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RIVERHEAD (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD, Kent
$SHINGLETON, ARTHUR ROBERT, 12 February 1916. South Side
RUSTHALL (ST. PAUL) CHURCHYARD, Kent
$BROWN,
Lieutenant, WILLIAM CHARLES, 387th Siege Bty. 103rd Bde, Royal
Garrison Artillery. 7 November 1918. Age 29. Son of William and
Alice Brown of 38 Erskine Park Rd, Rusthall; husband of Emma
Elizabeth Bonnage (formerly Brown) of 19 Union Rd, Dover. 2 71
SEAFORD CEMETERY,Sussex
 SMITH,
Captain, CHARLES HENRY VERNON, Canadian Army Medical Corps. 1
November 1918. Age 32. Son of the Rev William Smith and Mrs Smith;
husband of C. H. V. Smith of "Barra" of 13,Marine Parade, Dover.
Born Montreal. MD CM (McGill University Montreal) A 652. He died
from pneumonia
Captain Smith's grave is the first on the left. The inscription on
his gravestone reads: "Greater love hath no man than this, to lay
down his life for his friends"
Captain Smith lies with many fellow Canadians. In their honour,
at Remembrance 2002, a maple tree was planted near their plot. Irish
and West Indian
people are also buried here.
photo right: courtesy of Seaford Museum
SHEERNESS (ISLE-OF-SHEPPEY) CEMETERY, Kent
 $EDWARDS,
Artificer Engineer, FREDERICK WILLIAM, HMS Flirt Royal Navy.
Drowned 1 June 1916. Age 43. Son of Frederick and Mary Edwards of
Dover; husband of Lottie Victoria Edwards of The Royal Hotel,
Sheerness. V 221.
His grave is right; the words on the headstone read
 Sacred
to the Memory of Frederick W. Edwards RN, accidentally drowned June
1st 1916, aged 42 years. "Grant him O Lord eternal rest".
Lottie Victoria, wife of the above, died Jan 6th 1954, aged 75
years.
Harry, only son of the above, died Jan 13th 1954, aged 50 years.
On the left is the grave of:
WILSON,
Lieutenant Colonel, ALEXANDER, Royal Army Medical Corps. 18
September 1919. Age 55. Son of Alexander Wilson; husband of A. M.
Wilson of 18 Liverpool St, Dover. Born Wicklow. OO
153
SHOTLEY (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD, Suffolk
$BISHOP, Able
Seaman, F G, J/6765, HMS "Conquest" Royal Navy. Drowned 28
March 1916. Age 21. Son of William James and Florence Bishop of 6
Durham Place, Dover. RN Plot 103
SANDY, Stoker
1st Class, WALTER EDWARD, K/24214, HMS "Ganges" Royal Navy.
Died of pneumonia 8 March 1920. Age 27. Son of Jesse Edmund Sandy
and Emily Sandy; husband of Agnes Mary Sandy of 27 Waterloo
Crescent, Dover. RN Plot 142
SILSOE (ST. JAMES) CHURCHYARD, Bedfordshire
(p) $FOSTER, Lance
Corporal, LOFTUS FRANK, 10680, 2nd Bn, King's Own (Royal Lancaster
Regiment) Died of wounds 9 May 1915. Age 22. Son of Mrs Sarah J.
Lawrence of 8 Queen St, Dover. Grave 2
SOUTHEND-ON-SEA (SUTTON ROAD) CEMETERY, Essex
$BELLFIELD,
Private, W H F, L/7424, "F" Coy. 1st Bn, Queen's Own (Royal West
Kent Regiment) Died of wounds (gas) 17 August 1915. Age 25. Son of
Walter Henry and Minnie Bellfield of 60 Folkestone Rd, Dover.
A 1169
FOULSHAM,
Private, JOHN HARRY, 9435, 2nd Bn, King's Own (Royal Lancaster
Regiment) 14 May 1915. Age 28. Son of Mr and Mrs J. Foulsham of Golbourne Rd, Kensington, London; husband of Rose Ellen Wingrave
(formerly Foulsham) of 92 Mayfield Avenue, Dover. A
1171
HEATH,
Trimmer, RICHARD HENRY, 104/ST, HMS "Pembroke" Royal Naval
Reserve. 25 June 1917. Husband of F. Heath of 8 Church Court Dieu,
Stone Lane, Dover. E 3448
ST. ALBANS CEMETERY, Hertfordshire
(p) LEE, Private,
JOHN, 299380, RAF Died of sickness 19 March 1919. Age
47. Son of James and Richenda Lee; husband of K. Lee of 21
Primrose Rd, Buckland, Dover. Born Chatham. Mil B
2B
ST. HELENS CEMETERY, Lancashire
DEVINE,
Private, T, 41311, 1st/7th Bn, Worcestershire Regiment. 30 December
1918. Age 38. Husband of Mrs R. M. Devine of 9 Adrian St, Dover.
34 RC 773
SUNDERLAND (MERE KNOLLS) CEMETERY, County Durham
KNOX, Serjeant,
C W, 168, 3rd Bn, Northumberland Fusiliers. Died of accidental
injuries 26 April 1916. Age 27. Son of John Charles and Mary Knox;
husband of Isabel Maria Knox of 12 Victoria St, Buckland, Dover.
Grave 24 A 2402. His wife requested on 8 December 1924 that
he should be included on the Memorial. Charles William Knox and
Isabel Maria Bowlt married in early 1910 in Dover. Isabel was the
sister of casualties Frederick and
Bartholomew Bowlt
from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission |
