Tales from the Front (23) tells the story of Thomas Avey Dix, a native of Victorian Bournemouth, who fought in the Great War. A professional soldier, he served with the 2nd Dorsets in India before coming with them to invade Mesopotamia (Iraq) in 1914. The official records list Private Dix’s demise as November 19th, two days after the expeditionary force won a significant victory at Sahil.
Tales from the Front (22) tells the story of Alfred Davis, a native of Victorian Bournemouth, who fought in the Great War. Davis belonged to the 2nd Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment, a unit sent from India to secure government-controlled oil interests in the Persian Gulf in late 1914. Davis came to Mesopotamia, now Iraq, a landscape long marked by conflict and empire. His journey ended at Sahil on November 17th, 1914.
Tales from the Front (21) tells the story of Frank Axford, a native of Victorian Bournemouth, who fought in the Great War. A professional soldier, Private Axford served with the Second Battalion, Dorset Regiment. He enlisted in 1907, later serving in India before falling during the invasion of Mesopotamia.
Tales from the Front (19) tells the story of Edward Stanislaus Williams, a Bournemouth-born man, who fought in the Great War. A van-boy in 1911, Williams went with the First Dorsetshire battalion to France in 1914. He fell along the Messines-Ploegsteert Wood road, November 16th, 1914.
Tales from the Front (17) tells the story of Charles Frederick Brown, a Bournemouth native who fought in the Great War. He joined the 2nd Battalion Scots Guards, and fough during the 1st Battle of Ypres. He fell at Gheluvelt, an area lying 10 km to the south-east of Ypres, November 1st 1914.
Tales from the Front (15) tells the story of Henry Albert Newman, a Bournemouth native who fought in the Great War. As a teenager, Corporal Newman had worked as an errand boy while living in Winton. He enlisted with the 9th Lancers at Weymouth. Newman, 27, fell during the defence of Messines and Wytschaete, October 30th, 1914.
Tales from the Front (14) tells the story of George Francis Slade Hague, a Bournemouth native who fought in the Great War. Hague (sometimes known as Egg) enlisted with the 1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. He served in India before the war, but fell in Flanders at Ypres.
Tales from the Front (13) tells the story of Henry Walter Dolman, a Bournemouth native who fought in the Great War. A former gardener, Private Dolman, serving with the 1st Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment, fell on October 22nd, 1914, at La Bassee.
Tales from the Front (12) tells the story of Henry Charles Hopkins, a Bournemouth native who fought in the Great War. Private Hopkins, a former fruit seller serving with the 1st Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment, fell on October 13th, 1914, at La Bassee.
Tales from the Front (11) tells the story of Charles George Morris, a Bournemouth native who fought in the Great War. A Private serving with the 1st Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment, he fell on October 13th, 1914, at La Bassee. He may have witnessed the first execution for desertion.