Ernest Down was commissioned into the Dorset Regiment in February 1923.

He was then appointed commanding officer of 5th Battalion, Dorset Regiment at the beginning of 1943.

He later commanded the 5th Dorset Regiment for months, till May 1916.

He joined the army as a Captain in the Dorset Regiment, 4th Battalion.

On the left of the Hampshires, men of the 1/ Dorset Regiment were off the beach in forty minutes.

He was also a Chaplain to the Dorset Regiment.

In February 1955 he was commissioned into the Dorset Regiment as a 2nd Lieutenant.

He was commissioned in the Dorset Regiment in May 1917.

Shoubridge was commissioned into the Dorset Regiment in 1893.

He received his education at Malvern College and commissioned into the Dorset Regiment in 1942.