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Little Friend
This delightful picture of two little friends was taken in
the 1920s. The lad on the right is John Daniel Bernard
Borrett, the nephew of Great War casualty John Collon Fox.
We believe the picture was taken in Dover - John Borrett
lived at Astley Avenue in the town.
But who is the lad on the left? Our correspondents in Canada
and England wondered if he may have been a relative of the
renowned Walter Tull, as some of his family, including a
married sister, remained in Dover after Walter sadly lost
his life in 1918 on the Somme. We asked a member of
Walter's family, but he couldn't help with identification.
The lad's name may have been Archie. It looks as though the
two boys are standing near memorial plinths of some sort. If
you can recognise the place or the boys, or offer any clues
at all, do please do
contact us
Cinque Ports Pilots
- Leslie Gillespie
This comes from a lady in
Australia. It is a small (silver?) desk plaque (the
pen is included to indicate the size), and it was given to
Leslie John Gillespie. The words read:
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Presented to
L. J. Gillespie
by the Fellowship of Cinque Ports Pilots
As a memento of his stay in Dover
During the Great War of
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Does
anyone know why this might have been presented, and does anyone
have any information about Leslie Gillespie? Please
let us know
Coach Trimmers in Dover - Cyril Beeston
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In the early part of the 19th century, Dover had
a number of coachers. Cyril Beeston was the brother
of one of our casualties, Reginald. Their father had
died, and Cyril was apprenticed to a coach trimmers'
shop.
That's the shop, on the right. Does anyone
recognise anyone in the photograph, or know where
this workshop might have been? Do
let us
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Four Generations - Herbert Dawes and
Family
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This is four generations of the Dawes family. They
are, we believe, Herbert, who is holding his son,
Herbert's father, Alfred, and his father, William.
Does anyone recognise them, or this picture? A
descendant of this family would like to make contact
with any relatives. They may be living in Kent. Please
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Cairo - 70th General Hospital
These two pictures are of Ward D, No 7, of the Hospital, and
were taken on 24th February 1918. They were found in an
album of photographs from a car boot sale. Do you
recognise them? If so,
please tell us.

Missing Memorial

This is Mundella School, in the Black Bull
Road, Folkestone. It was the school Walter Tull attended when he
was a young child.
In 1921 a Memorial plaque, of polished
walnut, was unveiled to the boys from the school who had served
and fallen. Walter Tull's name was amongst the 91 casualties. We
think all 533 names of the boys who had served and returned may
also have been inscribed.
The Memorial is missing, and an appeal has
failed to track it down. Perhaps it was destroyed when the
school was damaged in the second World War. If you know where it
is, or what happened to it, please
let us know.
St Bartholomew's School, Dover
We're trying to find pictures of infants' classes from this
school from around 1938 to 1944.
Please tell us
if you know of any.
Henry Thomas Allery
Private Allery served in the Australian Imperial Forces.
There are more details about him
here. A
reader would like to know more about Private Allery's service in
The Buffs and his family when they lived in Dover. Can you
help?
William Bernard Traynor - VC

We have been sent a lovely postcard picture of Mr William
Traynor, well-known in Dover between and just after the wars as
our VC winner. He gained his VC in the South Africa campaign.
More details about him are
here
This is a detail from the whole picture. Does anyone know
what might have been the occasion, and to whom Mr Traynor is
speaking? Behind the group is a shop, which we've identified as
belonging to MacLeod and Company. Where might this shop have
been?
If you can help, please do
contact us
Update -
16 February 2008. Thank you to Joyce Banks, who found a
reference to a MacLeod housewares shop at 1 High
Street, Dover, in 1948-9. It's now known as White's, and is
on the corner of Effingham Crescent.
National
Westminster Bank, Market Square
Just inside the bank door, on the right, is a
memorial to the staff of the bank who served in the Great War
(see
here). As yet, the photograph above the plaque is
unidentified. Part of the photo is shown (left)
We have heard several suggestions of who he
might be, but does anyone know? Please
tell us if you
do!
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