Cary-Grey, R. W. H.
Reginald William Hargrave Cary-Grey was a Major in the 1st battalion, 7th Rajput Regiment. He was the "dearly loved" husband of Norah Phyllis (nee Cary) and the "beloved son" of Mrs Clara Alma Grey from Kearsney, Dover, who was staying away, at 21 Fursfield Crescent, Reigate, Surrey, and the late Colonel Edward Grey. .

Aged 44, he was "shot by bandits on the Kalka-Simla train" on 23rd June 1942. He was one of six victims. The train was made from two first-class motor-driven coaches, and was full with passengers. It was dark, but the driver spotted a boulder on the line and stopped the train to remove the boulder. He was shot dead by two men who leapt down from the embankment.

Putting their guns through a window, they fired and killed and wounded the passengers. They then ransacked the clothing of all the passengers, and took every "anna" before they leapt away and escaped into the dark.

Chappell, W. A. 
William Arthur (Bill) Chappell, C/JX 194795, was a Boy, 1st Class, in the Royal Navy. He was reported missing, and later presumed killed, on 25th November 1941, after the loss of the HMS Barham.  He was 17 years and 4 months old. He is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial in the United Kingdom.

He was the son of Frank and Margaret Mary Chappell, from 3 Matthews Place, Dover, Kent. 

"It was his wish to do his duty"

in memoriam 1942

Clark, R. G. H.
Robert George Harold Clark, C/JX 134241, died on 9th Janaury 1942, aged 27 (26). He was a Petty Officer with the Royal Navy, aboard HMS Vimera. He is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial in the United Kingdom.

He was the son of the late Harry and Mary Clark, of 19 Prioress Walk, Dover, and brother of Mrs Bernard Knight, of Elvington. He was the "beloved husband" of Nora Lovelock/Dora Eileen Clark, from Fordingbridge, Hampshire, formerly Foxbury Lane, Fareham, Hampshire.

"When the last voyage is ended,
When the last blast is weathered,
And there comes no more,
The sound of the old ship bell,
Sailor, sleep well."

Collier, G.
George Collier, 2029190, was a Private in the 1st battalion of The Buffs. He died on 21st April 1942, when he was 26. He is buried in the Bari War Cemetery, Italy, II D 24. (Memorial)

Crawford, G. H. 
Geoffrey Hutchinson Crawford, 79855, was a Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery, 15 battery, 6 HAA Regiment. He was killed in action on 14th February 1942, when he was 38.

Son of George Frederic and Helen Crawford, Lieutenant Crawford had been educated at Harrow, and took his BA at Brasenose College, Oxford, where he was a Rowing Blue in 1926. He then trained under his father, who was a solicitor in Leeds, and was admitted as a solicitor in February 1930. He then worked with Messrs Preston, Lane-Claypen and O'Kelly, of Lincoln's Inn Fields, coming to Dover and joining the firm of  Messrs Stilwell and Harby in April 1936. He was a Notary Public.

Before the war he had joined the Dover Territorial Artillery, and went to France early in 1940. He was evacuated from Dunkirk, and stationed in several places in England before he went again overseas at the end of 1941.

He was killed in action at Pelembang, in Sumatra, on 14th February 1942, at the age of 38.  He is buried in the Jakarta War Cemetery, Indonesia, collective grave 3 C 2-6

He was said to have been a skilled athlete, and to have possessed a charming personality.

Croucher, E. G. 
Edward George Croucher (Ted), C/JX 127407, was an Able Seaman of the Royal Navy. He lost his life when the HMS Duchess collided with the HMS Barham on 12 December 1939. He is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial in the United Kingdom.  

His parents were Mr and Mrs Croucher, from 135 Clarendon Street. He was an old Christchurch schoolboy, who played football for the school and the town. He was also part of a team that played for Kent against France

The next year an In Memoriam notice was placed, "In Loving Memory" "Not forgotten by his Mum, Dad, Brothers, and Sisters"

"Just a token of remembrance to one we will never forget."

Crowley, J. W. K.  
James William Kersley Crowley was a Greaser in the Merchant Navy. He was 39 when he was killed during the enemy bombing of the hospital ship "Maid of Kent" on 21st May 1940.

He is commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial in London, United Kingdom.

"Always in our thoughts - Mother, Sister, and Jack"