Men and Women connected with the Parish of Portesham on active service for King and Country with the British Armed Forces for the duration of World War 2 1939 - 1945:
Charles Bartlett Dorsetshire Regiment.
William Bartlett Royal Artillery.
Wilfred Brown Royal Navy.
Jack Burden Royal Navy.
Raymond Clark * Royal Artillery.
Cyril Clarke E.Africa
Ernest Connolly * Royal Army Service Corps.
Nigel Cox Royal Navy.
Basil Dike Royal Artillery.
Leonard Dowton Royal Army Service Corps.
William Dowton Dorsetshire Regiment.
Edward Dowton Dorsetshire Regiment.
James Duck Royal Air Force.
John Duck Royal Army Service Corps.
Forrest Duck Royal Army Service Corps.
Robert Duck Royal Navy.
Sydney Dunford Royal Air Force.
Tom Godden Royal Air Force.
Reginald Griffiths Royal Air Force.
Ronald Guyon Royal Armoured Corps.
Betty Halford Auxiliary Territorial Service.
Reginald Hallett Royal Air Force.
Gladys Hallett Women's Auxiliary Air Force.
Harold Hodder. Merchant Navy.
Barbara House Women's Royal Navy Service.
Alan Johnson * Royal Air Force.
Bruce Johnson * Royal Air Force.
Jack Jolliffe Signals.
Percy Joyce Royal Engineers.
Victor de Labalmondiere Royal Navy.
Edward Lane Dorsetshire Regiment.
Frederick Lane South East Asia Command.
Ronald Lovell Dorsetshire Regiment.
Eric Magawly * Wiltshire Regiment.
Thomas Mayo Merchant Navy.
Dick Portsmouth Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
Victor Randall * Royal Navy HMS Hood
Edward Roper Gloucestershire Regiment.
Reginald Roper Dorsetshire Regiment.
Charles Roper Pioneer Corps.
Ronald Sibley Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
Cecil Sibley Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
Marjorie Spiller Women's Auxiliary Air Force.
Ronald Stickland Royal Air Force.
Charles Smith Royal Marines.
William Smith. Merchant Navy
Edward Swaffield Royal Air Force.
Ralph Swaffield Royal Army Service Corps.
Nesta Symonds Auxiliary Territorial Service.
George Toms Royal Navy.
Harry Toms Welsh Regiment.
Herbert Toms. Royal Army Service Corps.
William Toms Royal Navy.
James Way * Coldstream Guards
Dudley Way Royal Air Force.
Ernest White Royal Air Force.
David Woodcock Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
Percy Woodsford Royal Navy.
Those who served in
the Portesham
Home Guard
1939 - 1945:
Percy Chalden 7
Bill Chipp 10
Major Collingwood 16
Cyrell Godden 8
Bill Halford 15
Bill Hansford 2
Len Harding 6
Charl Hodder 5
Charlie Hodder 9
Fred Hodder 18
Bill Hunt 17
Jack Jolliffe 12
Percy Kellaway 4
George Reed 11
Bert Swaffield 19
Bill Vine 1
Arthur Woodsford 13
Harold Young 3
*IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM:
1939 - 1945
Raymond Clarke Royal Artillery
Ernest Connolly Royal Army Service Corps
Bruce Johnston Royal Air Force
Alan Johnston Royal Air Force
Eric Magawly Wiltshire Regiment
Victor Randall Royal Navy HMS Hood
James Way Coldstream Guards
1914 - 1918
Walter Bartlett Royal Marines
Charles Dunford Royal Navy HMS Queen Mary
James Ford 4th Battalion Royal Fusiliers
William Gill Royal Navy HMS Broke
Joseph Jolliffe 5th Dorset Regiment
William Jolliffe 5th Dorset Regiment
Frederick Lovell 5th Dorset Regiment
Charles Newman 4th Dorset Regiment
Walter Riggs 5th Dorset Regiment
William Riggs Royal Artillery
Sidney Rogers 15th Hampshire Regiment
Lewis Thompson Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry
Walter Toms Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry
Alfred Woodsford 1st Scots Guards
