Memorials Rochester Cathedral

"To the Glory of God and the dear memory of Charles Gordon Jelf, Second Lieutenant The Buffs, Youngest Son of the Rev.G.E. Jelf D.D. Killed in action in France 13th October 1915.Aged 29."
C.G. Jelf. second Lieutenant. 6th Bn. The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) Died 13 October 1915. Aged 29. Buried at Vermelles British Cemetery, France.
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"DOM. In loving memory of Cecil Fearnley, 15th London Regiment. Civil Service Rifles. Killed in action at Festubert 12 May 1915. Dulce et decorum pro patria mori"
Cecil Fearnley. Private. 2764. 15th Bn. London Regiment (Prince of Wales Own Civil Service Rifles). Died 12 May 1915. Aged 22. Buried at Brown's Road Military Cemetery, Festubert, France.
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"To the Glory of God and in loving memory of:
Lieut Col. John Graham Dooner D.S.O. Royal Field Artillery, General Staff Officer 34th Division, killed at Grand Rozoy near Soissons. 31st July 1918
and of
Captain Alred Edwin Claud Toke Dooner, Adjutant 1st Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers, killed at Zandvoorde near Ypres 30th October 1914, aged 22.
The second and third sons of Colonel and Mrs W. Toke Dooner."
J.G. Dooner. D.S.O. Cross de Guerre. Lieutenant Colonel. Royal Field Artillery. Died 31 July 1918. Buried at Rapere British Cemetery, Villemontoire, France.
A.E.C. T. Dooner. Captain. Adjt 1st Bn. Royal Welch Fusiliers. Died 30 October 1914. Aged 22. Buried at Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium. Mentioned in Despatches.
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Book of Remembrance, Royal Marines Chatham Division 1918-1919
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"1914-1919. To the glorious memory of 1640 officers, warrant officers, non-commissioned officers and men of the Chatham Division Royal Marines who fell in the Great War. Greater love hath no man, than this, that a man lay down his life for his friend"
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Book of Remembrance, Royal Marines Chatham Division 1939-1945
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"In memory of the Officers and Ranks of Chatham Division who lost their lives in the service of their Country 1939-1945. Bid them rest in peace"
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"To the glory of God and in memory of Maxwell Chenevix Trench, Lieutenant Royal Engineers- 6th Armoured Division. Grandson of Rev Dr Jelf. Killed in action on 10th April 1943 at the age of 21 in clearing mines for the advance of his Division through the Fondouk Pass in North Africa."
M.C. trench. Lieutenant. 226274. 8 Field Sqdn. Royal Engineers. Died 10 April 1943. Aged 21. Buried at Enfidaville War Cemetery, Tunisia."

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