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MARS an instution in Dorset
« on: Saturday 29 August 20 16:04 BST (UK) »
Hello all
When looking up Cuthbert Allison Bennett (birthplace Chesterfield, Derbyshire) in the 1911 census. He is aged 23 and single and residing in an Institution named "MARS" in Portland, Dorset.
Does any know what this is?

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Re: MARS an instution in Dorset
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 29 August 20 16:08 BST (UK) »
It wasn’t an institution - it was a ship.  Look at the occupations of the other people on the entries by using the back arrow.  Go back 2 pages and look at the heading
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Re: MARS an instution in Dorset
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 29 August 20 16:12 BST (UK) »
His Majesty's ship "Mars" 1st Class Twin Screw Barbette Battleship, Weymouth Bay. 3rd Division Home Fleet.
The first page of the Enumeration Book gives the details
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Re: MARS an instution in Dorset
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 29 August 20 16:22 BST (UK) »
Cuthbert Allister Bennett

You can download his Royal Navy record free of charge from TNA: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D6725225

It's also on FindMyPast and Ancestry.
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Re: MARS an instution in Dorset
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 29 August 20 19:25 BST (UK) »
Why Mars for the Royal Navy?

 Mars was the God of war in Roman mythology.

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« Reply #5 on: Saturday 29 August 20 21:31 BST (UK) »
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Re: MARS an instution in Dorset
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 30 August 20 08:53 BST (UK) »
Quote from: CaroleW on Saturday 29 August 20 16:08 BST (UK)
It wasn’t an institution - it was a ship.  Look at the occupations of the other people on the entries by using the back arrow.  Go back 2 pages and look at the heading

The entry for Cuthbert Allister Bennett is on film strip 329 and the  first page of the Enumeration Book is on 325, so four pages before.

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Re: MARS an instution in Dorset
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 30 August 20 09:17 BST (UK) »
Thank you all for your help.
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