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World War II
SERVICE CASUALTIES NOT IN
THE BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE Surnames H
Hambrook, R. F.
Robert Fittall Hambrook, C/J 110579, was a Chief Yeoman
of Signals in the Royal Navy, aboard H.M.S Dasher.
He died on 27 March 1943, and is commemorated on the
Chatham Naval Memorial. Panel 70.3
He was the fourth son of Mrs E Hambrook, of 78 Oswald
Road, Dover
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Heath, A. E.
Albert Edward Heath was the youngest son of electrician
William John Heath and his wife Eliza, of 141 Clarendon
Place, Dover. He was an old Duke of York's boy, and
served in the Royal Engineers, 22 Fortress Company
He was reported missing after the
capitulation of Hong Kong on 25th December 1941, and in
August 1942 reported as a POW in Japanese hands. He died
on 18th December 1944, when he was 25, and is buried at
Yokohama War Cemetery, Japan. British Section BB, Grave
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His
home address was with his sister, Mrs Archibald, at 141
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Heron, D. B.
Donald Boyd Heron, 903482, was a Sergeant (Pilot) in the
RAFVR, 42 Squadron. He died on 29th November 1941, and
is buried at Gravesend cemetery, Kent. Plot B 14, Grave
1482
He was an old Dover College
schoolboy, and was the son of Mr and Mrs E Heron, of 8
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Holbrook, J. A.
John Arthur Holbrook, 791282, was a Gunner in
the Royal Artillery, 17 battery, No 1 Anti-Aircraft
regiment. He was 31 when he died as the result of enemy
action at New Malden, London between 25th and 26th
October 1940. He is buried at Morden Cemetery,
Surrey. Section S, Grave 245. His name is also recorded
on the memorial panel. Screen Wall, Panel 3
He was the son of the late Mr and Mrs
G. Holbrook, from Dover, and husband of Mrs Holbrook,
from 1 Douglas Avenue, New Malden

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Hopper, C.
A.
Charles Albert Hopper, C/JX 141200,
was an Able Seaman in the Royal Navy. He was 22 when he
was reported missing, presumed killed, on 5th April
1942, after the sinking of the H.M.S Cornwall. He is
commemorated on the Chatham Naval memorial. Panel 54.3
He was the son of Mr and Mrs William
George Hopper, from 19 Queen's Gardens, Dover
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Howden, I. C.
Ian Campbell Howden, was a Lieutenant Commander of the
Royal Navy. He had served for 19 years in the Navy. He
passed out from the RN College, Dartmouth, in January
1925, and joined the Queen Elizabeth. The following
September he was appointed for a four year specialist
course in engineering at Keyham. Promoted to
sub-Lieutenant in July 1928, he became Lieutenant in
April 1930, and Lieutenant Commander in April 1938. On
20 July 1934 he had gained his Royal Aero Club Aviator
Certificate, 12099, at Hampshire Aeroplane Club, DH 60X
Cirrus 11 30/80 HP. He then lived at Blockhouse, Gosport
He became engineer officer aboard the
destroyer H.M.S Gurkha in January 1939, after serving from
1929 in the minelayer Adventure, in submarines at home
and in China, and in submarine parent ships Bruce and
Tiatania. He was reported missing, believed killed, on
9th April 1940, after the loss of the Gurkha off the
coast of Norway. Born in Dover on 30 June 1907, he
was 32 when he died. He is commemorated on the Plymouth
Naval Memorial. Panel 36, Column 1
He was the "very dear son" of Violet
Howden, from Nell Gwynn House, London, SW3, and her late
husband Dr Ian Howden, JP, from Dover, and the "beloved
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Humphreys, R.
J.
Reginald James (Reg) Humphreys was a Trooper in the Royal
Armoured Corps, 3rd County of London Yeomanry
(Sharpshooters), serving with the 8th Army, formerly
with The Buffs. Having
survived the sinking of the "Lancastria" in 1940, he was
23 when he was reported missing and then as having been killed in action on 27 September 1943. He
is buried in the Sangro River War Cemetery, Italy. IX A
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He was the eldest son of Mrs M W
Longley of 4 Alfred Road, Dover, and the husband of Mrs
Rose Humphreys of 46 Wyndham
Road 1943 - "Why are the best the
first to go?" - from his broken-hearted wife,Rose
1948 - "Not
just today but everyday, in silence we remember our dear
son and brother" - From Mum, Pop, Ada, Horace,
Dump, Peg and family |
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Hunt, L. J.
Lawrence John Hunt, 549999, was a Leading Aircraftman in
the RAF. He was reported as missing and later as died on
2 June 1940, and is buried at the Kiel War Cemetery,
Germany. 2 J 15
He was the "dearly loved only son" of
Captain and Mrs J W Hunt, from 54 Priory Hill, Dover
Note: With no unit of squadron reference,
it is currently uncertain how LAC Hunt is now buried at
Kiel. Possibilities range from his having been captured
groundcrew in France and dying en route to a PoW camp,
or that his body may have been washed ashore in Germany
subsequent to operations regarding the evacuation from
Dunkirk, possibly from RAF Calshot. PO Cyril Collings of
Calshot was posted as missing on the same day, and is
commemorated on the Runnymede memorial. If you have any
further information, please
let us know
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