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A commemorative plaque to the men of the parish who gave their lives in the First World War can be found in the New Church of Kingston St. James.

The inscription reads:

IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE

OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR

LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF

THEIR COUNTRY IN

 THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919

 

RICHARD BYDDER

SIDNEY COOK

EDWIN COOPER

GEORGE DAVIS

HARRY FURMAGE

ROBERT GRANT

DAVID HOOPER

CHARLES LOVEL

JAMES MEDD

ALBERT SPECK

HARRY STEVENS

FREDERICK STICKLAND

HENRY TRAVERS

 

 

 

Information below copyright of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission: 

 

 

GRANT, R (ROBERT)

Corporal, Royal Garrison Artillery, 285th Siege Bty.

Died 25/03/1918 aged 23

Service No 334335

Son of Edward and Susan Grant, of Kingston, Corfe Castle, Dorset.

Commonwealth War Dead, Grave/memorial reference VI. C. 25.

FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS  

Pas de Calais, France      

 

 

MEDD, J

Private, Dorsetshire Regiment, 1st Bn

Wiltshire Regiment, attd. 1st Bn.

20/08/1916

Service No 3/7850

Commonwealth War Dead, Grave/memorial reference I. C. 3.

BLIGHTY VALLEY CEMETERY, AUTHUILE WOOD        

 

 

SPECK, A G

Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery, 112th Siege Bty.

Died 21/03/1918 aged 20

Service No 55793

Son of Walter and Mary Speck, of West Hill, Kingston, Corfe Castle, Dorset.

Commonwealth War Dead, Grave/memorial reference B. 11.

BEAUMETZ CROSS ROADS CEMETERY, BEAUMETZ-LES-CAMBRAI,

Pas de Calais, France        

 

 

STEVENS, H (HARRY)

Private, Dorsetshire Regiment, 2nd Bn.

Died 16/07/1917 aged 34

Service No 27367

Son of the late John and Mary Stevens, of Eastington Farm, Swanage; husband of Daisy Stevens, of Blashenwell Farm, Corfe Castle, Dorset.

Commonwealth War Dead, Grave/memorial reference XV. C. 11.

BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY

Iraq

 

 

STICKLAND, F J (FREDRICK JOHN)

Private, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, 6th Bn.

Died 23/08/1917 aged 19

Service No 29199

Son of Alice Mary Stickland, of Encombe, Kingston, Corfe Castle, Dorset, and the late Edward Stickland.

Commonwealth War Dead, Grave/memorial reference LXVI. H. 29.

TYNE COT CEMETERY

Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium        

 

 

TRAVERS, H L (HENRY LAWRANCE)

Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery, 278th Siege Bty.

Died 30/05/1918 aged 26

Service No 334312

Son of Mr. and Mrs. George Travers, of South St., Kingston, Corfe Castle; husband of Ellen O. Travers, of Ladnoll Cottage, near Dorchester.

Commonwealth War Dead, Grave/memorial reference I. E. 13.

PERNOIS BRITISH CEMETERY, HALLOY-LES-PERNOIS

Somme, France

 

 

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