The Dorsetshire Regiment.

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 4,085 recorded WW1 deaths for the Dorsetshire Regiment.

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A Soldier of the Great War.
Dorsetshire Regiment.

'Known Unto God'.


Lebucquiere Communal Cemetery Extension,
Pas-de-Calais, France.
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KESTELL-CORNISH,
(MC&Bar, MiDx3).
Robert Vaughan.
Captain.
Dorsetshire Regiment,
Attached :-
Staff, Divisional Head Quarters.
Boulogne Eastern Cemetery,
Pas-de-Calais, France.
Died 17-06-1918 of wounds received on
18-03-1918
Son of Vaughan Kestell Kestell-Cornish & Mrs. Kestell-Cornish (nee Keble) late of the British Consulate, Brest, France.Remembered on the Fairford war memorial, Gloucestershire.
Stone Inscription :-
  "Because Of You We Will Be Glad And Gay Remembering You We Will Be Brave And Strong".
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Military Cross & Bar.
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Mentioned in Dispatches x 3.
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WILLES,
William Frances George.
Captain.
Dorsetshire Regiment,
Commanding :-
11th Division Cyclist Company,
Army Cyclist Corps.
Avesnes-le-Compte Communal Cemetery Extension,
Pas-de-Calais, France.
19-07-1916.
Age 32.
Husband of Irene R. Willes of "Fiveways" Camberley, Surrey, UK.