Minterne Magna: Church of St Andrew (Dorset)
The War Memorial
Identifications (some speculative) from the CWGC database:
Ernest Adams - Soldiers Died in the Great War records that Private Ernest Adams, 3098 Dorsetshire Regiment was born and resident at Minterne Magna, and enlisted at Dorchester: Private Ernest Adams (Service No: 3098), 1st/4th Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment; died 8 February 1917; name recorded on the Kirkee 1914-1918 Memorial, India (Face D.); [the Dorset OPC records the baptism on 2 Feb 1890 of an Ernest William Adams to Robert and Mary Jane Adams of Little Minterne]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1498504/ADAMS,%20ERNEST
Frank Bratchell - Probably: Private Francis George Bratchell (Service No: 7412), 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers; died 20 May 1915, aged 24; name recorded on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen (Panel 5.); son of George and Martha Ann Bratchell, of Council Cottages, Kings Lane, Over Wallop, Stockbridge, Hants; [Soldiers Died in the Great War records that Pte Bratchell was born at Clatford, Hampshire, was resident at Shipton Bellinger, and enlisted at Dorchester]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/928946/BRATCHELL,%20F...
Joseph Clark [not possible to identify unambiguously]
Cecil Cheeseman - Sapper Cecil Cheeseman (Service No: 42850), 82nd Coy., Royal Engineers; died 1 August 1916, aged 29; buried in Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France (III. A. 2.); Son of George and Mary Cheeseman, of Dogberry Hill, Minterne Magna, Cerne Abbas, Dorchester: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/76873/CHEESEMAN,%20CECIL
George Hawkins [not possible to identify unambiguously]
Abdon Napier - Gunner Abdon Napier (Service No: 338717), 142nd Durham Heavy Bty., Royal Garrison Artillery; died 8 October 1918, aged 21; buried in Vadencourt British Cemetery, Maissemy, Aisne, France (III. C. 24.); brother of Miss Lily R. Napier, of 72, Manor St., Clapham, London: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2939521/NAPIER,%20ABDON
Frank Napier - Rifleman Francis George Napier (Service No: B/1226), 9th Bn., Rifle Brigade; died 11 July 1915; name recorded on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen (Panel 46 - 48 and 50.); [Soldiers Died in the Great War records that Rifleman Napier was born and resident at Minterne Magna, and enlisted at Winchester]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/918540/NAPIER,%20FRAN...
Private J. T. Napier (Service No: PLY/1572(S)), 1st R.M. Bn. R.N. Div., Royal Marine Light Infantry; died 28 April 1917; buried in Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux-en-Gohelle, Pas de Calais, France (VII. H. 3.); [The Dorset OPC records the baptism of a James Timothy Napier on 5 July 1885, son of Timothy and Amelia Napier of Lyons Gate; Private James Timothy Napier's Forces War Records entry says that his wife was Lillie L. Napier of Lyons Gate, Cerne Abbas, Dorchester; it adds that he was "exhumed from 51b.B.24.b.8.4. to Orchard Dump Cemetery"; he "enlisted 17/8/16 age 30 years 8 months ; embarked Royal Marine Brigade 25/10/16 ; draft for BEF 18/12/16, posted to 8th Entrenching Battalion from Base Depot Calais 10/1/17, posted to 1st Royal Marine Battalion 26/2/17-28/4/17 Discharged Dead" (missing, later reported killed in action).]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/269644/NAPIER,%20J%20T
George Pilgrim - Possibly: Private George Henry Pilgrim (Service No: 10355), 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers; died 27 March 1918; name recorded on the Pozières Memorial, Somme, France (Panel 4.); [Soldiers Died in the Great War records that Pte Pilgrim was born at Langford, Notts, was resident at Winthorpe, Dorset [surely Notts?], and enlisted at Dorchester; it is difficult to be certain about the connection, but at the time of the 1911 Census, an 11-year old George Pilgrim was living at Southwell, Notts, the son of William and Anne Pilgrim]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1586813/PILGRIM,%20GE...
Second World War
Joseph Clark [not possible to identify unambiguously]
Minterne Magna: Church of St Andrew (Dorset)
The War Memorial
Identifications (some speculative) from the CWGC database:
Ernest Adams - Soldiers Died in the Great War records that Private Ernest Adams, 3098 Dorsetshire Regiment was born and resident at Minterne Magna, and enlisted at Dorchester: Private Ernest Adams (Service No: 3098), 1st/4th Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment; died 8 February 1917; name recorded on the Kirkee 1914-1918 Memorial, India (Face D.); [the Dorset OPC records the baptism on 2 Feb 1890 of an Ernest William Adams to Robert and Mary Jane Adams of Little Minterne]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1498504/ADAMS,%20ERNEST
Frank Bratchell - Probably: Private Francis George Bratchell (Service No: 7412), 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers; died 20 May 1915, aged 24; name recorded on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen (Panel 5.); son of George and Martha Ann Bratchell, of Council Cottages, Kings Lane, Over Wallop, Stockbridge, Hants; [Soldiers Died in the Great War records that Pte Bratchell was born at Clatford, Hampshire, was resident at Shipton Bellinger, and enlisted at Dorchester]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/928946/BRATCHELL,%20F...
Joseph Clark [not possible to identify unambiguously]
Cecil Cheeseman - Sapper Cecil Cheeseman (Service No: 42850), 82nd Coy., Royal Engineers; died 1 August 1916, aged 29; buried in Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France (III. A. 2.); Son of George and Mary Cheeseman, of Dogberry Hill, Minterne Magna, Cerne Abbas, Dorchester: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/76873/CHEESEMAN,%20CECIL
George Hawkins [not possible to identify unambiguously]
Abdon Napier - Gunner Abdon Napier (Service No: 338717), 142nd Durham Heavy Bty., Royal Garrison Artillery; died 8 October 1918, aged 21; buried in Vadencourt British Cemetery, Maissemy, Aisne, France (III. C. 24.); brother of Miss Lily R. Napier, of 72, Manor St., Clapham, London: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2939521/NAPIER,%20ABDON
Frank Napier - Rifleman Francis George Napier (Service No: B/1226), 9th Bn., Rifle Brigade; died 11 July 1915; name recorded on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen (Panel 46 - 48 and 50.); [Soldiers Died in the Great War records that Rifleman Napier was born and resident at Minterne Magna, and enlisted at Winchester]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/918540/NAPIER,%20FRAN...
Private J. T. Napier (Service No: PLY/1572(S)), 1st R.M. Bn. R.N. Div., Royal Marine Light Infantry; died 28 April 1917; buried in Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux-en-Gohelle, Pas de Calais, France (VII. H. 3.); [The Dorset OPC records the baptism of a James Timothy Napier on 5 July 1885, son of Timothy and Amelia Napier of Lyons Gate; Private James Timothy Napier's Forces War Records entry says that his wife was Lillie L. Napier of Lyons Gate, Cerne Abbas, Dorchester; it adds that he was "exhumed from 51b.B.24.b.8.4. to Orchard Dump Cemetery"; he "enlisted 17/8/16 age 30 years 8 months ; embarked Royal Marine Brigade 25/10/16 ; draft for BEF 18/12/16, posted to 8th Entrenching Battalion from Base Depot Calais 10/1/17, posted to 1st Royal Marine Battalion 26/2/17-28/4/17 Discharged Dead" (missing, later reported killed in action).]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/269644/NAPIER,%20J%20T
George Pilgrim - Possibly: Private George Henry Pilgrim (Service No: 10355), 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers; died 27 March 1918; name recorded on the Pozières Memorial, Somme, France (Panel 4.); [Soldiers Died in the Great War records that Pte Pilgrim was born at Langford, Notts, was resident at Winthorpe, Dorset [surely Notts?], and enlisted at Dorchester; it is difficult to be certain about the connection, but at the time of the 1911 Census, an 11-year old George Pilgrim was living at Southwell, Notts, the son of William and Anne Pilgrim]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1586813/PILGRIM,%20GE...
Second World War
Joseph Clark [not possible to identify unambiguously]