Osmington's soldiers from WW1 - those who served

This tapestry hangs in St Osmund's church in Osmington and is apparently the only list we have of which men from the village fought in the First World war.

Of those listed 11 were killed.

We are in the process of researching the history of each of these soldiers so that we can write about their stories and create a more robust and lasting documentation of their involvement.

The eleven soldiers who were killed have been recognised already online through the Commonweath war graves commission; but what about the others?

Can you help us to tell their story? Are you related to one of them? Do you have a photograph?

Please do get in touch if you think you can help and thank you for your help.


Here is the list:

Are you a relation of these First World War Soldiers from Osmington?

Soldiers Name	Fate	Regiment/Ship/Role
Charles Bradford	Survived	HMS Melborne
Robert  Buchan	Survived	HMS Challenger
Wilfred Burden	Killed	1st Wiltshire Regiment
Walter Critchell	Survved	RUSE
Oliver Crossley	Survived	HMS King George V
Thomas Davies	Survived	RUSE
Charles Henry Dawe	Killed	Royal Navy H.M. Submarine. "C34."
Geoffrey Dawe	Killed	Royal Marine Light Infantry
William Dubben	Survived	Ist Dorset Regiment
William Foot	Killed	Petty Officer, Coast Guard
William Foot Jnr	Survived	Canadian Pioneers
Percy Hansford	Killed	Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Alfred Heavis	Survived	RU
Robert Hayne	Survived	157 Labour company
George Honeybun	Survived	3rd Devon Regiment
Thomas Honeybun	Survived	25 Gloucester Regiment
Daniel Jefferies	Survived	Coastguard
Edward Jeffre	Survived	HM Motor boat
George Ludis	Survived	HMS
Jesse Lovell	Survived	RGU
William Measures	Survived	HMS Abrose
Frederick Marsh	Survived	HMS Amethyst
Ernest Morles	Survived	HMS Implacable
Harold Miller	Survived	RUSE
John Miller	Survived	RUSE
William Miller	Survived	RUSE
Arthur Moxam	Survived	Essex Regiment
Arthur Henry Northover	Killed	1st Dorsetshire Regiment
William Fred Northover	Killed	Royal Berkshire Regiment
Bernard Parker	Survived	RUSE
Frederick Parker	Survived	2nd Manchester Regiment
William Parker	Survived	14 Dorset Regiment
Frederick Paul	Survived	MGC
Vernon Pond	Killed	H.M.S. "Warrior."   Killed at the Battle of Jutland
William Rees	Survived	HMS Challenger
Albert Rendel	Survived	RGU
Bertie Rendel	Survived	2nd Leicester Regiment
Scot Rendel	Survived	2nd Devon Regiment
Frederick Rendel	Survived	2ns Dorset Regiment
Wilfred Rendel	Survived	14 Dorset Regiment
Frederick Riggs	Survived	RFU
George Riggs	Survived	7th Dorset Regiment
Harvey Riggs	Survived	1st Dorset Regiment
Walter Wiliam Riggs	Killed	5th Dorsetshire Regiment
William James Riggs	Killed	92nd Brigade Royal Field Artillery
Thomas Sargent	Survived	13th Royal Berkshire
Edward Shave	Survived	HMS Vanity
Henry Shave	Survived	HMS
Robert Shave	Survived	6th Wiltshire Regiment
Charles Shephard DSO	Survived	6th Wiltshire Regimnt
Henry Stride	Survived	Royal Engineers
Arthur Symonds TD	Survived	RFU
George Thomas	Killed	Royal Engineers 10th Div. Signal Coy.
Archibald Tizzard	Survived	RFU
Henry Tizzard	Survived	24 Dorset Regiment
Reginald Tizzard	Survived	RFU
William Tizzard	Survived	1st Dorset Regiment
William Tompkins	Survived	HMS
Charles Vagg	Survived	Royal Engineers
Herbert Webber	Survived	24 Dorset Regiment
Thomas Wilkinson MM	Survived	RGU
John Young	Survived	HMS Devonshire