The original memorial at Milton Abbas Grammar School has been lost. The School closed in Blandford in 1927 and unsuccessfully moved to Whatcombe, finally closing in 1929. Many pupils who finished at Blandford Secondary School at 14 then moved onto Milton Abbas. The school was on the site of what is now Morrison’s car park. All that remains of the school’s war memorial is the notice in the Western Gazette from 23rd December 1921:
The memorial commemorated 14 men. 1 former Master and 13 ex-pupils
- Lieutenant Geoffrey Allen, Essex Regiment
- Private Bernard Arscott, Somerset Light Infantry
- Private John Buswell Brown, 19th Battalion (Central Ontario) CEF
- 2nd Lieutenant Harry Horace Boyne (nee Bugg) Suffolk Regiment
- Private Stanley George, Imperial Camel Corps
- Corporal Roy George, Queen’s Own Dorset Yeomanry
- 2nd Lieutenant Percy Mayo, Dorsetshire Regiment
- 2nd Lieutenant Edward Mears, Essex Regiment
- Private Francis Old, Queen’s Own Dorset Yeomanry
- Private Fergus Richards, Machine Gun Corps
- 2nd Lieutenant Robert Richards, Royal Fusiliers
- Lieutenant Dennis St Ledger, Royal Field Artillery
- Captain George Williams, Lancashire Fusiliers
- 2nd Lieutenant Wilfrid Watts, Royal Flying Corps
Not commemorated on the original memorial but a former pupil nonetheless was
