THE  DOVER WAR MEMORIAL  PROJECT

 

war memorial at dusk, photographed by Michelle Cooper

World War II

 

SERVICE CASUALTIES NOT IN THE BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE

Surnames E and F

E

Egan, F. C.
Frederick Charles Egan, 19816, was a Major in the Manchester Regiment. He died on 13th December 1940, when he was 49. He is buried in the Ibadan (St Anne) Church Cemetery, Nigeria, Grave 10.

Born in Dover, he was the youngest son of Frances Victoria Egan of Dover and her late husband William. He was married to Winifred Agnes Egan, from 56 Thornfield Avenue, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire.

F

Fagg, F. J.
Frederick James Fagg was a Lamp Trimmer in the Merchant Navy. He died at the age of 49 when his ship, SS Henry Woodall (London), was mined at sea. He is buried at Charlton Cemetery in Dover, United Kingdom. 

His parents were Robert Frederick and Mary Anne Fagg, from Dover, and his wife was Amy Annie Fagg. He lived at 45 Peter Street. 

Faulkner, H. F.
Herbert Fraser Faulkner, 117065, was a Lieutenant in the 27th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. He died on 1st June 1940 and is commemorated on the Dunkirk Memorial in France. 

He was the "dearly loved son" of Mr and Mrs J Faulkner, of Eythorne, near Dover.

"At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember"

headstone, by Simon ChambersFinney, S. G.
Sydney George Finney, C/M 38588, was a Blacksmith, 1st class, in the Royal Navy with HMS Sandhurst. He died on 18th June 1940, when he was 42. He is buried at St Lawrence the Martyr, Church Hougham, by Dover, and is the only GWGC casualty there.

His parents were George Ely and Harriet Elizabeth Finney, from Dover, and his wife was Amy Constance Finney.

 

 

The book-shaped stone reads on the left-hand page:

In Loving Memory of
Sydney George Finney
died 19th June 1940
aged 42 years.
"Far from the Madding Crowd's Ignoble Strife"

On the right-hand page the words are:

Also of his wife
Amy Constance
died 24th Feb 1984
aged 83 years.
"Hadst thou stayed, I must have fled"

Frankcom, E. A. C.
Ernest Albert Corbett Frankcom, C/LX 21734, was a Steward in the Royal Navy. He had been in the Royal Navy for about five years, and was killed in action aboard HMS Ajax, on 13 December 1939, at Monte Video, in the Battle of the River Plate. He is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial in the United Kingdom. 

He had come from Bristol, and was the "much loved" husband of Kathleen Louise Frankcom (nee Partridge), from 30 Heathfield Avenue, Dover. He had met her while at Dover with the survey ship HMS Kellett


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