Absent Voters List 1918
Transcribed and donated to the OPC Project by Sue Thornton-Grimes
| From 1918, when a General Election was held, servicemen were permitted to register to vote in their home constituencies. This list is dated 15th October 1918; most men were not demobilised until 1919. | |||
| Transcribed from documents at Dorset History Centre: QDE(R):3/31/5 | |||
| EAST ORCHARD | |||
| No. | Name in Full (Surname first) | Qualifying Premises | Description of Service, Ship, Regiment, Number, Rank, Rating &c., or recorded address |
| 1475 | Lodge, George | Parson’s Lane | 201999 Pte., 1/4th Dorsets |
| 1476 | Lodge, Henry James | Parson’s Lane | 5365 Pte., Dorsets |
| 1477 | Moore, Frank | Bowling Green | Pte., 2nd Garr. Bde., Essex |
| 1478 | Bradley, Henry | Parson’s Lane | 22327 L.-Cpl., 312th Bde., R.E. |
| 1479 | Bradley, Jesse | Parson’s Lane | 97893 Pte., R. Berks |
| 1480 | Francis, Frank | East Orchard | 79957 Pte., 134th Labour Coy. |
| 1481 | Stokes, James | East Orchard | H 230680 L.-Cpl., 1/1st Dorset Yeo. |
| 1482 | Webb, Charles | East Orchard | 8345 Pte., 2nd Dorsets |
| WEST ORCHARD | |||
| No. | Name in Full (Surname first) | Qualifying Premises | Description of Service, Ship, Regiment, Number, Rank, Rating &c., or recorded address |
| 1624 | Bartlett, Robert John | Cottage | 40987 Pte., 3rd. R. Dorsets |
| 1625 | Locke, William | 8 West Orchard | 110169 Ote., 194th Labour Coy. Labour Corps |
| 1626 | Mockridge, Charles William | Cottage | 368101 Pte., 11th Bn., M.G.C. |
| 1627 | Moore, Arthur | Cottage | 56823 L.-Cpl., M.G.C. |
| 1628 | Moore, Philip Henry | Cottage | 16306 Pte., 2nd Dorsets |
| 1629 | Plowman, Gerald Harry | West Orchard | 14507 Pte., 6th Dorsets |