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Roll of Honour of Officers of the Dorsetshire Regiment Who Died in the Great War |
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Roll of Honour Surnames - D |
(14 officers)
D'ERF WHEELER, Geoffrey Noel Popham
Second Lieutenant. 5th Battalion. Killed in action in France on 26th September 1916. Aged 19.
D'ERF WHEELER, Percival Francis Crommelin
Captain. Seconded to 13th Training Squadron RFC. Accidentally killed whilst flying in UK on 24th July 1917. Aged 23.
DANCER, Alfred Christopher
Captain, MC. 5th Battalion. Killed in action in Belgium on 4th October 1917. Aged 24.
DAVIDSON, Gerald Louis
Lieutenant, MC. 6th Battalion. Died of wounds in France on 11th July 1916. Aged 30.
DAVIDSON, William Thomas Chorley
Captain. 1st Battalion. Killed in action in France on 13th October 1914. Aged 39.
DAVIES, Francis Hugh
Lieutenant. 1st Battalion. Killed in action in France on 9th December 1917. Aged 35.
DAVIS, Ralph Salway
Second Lieutenant. Attached to 6th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry. Killed in action in France on 16th September 1916. Aged 19.
DELAMAIN, Henry Creswell
Second Lieutenant. 3rd (Reserve) Battalion. Accidentally killed in UK on 17th April 1915. Aged 18.
DIXON, Harold George
Lieutenant. Seconded to 57th Squadron RAF. Killed in aerial action in France on 4th November 1918. Aged 21.
DIXON, Robert Archibald
Second Lieutenant. 2nd Battalion. Killed in action in Mesopotamia on 12th April 1916. Aged ?.
DRYSDALE, Donald Roy
Lieutenant. 5th Battalion. Died of wounds in France on 25th September 1916. Aged 21.
DUDLEY, Bernard John Cherelton
Captain. Seconded to 3rd Nigeria Regiment WAFF. Killed in action in German East Africa (now Tanzania) on 24th January 1917. Aged 26.
DUNN, John Cragg
Lieutenant. Attached to 59th Trench Mortar Battery. Died of wounds in Belgium on 25th March 1916. Aged 26.
DURRANT, William Henry Gilbert
Second Lieutenant. Attached to 2nd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment. Killed in action in France on 26th September 1915. Aged 35.
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