Bere Regis: War Memorial (Dorset)

Identifications from the CWGC database:

 

First World War:

 

Private W. J. Ames (Service No: 10873), 5th Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment; died 4 October 1916, aged 21; buried in Contay British Cemetery, Contay, Somme, France (III. C. 6.); son of Mrs. E. J. Ames, of 72, West St., Bere Regis, Dorset: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/81014/AMES,%20W%20J

 

Lance Corporal Frederick Bartlett (Service No: S/2657), 1st Bn., Gordon Highlanders; died 18 July 1916; name recorded on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France (Pier and Face 15 B and 15 C.): www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/770000/BARTLETT,%20FR...

 

Private Frederick Bartlett (Service No: 84319), 23rd Bn., The King's (Liverpool Regiment), transferred to (125750) 62nd Coy. Labour Corps; died 16 July 1918, aged 37; buried in Cardiff (Cathays) Cemetery, Cardiff (EB. 66.); son of Robert and Amy Bartlett, of Bere Regis, Wareham, Dorset; husband of Rose Amy Bartlett, of Cardiff Cottage, Wellington Heath, Ledbury, Herefordshire: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2759170/BARTLETT,%20F...

 

Private Fred Brierley (Service No: 31646), 7th Bn., Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry; died 26 November 1917; name recorded on the Cambrai Memoriral, Louverval, Nord, France (Panel 6.): www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1751472/BRIERLEY,%20FRED

 

Private Charles Bright (Service No: 10406), 5th Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment; died 21 August 1915, aged 21; name recorded on the Helles Memorial, Turkey (Panel 136 to 139.); son of John and Sarah Ann Bright, of Bere Regis, Lillerton, Wareham: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/699348/BRIGHT,%20CHARLES

 

Private H. Bright (Service No: G/31042), 34th Bn., Royal Fusiliers; died 13 October 1916; buried in Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France (L. 51.): www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/186160/BRIGHT,%20H

 

Private Harry James Brown (Service No: 12233), 5th Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment; died 27 September 1916, aged 21; buried in Étaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France (XI. C. 14A.); son of George and Annie Brown, of 45, West St., Bere Regis, Wareham, Dorset: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/499439/BROWN,%20HARRY...

 

Private F. [Frederick] Burgess (Service No: T4/055983), 194th Coy., Army Service Corps , 24th Div. Train; died 18 November 1915; buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen (IV. A. 5.): www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/434369/BURGESS,%20F

 

Private W. J. Burt (Service No: 45583), 15th (Hampshire Yeomanry) Bn., Hampshire Regiment; died 26 October 1918; buried in Heestert Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen (B. 9.): www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/478869/BURT,%20W%20J

 

Charles V. Churchill - no direct match, but possibly: Private Victor Churchill (Service No: 10707), 5th Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment; died 22 August 1915; name recorded on the Helles Memorial, Turkey (Panel 136 to 139.); [Private Churchill's Forces War Records entry states that he had been born in Milborne St Andrew and was resident in Milton Abbas; the Keep Museum's Gallipoli Roll of Honour says that he enlisted in Dorchester; in the 1911 Census, a Victor Churchill is living at Lower Burton, Dorchester; living with his step-parents (Thomas and Mary Billett), and four siblings; Victor's natural parents were Frederick and Catherine Churchill, but Frederick died in 1903 and Catherine married Thomas Billett. By the time of the 1911 Census, Thomas had been married to Mary for four years, suggesting that Catherine may have died; Victor's name also features on war memorials at Milton Abbas and (possibly) Wool]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/697127/CHURCHILL,%20V...

 

Corporal Percy Norman Cobb (Service No: 65585), "D" Bty. 104th Bde., Royal Field Artillery; died 14 April 1917, aged 19; buried in Dickebusch New Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen (H. 43.); youngest son of Mr. D. J. and Mrs. S. S. Cobb, of Court Farm, Bere Regis, Wareham, Dorset: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/441405/COBB,%20PERCY%...

 

Probably: Private Percy Cox (Service No: 10589), 1st Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment; died 11 August 1918; name recorded on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial (Panel 7.): www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1741418/COX,%20PERCY

 

Ship's Cook William George Cox (Service No: 347466), Royal Navy (H.M.S. "Good Hope"); died 1 November 1914; name recorded on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire (Panel 5): www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2870919/COX,%20WILLIA...

 

Private Arthur Crabb (Service No: 25256), 7th Bn., Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry; died 2 April 1918, aged 36; name recorded on the Pozières Memorial, Somme, France (Panel 45.); son of George and Annie Crabb, of Roke Farm, Bere Regis Wareham, Dorset: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1579365/CRABB,%20ARTHUR

 

Private Frederick John Davis (Service No: 9311), 3rd Bn., Canadian Infantry; died 13 June 1916, aged 26; buried in Sanctuary Wood Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen (III. D. 36.); son of Mrs. Elizabeth W. Davis, of Bere Regis, Dorset, England: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/477649/DAVIS,%20FREDE...

 

Second Lieutenant Frank William George, 5th Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment; died 22 August 1915; awards: Mentioned in Despatches; name recorded on the Helles Memorial, Turkey (Panel 136 to 139.); son of the late William and Angelina George, of Southbrook, Bere Regis, Wareham; member of Gray's Inn; [The Keep Museum's Gallipoli Roll of Honour says that "Just after beginning the advance against the Turkish trenches running south from Hetman Chair, Suvla, on Aug. 21, 1915, he was killed by Turkish shrapnel"]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/693418/GEORGE,%20FRAN...

 

Private Frederick Slade Johnson (Service No: 426728), "A" Coy. 28th Bn., Canadian Infantry; died 6 June 1916, aged 27; name recorded on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen (Panel 18 - 26 - 28.); son of Kate Johnson of Bere Regis, Wareham, Dorset, England, and the late John Josias Johnson; educated at Christ's Hospital: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1593417/JOHNSON,%20FR...

 

Lance Corporal Percy Lockyer (Service No: 17294), 1st Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment; died 14 April 1917, aged 34; name recorded on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France (Pier and Face 7 B.); son of Thomas and Fanny Lockyer, of 128, Bere Heath. Wareham, Dorset: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/801147/LOCKYER,%20PERCY

 

Private W. Lockyer (Service No: 6120), 1st Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment; died 15 May 1918, aged 37; buried in Berles New Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France (I. A. 23.); husband of L. F. Whitfield (formerly Lockyer), of 1009, Retallack St., Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/557628/LOCKYER,%20W

 

Lance Corporal Frank Miller (Service No: 17766), 5th Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment; died 18 August 1917; name recorded on the Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen (Panel 92.); [Lance Corporal Miller's Forces War Records entry states that he was born at Bere Regis and resident at Wareham: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1635273/MILLER,%20FRANK

 

Private Herbert Frank Morris (Service No: A/2162), 1st Bn., Canadian Infantry; died 13 October 1915, aged 30; buried in St. Quentin Cabaret Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen (I. C. 7.; son of Mrs. Turner (formerly Morris), of Bere Regis, Dorset, England, and the late Henry Morris; husband of Clara Morris, of Brea, Orange County, California, U.S.A.: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/444418/MORRIS,%20HERB...

 

Private Walter Edward Rawles (Service No: 10583), 5th Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment; died 21 August 1915; name recorded on the Helles Memorial, Turkey (Panel 136 to 139.); [the Keep Museum's Gallipoli Roll of Honour says that Rawles was born at Bere Regis, Dorset; enlisted at Dorchester, and was "killed in action during the assault on Turkish trenches between Aire Kayak and Susak Kuyu, Suvla, on Aug. 21, 1915"]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/687386/RAWLES,%20WALT...

 

Possibly: Private William Rowland (Service No: 2262), 3rd Bn., Royal Fusiliers; died 26 April 1915; name recorded on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial to the Missing, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen (Panel 6 and 8.); [the Forces War Records entry for Private Rowland states that he was born at Spetisbury and resident at Wareham]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/920942/ROWLAND,%20WIL...

 

Private H. C. Stickley (Service No: 17788), 1st Bn., Coldstream Guards; died 9 October 1918; buried in Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France (XVI. D. 14.); [Private Charles Henry Stickley's Forces War Records entry states that he was born at Woodley Hill [i.e. Woodbury Hill], Dorset and resident at Bere Regis]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/291141/STICKLEY,%20H%20C

 

Private H. Stickley (Service No: 3391), 1st Bn., Welsh Guards; died 27 November 1917; buried in Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Somme, France (III. E. 3.); [Private Harry Stickley's Forces War Records entry states that he was born at Bere Regis and resident at Dorchester: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/244738/STICKLEY,%20H

 

Herbert Trevett, CEF - Almost certainly: Private Herbert Edward Diffey (Service Number: 79392), 31st Bn., Canadian Infantry; died 6 June 1916, aged 29; name recorded on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen; son of James Bushrod Diffey and Emma Diffey, of Newlands Cottages, West Lulworth, Wareham, England; [I am convinced that this casualty should properly be named Herbert Diffey on the memorial; Herbert's father, James Bushrod Diffey, first married Emma Churchill in 1872, and Herbert Edward Diffey was born to them at Bradford Peverell in 1887; this Emma died in 1888 and, in 1892, James Diffey married another, Emma Trevett, who already had a son named Herbert, born at Dorchester in 1888 (and baptised at Fordington on the 26th August 1888); both Herberts were living with the family at Winfrith Newburgh at the time of the 1901 Census); Herbert Trevett joined the Dorset Regiment in 1914, serving with the 5th Battalion until he was wounded in August 1915, afterwards serving with the 13th Loyal North Lancashires until his discharge in June 1918; the service records made available by Archives and Records Canada make it clear that the Herbert Diffey that served with the 31st Bn., Canadian Infantry was born at Bradford Peverell on the 31st December 1886 and had a father living at Bere Regis; at the time of the Canadian Census of 1911, Herbert E. Diffey was recorded living at Medicine Hat, Alberta; the census return states that he had immigrated to Canada in 1906 and that he was working as a farmer]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1591767/diffey,-herbe...

 

William White - not possible to identify unambiguously, but possibly: Corporal William George White (Service No: 3/8069), 2nd Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment; died 24 April 1916; name recorded on the Basra Memorial, Iraq (Panel 22 and 63.); [Corporal William George White's Forces War Records entry states that he was born and resident at Dorchester; there is another William White, a Private in the 5th Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No: 10738) who died at Gallipoli on 19 August 1915; according to his Forces War Records entry, this William White was born at Whitchurch and resident at Charmmouth [i.e. Charmouth], his parents and widow lived in Wootton Fitzpaine, suggesting a West Dorset link]: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/864020/WHITE,%20WILLI...

 

Private A. [Alfred] Applin (Service No: 12646), Depot, Dorsetshire Regiment; died 6 May 1920; buried in Bere Regis Cemetery (11. B.): www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2749437/APPLIN,%20A

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