THE  DOVER WAR MEMORIAL  PROJECT

 

war memorial at dusk, photographed by Michelle Cooper
 

 

The "We Remember" Booklet 2006

       (list of contents below pictures)

Created for Remembrance Sunday 2006, the booklet was distributed free of charge. Over 150 people connected with the Dover War Memorial Project attended the launch events on 30th October 2006.

Major Paul Morris, video capture by Mike McFarnellsome of the officials at the launch event, by Paul Boland

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


LIST OF CONTENTS

Click the page number to see the words and pictures, from which the booklet was published. 

PAGE ARTICLE AUTHOR/DESCRIPTION
page 1 Forewords - The Mayor, The Burgomeester Jan Tranter, Luc Dehaene
page 2 Forewords - Lord Warden, The Editor Lord Boyce, Marilyn S-K
page 3 Remembrance Arthur Tolputt
page 4 We Remember 1 - Casualties G and R Andrews, W Ealden, H Piggott, J Gibbens
page 5 Dover in World War II Terry Sutton
page 6 We Remember 2 J, A, and N Cork, H Bates, E Gatehouse, A Osborne
page 7 Dover Harbour in the Great War Derek Leach
page 8 We Remember 3 C. Coe, A. Laurie, F, F, H, and C Cooke
page 9 The "Dukies" and the Great War Michael Carson
page 10 A Thought at Eventide poem by a Dovorian in 1916
page 11 A Boy in World War II Dover John Cork
page 12 We Remember 4 A Breeze, F Hayward, Unnamed Woman, Unnamed Boy
page 13 George Bates Peter Bates
page 14 Ypres Remembers Dominiek Dendooven
page 15 In Flanders Fields extract from poem
page 16 Dover Town as a Memorial Simon Chambers
page 17 We Remember 5 W, E, and F Crofts, E Scarlett, G Middleton
page 18 Forget Me Not War Graves Alan Taylor
page 19 We Remember 6 F. Clark, R. J. Sutton
page 20 Dover Grammar School for Boys Peter Burville
page 21 Children's Corner - May's War Alistair Pound and "Bruce"
page 22 Dover First and Last First bomb, last shell - puzzle
page 23 We Remember 7 H. Goldsmith, E Dyer, H Dyer, H Abbot
page 24 We Remember 8 Across the Wars - Vera Easton, Alfie Webb
page 25 Goodbye Alan Taylor, Will Hinton
page 26 The Town Sergeant Bryan Walker
page 27 Dover First and Last Answer to puzzle
page 28 Working on the War Memorial Project Tracey Hubbard
page 29 Lest We Forget Casualties in exhibition
page 30 With Grateful Thanks To: the acknowledgments - specific details available (on request)

Pictures:
1. left to right: Cllr Simon Leith, Mayor of Sandwich, Cllr Mrs Jan Tranter, Mayor of Dover, Brigadier James Plaistow, Deputy Constable Dover Castle and Commander of 2nd Infantry Brigade, Cllr Derryck Murray, Deputy Mayor of Deal, Cllr Janet Andrews, Mayor of Folkestone
With thanks to Paul Boland, www.doverforum.com

2. Major Paul Morris.
With thanks to Mike McFarnell,
www.amandaguesthouse.homestead.com




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