*Hadlow, A. L.  
A. L. Hadlow is named on the Memorial window at the Dover Grammar School for Boys. This is probably A L Hadlow, the 2nd Lieutenant from the RAF, 70th Squadron, who died on 6th October 1918. He is buried in Haringhe (Bandaghem) Military Cemetery, II A 30.

Hall, F. S.

Frederick Stephen Hall, 15105, was born in 1899 to Stephen and Edith Hall, the eldest of three brothers and three sisters, one of whom was named Edith Ivy Hall and another Bertha. The family lived at 1 Alma Place, New Charlton Green.

He enlisted in Canterbury as a Private in the 1st battalion of the Royal Munster Fusiliers (formerly 3022 The Buffs), and died on 28th September 1918. He is commemorated on the Vis En Artois Memorial in France.

with thanks to Kenneth Challenor

*Hamilton, J.   
John W. Hamilton, 17466, was born in Windsor and enlisted in Dover to become a Sapper in the 38th Field Company of the Royal Engineers. He died of wounds on 17 May 1915, and is buried in the Netley Military Cemetery in the United Kingdom.  

Alternatively, this could be J Hamilton, 7661, a Sapper in the 7th Field Company of the Royal Engineers. He died on 3 December 1918 and is buried in the Dourlers Communal Cemetery Extension, France, I A 17.

He was the husband of Minnie L Hamilton, from 64 Folkestone Road, Dover.

Hampton, A.   
Albert Alexander Hampton L/9915, was a Private in D Company of the 1st battalion of The Buffs. He died in action on 1st October 1914, when he was 20, and is commemorated on La Ferte Sous Jouarre Memorial in France.

He enlisted in Canterbury, but was born at Buckland and lived in Dover. He was the grandson of Mr G and Mrs Jane Hampton, of 48 Douglas Road, Dover, and formerly of 24 Kimberley Terrace.

Handford, D. F.   
Douglas Frederick Handford, 1601, was serving as a Battery Sergeant Major in the 7th battery of the 3rd Australian Field Artillery Brigade. He was 30 when he was killed in action on 6th August 1915. He is buried at the Shell Green cemetery, Turkey. 

He was a Dovorian, and was the son of Mrs Ellen Amelia Handford and the late Frederick John Handford.

Handley, W. E.   
Walter Ernest Handley, C/5276, served as a Private in B company of the 8th battalion of The Buffs.

He was born around 1878 in Dover, and the 1881 census reveals him living at 75 Limekiln Street, Dover, with his parents, George, a railway porter, then aged 30, Mary, then aged 31. Both were born in Dover, as were their children, Walter's sister Agnes, aged then 14, and his two brothers, George, 5, and Albert, aged 1.   

By 1891 the family were living at 1 Round Tower Passage. George had become an errand boy, while Walter was still at school, then aged 13. The family had been joined by four more children, Lilian, then aged 9, followed by Rose, 7, Mary, 4, and Charles, 2. Nine years later, on 9th July 1900, Walter married Harriett Jane Prescott, also a Dovorian, at Dover Register Office, and in 1901, when he was 23 and she was 21, the new couple were living at 5 Chapel Court, Snargate Street.  Walter was working as a Town Carman.

He had been employed by Pickford's for over 17 years, and had children of his own, when he joined the army in Dover in December 1914. On 18th August 1916, when he was 38, he was killed in action in France. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial in France. Walter's commanding Officer, writing to Mrs Harriett Handley said, "He was a splendid soldier, and was popular in the Platoon. The Company extend to you their sympathy."

The family were then living at 9 Chapel Lane, Bench Street, while Mrs Prescott, Harriett's mother, was at 10 Chapel Street, and Mrs Handley, Walter's mother, lived at 23 Bridge Street. Harriett had two brothers in the navy and five brothers-in-law in the army, four of whom were at the Front. 

1922 - In ever loving memory of my dear husband, Pte Walter Handley, 8th Battalion, The Buffs, "B" Compnay, killed 18th August 1916 at Guillemont. We know not his resting place, No poppies mark his grave. But we know he made the Supreme sacrifice for his country. How sad the parting, none to tell, To part with one we loved so well. How sweet t'will be, when life is o'er, To meet, to part no more. His loving wife, daughter, and son.

In loving memory of my dear husband and our father, Private Walter Ernest Handley, who was killed in action 18 August 1916. Just a thought, true and tender, of one we loved and will always remember. From his loving Wife (Dover), Daughter and family (India), and Son and family (Australia) August 1940

In 1941 Harriett Handley placed an in memoriam notice in memory of her "dear husband". She also remembered her father, Marshall C Prescott, who died 24th January 1929, her Mother, Francis Harriett Prescott, who died 23rd February 1934, and her brothers, John, died 8th November 1936, Steven, 29th March 1937, and William, 31st January 1940.

census with thanks to Joyce Banks

Hanson, J. 
John Thomas Hanson, 10461, was a Private in the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), the 12th battalion. He was born in Dover on 7th March 1895, one of the ten children of Thomas Hanson (at one time licensee of the Royal Standard, London Road) and Alice, nee West. He enlisted in Dover, where he lived, on 14th December 1914.

He died during the Battle of the Somme at the trenches between Delville Wood and Guillemont on 15th August 1916, one of 10 in the company killed that day. He is commemorated on the Thiepval memorial in France. (Exhibition 06)

He whom this scroll commemorates was numbered among those who, at the call of King and Country, left all that was dear to them, endured hardness, faced danger, and finally passed out of the sight of men by the path of duty and self-sacrifice, giving up their own lives that others might live in freedom. Lt those who come after see to it that his name be not forgotten. Private John Thomas Hanson  Royal Fusiliers	Private Hanson's tag	Buckingham Palace I join with my grateful people in sending you this memorial of a brave life given for others in the Great War George R

John Hanson's family endearingly attached his death plaque to a oak shield for display. Sadly, just after he had been killed, the family lost another child, his younger sister, Edith, aged 12.  She had been injured on 19th July, in Churchill Street, Charlton, where her family lived (at no 15). A group of boys had found a hand grenade at the trenches at Copt Hill (by St James Cemetery), where bomb throwing was taught to the Garrison. They threw it several times down the hill without mishap, and one lad, Albert King, from 10 Churchill Street, had even taken it home and cleaned it with brass polish. 

Dared by others out in the street, Albert threw the grenade onto the road opposite 6 Churchill Street. It exploded, ripping up the surface of road and breaking a number of windows, while flying fragments scored the walls and doors of the houses. Six people were injured, including little Edith Ellen, who had been standing at the end of the road, some six yards away.  

Three boys were taken to hospital, Albert with puncture wounds in his legs and left shoulder. Edith had been taken into a shop, where the doctor said she had merely fainted. Carried home, she became worse, and in the evening was taken to hospital in "a collapsed state". The fragment had pierced her lung, eventually setting up an inflammation. Despite an operation on 25th August, Edith's condition continued to deteriorate, and she died on 31st October 1916. At the inquest, Mrs Hanson spoke of losing her son on the Somme, and now as having lost her little girl. She mentioned also a third child the family had lost.

Edith was buried at Charlton. Her father and mother were amongst the mourners, and laid a floral tribute, "In loving memory from her heart-broken father and mother." Another tribute came, poignantly, "from her playmate, Albert King".

with thanks to Kerry Chapman

Harbird, H. R.  
Henry Robert Harbird, born in Dover in 1890.

A Private A. Harbird was serving in the 1st battalion York and Lancaster; he had two brothers also serving.

Hardeman, E. T.  
Ernest Transit Hardeman, 4411, was a Serjeant Pilot in the Royal Flying Corps, serving in the 48th Squadron. He joined the army in March 1915, and had served a year and five months in France before coming back to train as a Pilot. He went back to the Front in January 1918. He died at St Quentin on 16th February 1918, and is buried at the Ham British Cemetery, Muille-Villette in France.

He was the second son of Mr and Mrs J Hardeman, of 36 Military Road, Dover, and before the war was employed at the Admiralty Pier. He was an old St Mary's schoolboy, and also a member of St Mary's choir, which he had joined while at school.

A letter from the Major of his Squadron reads, "With great sorrow and sympathy I write to inform you that your son, Sergeant Ernest Hardeman, was killed in action yesterday. I have been unable to find anyone who saw your son brought down, but from the evidence of the wrecked machine he was attacked by enemy machines who succeeding in killing your son and setting his machine on fire in the air. His observer Second Lieutenant Croft was also killed and they were both buried at the military cemetery today. I am very very sorry indeed to have to write you this sad news. Your son had not been with the squadron very long, but I had full hope and confidence in his good work."

The Rev D H Wilson Chaplain to the Forces there wrote, "Dear Mrs Hardeman, By the time you receive this letter you will no doubt have heard the sad news of your son's death. He was killed whilst flying over the lines, and fell this side. I thought you would like to know that his funeral took place this afternoon, and I took the service. He was buried beside his observer in a cemetery jut outside a small town named -. A cross will be erected over his grave by the Squadron, and on the cross will be your son's name, rank, and date of death. My deepest sympathy with you in your great loss. He was honoured and respected in the Squadron and they will miss him very much. he has made the greatest sacrifice of all, and you must be proud to have had such a son. May the Holy Spirit guide you and comfort you in your sorrow."

Harding, P. J.  
Philip James Harding, T/241556, was born in Dover, and lived in Buckland. He enlisted in Dover in The Buffs as a Private in the 1st/5th battalion. He died of wounds on 10th March 1917, and is buried in the Basra War Cemetery in Iraq.

1925 - In ever loving memory of my darling beloved son ... "They miss him most who loved him best". From Mother, Sister, and Brothers.

Hardy, P. E. R.  
Philip Ernest Radford Hardy, was a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Marine Light Infantry, with the 2nd Royal Marines, RN Division. He was 22 when he died on 28th April 1917, and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial in France.

His parents were William James and Emily Hardy, from 9 Langport Road, Weston-super-Mare. 

Hare, A. J. J.
Alfred J. J. Hare, 7801, was born in London, and worked as a Post Office Messenger before he joined the Royal Flying Corps in August 1915, at the age of 15. He went to India two months later, in October, and the next month, November, joined General Townshend's Force. He was captured by the Turks the following month, December 1915, and was Prisoner of War in June 1916. An Airman, Second Class, from the 30th Squadron, (India), he died from malarial fever at Bagtsche, Turkey, on 25th August 1916.   He is buried in the Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery in Iraq.

His father, Mr Harry Hare was a bricklayer, but in the war served in the Royal Engineers in France, and another son (perhaps George) also was serving there. Their home address was 77 South Road, Dover. His mother's name was Sarah, and he was a grandson of Mr J W McKeen.

Harris, A. E.  
Albert Edward Harris, 4169 (371833?), enlisted in London and lived in Ramsgate, and was a Rifleman in the London Regiment (Post Office Rifles). He served in the 1st/8th battalion. He died on 21st May 1916, when he was 28. He is commemorated on the Arras Memorial in France.

He was the son of William and Ann Harris, and the husband of Maria Isabel Harris, from 12 Maywill Road, St Peter's, Broadstairs.

Harris, A. J.  
Amos John Harris, 910354, was a Gunner in D company of the 129th Brigade of the Territorial Royal Field Artillery. Born in Newport, Monmouthshire, he was the husband of Charlotte Hester Pilton (formerly Harris) of 3 Portland Place, Dover, Kent and enlisted there.

He was 28 when he died on 22nd October 1918. He was buried in Kirechkoi-Hortakoi Military Cemetery, Greece, 283.  . On the bottom of his headstone are inscribed the words: "In the midst of life we are in death. From his wife and little son, Alfe" 

Gunner Harris' grave is on   >>>>
the far left  at the back           
in the plots before the cross.

pictures with thanks to Charles Fair

Harris, A. V.   
Albert Victor Harris, 910905, was a Corporal in the Royal Field Artillery. Before joining, he was employed by Messrs Flashman and Company, and was a territorial. He served through the worst period of the Mesopotamia Campaign, the hardships of which, coupled with the Indian climate, wrecked his constitution. He died on 12th October 1917, when he was 31, and is commemorated on the Kirkee 1914-1918 Memorial in India.

He was born and lived in Dover and enlisted there. He was the youngest son of Mrs Susan Harris, from 9 Tower Hamlets Road. His father Alfred O Harris, predeceased him. Mrs Harris later moved to 57 Cranford Road, Cressington, Lancashire. 

Harrison, A. L. 
Arthur Leyland Harrison. He was a Lieutenant commander in the Royal Navy, and died on 23rd April 1918 in the Zeebrugge Raid, from which action he was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross. This was received by his mother, Adelaide Harrison. More about Lieutenant Harrison is in (Exhibition 06)

Further details are that he was born on 3rd February 1886, and attended Dover College. He was in the Junior School from 1895 to 1900, and in the Royal Navy cadets, being a cadet in 1902, a Lieutenant in October 1908, and a Lieutenant Commander in October 1916.

He was a keen Rugby player, and was in the Royal Navy XV, and in the Hampshire United Services team between 1906-14. He also played for Hampshire in 1912-14 and England in 1913-14, when he played against Ireland and France. At the Queen's Club in March 1914 he played in the game with the Royal Navy and Army Officers teams, and after the match they were presented to the King.

During the Great War he saw action at the Battle of Heligoland in 1914, at Dogger Bank in 1915, and at Jutland in 1916. He was mentioned in despatches on 15th September 1916.  

His parents predeceased him, but formerly lived at Waldon Cottage, Durham Road, Wimbledon, London. Arthur Harrison is one of four men commemorated on the Zeebrugge Memorial, in Zeebrugge Churchyard in Belgium. 

with thanks to Mr Belsey

Hart, H.  
Harry Hart died at the Military Hospital, Ranelagh Road, Ipswich, from pneumonia, following influenza. He was the "dearly beloved" husband of Daisy Hart, from Jubilee Cottages, Primrose Road, Dover. He was the youngest son of the late W V Hart, from 37 Chapel Place, Dover. 

Harry Hart on the 1934 panel was in the Labour Corps. A CWGC entry has H Hart, 73532, of the Middlesex Regiment, 29th battalion, with the secondary regiment of the Labour Corps, transferred to I 58624 Eastern Command Labour Centre. He died on 20th February 1919, and is buried at Ipswich Cemetery, England, D 52 26

Hart, H. C.  
Horace Cecil Hart, T/2365, was born at Holy Trinity, Dover, in which town he enlisted. He was a Private in The Buffs, 1/5 battalion, and died on 17th January 1916. He is buried in the Amara War Cemetery in Iraq.

He was the son of John, a Mariner, and Eliza Hart, and known to his family as "Chips".

Hart, H. P.  
Hyla Padgham Hart was a Lieutenant in the Durham Light Infantry, serving in the 13th battalion. He died on 5th October 1918, and is commemorated on the Vis-en-Artois memorial in France. 

He was the son of Harry, a grocer's clerk, and Sophia Hart.