seaJane Posted 5 January , 2020 Share Posted 5 January , 2020 (edited) Charles Gordon Jelf, Second Lieutenant the Buffs. http://www.oxfordhistory.org.uk/war/stmargaret/jelf_gordon.html Edited 5 January , 2020 by seaJane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 5 January , 2020 Author Share Posted 5 January , 2020 (edited) Lieutenant Colonel John Graham Dooner DSO, Royal Field Artillery, GSO 34th Division, killed at Grand Rozoy near Soissons. https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205294082 Captain Alfred Edward Claud Toke Dooner, Adjutant 1st Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers, killed at Zandvoorde. http://tonbridgeatwar.daisy.websds.net/Authenticated/ViewDets.aspx?RecID=111&TableName=ta_factfile Edited 5 January , 2020 by seaJane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 5 January , 2020 Author Share Posted 5 January , 2020 (edited) King's School, Rochester, 1914-1918. Along with the Jelf and Dooner memorials, this is in the Lady Chapel. Edited 5 January , 2020 by seaJane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 5 January , 2020 Share Posted 5 January , 2020 AECT Dooner was among the very very many of a fine battalion destroyed in a handful of days. One officer and fewer than 90 men were left standing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 5 January , 2020 Author Share Posted 5 January , 2020 I've been reading about it. Dreadful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perth Digger Posted 5 January , 2020 Share Posted 5 January , 2020 SeaJane Thanks for the photos. You might be interested in this, as it's about a stained glass war memorial window in the Cathedral. http://www.greatwarbritishofficers.com/index_htm_files/GWBO Remembrance Fearnley Cecil.pdf If you do open this, can you let me know whether the page looks OK, please? A relative has recently been helping me (actually, doing everything, I have no idea what's happening) migrate my website to another host and there have been problems, at least on my computer, with the basic illustrations on the site. Thanks Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandy hall Posted 5 January , 2020 Share Posted 5 January , 2020 Opens fine for me on an iPad, great piece of research and picture of window showing. Mandy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perth Digger Posted 5 January , 2020 Share Posted 5 January , 2020 Thanks, Mandy. The problem appears to be local to my computer and iPad. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perth Digger Posted 5 January , 2020 Share Posted 5 January , 2020 Sea Jane I notice the Cruikshank brothers on the KIng's School Memorial. As it happens, I've also written about them (and their family). Their sister was killed in the London Blitz during WW2 while with the ambulance service on the same day that Guy was killed in 1916. It can be found here: http://www.greatwarbritishofficers.com/index_htm_files/Cruikshank_Honour.pdf Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 6 January , 2020 Author Share Posted 6 January , 2020 On 05/01/2020 at 08:59, Perth Digger said: It can be found here: http://www.greatwarbritishofficers.com/index_htm_files/Cruikshank_Honour.pdf Thanks! I'll look at that tonight as (along with the stained glass window link) it's blocked by work's firewall. seaJane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scorer Posted 6 January , 2020 Share Posted 6 January , 2020 Both articles are easily readable on my PC - and they're both very good; thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perth Digger Posted 7 January , 2020 Share Posted 7 January , 2020 Thanks for checking, Scorer. It looks as if my brother-in-law has done the job. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scorer Posted 7 January , 2020 Share Posted 7 January , 2020 I know it's off topic, but there's also a fine memorial in the Cathedral to Major John Rouse Merriott Chard VC of Rorke's Drift fame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 7 January , 2020 Share Posted 7 January , 2020 On 05/01/2020 at 08:59, Perth Digger said: Sea Jane I notice the Cruikshank brothers on the KIng's School Memorial. As it happens, I've also written about them (and their family). Their sister was killed in the London Blitz during WW2 while with the ambulance service on the same day that Guy was killed in 1916. It can be found here: http://www.greatwarbritishofficers.com/index_htm_files/Cruikshank_Honour.pdf Mike What a bounder! Incidentally, R A Preston, MC, came from West End, near Southampton. His sister resided at Rose Cottage in the village, and he is on all three of the village's war mmorials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 7 January , 2020 Author Share Posted 7 January , 2020 2 hours ago, The Scorer said: I know it's off topic, but there's also a fine memorial in the Cathedral to Major John Rouse Merriott Chard VC of Rorke's Drift fame. Missed that one! I was surprised anew at how close the links were between the Cathedral and the engineering regiments as well as with the Dockyard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scorer Posted 7 January , 2020 Share Posted 7 January , 2020 I visited the Cathedral a few years ago when I was in the area. I don't think that I knew that it was there before I went, either. As far as I can recall, I was walking down an aisle and happened to see the letters "VC" on a memorial, thought "who's that?" and found that it was him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perth Digger Posted 7 January , 2020 Share Posted 7 January , 2020 (edited) More on Preston here, Steven. http://firstworldwarbritishofficers.com/index_htm_files/Royal Flying Corps over the Somme, 15 September 1916.pdf I have Preston's Personal File too. Edited 7 January , 2020 by Perth Digger More info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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