Gee, F. W. T.
Frederick William Thomas Gee, K/838, was a Stoker 1st Class in the Royal Navy. He lost his life with HMS Hawke on 15 October 1914.  He is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial. Panel 5

He was the son of Mr Charles Frederick Gee and his wife Clara nee Youden. They had married in 1884 and Frederick was their first child born in 1885. Mrs Gee sadly died at the age of 47 in 1906 and Mr Gee remarried in 1908 to Marian Alice Moore

The family lived at the Millhouse Whitfield. Frederick worked as a builder's apprentice and then as a shoesmith before he joined the Royal Navy in 1908 claiming then to have been born on 23 August 1887 rather than in 1885 which was his actual birth year.  He was said deliberately not to have learnt to swim so that if he were to be cast in the water his death by drowning would be quicker

with thanks to Ana Squire

Gilbertson, G.   
George Gilberston, 13/1063, was in the 13th battalion of the York and Lancaster Regiment. He died on 18 July 1915 at the age of 46. Stationed at Newhall Camp he is buried in Barnsley Cemetery, being a native of the town. Grave  L 197

Sergeant Gilbertson sadly cut his throat with his razor at around 0850 during a fit of depression attributed to his state of health, and to the fact that he had suffered sunstroke some years before during the Boer War. He had undergone a great deal of foreign service, in India where he had contracted malaria, South Africa and Malta, and had served 21 years in the Army in total having joined it in 1887. He was pensioned as Sergeant Major

Sergeant Gilbertson volunteered on the outbreak of the Great War and was considered to have rendered excellent service and to be held in high esteem. He was known to enjoy a drink however and since his sunstroke was easily affected by alcohol and could become melancholy and depressed. Nevertheless his wife of 18 years Ellen Gilbertson maintained he had recently enjoyed a holiday with her and had been in good health. However his health had been of some concern in the two weeks prior to his death and he had been treated in hospital

He was the son of Thomas and Anne Gilbertson. His wife lived at 11 Norman Street, Dover

information from report in collection of Joyce Banks

Gilham, F.  
F. Gilham, was killed in action on 29 September 1915 when he was 31. He was in the 2nd battalion of the Buffs. His mother lived at 8 St James Place, Dover, and his wife at 10 St James Place. We have not been able to find any record of death of F. Gilham so far (Jan 2010)

This person could be Frederick Gilham, born in Dover (birth not yet traced), who in 1911 was a Private in the 2nd battalion of The Buffs. He was then at Tangin Barracks, Singapore. Ten years before he was a private solider at the Barracks in Canterbury. He had attested and been declared fit on 21 January 1901, then aged 17 and working as a labourer. He had been born at St Margaret's and was living at 9 Union Row, Dover. He had entered the 3rd battalion of The Buffs as no 6193.

He may appear also in the 1891 census at 23 Lower Road, River, Dover, then aged 6 and living with parents William, a grocer's carman, born in Ramsgate, and Maria, born at St Margaret's. Other children were Lucy, 10, Charles, 9, Emily, 8, and William, 1. A further son, Frank, was born in 1893.In 1901 Mrs Gilham was a widow, working as a charwoman, living at 9 Union Row.

Golds. W. A.   
William A. Golds, 18256, was a Sapper in the 9th Field Company of the Royal Engineers. He died on 14 December 1914 aged 26 at the Clearing Hospital Bailleul, France, after having been wounded by a shell the day before. He is buried at the Bailleul Communal Cemetery (Nord) France. A 27.  He is also commemorated on the Hougham Memorial.

He was the only son of Mr and Mrs W Golds from the Plough Inn, Church Hougham, Dover. His officer spoke highly of him when informing his widow that he had died 
 

The headstone below is at St Lawrence, Church Hougham

Sacred to the Memory of Rosa Caroline The dearly beloved wife of William Golds Who passed away May 28 1917 Aged 59 years Thy voice is now silent, thy heart is now cold, Where thy smile and thy welcome oft met us of old, We miss thee and mourn thee in silence unseen, And dwell on the memory of joys that have been

Also of William Alfred Golds, R.E. Only son of the above Who died for his country December 14 1914 Aged 26 years. Interred at Bailleul, France. Duty called him he was there To do his bit and take his share His heart was good his spirit brave And now he's resting in a hero's grave. Also of William Golds Who died March 11 1933 Aged 78 years photo and transcription: thanks Joyce Banks

Grigsby, J. W.   
J W. Grigsby, 148874, was a Sapper in the Royal Engineers. He survived fever three times during a period of two years and eight months in East Africa but finally succumbed to pneumonia on 9 December 1918 and is buried in the Dar Es Salaam War Cemetery, Tanzania. 7 J 4

Sapper Grigsby was named on the St James memorial having been an old school boy and choir boy at St James. ?When he left school he became a learner at Dover Post Office and then went to Chatham to become a sorter and telegraphist

His parents were Mr and Mrs J E Grigsby from 3 Eastbrook Place