| SERVICE INJURIES IN DOVER
This is the beginning of a list of service injuries
in Dover. It will be revised as
we access more sources; we can't guarantee accuracy as sources
don't necessarily match in information or even conflict. If you have further information,
please let us know.
A preliminary list of deaths of service personnel is
here.
This preliminary list is based on Roy
Humphreys' book, "Dover at War, 1939-1945".
Further information in italics is from "Front
Line County" by Andrew Rootes. See also the
different
list from the Diary of Events, Dover Municipal
Borough
1940
|
Date |
Name |
Location |
Notes |
| 27 May |
P/O Kenkyns |
Shakespeare Cliff |
crashed after bombing raid |
| 15 July |
four |
Langdon Battery |
bombs on huts 1 |
| 29 July |
man |
Dover Harbour |
bomb |
| three |
Dover Harbour batteries |
dive-bombing 1 |
| 19 August |
several military casualties (around 20) |
The Castle |
Junker raid |
| 31 August |
three Hurricane pilots from the RCAF |
near Dover around 8am |
shot down |
| 11 September |
naval officer |
Grand Hotel |
cuts to head, bombing |
| Guardsman Cummings |
Western Heights |
badly injured, shell |
| Privates Birkett and Clifford |
Marine Station |
shell |
| 13 September |
ratings |
HMT Botanic, Admiralty |
Dornier bombing |
| 15 September |
eleven |
Langdon Battery and Barracks |
bombs |
| 16 September |
six military casualties |
Sea Baths, seafront |
shell |
| six naval personnel seriously |
Granville Dock |
bomb |
| 18 October |
several casualties |
Connaught Park |
shell |
| three |
Pier Turret Battery |
shell on Sergeants' Mess
1 |
| 21 October |
several sailors |
Granville Dock |
bomb |
| 30 October |
two |
Langdon Battery |
gun salvo on No 1 gun 1 |
| six |
shells on observation point
1 |
| 14 November |
nine |
drifter Shipmates, Camnber |
bomb |
| 28 November |
military casualties |
Langdon Battery |
shell 1 |
| 15 December |
unknown |
Fort Burgoyne |
parachute mine |
| unknown |
Connaught Barracks |
parachute mine |
| 21 December |
six |
South Breakwater Battery |
shelling 1 |
1941
|
Date |
Name |
Location |
Notes |
| 16 February |
three |
Farthingloe |
bomb |
| 27 February |
several |
Langdon Battery |
Dornier bomb |
| 24 April |
RAF person |
RAF repairs, near Dover Engineering Works |
bomb |
| 26 April |
eight soldiers |
near Trevanion Caves |
shell |
| 29 April |
several military |
gun emplacements east of town |
airburst shells |
| 7 May |
naval officer |
Market Square |
car overturned, shell |
| 5 July |
one |
Breakwater Battery |
shell near no 1 gun 1 |
| 29 July |
Lt Col Knott |
beach |
mine exploded in minefield |
| 1 October |
three military serious |
Archcliffe Fort |
JU88 bombing |
| 2 October |
Gnr W J Carpenter |
Folkestone Road/Malvern |
severely wounded protecting civilian Doreen
Hart from bomb, left leg amputated |
| one |
Archcliffe Fort |
bombs on engine room 1 |
| a large number of others * |
around the lower end of the town |
bombing |
| 14 December |
Lt Whittingstall |
Capel Home Guard |
injured trying to protect platoon from
grenade, received MBE |
| 16 December |
one |
Western Heights Battery |
bombs destroyed Nissen hut
1 |
1942
|
Date |
Name |
Location |
Notes |
| 22 January |
possibly naval police person |
14 Liverpool Street |
shell |
| 3 April |
several RAF |
Church R/Folkestone Road |
bomb |
| 4 September |
sailor |
Near NFS, Finnis Cave? |
flying shrapnel, shell |
| two naval people |
Ferry Dock |
shell |
1943
|
Date |
Name |
Location |
Notes |
| 18 January |
several casualties RA |
Wanstone Farm |
shell |
| 2 March |
possible naval casualties |
HMT Opossum, PoW Pier |
hit and sunk while moored, shell |
| 5 April |
four military |
St James church/Woolcomber |
shell |
| 1 May |
one Admiral civil police* |
approach to Prince of Wales Pier |
shell |
| 22 June |
six sailors* |
Trawler Adam by Prince of Wales Pier |
bomb |
| 27 June |
twenty one |
Market Square/Cannon Street |
shell |
| 28 June |
two soldiers serious, four slight |
Priory Road |
shell |
| 24 August |
one WAAF |
Dover College |
|
| 4 October |
one naval |
|
shell |
| |
ATS driver, serious |
|
army lorry caught fire, shell |
1944
|
Date |
Name |
Location |
Notes |
| 22 January |
24 or 26 WAAFs* |
a rural area |
shell. possibly one was Jean Ramsey, who
died in hospital on 30 January |
| 20 March |
two RAF |
HMS Wasp |
shell |
| 28 June |
thirteen probably RAMC |
Drill Hall, seafront |
shell |
| July-September |
eight said to be wounded from AAA 127th |
by Castle |
one wounded by friendly fire, seven by
shelling |
| 13 August |
gunner serious, four slight |
Lydden Spout |
V1 shot by ack-ack fire and blown up |
| 29 August |
army chaplain |
Braeside, London Road, River |
shell |
| 29 August |
naval Petty Officer |
Tapley's Garage, Cambridge Road |
shell |
| 2 September |
three naval |
HMT Lewis, Prince of Wales Pier |
shell |
| 3 September |
four naval serious |
Ferry Dock |
shell |
| 6 September |
three naval serious |
Barwick's Cave, Snargate Street |
shell |
| 10 September |
gunners |
Wanstone |
airburst shells |
| 23 September |
one serviceman serious |
Salvation Army Hostel,. Snargate Street |
shell |
| 25 September |
one soldier serious |
94 London Road |
shell |
| 26 September |
three serious |
Broadlees |
shell |
| |
WAAF Ldg AcW Kathleen McKinley |
Frith Road |
wounds to hands, feet, thigh - shell |
| |
naval officer |
Mitre pub, Snargate Street |
shell |
1- from "Conflict Across the Strait" by Colonel B
E Arnold TD 1982 A preliminary list of deaths of service personnel is
here |
