Personnel at Western Heights

 

 

As previously stated it is not the intention here to try to list every serviceman ever stationed at the Heights but where such information presents itself and where it is indisputable then I feel that its inclusion here will add some life to the story.

       Here's one to start with...            

Nbr./Name Regiment Age Died Stationed Source
6289 Pte. A.E.Falshaw 1st Battalion The Buffs Aged 24 Y10 M  Dover 26.07.1905 Citadel  8.12.1904 to ?.10.1907 St. Mary's Cemetery, Dover 
4687 Pte. F. Horden 1st Battalion The Buffs Aged 28 Y11 M Dover 13.07.1905 Citadel  8.12.1904 to ?.10.1907 St. Mary's Cemetery, Dover 

 Could theirs be the double funeral cortège here ?  The date's about right...?

The Dover Express said for July 21, 1905...

"The funeral took place on Saturday with full military honours, of Private Horden, of the Buffs who died at the Hospital, Western Heights.  The deceased had been under the medical officer since the regiment arrived at Dover, and the day before his death, his discharge, through ill health, was published in orders."

   

The headstones of Privates Falshaw & Horden

Nbr./Name Regiment Age Died Stationed Source
Pte. W. Arney 2nd Battalion The Buffs

?

 1887 South Front Barracks 29.04.1886 to ?.08.1889 St. Mary's Cemetery, Dover

The headstone of Private Arney

Nbr./Name Regiment Age Died Stationed Source
Pte. Peter Jackson Royal Irish Rifles 38 Yrs 09.10.1882 SouthFront Barracks 01. 1882 to 08.1884  St. Mary's Cemetery, Dover

The headstone of Private Jackson

"Erected by the officers, non-commissioned officers and men of the 'A' Company."

 

Nbr./Name Regiment Age Died Stationed Source
Pte. John King  ? Battalion, King's Royal Rifles 22 Yrs 20.06.1894 Citadel 31.05.1894 to 08.05.1896 St. Mary's Cemetery, Dover

The headstone of Private King

"Erected by the officers, non-commissioned officers and men of 'D' Company."

Nbr./Name Regiment Age Died Stationed Source
Sergeant-Major John Farrall 1st Battalion West Riding Regiment 37 Yrs Dover, 06.04.1894 SouthFront Barracks 01.1894 to 28.09.1895 St. Mary's Cemetery, Dover

The headstone of Sergeant-Major John Farrall

"Erected by the officers, non-commissioned officers and men of the Battalion as a token of their esteem."

 

More to Follow...

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