THE  DOVER WAR MEMORIAL  PROJECT

 

war memorial at dusk, photographed by Michelle Cooper

WWII - At Rest in Thailand, Tunisia

 

CHUNGKAI WAR CEMETERY, Thailand

$ADLEY, Aircraftman 1st Class, RONALD CHARLES, 633816, Royal Air Force. 1 August 1943. Age 21. Son of Charles and Minnie Gertrude Adley, of Dover; husband of Phyllis Eileen Adley, of Dover. 8 H 5

+LUSH, Sapper, CYRIL EDWARD, 1869296, 35 Fortress Coy., Royal Engineers. 28 April 1944. Age 28. Son of Allen Lush, and of Mary Jane Lush, of Dover. 2 B 6

+MILES, Arthur George, 21 September 1943. 1 N 7

WALL, Serjeant, ROBERT CHARLES CROFT, 901347, 118 Field Regt., Royal Artillery. 23 September 1943. Age 24. Son of William Walter and Jessie Christine Wall, of River, Dover. 2 N 10


KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY, Thailand

GEARING, Charles Thomas, 7 July 1943. 2 H 35

ROGERS, Corporal, THOMAS WILLIAM MARK, 6286551, 2nd Bn., East Surrey Regiment. 1 October 1944. Age 25. Son of William and Gertrude Rogers, of Dover, nephew of Mark Penn, of 5 Odo Road. Grave 8 A 71. In September 1943 Mr Penn thanked everyone for their kind enquiries regarding Corporal Rogers, "who is a Prisoner of War in Japanese hands, and his earnest prayer is that with God's help he may enjoy good health and return safely"


BEJA WAR CEMETERY, Tunisia

WILCOX, Private, LEONARD EDWARD, 6289032, 5th Bn., The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment). 9 April 1943. Age 24. Son of Isabel Fabian Gale, of Buckland, Dover. 1 F 11

MASSICAULT WAR CEMETARY, Tunisia

+BAVINGTON-JONES, Jeffrey Russell, 9 March 1943. VI A 7


MEDJEZ-EL-BAB MEMORIAL, Tunisia

+KEMBER, Stephen Edward, 7 January 1943. Face 7

+PAY, Private, WILLIAM JOHN, 5503178, 1/4th Bn. Hampshire Regiment. 2 March 1943. Age 26. Son of William and Ethel M. M. Pay, of Dover. Face 23

+WINTON, James William, 25 April 1943. Panel 10


MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR CEMETERY, Tunisia
 (photos, courtesy Bob Moseling)

+CARTER, Joseph Albert John, died 18 January 1943. 16 G 1. (his grave is one of those just in front of the cross of sacrifice in the image left)

DE-ROODE, Lance Corporal, JACK, 6339833, 1st Bn., Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment. 5 May 1943. Age 31. Son of Charles and Mary H. De-Roode; husband of Kathleen Mary De-Roode, of Dover. 11 B 19

GOWLING or GAWLING, Thomas, died 13 January 1943. 5 F 4. (his grave is one of those behind the stone of remembrance, below)

$MOSELING, Lance Serjeant, ALFRED HARRY HAWKINS, 2094058, 579 Army Field Coy., Royal Engineers. 7 May 1943. Age 23. Son of Frances Rose Moseling, of Buckland, Dover. 11 E 17

PHILPOTT, Serjeant LOUIS DANIEL 6288051  5th Bn, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) Age: 30 died 16/04/1943 Son of Percival and Rosa Maude Philpott; married in 1938 in Dover May Vera Share, later of Horley. Surrey. 5. E. 5.

STRINGER, Charles Burdett, 24 February 1943. 16 C 18

+TEASEDALE, Cecil Walker, died 26 February 1943. 5 C 16 (his grave is one of those behind the stone of remembrance, above)


OUED ZARGA WAR CEMETERY, Tunisia

+MORLEY, Private, ALBERT JOHN, 6291176, 5th Bn., The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment). 8 April 1943. Age 30. Son of Albert and Caroline F. Morley, of Dover; husband of Catherine Morley, of Welling, Kent. 1 J 5.His father, also Albert, was killed on the Somme on 8 October 1916

MURPHY, Private, PATRICK JOSEPH, 6300404, 5th Bn., The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment). Reported wounded and missing and then as killed in action on 8 April 1943. Age 20. Son of Martin Joseph and Doris Minnie Murphy, of 10 Whinless Road, Dover. 1 J 1 "Our dear son"

 

TABARKA RAS RAJEL WAR CEMETERY, Tunisia

HUNT, MICHAEL PATRICK 6297757Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 5th Bn. Age: 22 Died 17/03/1943 1. B. 6. (Could this be be "Mickey" Hunt of The Buffs, died the same day, the youngest son of Mrs and the late Mr Hunt of 21 Sydney Terrace, Malvern Road, reported missing, then in April 1944 as killed in action)

from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission



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