Transcribed and donated to the Dorset OPC Project by Kim Parker
Roll of Honour
Transcribed and donated to the Dorset OPC
Project by Kim Parker
A war memorial of Ham Hill stone and white marble is set in the North wall of the aisle of the parish church of St Aldhelms. It was designed by the Rector, Lionel S. Plowman, and was made by Messrs. Norman of Blandford, paid for by subscriptions from Belchalwell parishioners. The memorial was dedicated at a special service on the 20th January, 1920, by the Venerable Archdeacon of Dorset.
THIS MEMORIAL
is placed here by their fellow parishioners
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
and in grateful remembrance of:
| Gunner | Harry MALPHUS | R.G.A. | 09-Nov-17 |
| Private | John MITCHEM | Machine Gun Corps | 26-Apr-16 |
| Private | William MITCHEM | V. Dorset | 03-Aug-15 |
| A. B. | Benjamin ROSE | H.M.S. Good Hope | Nov-14 |
| A. B. | Tom ROSE | H.M.S. Good Hope | Nov-14 |
| Private | Arthur SPENCER | VII. Dorset | 11-Nov-16 |
THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR
NOTE: Benjamin Rose and Tom Rose were brothers in the Royal Navy, and went down with The Good Hope, which was sunk about 50 miles off Coronel, Chile, in 1914.
Also hanging in the church is a more detailed list of those who served:
| Private George BATTEN | 4th Wilts. | |
| Corporal Joseph BUTLER | Army Veterinary Corps. | |
| Private Jeremiah CAVE | Royal Engineers | Injured & discharged |
| Private John CAVE | Motor Transport | |
| Private James CHAFFEY | Wilts. | |
| Private Ernest S. CLARKE | Machine Gun Corps. | |
| Private N. W. CLARKE | 3/4 Dorset | |
| Private Herbert C. COURAGE | Ox & Bucks Light Infantry | |
| Private William CROSS | 5th Dorset | Died at Alexandria 22 SEP 1915 |
| Private Bertram G. DRAKE | Army Ordnance Corps. | |
| Sergeant Cyril ELSWORTH | 3rd Dorset | M. M. |
| Corporal John ELSWORTH | Dorset Yeomanry | |
| Private John W. G. FOOT | 1/4 Dorset | |
| Corporal Arthur HARDING | 3rd Dorset | Killed in Action 19 SEP 1918 |
| Lance Corp. James HARDING | 3rd Dorset | |
| Gunner Ernest HOUSE | R. G. A. | |
| Private Norman LAWRENCE | Army Service Corps. | |
| Sergeant George LODDER | Dorset Yeomanry | Prisoner of War |
| Lance Corp. William LODDER | Dorset Yeomanry | |
| Gunner Harry MALPHUS | R. G. A. | Died of wounds 09 NOV 1917 |
| Private John MITCHEM | Machine Gun Corps | Died in France 26 APR 1916 |
| Private William MITCHEM | 5th Dorset | Killed in Action [Dardanelles] 08 AUG 1915 |
| A.B. Bert NORRIS | HMS Begonia | Lost at Sea |
| Private Percy PADFIELD | 4th Dorset | |
| Sergeant Aubrey L. PLOWMAN | Australian Contingent | Wounded and discharged |
| Lieut. Charles H. PLOWMAN | 7th Wilts | Killed in Action 24 APR 1917 |
| Corporal Harold ROBEY | 5th Dorset | |
| A.B. Benjamin ROSE | HMS Good Hope | Lost in Action NOV 1914 |
| Private Cyril ROSE | R. F. C. | |
| 1st Class Stoker Fred. ROSE | HMS Garland | |
| 1st Class Stoker Hugh ROSE | HMS Attentive | 1915 |
| Gunner Ivor ROSE | R. G. A. | |
| A.B. Tom ROSE | H.M.S. Good Hope | Lost in Action NOV 1914 |
| Private John ROSS | 4th Dorset | |
| Private Arthur SPENCER | 7th Dorset | Died of wounds 11 NOV 1916 |
| Trooper Walter TOPP | Dorset Yeomanry | Killed in Action nr Jerusalem 15 NOV 1917 |
| Lieutenant Raymond J. TRENT | 3rd Dorset | M. C. |
| Trooper Maurice TROWBRIDGE | Dorset Yeomanry | |
| A.B. Reuben J.R. TROWBRIDGE | A Survivor of HMS Hague | |
| Private Edward VATER | 4th Dorset | |
| Sergeant Walter VATER | 2nd Wilts. | Wounded at Ypres OCT 1914 |
| S.B.S. Arthur L. WATS[ON?] | R. D. | |
| Gunner Arthur George WAYGOOD R. G. A. | Discharged [under age] | |
| Private George WEBBER | 4th (?) Dorset |