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BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY, Germany
+BLISS, Warrant
Officer, HARRY, 650927, 218 Sqdn., Royal Air Force. 30 March 1945.
Age 25. Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Bliss, of Dover. 16 D
11
+KIME, Captain
(Q.M.) BERNARD OATES, 118098, Mentioned in Despatches, 1st Bn.,
Lincolnshire Regiment. 25 April 1945. Age 41. Husband of Ethel Kime,
of Dover. 4 B 1A
BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY, Germany
+ASHMAN, Frederick Edward, died 26 November 1943, Joint grave,
Section 9, Row F, Grave 12-13
+BRANN, Joseph William, died 18 February 1945. 10 K 6
+CADMAN, Ronald William. 8 B 34
+(p)HUNTLEY,
Sergeant (Air Gnr.) WILLIAM JAMES, 1890773, 77 Sqdn., Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. 21 January 1944. Age 19. Son of Ernest
Alfred Henry and Mary Alice Huntley, of Dover. 2 M 1
+MIRIAMS, Jack Leonard, died 20 January 1944. 4
L 13
+NORLEY,
Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.) RONALD WILLIAM, 1386374, D F M, 49 Sqdn.,
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 26 November 1943. Age 23. Son of
William John and Alice Maud Norley, of Dover. Joint Grave
9 F 14-15
OLIVER, Edward Matthews, 3959568, Private,
Parachute Regiment, AAC, 156 battalion, died aged 26 on 27 February
1945, grave 10 C 9, born Dover
picture above right - flowers laid on
William Huntley's grave, 24
March 2009, by two of his nieces
DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY, Germany
BUZAN,
Sergeant (Flt. Engr.) WILFRED CLAUD, 1801432, 103 Sqdn., Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. 26 November 1943. Age 21. Son of Charles
Edward and Emily Florence Buzan, of Dover. 1 A 2
+GOODWIN,
Sergeant (W. Op. Air) FREDERICK ALBERT, 1336800, 156 Sqdn., Royal
Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 25 February 1944. Age 21. Son of
William Frederick and Laura Lillian Goodwin, of Dover. 4
K 1
$HALKE, Donald John, died 24 February 1944. 7 A 4
+JAMES, Flight
Sergeant (Air Bomber) ANTHONY LANGFORD, 1801848, 189 Sqdn., Royal
Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 2 February 1945. Age 21. Son of William
Edgar Robert and Doris Gertrude James, of Dover. 1 F
20
+MERRICKS, Leslie Frank, died 28 August 1943. Collective Grave
Section 1, Row J, Grave 12-18
KIEL WAR CEMETERY, Germany
ALLISON, ROBERT
FREDERICK WILLIAM (Bob) 135683 Flying Officer (Air Bomber) Royal Air Force
Volunteer Reserve 102 Sqdn.
died 28 July 1943 Collective Grave 1 A 1-2. Only nephew of Mrs E Monk of 48 Clarendon Place,
"dearly loved only son and pal of Mrs G Allison of Hastings", aged
21 (set 154/92)
+AXFORD,
Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.) NORMAN FRANK, 1181575, 420 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn.,
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 27 July 1942. Age 20. Son of
Frank William George and Hilda Frances Axford, of River, Dover.
4 D 1
HUNT, Lawrence John, 2 June 1940. 2 J 15
REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY, Germany
CRANHAM,
Sergeant (Flt. Engr.) JASPER ROBERT, 537108, 10 Sqdn., Royal Air
Force. 30 May 1943. Age 24. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cranham;
husband of Joan Mary Cranham, of Dover. Collective Grave 3 D
10-13
$EALDEN,Sergeant (Air Gunner) FREDERICK WILLIAM, 1397129, 90 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 26 June 1943. Age 21.
Elder son of Mr. William and Mrs. Selena Ealden of 10 Widred Road,
Dover; husband to Jean Marion Hibbert. She was the youngest daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. T. Hibbert of 6 Bushey Ruff, Kearsney, near Dover.
Collective Grave for three airmen 23 E 6-8
+LITTLEHALES, Reginald, 3 November 1943. 6 G 6
RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY, Germany
JACOBSON,
Flying Officer (Pilot) GERALD HOWARD, 41333, 75 (R.A.F.) Sqdn, Royal
New Zealand Air Force. 17 December 1942. Age 27. Son of William
Edward Moxhay Jacobson and Florence Alsager Jacobson, of Akaroa,
Canterbury, New Zealand; husband of D. I. Jacobson, of Dover. 17 A 17
+LANGHAM,
Sergeant (Nav./Bomb Aimer) LOUIS JOHN, 1337179, 102 Sqdn., Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. 26 February 1943. Age 23. Son of Harry
Louis and Emma Langham; husband of Bettina Jewel Langham (née Coppins), of Dover. Collective Grave 4 C 2-20
CHRISTIANSBORG WAR CEMETERY, Ghana
PEARCE,
Serjeant, RICHARD BARTON, 5724795, Dorsetshire Regiment. attd. 6th
Bn., Gold Coast Regiment, R.W.A.F.F. 20 November 1941. Age 26. Son
of Sidney Barton Pearce and Elsie Mary Pearce; husband of Dorothy
Marjorie Pearce, of Buckland, Dover. Plot 1, Row B, Grave
13. He died from a ruptured malarial spleen. He left a son.
ATHENS MEMORIAL, Greece
+CHARLWOOD, Harold Sydney, died 26/27 April 1941. Face
8
BEAN, ROBERT
PATRICK Initials: R P Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) Unit Text:
4th Bn. Age: 23 Date of Death: between 23/10/1943 and
24/10/1943 Service No: 6286733 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Face 5. Born Dover in 1920 - his parents
were James Bean and Florence, née Bean. The family lived at Colebran
Street.
CHILD,
Armament Staff Serjeant, HARRY MELVILLE, 1058569, 2 H.A.A. Regt.
Workshop Sec., Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. 27
September 1944. Age 35. He became PoW 7359 at Stalag XVIII-A,
Wolfsburg. Born around 31 August 1909 at Stoke Newington, he was the
son of Harry Newman Child, born Birmingham early 1882, and Mabel, née
Foster, born Hounslow 10 January 1885, who had married in 1908 in the Brentford area.
Harry Newman Child had joined the 5th Dragoons in 1896 when he was
14, being a musician; he was an army birth and his father may also
have been in the Dragoons. In 1911 the family were living at 37
Leswyn Road, Stoke Newington; Harry Newman Child was a police
constable in the Metropolitan Police. Further children Christabel,
in 1912, and Stella, in 1915, were born.
On 1 September 1924 Harry Melville enlisted at
Hounslow into the Royal Artillery for 12 years when 18 at the age of
14. Mr Child may have died in 1930; Mr Child is described as "late"
in the wedding report of his son. However the 1939 register records
a Harry N Newman at 29 The Crossways, Littlehampton, a retired
police constable and an ARP warden; a Harry Newman Child died in the
Worthing area in 1969. Mrs Child was at 51 Hounslow Road, a private
boarding house proprietor. She may have died in 1955.
On 20 September 1933 Harry, serving in the Royal
Artillery, married Norah Annie Louisa
Stamp at St James, Dover. They had a son, Harry David, in 1935, who
attended St Mary's school and later the Grammar. Born in Hull in
1909, Norah Stamp was the daughter of Thomas, a crane driver at the
national harbour works, and Mary Stamp. She died in Dover in 1987. Face 9.
$COCK, Serjeant,
CHARLES EDWARD, 6191167, 4th Bn., The Buffs (Royal East Kent
Regiment). 23-24 October 1943. Age 43. Husband of
Clara Sophia Cock, of Dover. Face 4.
+JENKINS, Norman William Eric, died 28/29 May 1941. Face
4
MACDONNELL,
Warrant Officer Class I (R.S.M.) PERCY, 6280472, 4th Bn., The Buffs
(Royal East Kent Regiment). 23-24 October 1943. Age
40. Husband of Emily Margaret Macdonnell, of Dover. Face 4
$WARD, Corporal Albert or Alfred, 6284820, 4th Bn, The Buffs
(Royal East Kent Regiment) on the night of 23/24 October 1943. Age
30. Son of Alfred and Kate Ward. Face 4
LEROS WAR CEMETERY, Greece
$HAMMOND,
Private, ARTHUR EDWARD JAMES, 6288453, 4th Bn., The Buffs (Royal
East Kent Regiment). 18 November 1943. Age 23. Son of Emily Hammond,
of 26 Balfour Road, Dover and the late Mr Hammond. 1 B 3. He was
reported missing, and then to have died of wounds
PHALERON WAR CEMETERY, Greece
BEARDSELL,
Rifleman, ALBERT, 6898604, 2nd Bn. Queen Victoria's Rifles., King's
Royal Rifle Corps. 26 April 1941. Age 21. Son of Ernest George
Horace and Jessie Beardsell, of Dover. 14 E 11
$GREY, Sapper,
REGINALD, 2059828, 579 Field Coy., Royal Engineers. 10 October 1944.
Age 22. Son of Reginald and Winifred Grey, of Dover; husband of
Emily Grey, of Buckland, Dover. 18 F 1
SUDA BAY WAR CEMETERY, Greece
SMITH,
Serjeant, GEORGE ALFRED, 846558, 234 Bty., 89 H.A.A. Regt., Royal
Artillery. 20 May 1941. Age 25. Son of William John and Katherine
Louisa Smith, of Dover. 8 C 12
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