The motto Who’s Afear’d was adopted by the Society of Dorset Men in 1905 at the suggestion of Thomas Hardy. It was proposed that it become the motto of County Council by a Colonel C. D. Drew, curator of the Dorset County Museum, in 1908.
The arms are argent three lions passant guardant in fesse and in base a fleur-de-Lys gules, the shield ensigned with a mural crown towered or. The supporters are on either side a dragon with wings elevated and addorsed or gorged with a Saxon crown gules.
The Second World War a spitfire aircraft named Who’s Afear’d is described in this Dorset History Centre blog: