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A few refs from my indexes:
A.E. PRITCHARD (Able Bodied), of 3 Company, "A" Crew of Dover Anti-Aircraft Corps, Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve. March 1915. (on list in Dover Museum)
E. PRITCHARD, Grsr. On list, of 1914-19 Trawler and Mine Sweeping Patrol, Dover, "Greater love hath no man than this" (included in Book of Remembrance inside Dover St Marys church)
Leonard William Castle PRITCHARD, builder, Charlton Green, Dover (Post Office Directory 1878)
PRITCHARD - Dover men:
(Gunner) Ernest PRITCHARD, RFA (PHOTO of him)
(Leading stoker) John PRITCHARD (PHOTO of him)
(Private) Charles PRITCHARD of the Buffs (PHOTO of him)
(Private) Alfred PRITCHARD of the Buffs (PHOTO of him)
all sons of Mrs HAMPTON of 28 Wyndham Road, Dover
(Dover Express 14 Apr 1916 p.3)
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sounds like our colin is a star!!
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One of the WW1 anti-aircraft guns manned by the Royal Navy.
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Ye gods Kath, I need to get a family tree started to see if any of the above are in it. Great picture there Ed, and the sort I never tire of looking at.
Tell them that I came, and no one answered.
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From "Dover and the Great War" by J.B.Firth.
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German postcard with a rather optimistic view of the damage wrought on Dover by a seaplane attack, together with a submarine offshore.
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I'd be quite curious to see the Museum list Kath. Does it list the Company and Crew for all the members? It's something I have been trying to work out for myself from the scant references and shooting competition results and have only managed to determine about a third of them.
Thanks for the scans Ed. Interesting to see that Prince of Wales gun - I assume it's one of the ones Sir Reginald Bacon installed as head of Dover Patrol. He noted how poor the harbour defences were on his arrival and beefed them up as a priority. Interestingly the searchlight crews were all Admiralty RNVR but the attached guns were Royal Garrison Artillery, i.e. army. The AA defence of the port was split over three organisations in the early days, i.e. RN, RNVR and Army.
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Phil -
I think this item came from a list (which was fairly short?) of of 3 Company, "A" Crew of Dover Anti-Aircraft Corps, Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve. March 1915. (on list in Dover Museum)
I can't remember how many names I indexed that were on it, the list would then have been in one of the 'wartime' display cabinets on show in the museum where I presume it still is.
If you are searching for a specific name let me know and I will have a look in my big index (have indexed all the PHOTOS of 'Dover' servicemen in First War which appear in Dover Express 1914-1918, note: those with photos ONLY).
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i was about to suggest talking to Dover Girls but then remembered the oral histories we compiled were all about ww2 . We had to talk to a member of our family or older community about what they did during the war and their feelings etc.
Sorry Phil.. i even scanned the list for any of my Dover ancestors, but alas... none in there.. not that i would have been able to help even if they were!
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i am constantly amazed by the historical pics that members bring to the forum.
a hearty thanks to all, could only happen in dover.
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Have just come across this lurking on my hard drive, whilst looking for something completely different. Unfortunately only a download from Ebay, haven't got the original.
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They look like they're assembled in the grounds of Dover College.
Roger
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That's a good one Ed. It's unusual to see any picture of the Corps as they seem to be like hen's teeth. I've managed to get hold of copies of just eight, and three of them are so poor quality they are virtually unusable.
Yep, that's Dover College (Officer Training College) and it was taken at the Easter Parade on the 4th April 1915 (despite it saying March on the card). The Dover Express ran the photo alongside another of Mayor Farley's Dover Volunteer Training Corps who were also lined up, albeit not in uniform.
If you look carefully at the photo you can see the six crews lined up in ranks, i.e. two per searchlight station working alternate nights. There is also the small active-service RN contingent in their RN 'blues' standing to the side behind Rev. Hayward Fisher.
Dover College was their training and parade grounds and where they engaged in many shooting competitions. The chapel there was the official Corps chapel.
Oh, and Kath - thanks!
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You mention the Mayor, Farley. There is a piece about him on our history scrapbook on the Dover Society website:
http://doversociety.homestead.com/DoverHistoryScrapbook.html
Click on 'Characters' and there is a link to Sir Edwin Farley, also he is listed on the Mayors of Dover list, he seems to have been mayor for most if not all of the First World War years.
And talking about the name Farley, these days it always reminds me of The Two Ronnies and their sketch about Charlie Farley the detective !!
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Thanks Kath, interesting to see a photo of Edwin Farley in your pages.
Colin, here is Albert Edward Pritchard's service record with the Dover Corps for you:
It's hard to read so to summarise:
DoB: 17th August 1863
Occupation: Grocer
Service Number: AA1135
Engagement: 29th October 1914 - 18th August 1916 (i.e. full duration of the Corps)
Station: AAC Dover, Searchlight Worker, GB, RNVR.
NoK: Elisabeth Pritchard, 7 Biggin Street, Dover
Clothing allowance: £3
Half pay as of 1st April 1915. (This applied to the whole Corps following a restructuring of the unit in March to save money).
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Question for John Goodwin - any relation?
Hubert H. Goodwin 7th March 1861, tailor. Chief Petty Officer in the Dover AA Corps for its full duration.
NOK: Emily Gertrude Goodwin
8, Biggin Street, Dover.
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there will always be a goodwin and a prichard phil.
a cynic might say like a fart that follows you around the room.
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10 August 2010
21:0664846Been nice knowing you :)
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10 August 2010
21:1064848Howard,I think you could have put better wording to your last post,it is still a family forum and I find that wording wrong to put on it. Sorry but that is how I feel about that kind of words.
