The
"We Remember" Booklet 2006
"WE
REMEMBER" 1
George
William and Richard Stephen Andrews
Brothers in a large
family, they were born in York Street to George and Agnes
Andrews. They went to St Mary’s school and afterwards both
worked in engineering, George for Dover Harbour Board and
Richard for Dover Engineering Company. During World War I they
served in the West Surrey Regiment. A Lance Corporal, George was
reported missing and later as killed in action in Flanders on 26th
October 1917. He was 21. Richard, the younger returned to the
Front after convalescing from wounds. A Private, he died from
further wounds on 21st March 1918. His sweetheart Li
called him “dearly loved”.
Henry William Piggott
Born in Winchelsea,
Sussex, he was the eldest son of the family. He lived in Dover
and enlisted there into the 1st Battalion of the
Buffs. He was a lance corporal, and had been serving for nine
months in France before he was killed in action on 19th
April 1916 the age of 23. His sweetheart Edith described herself
as “broken-hearted”.
Walter James Sidney Ealden
He
was one of seven children, living at Percival Terrace with his
parents William and Ethel Ealden. He attended St Martin’s
school, and later worked for Clarks the Butchers and in the
mines. During World War II he joined the Buffs and was
transferred to the Reconnaissance Corps. He survived Dunkirk,
but two weeks after his marriage to Madge Day he was sent to
Sicily. He died at Anzio on 14th September 1943 after
his tank was set on fire by a flame thrower. He was 25.
On 20th
April 1945 Walter’s cousin
John Daniel Pulham, in the RAF
Volunteer Reserve, also died. He was 19 and is buried in Dover
at St James.
James
Douglas Gibbens
He was born at Peter
Street to William and Tryphena Gibbens. One of five children he
went to Charlton school and later worked at Betteshanger
colliery. During World War II he became a gunner in the Royal
Artillery. He was killed by enemy air action in the Middle East
on 1st July 1941, aged 23.
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