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LEST WE FORGET

Here are the details of the names of the young men from the parish who made
the ultimate sacrifice during the two World Wars and read out by the Explorer
Scouts at the Remembrance Service. The information was researched during the
Remember Them Project undertaken by the local Scout Group in 2007 to add
more meaning to the list of names read out during the Service.

William Ames was born in Bere Regis and lived at Skippets. He served in the 5th
Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment and was killed in the attack on Mouquet
Farm during the Battle of the Somme on 14 October 1916 He was 21 years old.

Alfred Applin was born in Bere Regis and lived at Rye Hill. He served in the 5
th
Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment. He died on the 8 May 1920 as a result of
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wounds sustained during the war. He was 34 years old.
Frederick Bartlett was a Lance Corporal in the Gordon Highlanders. His family lived
at Barrow Hill. He died on the 18 July 1916 at the age of 26 and is commemorated
on the Thiepval Memorial to the 72,000 men who were killed during Battle of the
Somme and whose have no known grave.
Frederick Bartlett was born in Athelhampton and lived at Southbrook. He served
in the King’s Liverpool Regiment and died in the UK on the 16 July 1918, possibly
from disease contracted while serving.
George Bowditch was born in Briantspuddle and lived in the Old School House,
Shitterton. He served in the Coldstrem Guards and was killed in Normandy in June
1944 at the age of 19. He is buried in the same cemetery as Frederick Lovell who
was killed 12 days later.
Fred Brierley was born in Bere Regis and lived at The Kennels, Bere Down. He
served in the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry and was killed in action on the 26
November 1917 during the Battle of Cambrai. He is commemorated on the
Cambrai Memorial to the 7,000 men who have no known grave. He was 20 years
old.
Charles Bright was born in Bere Regis and lived at Shitterton. He served in the 5
th
Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment. He was killed in action in Gallipoli on the 21
August 1915 on the same day as four other men from Bere Regis. He was 22 years
old.

Henry Bright, half-brother of Charles Bright, was a farm labourer from Shitterton. He
served in the Royal Fusiliers and was killed on the 13 October 1916 during the
Battle of the Somme. He was 37 years old.
Harry Brown was born in Bere Regis and lived at Roke Farm Cottages. He served in
the 5 Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment and died from wounds sustained during the
th
battle of the Somme. He died in one of the base hospitals at Etaples, France. He

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