THE  DOVER WAR MEMORIAL  PROJECT

 

war memorial at dusk, photographed by Michelle Cooper


World War I

 

CASUALTIES NOT ON THE MEMORIAL

Surnames F

G Files, courtesy Dover ExpressFiles, G. 
George Files, 203471, was an Able Seaman in the Royal Navy. He served aboard the  HM Drifter "Frons Olivae." (RFR/CH/B/8996). He was killed by a mine explosion off Ramsgate on 12th October 1915, when he was 32. He is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial.

 He was the son of George and Annie Elizabeth Files, of 2 Myrtle Cottage, Dover.

 

Fisher, R. H..
Robert Henry Fisher, G/7681, was a Private in the 1st battalion of the Queen's Own (Royal West Kent).. He was reported missing and then as killed on 4th October 1917. He is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.

He had previously been in the East Kent Yeomanry, and was the son of Mr and Mrs Fisher, of the "Duke of Wellington", Dover.


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