| Edwin Louis Benbow |
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Captain
Military Cross
10 December 1895, Abbotsbury
30 May 1918
22
Royal Field Artillery
No. 40 Squadron Royal Flying Corps
No. 85 Squadron Royal Air Force
Duhallow A. D. S. Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium
Son of Joseph and Jane C. Benbow,
of La Mortola, Ventimigila, Italy. |
Captain Edwin Louis Benbow was an English flying ace during the First World War, credited with eight victories, comprising six destroyed and one shared destroyed, and one `out of control´. He was the only pilot to gain 'ace' status flying the Royal Aircraft Factory F. E. 8 exclusively.
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| Frederick Chard |
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Private
260223
abt. 1889
24 September 1917
28
2nd/6th Bn., Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Brown's Copse Cemetery, Roeux, France
Son of Mrs. C. Chard,
of 8, Diment Square, North Allington, Bridport,
husband of Alice Hunter (formerly Chard),
of H. M. Coastguard Station, Abbotsbury, Dorset. |
| Fred Churchill |
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Petty Officer Stoker
276990
26 October 1875, Abbotsbury
08 February 1917
41
Royal Navy, H. M. S. "Ghurka"
Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire, England
Son of Joseph and Mary Ann Churchill,
of Red Lane, Abbotsbury, Dorset. |
| George Walter Mundy Corbon |
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Ship's Corporal 1st Class
178738
01 February 1878, Abbotsbury
31 May 1916
38
Royal Navy, H. M. S. "Invincible"
Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire, England
Husband of Elizabeth Mary Watson Corbon,
of West St., Abbotsbury, Dorset. |
| Walter Miller Cribb |
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Private
10914
04 April 1880 (baptised)
16 May 1917
37
6th Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
Arras Memorial, France
Husband of Alice Beale (formerly Cribb),
of West St., Abbotsbury, Weymouth. |
| Alfred Deamen |
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Private
737
16 March 1884 (baptised)
09 May 1915
31
15th Bn. Australian Infantry
Lone Pine Memorial, Turkey (including Gallipoli)
Son of Charles and Eliza Daemen,
of "Brooklyn," River Side, Abingdon, Berks, England.
Native of Abbotsbury, Dorset. |
| Frederick Dunford |
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Petty Officer Stoker
K/2030
01 April 1888 (baptised)
01 June 1916
28
Royal Navy, H. M. S. "Fortune"
Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire, England
Son of John and Emily Dunford,
of Rodden Row, Abbotsbury, Dorset. |
| John Dunford |
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Petty Officer Stoker
304107
18 February 1886 (baptised)
31 May 1916
30
Royal Navy, H. M. S. "Black Prince."
Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire, England
Son of John and Emily Dunford,
of Rodden Row, Abbotsbury, Dorset. |
| Frederick Charles Toms |
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Corporal
10926
05 April 1896 (baptised)
14 June 1917
21
5th Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium
Son of Charles T. and Lucy Toms,
of Rosemary Lane, Abbotsbury, Dorset. |
| Sydney George Towills |
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Ordinary Seaman
J/87647
1900
02 July 1918
18
Royal Navy, H. M. S. "Powerful"
Abbotsbury (St. Nicholas) Churchyard
Son of Henry George and Maria Towills,
of West St., Abbotsbury, Weymouth. |
| Walter George Trevett |
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Serjeant
11093
23 December 1894 (baptised)
23 March 1918
6th Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
Arras Memorial, France
Husband of Louisa Maud Trevett
of Vine Cottage, Abbotsbury, Dorset. |
| William John Vivian |
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Stoker 1st Class
294115
18 November 1880
31 May 1918
37
Royal Navy, H. M. S. "Eglantine"
Belfast City Cemetery, Antrim, Northern Ireland
Son of Joseph and Sarah Vivian,
of West St., Abbotsbury, Weymouth, Dorset. |
| Reginald Frank Weeden |
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Private
697
abt. 1895
21 August 1915
20
Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own)
Helles Memorial, Turkey (including Gallipoli)
Son of Frank and Annie Weeden,
of "Eureka," Dorchester Rd., Radipole, Weymouth. |
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