Fleet Street, Beaminster.
AM J. W. R. NEWMAN
F/19528 AM1 John William Roberts Newman HMS Vivid. John resided at the Gas Works, Beaminster.
TR W. B. NEWMAN
29635 Pte William Bernard Newman 19th Hussars. William resided at the Royal Oak Inn, Beaminster.
CORPL W. C. J. NEWMAN
139245 Cpl William Charles John Newman Southern Command Labour Centre, Labour Corps. William resided at Brook Villa, Beaminster.
PTE C. NICHOLS
CORPL W. NIGHTINGALE
AB S. NORRIS RN
PTE T. J. PARK
PTE H. PARKER
17749 Pte Henry Parker 2 Bn Dorset Regiment. Henry resided at East Street, Beaminster.
MAJOR E. H. W. PARTRIDGE
PTE D. PAULL
PTE E. PAULL
PTE P. PAUL *
3/7717 Pte Percy Paull 1 Bn Dorset Regiment. Percy was born and resided in Beaminster. He was a Special Reservist and enlisted in Beaminster on the 24th August 1914, having previously been a member of the Dorset Volunteer Battalion before the war. He had married Mary Ann Legg at Beaminster on the 11th November 1911 and they had a son together, Walter. Percy was present at Hill 60 on the 1st May 1915 when the 1st Dorsets were gassed in one of the first of such attacks of this new form of warfare. Percy died from gas poisoning on the 2nd May 1915 aged 29. He has no known grave and is now commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial to the missing in Ypres.
PTE H. PAUL *
16367 Cpl John Henry William Paul 73 Company Machine Gun Corps, formerly 3/7017 Pte Dorset Regiment. John was born in Beaminster and resided in Beaminster. He enlisted for the Great War in Dorchester. John was Killed in Action on the 24th July 1917, aged 20. He has no known grave and is now commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial to the missing in Ypres. The CWGC lists “Son of Lucy Paul, of East St., Beaminster, Dorset, and the late John Paul”.
PTE W. PAULL
262464 Pte Walter Harold Paull Army Service Corps. Walter resided at Fleet Street, Beaminster.
AB S. PEAKE RN
SPR F. F. PEARSON
REV A. F. PENTNEY
PTE PERRIN
PTE P. PERRIN
PTE W. PERRIN
CAPT A. W. PINE
PTE T. PHILLIPS *
10364 Pte Thomas Phillips 5 Bn Dorset Regiment. Thomas was born in Misterton, Somerset. He enlisted for the Great War in Beaminster on the 1st September 1914, three days after his 19th birthday. Thomas was Killed in Action at Gallipoli on the 21st August 1915, aged 19. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial. The CWGC lists “Son of Ernest Walter and Elizabeth Phillips, of Short’s Lane, Beaminster, Dorset”.
MAJOR G. A. PINNEY M.C.
Maj George Ambrose Pinney HQ Cavalry Corps Royal Horse Artillery. George resided at Horn Park, Beaminster.
L CPL G. POMEROY *
3/7574 L/Cpl George Pomeroy 1 Bn Dorset Regiment. George was born and resided in Beaminster. He was a Special Reservist and enlisted for the Great War in Beaminster. He married Asenath Trevett at Bridport in July 1899 and they had three children, Sidney, Florence and William. George was Killed in Action on the 5th May 1915, aged 36. He has no known grave and is now commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial to the missing in Ypres. The CWGC lists “Son of the late John and Mary Pomeroy; husband of Mrs. A. Pomeroy, of East St., Beaminster, Dorset”.
PTE W. G. POMEROY
184350 Pte William George Pomery 311th Brigade Royal Field Artillery. William resided at The Green, Beaminster.
AB S. G. POMEROY RN
PTE A. A. L. POOLE *
35910 L/Cpl Arthur Alfred Leonard Poole 14 Bn Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Arthur (known as Leonard) was born in Huntley, Gloucestershire and resided in Beaminster. He enlisted for the Great War in Dorchester. Leonard was Killed in Action on the 27th September 1918, aged 18. He is buried in Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery. The CWGC lists “Son of Henry and Elizabeth Poole, of 1, Fleet St., Beaminster, Dorset”.
PTE F. POOLE
200024 Pte Frederick William Poole 1/4 Bn Dorset Regiment. Frederick resided at St Mary’s Street, Beaminster.
L CPL F. C. POOLE
PTE H. POOLE
6167 Pte Harry Poole 1 Bn Dorset Regiment. Harry resided at Church Street, Beaminster.
PTE J. POOLE
8683 Pte James Poole 253 Company Royal Defence Corps. James resided at Church Street, Beaminster.
PTE A. J. POOLE
200614 Pte Albert John Poole 1/4 Bn Dorset Regiment. Albert resided at St Mary’s Street, Beaminster.
PTE J. H. POOLE
CPL J. N. POOLE
PTE R. POOLE
200008 Pte Raymond Cecil George Poole Dorset Regiment. Raymond resided at St Mary’s Street, Beaminster.
PTE S. POOLE
16716 Pte Samuel Poole 6 Bn Dorset Regiment. Samuel resided at Clay Lane, Beaminster.
RSM W. A. POOLE
201111 CSM William Albert Poole Dorset Regiment. William resided at Fleet Street, Beaminster.
PTE A. PURKESS
203722 Pte Arthur Purkess 1/4 Bn Devonshire Regiment. Arthur resided at Mapperton, Beaminster.
PTE C. PURKESS
50691 Pte Charles Purkess 7 Observer Coy Royal Defence Corps. Charles resided at Mapperton, Beaminster.
PTE J. RECORD
AB G. A. READ RN
AB Geoffrey Crossman Read HM Torpedo Boat 30. Geoffrey resided at Prout Bridge, Beaminster.
L CPL T. RENDALL
202506 L/Cpl Thomas Rendall 2/4 Bn Dorset Regiment. Thomas resided at The Green, Beaminster.
L CPL R. RENDALL
BDR W. J. RENDALL
COL W. K. RUSSELL
Col William Kelson Russell Royal Engineers. William resided at Prout Bridge, Beaminster.
PTE W. C. RUSSELL
LIEUT R. RYALL
2 Lieut Reginald William Ryall 12 Bn Somerset Light Infantry. Reginald resided at Langdon Farm, Beaminster.
TR A. B. RYALL
69337 Pte Albert Baverstock Ryall 5th Reserve Cavalry Regiment. Albert resided at Langdon Farm, Beaminster.
PTE R. G. RYALL
55215 Pte Robert Gordon Ryall 1 Bn Manchester Regiment. Robert resided at Langdon Farm, Beaminster.
2ND LIEUT H. ROGERS
2 Lieut Herbert Rogers 2/4 Bn Somerset Light Infantry. Herbert resided at Prout Bridge, Beaminster.
SERGT J. G. ROGERS
PTE W. RICHARDS
8688 Pte William Richards 458 Protection Company Royal Defence Corps. William resided at East Street, Beaminster.
PTE C. S. SATCHELL
96325 Pte Charles Satchell 161 Labour Company, Labour Corps. Charles resided at East Street, Beaminster.
PTE A. SHAPLAND
136303 Pte Alfred Shapland L.D.L. Centre Labour Corps. Alfred resided at Church Street, Beaminster.
PTE J. SIMMONS
PTE C. SMITH
PTE H. SOUTHWOOD
CORPL A. J. SPRACKLING
H/230121 Cpl Arnold James Sprackling 1/1st Dorset Yeomanry. Arnold resided at Northfield Farm, Beaminster.
CSM F. H. STEMBRIDGE
201129 CSM Frank Hodder Stembridge Dorset Regiment. Frank resided at Church Street, Beaminster.
PTE P. STEVENS
T4/237849 Pte Percy Douglas Stevens Army Service Corps HT. Percy resided at Clay Lane, Beaminster.
PTE R. W. STEVENS D.C.M.
M2/119019 Pte Reginald William Stevens Army Service Corps attached to 357th Water Coy Royal Engineers. Reginald resided at Hogshill Street, Beaminster.
PTE C. E. STONE
M2/147712 Pte Charles Edwin Stone 15th Auxiliary Coy Army Service Corps. Charles resided at Fleet Street Beaminster.
SERGT E. A. STONE
30661 Sgt Ernest Arthur Stone 90 Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Ernest resided at Fleet Street, Beaminster.
WO F. W. G. STREVENS RN
Frederick William Strevens HMS Avoca. Frederick resided at East Street, Beaminster.
PTE E. STROUD *
201255 Pte Frederick Stroud 2/4th Bn Dorset Regiment. Frederick was born in Charminster. He enlisted for the Great War in Beaminster. Frederick was Killed in Action on the 22nd November 1917 aged 27. He is buried in Jerusalem War Cemetery. The CWGC lists “Son of George Stroud, of Preston, Weymouth”.
CORPL C. E. SWATFIELD
23368 L/Cpl Charles Edwin Swaffield 7th Wiltshire Regiment. Charles resided in East Street, Beaminster.
GNR A. R. SWATRIDGE
91447 Gnr Arthur Richard Swatridge 323rd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Arthur resided at Fleet Street, Beaminster.
SERGT C. TAYLOR
8800 Cpl Charles George Henry Taylor 2nd Dorset Regiment. Charles resided at East Street, Beaminster.
PTE L. C. TIZZARD
Possibly 36526 Pte Bertie George Tizzard Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry. Bertie resided at Higher Green, Beaminster.
PTE C. TIZZARD
GNR E. TIZZARD
DR W. C. TIZZARD
F/3400 Dvr William Charles Ellis Tizzard 14th Train Section, Army Service Corps. William resided at Higher Green, Beaminster.
MAJOR B. L. THORPE
Major Bertram Leland Thorpe Depot Workshops, Tank Corps. Bertram resided at Beridth, Beaminster.
PTE T. C. TOLMAN
M/279234 Pte Charley Tom Tolman 707th AT Company Army Service Corps. Charley resided at Southgate, Beaminster.
SERGT ALB. TRAVERS
23881 Pte Albert Edward Travers 1st Garrison Bn Hampshire Regiment. Albert resided at Clay Lane, Beaminster.
PTE A. TRAVERS *
9444 Pte Alfred Travers 1st Bn Scots Guards. Alfred was born in Beaminster. He had been a pre war regular soldier, originally enlisting in May 1894 at Dorchester (having previously served with the 1st Volunteer Battalion Dorset Regiment). He served with the Scots Guards in South Africa during the Boer War. On his return, he married Amelia Paul in October 1902 in Beaminster and they went on to have four daughters together. He was discharged from the army in September 1902, with his reserve service ending in May 1910. He voluntarily re-joined his old regiment when war broke out in August 1914. Alfred was Killed in Action on the 12th November 1914, aged 40. He has no known grave and is now commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial to the missing in Ypres. His two brothers also appears on the Beaminster War Memorial, see A E Travers and T H Travers.
PTE A. E. TRAVERS *
201112 A/Cpl Albert Travers 1/4th Bn Dorset Regiment. Albert was born and resided in Beaminster. He had been a pre war regular soldier, having enlisted for the Dorset Regiment in Dorchester in January 1900. Prior to this, he had served with the 1st Volunteer Battalion, Dorset Regiment. He served in South Africa during the Boer War, and was discharged on his return home in June 1901. He married Elizabeth Phillips in Broadwindsor in October 1901, and they had three children together. Sadly, Elizabeth died in May 1908. Albert continued to serve with the Territorials, and was selected as one of the 4th Dorsets to represent the Battalion at the Coronation of King George V. Albert died of disease at Sea on the 5th October 1918, aged 47. He is commemorated on the Basra Memorial. The CWGC lists “Son of Joseph and Ellen Travers, of St. Mary’s St., Beaminster, Dorset; husband of the late Elizabeth Travers”. His two brothers also appears on the Beaminster War Memorial, see A Travers and T H Travers.
PTE B. C. TRAVERS *
26002 Pte Bernard Cleall Travers 6th Bn Dorset Regiment. Bernard was born in Beaminster and resided at Church Street, Beaminster. He enlisted for the Great War in Dorchester. Bernard Died of Wounds on the 12th October 1918, aged 21.He is buried in Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt. The CWGC lists “Son of Dan and Amy Hannah Travers, of Church St., Beaminster, Dorset”.
PTE C. TRAVERS
38163 Pte Charles Travers 3 Bn Dorset Regiment. Charles resided at St Mary’s Street, Beaminster.
PTE D. TRAVERS
8702 Pte Dan Travers 252 Protection Company, Royal Defence Corps. Dan resided at Church Street, Beaminster. His son Bernard was killed during the war, see B C Travers.
PTE J. TRAVERS
13314 Pte Joseph Travers HMS Barham Royal Marine Light Infantry. Joseph resided at St Mary’s Street, Beaminster.
PTE P. TRAVERS
200016 Pte Percy Travers Dorset Regiment. Percy resided at St Mary’s Street, Beaminster.
GNR R. V. TRAVERS
110194 Gnr Reginald Victor Travers 91 Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Reginald resided at Short’s Lane, Beaminster.
SERGT T. H. TRAVERS *
8446 L/Sgt Thomas Henry Travers 1st Bn Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry. Thomas was born and resided in Beaminster. He was a pre war regular soldier, having enlisted in Dorchester in August 1906. Thomas was Killed in Action on the 20th October 1914, aged 22. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial. The CWGC lists “Son of Joseph and Ellen Travers, of St. Mary’s St., Beaminster, Dorset”. His two brothers also appears on the Beaminster War Memorial, see A Travers and A E Travers.
GNR W. J. TRAVERS
PTE B. S. TREVETT
46104 Pte Bertrand Shepherd Trevett 62 Bn Machine Gun Corps. Bertrand resided at Coombe, Beaminster.
AM A. J. TRUMP
F/45374 AC2 Albert Trump Royal Naval Air Service. Albert resided at Short’s Lane, Beaminster.
PTE E. TRUMP
265720 Pte Edwin Trump 7th Somerset Light Infantry. Edwin resided at Short’s Lane, Beaminster. He was taken Prisoner of War.
PTE P. TRUMP *
10581 Pte Percy Trump 5th Bn Dorset Regiment. Percy was born and resided in Beaminster. He enlisted for the Great War in August 1914 at Beaminster. Percy was Killed in Action (missing) at Gallipoli on the 21st August 1915, aged 33. He is commemorated on the Helles Memorial. The CWGC lists “Son of the late William and Jane Trump”.
PTE A. TUCK *
10366 Pte Arthur Tuck 5th Bn Dorset Regiment. Arthur was born and resided in Beaminster. Before the war, he had spent some time working as a lamp man in a surface colliery in Cilfynydd, Wales. He enlisted for the Great War in August 1914 at Beaminster. Arthur was Killed in Action (missing) at Gallipoli on the 21st August 1915, aged 21. He is commemorated on the Helles Memorial. The CWGC lists “Son of Charles and Fanny Tuck, of 9, Dagmar Rd., Dorchester”. His brother is also commemorated on the Beaminster War Memorial, see E Tuck.
PTE E. TUCK *
760006 Pte Ernest Samuel Tuck 7th Bn Canadian Infantry. Ernest was born in Beaminster on the 2nd April 1890, but emigrated to Canada sometime before the outbreak of war. He had previously served in the 3rd Bn Dorset Regiment, as a Special Reservist. He enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in November 1915 at Vancouver. Having originally joined the 121st Battalion, he transferred to the 7th Battalion after arriving in England at the end of 1916. On 4th April 1917 he was wounded at Vimy Ridge, with a shell wound to the left shoulder and was sent to recover at Summerdown Camp, Eastbourne after receiving treatment in Leeds. Ernest was Killed in Action (missing) on the 10th November 1917, aged 25. He has no known grave and is now commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial to the missing in Ypres. The CWGC lists “Son of Charles and Fanny Tuck, of 9. Dagmar Rd., Dorchester, Dorset, England”. His brother is also commemorated on the Beaminster War Memorial, see A Tuck.
PTE F. TUCK
PTE H. TUCK
S4/109452 Pte Henry Alfred Tuck 19th Field Bakery, Army Service Corps. Henry resided at Lower Barrowfield, Beaminster.
PTE H. J. TUCK
PTE J. TUCK
PTE R. TUCK
PTE W. TURNER
Possibly Sig Charles Turner 5th Division Signal School. Charles resided at Half Acre, Beaminster.
SERGT P. VALLIS
PTE S. WAKELEY
H/230740 Pte Sidney Wakeley 1/1st Dorset Yeomanry. Sidney resided at Higher Meerhay, Beaminster.
PTE H. WALBRIDGE
TR T. WARREN
TR T. C. WARREN
PTE E. H. WATERS
PTE A. WATTS
52593 Pte Albert Watts 2nd Garrison Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers. Albert resided at East Street, Beaminster.
PTE CECIL. WATTS
201285 Pte Cecil Watts Dorset Regiment. Cecil resided at St Mary’s Street, Beaminster.
PTE CHAS. WATTS
PLY/S/1785 Pte Charles Watts 2nd Royal Marine Battalion. Charles resided at Newtown, Beaminster. He was taken Prisoner of War.
CORPL G. WATTS
200515 L/Cpl George William Watts Dorset Regiment. George resided at Shadrack Street, Beaminster.
PTE H. WATTS
202698 Pte Herbert Watts Dorset Regiment. Herbert resided at Newtown, Beaminster.
PTE J. WATTS
200529 Pte James Watts Dorset Regiment. James resided at Newtown, Beaminster.
PTE R. WATTS
DR F. WEAVER
11788 Dvr Frank Weaver 14th Divisional Train, Army Service Corps. Frank resided at Newtown, Beaminster.
TR G. E. WEAVER
47319 L/Cpl Gilchrist Weaver Machine Gun Corps. Gilchrist resided at Fleet Street, Beaminster.
PTE R. WEBB
860652 Dvr Reginald Webb 227th Brigade Royal Field Artillery. Reginald resided at St Mary’s Street, Beaminster.
PTE C. H. WELSFORD *
8704 Pte Charles Hearn Welsford 2nd Bn Dorset Regiment. Charles was born in Beaminster. He was a pre war regular soldier, having enlisted in Dorchester in February 1909. He had previously served with the 4th Dorsets as a Territorial and with the 3rd Dorsets as a Special Reservist. In November 1912, hwe was charged with having a dirty rifle during an inspection, and confined to camp for 5 days. The 2nd Battalion were sent to Mesopotamia as part of the Indian Expeditionary Force “D” in November 1914, with Charles along with them. Charles died of Enteritis on the 22nd April 1916 whilst besieged with his battalion in Kut. He is buried in Kut War Cemetery.
AB G. W. WHITEMORE RN
PTE L. WHITEMORE
28226 L/Cpl Leonard William Whitemore King’s Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster). Leonard resided at North Street, Beaminster.
PTE F. D. WHITMARSH
201469 Pte Frank Whitmarsh Dorset Regiment. Frank resided at Newtown, Beaminster.
PTE W. J. WHITMARSH
37407 Pte Walter Whitmarsh 1 Bn Devonshire Regiment. Walter resided at Newton, Beaminster.
PTE A. A. WHITTY
L CPL E. W. WHITTY
70640 Pte Ernest Walter Whitty 34 Bn Machine Gun Corps. Ernest resided at St Mary’s Street, Beaminster.
PTE W. WHITTY
200308 Pte Walter Geoffrey Whitty Dorset Regiment. Walter resided at East Street, Beaminster.
PTE V. C. WILDERN
193587 Pte Victor Charles Wildern Army Service Corps MT. Victor resided at Clay Lane, Beaminster.
LIEUT E. G. WISE
GNR F. WINTERS
L CPL A. WINTERS
200010 L/Cpl Alfred Winters Dorset Regiment. Alfred resided at East Street, Beaminster.
SERGT E. WINTERS *
6556 Pte Elias Winters 1st Bn Dorset Regiment. Elias was born and resided in Beaminster. He was a pre war regular soldier, having enlisted in Portland. Elias was Killed in Action on the 3rd December 1914. He is buried in R.E. Farm Cemetery. His half-brother is also commemorated on the Beaminster War Memorial, see J Winters.
PTE J. WINTERS *
5547 Pte Arthur John Winters 2/18th Bn London Regiment (London Irish Rifles), formerly 80758 Pte Royal Army Medical Corps. Arthur was born and resided in Beaminster. He enlisted for the Great War in Bridport. Arthur was Killed in Action on the 11th October 1916, aged 21. He is buried in Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi. The CWGC lists “Son of Fredrick and Jane Winters, of Beaminster, Dorset”. His half-brother is also commemorated on the Beaminster War Memorial, see E Winters.
AB E. WOODBURY RN
187931 AB Edwin Woodbury HMS Saracen. Edwin resided at East Street, Beaminster.
Dorset in the Great War 