THE  DOVER WAR MEMORIAL  PROJECT

 

war memorial at dusk, photographed by Michelle Cooper

WWII - At Rest in Germany, Ghana, Greece

BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY, Germany

+BLISS, Warrant Officer, HARRY, 650927, 218 Sqdn., Royal Air Force. 30 March 1945. Age 25. Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Bliss, of Dover. 16 D 11

+KIME, Captain (Q.M.) BERNARD OATES, 118098, Mentioned in Despatches, 1st Bn., Lincolnshire Regiment. 25 April 1945. Age 41. Husband of Ethel Kime, of Dover. 4 B 1A


BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY, Germany
courtesy Mary S-R

+ASHMAN, Frederick Edward, died 26 November 1943, Joint grave, Section 9, Row F, Grave 12-13

+BRANN, Joseph William, died 18 February 1945. 10 K 6

+CADMAN, Ronald William. 8 B 34

+(p)HUNTLEY, Sergeant (Air Gnr.) WILLIAM JAMES, 1890773, 77 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 21 January 1944. Age 19. Son of Ernest Alfred Henry and Mary Alice Huntley, of Dover. 2 M 1

+MIRIAMS, Jack Leonard, died 20 January 1944. 4 L 13

+NORLEY, Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.) RONALD WILLIAM, 1386374, D F M, 49 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 26 November 1943. Age 23. Son of William John and Alice Maud Norley, of Dover. Joint Grave 9 F 14-15

picture above right - flowers laid on William Huntley's grave, 24 March 2009, by two of his nieces


DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY, Germany

BUZAN, Sergeant (Flt. Engr.) WILFRED CLAUD, 1801432, 103 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 26 November 1943. Age 21. Son of Charles Edward and Emily Florence Buzan, of Dover. 1 A 2

+GOODWIN, Sergeant (W. Op. Air) FREDERICK ALBERT, 1336800, 156 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 25 February 1944. Age 21. Son of William Frederick and Laura Lillian Goodwin, of Dover. 4 K 1

$HALKE, Donald John, died 24 February 1944. 7 A 4

+JAMES, Flight Sergeant (Air Bomber) ANTHONY LANGFORD, 1801848, 189 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 2 February 1945. Age 21. Son of William Edgar Robert and Doris Gertrude James, of Dover. 1 F 20

+MERRICKS, Leslie Frank, died 28 August 1943. Collective Grave Section 1, Row J, Grave 12-18


KIEL WAR CEMETERY, Germany

ALLISON, ROBERT FREDERICK WILLIAM (Bob) 135683 Flying Officer (Air Bomber) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 102 Sqdn. died 28 July 1943 Collective Grave 1 A 1-2. Only nephew of Mrs E Monk of 48 Clarendon Place, "dearly loved only son and pal of Mrs G Allison of Hastings", aged 21 (set 154/92)

+AXFORD, Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.) NORMAN FRANK, 1181575, 420 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 27 July 1942. Age 20. Son of Frank William George and Hilda Frances Axford, of River, Dover. 4 D 1

HUNT, Lawrence John, 2 June 1940. 2 J 15


REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY, Germany

CRANHAM, Sergeant (Flt. Engr.) JASPER ROBERT, 537108, 10 Sqdn., Royal Air Force. 30 May 1943. Age 24. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cranham; husband of Joan Mary Cranham, of Dover. Collective Grave 3 D 10-13

$EALDEN,Sergeant (Air Gunner) FREDERICK WILLIAM, 1397129, 90 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 26 June 1943. Age 21. Elder son of Mr. William and Mrs. Selena Ealden of 10 Widred Road, Dover; husband to Jean Marion Hibbert. She was the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. Hibbert of 6 Bushey Ruff, Kerasney near Dover. Collective Grave for three airmen 23 E 6-8

+LITTLEHALES, Reginald, 3 November 1943. 6 G 6

 

RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY, Germany

JACOBSON, Flying Officer (Pilot) GERALD HOWARD, 41333, 75 (R.A.F.) Sqdn, Royal New Zealand Air Force. 17 December 1942. Age 27. Son of William Edward Moxhay Jacobson and Florence Alsager Jacobson, of Akaroa, Canterbury, New Zealand; husband of D. I. Jacobson, of Dover. 17 A 17

+LANGHAM, Sergeant (Nav./Bomb Aimer) LOUIS JOHN, 1337179, 102 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 26 February 1943. Age 23. Son of Harry Louis and Emma Langham; husband of Bettina Jewel Langham (nee Coppins), of Dover. Collective Grave 4 C 2-20

 

TERSCHELLING (WEST TERSCHELLING) GENERAL CEMETERY, Germany

+KENNEDY, Eric Douglas, 27 November 1945. Grave 35


CHRISTIANSBORG WAR CEMETERY, Ghana

PEARCE, Serjeant, RICHARD BARTON, 5724795, Dorsetshire Regiment. attd. 6th Bn., Gold Coast Regiment, R.W.A.F.F. 20 November 1941. Age 26. Son of Sidney Barton Pearce and Elsie Mary Pearce; husband of Dorothy Marjorie Pearce, of Buckland, Dover. Plot 1, Row B, Grave 13. He died from a ruptured malarial spleen. He left a son.


ATHENS MEMORIAL, Greece

+CHARLWOOD, Harold Sydney, died 26/27 April 1941. Face 8

BEAN, ROBERT PATRICK Initials: R P Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment/Service: The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) Unit Text: 4th Bn. Age: 23 Date of Death: between 23/10/1943 and 24/10/1943 Service No: 6286733 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Face 5. Born Dover in 1920 - his parents were James Bean and Florence, nee Bean. The family lied at Colebran Street.

CHILD, Armament Staff Serjeant, HARRY MELVILLE, 1058569, 2 H.A.A. Regt. Workshop Sec., Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. 27 September 1944. Age 35. Son of Harry Newman Child and Mabel Child; husband of Norah A. L. Child, of Dover. Face 9

$COCK, Serjeant, CHARLES EDWARD, 6191167, 4th Bn., The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment). 23-24 October 1943. Age 43. Husband of Clara Sophia Cock, of Dover. Face 4

+JENKINS, Norman William Eric, died 28/29 May 1941. Face 4

MACDONNELL, Warrant Officer Class I (R.S.M.) PERCY, 6280472, 4th Bn., The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment). 23-24 October 1943. Age 40. Husband of Emily Margaret Macdonnell, of Dover. Face 4

$WARD, Corporal Albert or Alfred, 6284820, 4th Bn, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) on the night of 23/24 October 1943. Age 30. Son of Alfred and Kate Ward. Face 4


LEROS WAR CEMETERY, Greece

$HAMMOND, Private, ARTHUR EDWARD JAMES, 6288453, 4th Bn., The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment). 18 November 1943. Age 23. Son of Emily Hammond, of Dover. 1 B 3


PHALERON WAR CEMETERY, Greece

BEARDSELL, Rifleman, ALBERT, 6898604, 2nd Bn. Queen Victoria's Rifles., King's Royal Rifle Corps. 26 April 1941. Age 21. Son of Ernest George Horace and Jessie Beardsell, of Dover. 14 E 11

$GREY, Sapper, REGINALD, 2059828, 579 Field Coy., Royal Engineers. 10 October 1944. Age 22. Son of Reginald and Winifred Grey, of Dover; husband of Emily Grey, of Buckland, Dover. 18 F 1


SUDA BAY WAR CEMETERY, Greece

SMITH, Serjeant, GEORGE ALFRED, 846558, 234 Bty., 89 H.A.A. Regt., Royal Artillery. 20 May 1941. Age 25. Son of William John and Katherine Louisa Smith, of Dover. 8 C 12

from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission


 

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