John Clavell Mansel-Pleydell (1817-1902)

In Volume XXIII of the ‘Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club’ published in 1902, there appeared an obituary to the Late John Clavell Mansel-Pleydell Esq. of Whatcombe, who had been its president.

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Sidney William Ware V.C. (1892-1916)

Sidney William Ware was born on November 11, 1892 at Whatcombe in the Parish of Winterbourne Whitchurch, Dorset, England. the son of William Ware, a dairyman, and his wife Maude. He was one of eight brothers of a family of 13.

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