Beatty, J.
John Beatty, 86159. He was in the Royal Defence Corps and died on 9 July 1919, aged 45. He was the husband of Annie Elizabeth Penn (formerly Beatty), of 7, Tower Hamlets St., Dover, and the son of John Beatty. He is buried at St James' Cemetery, grave ref. P X 22.

Blagrove, J.
Joseph Blagrove, 8668. The son of Mrs Blagrove of Oxford, and living at 21 Douglas Road, he was a private in the 1st Battalion of the Royal Berkshire Regiment. He had served since the beginning of the war, and came home on a short leave from the trenches to marry Miss Violet Moore at Buckland church on 2nd April 1916. She was the eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs R J Moore of 7 Woods Place, Buckland, Dover.

Private Blagrove was killed in action on 14th November 1916, just seven months after their wedding. The next year, on the anniversary of his death, Mrs Blagrove inserted an announcement into the Dover Express.

"Blagrove - In loving memory of my dear husband Jack,  Royal Berkshire Regiment, killed in action November 14^th 1916.

You are not dead for in my heart you’re living,
And all my joy of life was of your giving.
The sun will shine, and sometimes o’er again
I’ll hear your voice, half laughter and half pain.

From his loving wife Violet."

Jack Blagrove is buried in the Waggon Road Cemetery, Beaumont Hamel, France, A 15

Bonfield, A. V.
Albert Victor Bonfield, 23427, was born at 63 Victoria Road, Walthamstow, on 8th January 1892. His mother was Emma Jessie Bonfield, nee Youngman, and his father, Edward Bonfield,  was a timber salesman. He became a Pioneer in the 4th Signal company of the Royal Engineers, and died on 1st July 1916. He is buried at Pargny British Cemetery, France, II B 33.

His wife was Carrie Maude Terry (formerly Bonfield, nee Barton), of 43 Devonshire Road, Tower Hamlets, Dover, daughter of labourer Alfred John Barton. She had been living at 1 Hartley Street at the time of their marriage at Christ Church on 11th April 1914. Albert Bonfield is described as a Sapper in the Royal Engineers, living at the Grand Shaft Barracks, Western Heights. His father was deceased by this time.

with thanks to Danny O'Connell 

Brown. G.
George Brown, 306510, was a Petty Officer Stoker in the Royal Navy. He was lost on 15th October 1914, when the HMS Hawke was torpedoed on 15th October 1914. He is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial.

He was the husband of Laura May Pearce (formerly Brown, nee Howard), from 17 Selbourne Terrace, Dover, formerly 42 Bridge Street, previously Albany Place

Browning, T. J.
T. J. Browning, 49925 was in the 85th Company of the Machine Gun Corps. After he died at the age of 39 on 23rd September 1916, he was buried at Salonika. His brother, William, lived at 6 St Radigunds Road, Buckland, Dover.