Puddletown: Church of St Mary the Virgin (Dorset)
War memorial plaque (First World War)
Names seem to be ranked according to the date that they died.
Identifications from the CWGC database:
Serjeant Henry Martin Oliver (Service No: 8258), 1st Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment; died 14 March 1915, aged 27; name recorded on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen (Panel 37.); son of William and Emily Oliver; husband of Lilian Maud Caundle (formerly Oliver), of New Rd., Piddletown, Dorset: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1622771/OLIVER,%20HEN...
A. Ford - Impossible to identify unambiguously; one possible candidate would be: Private Alfred Thomas Ford (Service No: 3/8471), 1st Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment; died 4 May 1915; buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France (VIII. B. 29.): www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/49837/FORD,%20ALFRED%...
Possibly: Private Henry John Ford (Service No: 16909), 1st Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment; died 16 July 1917; name recorded on the Nieuport Memorial, West-Vlaanderen; [Private Ford's Forces War Records entry states that he was born and resident at Puddletown]:
www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1640650/FORD,%20HENRY...
W. C. Adams - Impossible to identify unambiguously.
Probably: Private A. S. T. Painter (Service No: 10822), 1st Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment; died 8 May 1916; buried in Authuille Military Cemetery, Somme, France (A. 14.): www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/599003/PAINTER,%20A%2...
Stoker 1st Class Jesse Reginald Lake (Service No: K/16583), Royal Navy (H.M.S. "Southampton"); died 31 May 1916, aged 22; name recorded on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire (Panel 18); son of Margaret Maria Daniels (formerly Lake), of Long Lane, Puddleton, Dorchester, and the late Charles Lake; [HMS Southampton was a "Town" class light cruiser of the Royal Navy, launched in 1912; she fought at the Battle of Jutland, when she was flagship of 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron, sinking the German light cruiser SMS Frauenlob; Stoker 1st Class Lake died on the first day of this battle]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/3037020/LAKE,%20JESSE...
Private Henry Edward Harwood (Service No: 12614), 5th Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment; died 26 September 1916; name recorded on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France (Pier and Face 7 B.): www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/790256/HARWOOD,%20HEN...
Private E. G. Sansford (Service No: 13144), 5th Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment; died 26 September 1916; buried in Regina Trench Cemetery, Grandcourt, Somme, France (VIII. D. 19.): www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/235328/SANSFORD,%20E%20G
Private Reginald George Pearce (Service No: 10409), 5th Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment; died 29 September 1916, aged 21; buried in Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France (I. Q. 24.); son of Mark and Annie Pearce, of Waterbarn, Puddletown, Dorchester: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/84591/PEARCE,%20REGIN...
M. Pearce - Impossible to identify unambiguously.
Private Arthur Sprackling (Service No: 11174), 6th Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment; died 8 November 1916, aged 22; name recorded on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France (Pier and Face 7 B.): www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1553778/SPRACKLING,%2...
Private Bertram William Scott (Service No: 8935), 2nd Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment; died 1 December 1916, aged 25; buried in Baghdad (North Gate) Cemetery, Iraq (XXI. N. 23.); son of H. and Eveline Scott, of High St., Piddletown, Dorchester: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/635145/SCOTT,%20BERTR...
Private William Walter Gifford (Service No: 203245), 1st/4th Bn., Hampshire Regiment; died 24 February 1917; name recorded on the Basra Memorial, Iraq (Panel 21 and 63.): www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/865348/GIFFORD,%20WIL...
Probably: Private G. Selby (Service No: 30540), 13th Bn., Royal Berkshire Regiment; died 24 March 1917; buried in Dunkirk Town Cemetery, Nord, France (I. F. 8.): www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/617402/SELBY,%20G
Ordinary Signalman Walter Reginald Paull (Service No: Bristol Z/1859), Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (H.M. Trawler "Charles Astie"); 26 June 1917, aged 18; name recorded on the Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon (Panel 23); son of W. W. and L. Paull, of Piddletown, Dorchester, Dorset: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/3044106/PAULL,%20WALT...
Probably: Private B. Tucker (Service No: 19577), 6th Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment; died 27 August 1917; buried in Sunken Road Cemetery, Fampoux, Pas de Calais, France (I. D. 7.): www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/532979/TUCKER,%20B
Serjeant Bernard Tompkins (Service No: 10303),10th Coy., Machine Gun Corps (Infantry); died 12 October 1917, aged 36; name recorded on the Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen (Panel 154 to 159 and 163A.); son of Sarah Ann Tompkins, of New St., Puddletown, Dorchester, and the late James Tompkins: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/824831/TOMPKINS,%20BE...
Possibly: Private Thomas Frederick West (Service No: 26022), 8th Bn., East Surrey Regiment; died 8 January 1918, aged 22; name recorded on the Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen (Panel 79 to 80 and 163A.); son of Thomas William and Fanny West, of 39, Upper Field St., Kettering: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/876580/WEST,%20THOMAS...
Private W. J. Kingman (Service No: 200755), 2nd/4th Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment; died 9 April 1918, aged 25; buried in Ramleh War Cemetery (T. 61.); son of Walter John and Martha Ann Kingman, of "Bell View," Belchalwell, Blandford, Dorset; native of Duddle, Dorchester: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/652687/KINGMAN,%20W%20J
Private B. R. Barrett (Service No: 13140), 1st Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment; died 11 August 1918; buried in Bouchoir New British Cemetery, Somme, France (V. C. 26.): www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/308329/BARRETT,%20B%20R
Private Joseph James Saunders Ellis (Service No: 12845), 1st Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment; died 3 October 1918, aged 27; awards: MM; buried in Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery, Somme, France (III. L. 4.); son of Mrs. Sarah Jane Ann Pitcher, of 5, The Green, Piddletown, Dorchester: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/260482/ELLIS,%20JOSEP...
Puddletown: Church of St Mary the Virgin (Dorset)
War memorial plaque (First World War)
Names seem to be ranked according to the date that they died.
Identifications from the CWGC database:
Serjeant Henry Martin Oliver (Service No: 8258), 1st Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment; died 14 March 1915, aged 27; name recorded on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen (Panel 37.); son of William and Emily Oliver; husband of Lilian Maud Caundle (formerly Oliver), of New Rd., Piddletown, Dorset: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1622771/OLIVER,%20HEN...
A. Ford - Impossible to identify unambiguously; one possible candidate would be: Private Alfred Thomas Ford (Service No: 3/8471), 1st Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment; died 4 May 1915; buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France (VIII. B. 29.): www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/49837/FORD,%20ALFRED%...
Possibly: Private Henry John Ford (Service No: 16909), 1st Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment; died 16 July 1917; name recorded on the Nieuport Memorial, West-Vlaanderen; [Private Ford's Forces War Records entry states that he was born and resident at Puddletown]:
www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1640650/FORD,%20HENRY...
W. C. Adams - Impossible to identify unambiguously.
Probably: Private A. S. T. Painter (Service No: 10822), 1st Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment; died 8 May 1916; buried in Authuille Military Cemetery, Somme, France (A. 14.): www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/599003/PAINTER,%20A%2...
Stoker 1st Class Jesse Reginald Lake (Service No: K/16583), Royal Navy (H.M.S. "Southampton"); died 31 May 1916, aged 22; name recorded on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire (Panel 18); son of Margaret Maria Daniels (formerly Lake), of Long Lane, Puddleton, Dorchester, and the late Charles Lake; [HMS Southampton was a "Town" class light cruiser of the Royal Navy, launched in 1912; she fought at the Battle of Jutland, when she was flagship of 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron, sinking the German light cruiser SMS Frauenlob; Stoker 1st Class Lake died on the first day of this battle]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/3037020/LAKE,%20JESSE...
Private Henry Edward Harwood (Service No: 12614), 5th Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment; died 26 September 1916; name recorded on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France (Pier and Face 7 B.): www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/790256/HARWOOD,%20HEN...
Private E. G. Sansford (Service No: 13144), 5th Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment; died 26 September 1916; buried in Regina Trench Cemetery, Grandcourt, Somme, France (VIII. D. 19.): www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/235328/SANSFORD,%20E%20G
Private Reginald George Pearce (Service No: 10409), 5th Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment; died 29 September 1916, aged 21; buried in Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France (I. Q. 24.); son of Mark and Annie Pearce, of Waterbarn, Puddletown, Dorchester: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/84591/PEARCE,%20REGIN...
M. Pearce - Impossible to identify unambiguously.
Private Arthur Sprackling (Service No: 11174), 6th Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment; died 8 November 1916, aged 22; name recorded on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France (Pier and Face 7 B.): www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1553778/SPRACKLING,%2...
Private Bertram William Scott (Service No: 8935), 2nd Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment; died 1 December 1916, aged 25; buried in Baghdad (North Gate) Cemetery, Iraq (XXI. N. 23.); son of H. and Eveline Scott, of High St., Piddletown, Dorchester: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/635145/SCOTT,%20BERTR...
Private William Walter Gifford (Service No: 203245), 1st/4th Bn., Hampshire Regiment; died 24 February 1917; name recorded on the Basra Memorial, Iraq (Panel 21 and 63.): www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/865348/GIFFORD,%20WIL...
Probably: Private G. Selby (Service No: 30540), 13th Bn., Royal Berkshire Regiment; died 24 March 1917; buried in Dunkirk Town Cemetery, Nord, France (I. F. 8.): www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/617402/SELBY,%20G
Ordinary Signalman Walter Reginald Paull (Service No: Bristol Z/1859), Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (H.M. Trawler "Charles Astie"); 26 June 1917, aged 18; name recorded on the Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon (Panel 23); son of W. W. and L. Paull, of Piddletown, Dorchester, Dorset: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/3044106/PAULL,%20WALT...
Probably: Private B. Tucker (Service No: 19577), 6th Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment; died 27 August 1917; buried in Sunken Road Cemetery, Fampoux, Pas de Calais, France (I. D. 7.): www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/532979/TUCKER,%20B
Serjeant Bernard Tompkins (Service No: 10303),10th Coy., Machine Gun Corps (Infantry); died 12 October 1917, aged 36; name recorded on the Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen (Panel 154 to 159 and 163A.); son of Sarah Ann Tompkins, of New St., Puddletown, Dorchester, and the late James Tompkins: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/824831/TOMPKINS,%20BE...
Possibly: Private Thomas Frederick West (Service No: 26022), 8th Bn., East Surrey Regiment; died 8 January 1918, aged 22; name recorded on the Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen (Panel 79 to 80 and 163A.); son of Thomas William and Fanny West, of 39, Upper Field St., Kettering: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/876580/WEST,%20THOMAS...
Private W. J. Kingman (Service No: 200755), 2nd/4th Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment; died 9 April 1918, aged 25; buried in Ramleh War Cemetery (T. 61.); son of Walter John and Martha Ann Kingman, of "Bell View," Belchalwell, Blandford, Dorset; native of Duddle, Dorchester: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/652687/KINGMAN,%20W%20J
Private B. R. Barrett (Service No: 13140), 1st Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment; died 11 August 1918; buried in Bouchoir New British Cemetery, Somme, France (V. C. 26.): www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/308329/BARRETT,%20B%20R
Private Joseph James Saunders Ellis (Service No: 12845), 1st Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment; died 3 October 1918, aged 27; awards: MM; buried in Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery, Somme, France (III. L. 4.); son of Mrs. Sarah Jane Ann Pitcher, of 5, The Green, Piddletown, Dorchester: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/260482/ELLIS,%20JOSEP...