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WORLD WAR I

The Memorial at St Mary's Church of England School, Dover, reads:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD

AND IN MEMORY OF THE OLD BOYS OF

ST.MARY'S (DOVER NATIONAL) SCHOOL

WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-18

ALLISON, W.E. ANDREWS, G.S. ANDREWS, H.R. ANDREWS, R.S. BARWICK, J.B. BAYLEY, J.T. BEERLING, A. BELSEY, A.J. BISHOP, F.G. BLACK, N.V. BOAKES, J.J. BURNETT, H.G. GATES, H. GOLDEN, F.G.A. HARDIMAN, E.R. CADMAN, A.G. CARLIN, J. CASPALL, P.R. CHAPMAN, T.H. CHATTLE, E.F. COHSALL, J.

COLE, J. CORTEEN, E. COUZENS, R. COUZENS, S. CROFTS, E.L. CROFTS, F.W. SAIT, A.G. SAUNDERS, G. SCARLETT, E. CURD, W.A. DAWES, A. DEDULLE, C. DUNN, R. DUNN, W. DYER, E.G. ELLENDER, A. ELLENDER, R. FAIRWEATHER, W.H. FEATHERSTONE, P. FITZGERALD, M. FRIEND, J.B.

JEFFREYS, F.W. JONES, T.E. MARTIN, G.S. MICKLE, F.W. MORRIS, R. MORTON, H,. NASH, A.J. NEWMAN, R.H. PARKER, A.G. PEARCE, G.T. POTTER, E.E. POWELL, R.G. RICHARDS, E.G. SCUTT, S.F. SEDGWICK, E. SEDGWICK, E. SEDGEWICK, W. SERGEANT, F.W.B. SERGEANT, H.V. SHARP, S. SIDDERS, H.

SIDDERS, J. SIFFLEET, A.L. SMITH, C. STANBRIDGE, R. STANLEY, L. STOCK, J. STOKES, C. STOKES, H. SWABY, C. TROY, D. TUCKER, H.B. VIDLER, A.E. WAYTE, J.N. WICKHAM, C.E. WILLSON, A.J. WILSON, W.G. WILKES, H.E. WILSHIRE, C. WORSTER, A. WORSTER, D. "THE UNKNOWN"

 

WORLD WAR II

The Book of Remembrance in the Hall of St Mary's School, Dover, reads:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD  

AND   

IN MEMORY OF THE OLD BOYS OF

ST MARY'S CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL, DOVER

WHO FELL IN THE WAR OF 1939-45

ATKINS,  Reginald Arthur BENNETT, Edward Frank BOOKER, Frederick Joseph BOOKER, Robert Ernest BURDETT, Edgar Ernest CAIRNS, John CANNON, Arthur Albert William CHEYNEY, George CORNWELL, William DAY, Charles Aisne DEVERSON, Leonard DRURY, Frank DUNFORD, Cyril Aubrey EDMOND, Leonard William HAWKES, John HOGBEN, Harold HORN, William KING, William Arthur LAMKIN, George Victor

LITTLEHALES, Reginald MARCH, Ronald Victor MARTIN, Leonard MURPHY, Frederick Henry OLIFENT, Wilfred Lancefield ORAM, William George PARMENTER, Cecil Frederick PLAYFORD, Cyril Thomas RANSOM, Basil Denne RUTTER, Norman Wilfred SHARP, Sydney George SKELTON, Walter George SNELLER, Percy William TERRY Stephen William TICKNER, William TREADWELL, Alfred Henry Arthur WAKEFIELD Richard Stephen WELLS, Edward John

The book was created by Mr A F Adams, a Vice-President of the Old Boys' association, and is bound in a blue cover with a lily, the emblem of the school, on the front. A fund of £50 was raised for the book, donated by Old Boys from around the world

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The lists are now contained in the St Mary's Book of Remembrance, held in St Mary's church, Cannon Street

 

with thanks to the Kent Family History Society (KFHS) for permission to use the transcriptions made by members and published in
"The Parish Church of St Mary's, Dover; Interior Memorial Inscriptions Recorded between 1991 and May 2000

with thanks to Kathleen Hollingsbee

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Headmaster PC Smith is reading from the St Mary's Book of Remembrance. as part of the dedication ceremony on 15th May 1955. This was the year of the Golden Jubilee of St Mary's Old Boys, the association having been formed in January 1905. the Headmaster was also Vice-president of the association.

The lady immediately next to the book, wearing the hat and possibly a Girls' Brigade badge, is believed to be Margaret, the sister of Ted Wells, who was lost with HMS Curacoa on 2nd October 1942. The two boys facing forward on the left, front row, are Alan and John Oram, twin sons of William Oram  John Oram remembers the unveiling of the book as an emotional occasion, with many attending in tears.  

picture with thanks to John Wells

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Programme of the Dedication

We have a copy of the programme from 15 May 1955, the date the St Mary's book was dedicated. This was very kindly donated by the estate of Mr Arthur Wells.

Mr Wells was secretary of the Old Boys' Association, and acted as sidesman on the occasion of the dedication. His duties included processing with the President of the Association to lay the book on the altar at the beginning of the service, and  remaining in attendance there during the ceremony of dedication, which included the words:.

"In the faith of Jesus Christ we dedicate this Book of Remembrance to the Glory of God and in memory of the Old Boys of St Mary's School, who gave their lives for their country in the war, 1939-45, and whose names are inscribed herein: in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen"

He had also responded to the Toast at the previous night's Old Boys' Reunion dinner.

The year before, on 6th February 1954, Mr Wells was one of the linesmen for the famed match between Tottenham Hotspur and Dover Football Club. The referee was F Constable, and the other linesman was E Peacock. The teams were as follow:

Tottenham Hotspur:
Hollowbread (in goal), Hopkins, Baker, Woods, King, Walley, Hutchinson, Stokes, McCullan, Brooks, Owen

Dover:
Broadbent (in goal), Freeman, Heath, Anderson, Millbank, Parfitt, Dougall, Allum, Day, Daly, Muir

with grateful thanks to John Wells

Should you require further information on the contents of the Dedication Programme, please contact us, quoting Set 415,  also Set 496/143-147