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War Memorial - Wool, Dorset, England


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William James Bishop
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Private
2120
abt. 1894
23 December 1916
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1st/4th Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
Kirkee 1914-1918 Memorial, India
Son of W. F. and Annie Frances Jane Bishop,
of 7, Station Rd., Wool, Dorset.
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R. J. Bowering
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Private
3/8416

02 May 1915

1st Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
Bailleul Communal Cemetery, France
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Victor Churchill
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Private
10707
abt. 1897, Milborne St. Andrews, Dorset
22 August 1915

5th Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
Helles Memorial, Turkey (including Gallipoli)
1911 England Census about Victor Churchill and family
Residence: Lower Burton, Dorchester, Dorset; Registration district: Dorchester
Sub-District: Maiden Newton; Parish: Charminster; County: Dorset
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Thomas Billett
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42
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Labourer on farm
Milborne St Andrew,
Dorset
Mary Billett
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51
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Buckland Newton,
Dorset
William Churchill
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25
Step Son
Labourer on farm
Bere Regis,
Dorset
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Frederick Churchill
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22
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Labourer on farm
Milborne St Andrew,
Dorset
Victor Churchill
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14
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Labourer on farm
Milborne St Andrew,
Dorset
Reginald Churchill
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11
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School
Milborne St Andrew,
Dorset
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Gladys Churchill
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8
Step Daughter
School
Milborne St Andrew,
Dorset

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Charles Tom Davis
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Private
12608
Wareham, Dorset
21 August 1915

5th Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
Helles Memorial, Turkey (including Gallipoli)
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Reginald Gordon Hansford
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Able Seaman
J/19139
13 January 1897, Moreton, Dorset
31 May 1916
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Royal Navy, H. M. S. "Black Prince"
Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire, UK
Son of Harry and Mary Anne Hansford, nee Bridle,
of 60, Church Rd., Wool, Dorset.
1911 England Census about Reginald Gordon Hansford and family
Residence: Railway Crossing, Wool, Dorset; Registration district: Wareham;
Sub-District: Wareham; Parish: Wool; County: Dorset
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Harry
Hansford
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39
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Railway Signalman
Moreton, Dorset
Mary Ann
Hansford
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38
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Moreton, Dorset
Reginald Gordon
Hansford
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14
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School
Moreton, Dorset
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Cecil Henry John
Hansford
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6
Son

Wool, Dorset

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Montague Eli George Leak
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Lance Corporal
24595
abt. 1888, Milborne, St Andrew Dorset
05 August 1916

10th Bn. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Thiepval Memorial, France
1911 England Census about Montague Eli George Leak and family
Residence: Wool, Wareham, Dorset; Registration district: Wareham;
Sub-District: Wareham; Parish: Wool; County: Dorset
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George Leak
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55
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Farmer & Engine Dvr.
Froome, St Quinton
Eliza Leak
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49
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Dorchester, Dorset
Lily Maud Leak
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25
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Dorchester, Dorset
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M. Eli George Leak
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22
Son
Assistant Business
Milborne, St Andrew
Eva Mary Leak
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16
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Milborne, St Andrew
Sylvester L. G. Leak
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9
Son
School
Wool, Dorset
Also mentioned is Tom Hollaway, 51, Servant.

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Noel Stafford Wright
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Flight Sub-Lieutenant

24 December 1899
18 September 1917
18
Royal Naval Air Service
Bailleul Communal Cemetery, France
Son of Walter Southey Wright and Caroline Maud Wright,
of The Firs, Wool, Dorset.

Flight Sub-Lieutenant Noel Stafford Wright, Royal Naval Air Service; died 18 September 1917, aged 18; buried in Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France (III. E. 185.); son of Walter Southey Wright and Caroline Maud Wright, of The Firs, Wool, Dorset; [Wright's father was a local GP; Brian Bates's book on Dorchester war memorials says that Wright joined the RNAS as a pilot, "He flew with the 1st Squadron, attached to the Hawke Btn of the Royal Naval Division ... On 18 September [1917] Noel was flying with Capt. J Manley RFC over the British side of the lines near Neuve-Église [Nieuwkerke], Belgium, when their Sopwith Triplane Scout collided with a Spad VII biplane" (Brian Bates, Dorchester remembers the Great War (Frampton: Roving Press, 2012, p. 183); No 1 Naval Squadron were based at East Aerodrome in Bailleul from June to November 1917.

1911 England Census about Noel Stafford Wright and family
Residence: The Firs, Wool, Wareham, Dorset; Registration district: Wareham;
Sub-District: Wareham; Parish: Wool; County: Dorset
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Walter Southey
Wright
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49
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Gen. Practioner Medical
London, Marylebone,
Middlesex
Caroline Maud
Wright
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34
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Mallow, Cork,
Ireland
Frederick Yelverton
Wright
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13
Son
School
Carshalton, Surrey
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Noel Stafford
Wright
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12
Son
School
Carshalton, Surrey
Barry Edward
Southey Wright
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7
Son

Wool, Dorset
Also mentioned is Adelaide Holder, 20, Servant.

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Walter Ernest Ricketts
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Lance Serjeant
6881
abt. 1890, Kimmeridge, Dorset
11 November 1914

1st Bn. Scots Guards
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium
Son of Emanuel and Georgina Ricketts.
1901 England Census about Walter Ernest Ricketts and family
(Ricket in the census)
Residence: Kimmeridge, Dorset; Registration district: Wareham;
Sub-District: Wareham; Parish: Kimmeridge; County: Dorset
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Samuel Ricket
prob. Emanuel
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46
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Combs Keynes, Dorset
Georgina Ricket
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44
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Chaldon, Dorset
Walter Ricket
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11
Son


Kimmeridge, Dorset

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Frederick David Stevens
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Private
38950
abt. 1890
25 May 1918
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5th Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment
Pozieres Memorial, France
Son of Austin and Mary Elizabeth Stevens,
of 41, Quarr Hill, Wool, Dorset.
1901 England Census about Frederick David Stevens and family
Residence: The Luan, Wool; Registration district: Wareham;
Sub-District: Wareham; Parish: Wool; County: Dorset
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Austin Stevens
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49
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Agricult. Labourer
Wool, Dorset
Mary Stevens
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40
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West Lulworth, Dorset
Alice Stevens
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11
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Wool, Dorset
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Frederick Stevens
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10
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Wool, Dorset
William Stevens
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8
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Wool, Dorset
Emily Stevens
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6
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Wool, Dorset
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Albert Stevens
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5
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Wool, Dorset
Victoria Stevens
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3
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Wool, Dorset
Lucy Stevens
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1
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Wool, Dorset
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John H. Stevens
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1 month
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Wool, Dorset
Also mentioned is Eliza J. Rolls, 32, Visitor.

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Richard Torevell
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Private
8222
abt. 1883, Wool, Dorset
14 September 1915

2nd Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
Amara War Cemetery, Iraq
Son of James and Elizabeth Torevell, nee Angel,
of 52, Spring St., Wool, Wareham, Dorset.
1901 England Census about Richard Torevell and family
Residence: Parish Church "Holy Rood", Wool; Registration district: Wareham;
Sub-District: Wareham; Parish: Wool; County: Dorset
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Elizabeth Torevell
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63
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Laundress
Winfrith, Dorset
Jane E. Torevell
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38
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Laundress
Wool, Dorset
George A. Torevell
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32
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Agricult. Labourer
Wool, Dorset
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Joseph Torevell
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29
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Agricult. Labourer
Wool, Dorset
Walter Torevell
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Son
Journeyman
Wool, Dorset
Richard Torevell
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18
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Agricult. Labourer
Wool, Dorset
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Kate M. Torevell
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18
Daughter
Laundress
Wool, Dorset

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Oscar Penny Whiting
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Private
39769
21 May 1899, Wool, Dorset
26 April 1918

1st Bn. Wiltshire Regiment
Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium
Son of Thomas and Alice Whiting.
1911 England Census about Oscar Penny Whiting and family
Residence: Wool; Registration district: Wareham;
Sub-District: Wareham; Parish: Wool; County: Dorset
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Thomas E. Whiting
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56
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Coal Merchant
Winfrith, Dorset
Sarah Whiting
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53
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Wool, Dorset
Alice Whiting
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25
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Wool, Dorset
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Arthur Whiting
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22
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Assist. Business
Wool, Dorset
Edgar Whiting
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18
Son
Assist. Business
Wool, Dorset
Cyril Whiting
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14
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School
Wool, Dorset
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Oscar Whiting
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12
Son
School
Wool, Dorset

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C. Ackerman
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Ernest John Courtenay
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Sergeant (Air Gunner)
2220217
abt. 1925
27 July 1944
19
44 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
La Boissiere-sur-Evre Communal Cemetery, France
Son of John Robert and Annie Eliza Courtenay,
of Wool, Dorsetshire.
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Ernest Charles Dredge
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Lance Serjeant
7875317
abt. 1907
09 May 194
37
52nd Royal Tank Regiment, R. A. C.
Naples War Cemetery, Italy
Son of Austin and Ada Dredge,
husband of Kathleen Elizabeth Dredge,
of Bovington Camp, Dorsetshire.
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Francis Heard (Probably)
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Able Seaman

abt. 1911
06 October 1940
29
Merchant Navy, S. S. "Benlawers" (Leith)
Tower Hill Memorial, London, UK
Husband of Nellie Heard,
of Stoborough, Dorsetshire.
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William McTaggart
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Private
13095403
abt. 1904
05 March 1942
38
Pioneer Corps
Wool (Holy Rood) Churchyard, Dorset, UK
Son of James and Elizebeth McTaggart,
husband of Eleanor May McTaggart,
of East Stoke.
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E. Shepherd
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Ellen Mary Smith
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Civilian War Dead

abt. 1878
10 May 1941
63


of 59 Chatham Street.
Daughter of the late George and Sarah Kellaway,
of Longthorne, East Stoke, Wool, Dorsetshire,
widow of Ernest Smith.
Died at 59 Chatham Street.
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W. Smith
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W. Turner
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Idris Jones
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Corporal
7880938
abt. 1907
06 December 191
34
4th Royal Tank Regiment, R. A. C.
Alamein Memorial, Egypt
Son of Ambrose and Alice Jones,
husband of Elizabeth Jones,
of Wool, Dorsetshire.
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