Dorchester: Church of St Peter (Dorset) - SDGR Dorchester Branch war memorial
SDGR Dorchester Branch War Memorial plaque, attached to the north wall of the tower in St. Peter's Church, Dorchester.
Identifications from the CWGC database:
E. Foote (Church of the Holy Rood, Buckland Newton) -- Lance Corporal Edwin Henry Foot (Service No: 10960), 5th Bn, Dorsetshire Regiment, died 9 August 1915, killed in action during the unsuccessful assault on Kiretch Tepe Slit, Suvla (name commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Turkey); he was the son of Henry Dinning Foot and Anna Foot, of Bookham Farm, Piddletrenthide, Dorchester: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/696163/FOOT,%20EDWIN%...
F. C. Northover (St. Mary's, Charminster) -- Private Frederick Charles Northover (Service No: 44916), 8th Bn, Royal Berkshire Regiment, died 27 August 1918 (Buried in Bernafay Wood British Cemetery, Montauban, France); he was the son of Henry James and Jessie Northover, of Buckland Ripers, Dorchester. Born Charminster: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/246016/NORTHOVER,%20F...
W. A. Painter (St. Peter's, Dorchester) -- Lance Corporal William Alfred Painter (Service No: 27120), 3rd Bn, Dorsetshire Regiment, died 21 April 1918 (Buried in Étaples Military Cemetery, France); he was the son of Henry and Mary Ann Painter, of Dorchester, Dorset: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/504577/PAINTER,%20WIL...
W. Drake (All Saints', Hilton) -- Private William Benjamin Drake (Service No: 10407), 5th Bn, Dorsetshire Regiment, died 21 August 1915, killed in action during the assault on Turkish trenches between Aire Kayak and Susak Kuyu, Suvla (name commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Turkey); he was the son of Benjamin and Ellen Drake, of Hilton, Blandford: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/695407/DRAKE,%20WILLI...
F. Samways (All Saints', Hilton) -- Private Frederick William Samways (Service No: 27769), 1st Bn, Wiltshire Regiment, died 8 January 1919 (Buried in All Saints Churchyard, Hilton); he was the son of William and Beatrice Samways, of Hilton: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2748963/SAMWAYS,%20FR...
W. J. New (St. Andrew's, Leigh) -- Private J. W. New (Service No: 202074), 2nd/5th Bn, Durham Light Infantry, died 19 October 1918 (buried at Kirechkoi-Hortakoi Military Cemetery, Greece); he was the son of Frederick and Martha New; husband of Ellen New, of 6, Victoria Rd., Feltham, Middx. Native of Leigh, Dorset: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/332682/NEW,%20J%20W
H. Wilson (The Abbey Church, Milton) -- Probably Serjeant Harry Wilson (Service No: 9886), 5th. Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment; died 21 August 1915, aged 22; name recorded on the Helles Memorial, Turkey (Panel 136 to 139.); son of Thomas and Catherine Wilson, of Garth Cottage, North Ferriby, Yorks; enlisted Aug., 1914 [thanks to Alan Regin for making the link]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/684668/WILSON,%20HARRY
H. Brake (St. Lawrence's, Upwey) -- Private Hope Brake (Service No: 17856), 5th Bn, Dorsetshire Regiment, died 5 October 1917 (name commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium); [Hope Brake was born at Symondsbury early in 1880, and was baptised in the church there on the 29 February. His parents were William and Emily Brake; in the 1881 Census, William is described as a 46-year old sexton, labourer, etc., Emily as a 40-year old church cleaner; in 1881, they had eight children living with them at Symondsbury, of which Hope was then the youngest; by the time of the 1891 Census, when Hope was a 11-year old scholar, William is described as a 56-year old agricultural labourer; Hope married Agnes Emma Pearce (b. Broadwindsor) in Beaminster (district) in late 1899; by the time of the 1901 Census, Hope was a 21-year gardener, living at 3 East Road, Bridport with his wife, and a 1-year old child (William George); by the time of the 1911 Census, Hope and Agnes were living at 1, St Andrews Road, Bridport with four children: George (b. Melplash, ca. 1900), Gladys (b. Burton Bradstock, ca. 1903), Leonard (b. Bridport, ca. 1907), and Phyllis (b. Bridport, ca. 1909); in 1911, Hope was 31-years old, and still working as a gardener; Soldiers Died in the Great War records that Hope enlisted at Weymouth, when resident at Upwey; it is possible that Agnes married again: an Agnes E. Brake married Henry Swain at Weymouth (district) in the 3rd quarter of 1921; someone of the same name died, aged 70, at Weymouth (district) in the 2nd quarter of 1951]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/842746/BRAKE,%20HOPE
J. Anderson (All Saints', Wyke Regis) -- 2nd Lieutenant Harry John Anderson, 3rd Bn, Wiltshire Regiment (Buried Ramleh War Cemetery, Ramla, Israel); he was the son of Alfred W. and Selina Anderson, of "Oaklands," Williams Avenue, Wyke Regis, Dorset: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/651827/ANDERSON,%20HA...
Other SDGR casualties are listed on the CCCBR Website: www.cccbr.org.uk/rolls/societies/details.php?id=29&na...
Information on those commemorated on the Helles Memorial is available in the Dorsetshire Regiment Gallipoli Roll of Honour, prepared by the Keep Museum in Dorchester (PDF): www.keepmilitarymuseum.org/gallipoli/resources/dorset_reg...
The proposed memorial was discussed at a meeting of the Dorchester Branch of the Guild held at Dorchester in May 1919, an account of which was published in the Western Gazette of 16 May 1919, p. 4:
"The branch's Roll of Honour includes the names of Messrs. J. Anderson, Wyke Regis; H. Brake, Upwey; H. W. Drake and F. Samways, Hilton; E. Foot, Buckland Newton; W. J. New, Leigh; F. Northover, Charminster; W. A. Painter, Dorchester; and H. Wilson, Milton Abbas. It was unanimously decided to erect a memorial tablet in St. Peter's Church tower, Dorchester, to the nine branch members who made the supreme sacrifice in the Great War, and subscriptions are to be invited from all the towers in the branch."
Dorchester: Church of St Peter (Dorset) - SDGR Dorchester Branch war memorial
SDGR Dorchester Branch War Memorial plaque, attached to the north wall of the tower in St. Peter's Church, Dorchester.
Identifications from the CWGC database:
E. Foote (Church of the Holy Rood, Buckland Newton) -- Lance Corporal Edwin Henry Foot (Service No: 10960), 5th Bn, Dorsetshire Regiment, died 9 August 1915, killed in action during the unsuccessful assault on Kiretch Tepe Slit, Suvla (name commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Turkey); he was the son of Henry Dinning Foot and Anna Foot, of Bookham Farm, Piddletrenthide, Dorchester: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/696163/FOOT,%20EDWIN%...
F. C. Northover (St. Mary's, Charminster) -- Private Frederick Charles Northover (Service No: 44916), 8th Bn, Royal Berkshire Regiment, died 27 August 1918 (Buried in Bernafay Wood British Cemetery, Montauban, France); he was the son of Henry James and Jessie Northover, of Buckland Ripers, Dorchester. Born Charminster: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/246016/NORTHOVER,%20F...
W. A. Painter (St. Peter's, Dorchester) -- Lance Corporal William Alfred Painter (Service No: 27120), 3rd Bn, Dorsetshire Regiment, died 21 April 1918 (Buried in Étaples Military Cemetery, France); he was the son of Henry and Mary Ann Painter, of Dorchester, Dorset: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/504577/PAINTER,%20WIL...
W. Drake (All Saints', Hilton) -- Private William Benjamin Drake (Service No: 10407), 5th Bn, Dorsetshire Regiment, died 21 August 1915, killed in action during the assault on Turkish trenches between Aire Kayak and Susak Kuyu, Suvla (name commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Turkey); he was the son of Benjamin and Ellen Drake, of Hilton, Blandford: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/695407/DRAKE,%20WILLI...
F. Samways (All Saints', Hilton) -- Private Frederick William Samways (Service No: 27769), 1st Bn, Wiltshire Regiment, died 8 January 1919 (Buried in All Saints Churchyard, Hilton); he was the son of William and Beatrice Samways, of Hilton: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2748963/SAMWAYS,%20FR...
W. J. New (St. Andrew's, Leigh) -- Private J. W. New (Service No: 202074), 2nd/5th Bn, Durham Light Infantry, died 19 October 1918 (buried at Kirechkoi-Hortakoi Military Cemetery, Greece); he was the son of Frederick and Martha New; husband of Ellen New, of 6, Victoria Rd., Feltham, Middx. Native of Leigh, Dorset: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/332682/NEW,%20J%20W
H. Wilson (The Abbey Church, Milton) -- Probably Serjeant Harry Wilson (Service No: 9886), 5th. Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment; died 21 August 1915, aged 22; name recorded on the Helles Memorial, Turkey (Panel 136 to 139.); son of Thomas and Catherine Wilson, of Garth Cottage, North Ferriby, Yorks; enlisted Aug., 1914 [thanks to Alan Regin for making the link]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/684668/WILSON,%20HARRY
H. Brake (St. Lawrence's, Upwey) -- Private Hope Brake (Service No: 17856), 5th Bn, Dorsetshire Regiment, died 5 October 1917 (name commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium); [Hope Brake was born at Symondsbury early in 1880, and was baptised in the church there on the 29 February. His parents were William and Emily Brake; in the 1881 Census, William is described as a 46-year old sexton, labourer, etc., Emily as a 40-year old church cleaner; in 1881, they had eight children living with them at Symondsbury, of which Hope was then the youngest; by the time of the 1891 Census, when Hope was a 11-year old scholar, William is described as a 56-year old agricultural labourer; Hope married Agnes Emma Pearce (b. Broadwindsor) in Beaminster (district) in late 1899; by the time of the 1901 Census, Hope was a 21-year gardener, living at 3 East Road, Bridport with his wife, and a 1-year old child (William George); by the time of the 1911 Census, Hope and Agnes were living at 1, St Andrews Road, Bridport with four children: George (b. Melplash, ca. 1900), Gladys (b. Burton Bradstock, ca. 1903), Leonard (b. Bridport, ca. 1907), and Phyllis (b. Bridport, ca. 1909); in 1911, Hope was 31-years old, and still working as a gardener; Soldiers Died in the Great War records that Hope enlisted at Weymouth, when resident at Upwey; it is possible that Agnes married again: an Agnes E. Brake married Henry Swain at Weymouth (district) in the 3rd quarter of 1921; someone of the same name died, aged 70, at Weymouth (district) in the 2nd quarter of 1951]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/842746/BRAKE,%20HOPE
J. Anderson (All Saints', Wyke Regis) -- 2nd Lieutenant Harry John Anderson, 3rd Bn, Wiltshire Regiment (Buried Ramleh War Cemetery, Ramla, Israel); he was the son of Alfred W. and Selina Anderson, of "Oaklands," Williams Avenue, Wyke Regis, Dorset: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/651827/ANDERSON,%20HA...
Other SDGR casualties are listed on the CCCBR Website: www.cccbr.org.uk/rolls/societies/details.php?id=29&na...
Information on those commemorated on the Helles Memorial is available in the Dorsetshire Regiment Gallipoli Roll of Honour, prepared by the Keep Museum in Dorchester (PDF): www.keepmilitarymuseum.org/gallipoli/resources/dorset_reg...
The proposed memorial was discussed at a meeting of the Dorchester Branch of the Guild held at Dorchester in May 1919, an account of which was published in the Western Gazette of 16 May 1919, p. 4:
"The branch's Roll of Honour includes the names of Messrs. J. Anderson, Wyke Regis; H. Brake, Upwey; H. W. Drake and F. Samways, Hilton; E. Foot, Buckland Newton; W. J. New, Leigh; F. Northover, Charminster; W. A. Painter, Dorchester; and H. Wilson, Milton Abbas. It was unanimously decided to erect a memorial tablet in St. Peter's Church tower, Dorchester, to the nine branch members who made the supreme sacrifice in the Great War, and subscriptions are to be invited from all the towers in the branch."