May, W. J.  
William James May died on 21st August 1916. He was a Lance-Corporal of the Cyclist Corps (formerly Leinster Regiment).

He was discharged from the Army after having been gassed at the Front. He died at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Dover, on 21st August, and was buried on 24th August. The funeral was held with full military honours, with the band of the 5th Royal Fusiliers playing Beethoven's and Chopin's funeral marches.

Amongst the mourners were his widow, Mrs C W (?) May, his sisters, and his mother-in-law. The floral tributes contained, "In loving memory of my darling husband, from his heart-broken wife and baby", "from his sorrowing mother-in-law and brother-in-law", and from the Harbid family, including one "from a chum serving at the front (F Harbird)".

The image (above left) is a detail from his headstone, which is now laid flat at St James, near the Zeebrugge graves. The words on the headstone read:

McBarron, F.    
Frank McBarron, 5701, was a Serjeant in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 2nd battalion. He was 35 when he died on 13th October 1914, and is buried at Meteren Military Cemetery, France, I K 260.

He was the son of Miehael McBarron, and the "dearly beloved husband" of Florence McBarron,of "Speyside", The Avenue, Camberley, Surrey, formerly 178 Clarendon Place, Dover. His sister was Mrs Em Whatley, of Burcombe Lane, Wilton.  There were connections with South Africa and Canada. 

Middleton, H. H. 
Herbert Harold Middleton, 209545, was a Petty Officer in the Royal Navy. He was serving with the HMS Daisy, and was returning to his ship when the boat was cut in half in the mouth of the Tyne by a ferry steamer on 4th January 1916. Herbert was drowned; his body was never found and he is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial. 

Herbert was born on 29th December 1884 in Dover, and at his death was described as being "formerly of 65 Clarendon Street".. He was the second son of William Middleton, a Mariner and former Royal Navy sailor from Deal, Kent, and of Fanny, nee Atkins, from Fingest, Buckinghamshire. He was christened on 21st January 1885 at St John Mariner, Dover.  In 1891 he, his mother, and his siblings were at 177 Clarendon Road, Dover, while his father was at sea, aboard "The Victoria" as Master in Charge. William, when he left the Navy, worked the steam packets between Dover an France.

Herbert joined the Royal Navy as a 16 year old boy cadet. He was then described as being 4 feet 11 inches tall, with a fresh complexion,  light brown hair, and grey eyes. He had grown another four inches by the time he was 18. In 1901 he is listed as being part of the complement of the "Ganges", at Tendring, Harwich. His full service record is as follows:  

Mills, C. P.     
Cecil Percy Mills, 4683, was a Rifleman in the London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles), 16th Battalion. He died on 18th September 1916, aged 20, and is buried at Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval, France, XXVI B 1 

He was the eldest son of the late Percival George Mills, and of Louisa Emily Mills, who lived at "Glanmire", Highfield Avenue, Aldershot, when he was killed. Mrs Mills is buried at Charlton, and the inscriptions on the kerbstone read:

"In loving memory of Cecil Percy Mills, who was killed in action on the Somme, September 18th, 1916. Aged 20 years. "Greater love hath no man than this"

 The headstone reads:

In loving memory of Percival George Mills, passed away 15th September 1913, aged 47 years
And of Louisa Emily Mills, re-united on 28th November 1957, aged 92

with thanks to Joyce Banks

Millne, C. H.     
Charles H. Millne, 1369, was a Private in the London Regiment (Cyclists), 25th battalion, and was the son of the late Sergeant Millne (RGA), and of Mrs Collins, from 60 Bulwark Street, Dover.

He had been on duty at Lewes, and died on Christmas Eve 1914, after six weeks' painful illness, in the 2nd Eastern General Hospital, Brighton. He was 21.

The first part of his funeral service took place in Holy Trinity church, with the Rev A H Collins officiating there and at the graveside at St Mary's, Dover, J F 22. Military honours had been offered for the funeral, but Mrs Collins, his mother, preferred not to have them. His friends Miss Baughton and Cyclist Arthur Stonard were amongst the mourners.

Morrah, J. H.    
John Henry Morrah was a Major in the King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, 1st battalion. He was Mentioned in Dispatches. He died when he was 39 on 18th October 1914, and is buried at Le Touquet Railway Crossing Cemetery, A 6.

He was the youngest son of the late Colonel James Arthur Morrah of the 60th King's Royal Rifle Corps and Mary Morrah, and the "dearly loved" husband of Maud Florence Morrah, from 129 Hamlet Gardens, Ravenscourt Park, London, formerly 7 The Esplanade, Dover.  

Murphy, G.     
George Murphy, 1243U, was a Stoker in the Royal Naval Reserve. He was lost, aged 42, with the sinking of the HMS Formidable on New Year's Day, 1915. He is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial. 

He lived at 120 Clarendon Street, and left a wife and six children.

death announcement 1915