DORSET VOLUNTEERS DURING THE FRENCH WARS. 31 



Robert Dugclale, (12) captain. Elias Dugdale and Edward 

 Squire [Wareham]. (W.O. 13-4298, 4299, 4300, 4301). 



It will be noticed that the preceding details relate only 

 to the infantry and artillery. The mounted arm, now repre- 

 sented by the Yeomanry, has already found an historian in 

 Captain C. W. Thompson, who published in 1894 the Records 

 of the Dorset Yeomanry, the first portion of which is derived 

 from a contemporary memoir written by Lt.-Colonel James 

 Frampton. The narrative covers a period of twenty years, 

 from the formation of the regiment in 1794 to its disbandment 

 in 1814 on the conclusion of a general peace in Europe. 

 During that space of time the corps was known as the Dorset 

 Volunteer Rangers, the names of those who were enrolled in 

 1794 being given in appendix F of Captain Thompson's 

 excellent book. It is fortunate that this list was preserved at 

 Moreton House, seeing that the War Office muster rolls of the 

 regiment do not exist for an earlier date than 1804. The 

 scheme for removing live stock, etc., from the coast farms to 

 inland districts in the event of invasion is fully discussed, and 

 need not be repeated here. 



Another interesting book dealing with mounted volunteers is a 

 small volume published anonymously, in 1799, but written by 

 James Frampton. The title is Instructions for the corps of Dorset 

 Yeomanry or Volunteer Dorset Rangers, and a copy is in the 

 library of the County Museum. In addition to being a manual 

 of drill, it includes a muster roll of all persons serving in 

 December 1798. The regiment then consisted of ten troops, 

 with a total strength of 605, the names and places of abode of 

 the members of each troop being printed in detail. A third 

 literary item of Georgian days is a book of laudatory verse 

 entitled The Honorable Britons, and dedicated in December 

 1797 to Lord Milton and officers of the Volunteer Rangers by 



(12) An Attorney. 



