52 DORSET SOLDIERS. 



It would be tedious to draw the parallels between ancient 

 and modern times which may be inferred from these pages. 

 It is obvious that Tudor and Stuart Dorset, in proportion 

 to her population and resources, when occasion required, 

 put forth great military efforts, though these efforts were 

 sometimes impeded by a petty local patriotism and a feeble 

 conception of the needs of the nation. I would rather draw 

 attention to another point. It is interesting to notice how 

 many surnames, several distinctively local, appearing in 

 the muster rolls of the 16th century, recur among the men 

 who are to-day embodied in Dorset regiments, and to 

 remember that the Dorset soldiers who have formed the 

 subject of this paper were not merely the professional 

 forerunners, but in many cases the lineal ancestors, of those 

 other Dorset soldiers who, with a wide outlook, unknown 

 among their ancient predecessors, have gone to the wars of 

 the 20th century. 



