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    CRIMEAN VETERANS:

    Robert BAYLEY aged 83 death Nov 23 in Dover "Crimean veteran" medal, and was in the coastguards at Kingsdown near Deal and railway for 25 years.
    Funeral Buckland Cemetery (nonconformist part). More details and list of mourners (Dover Express 1 Dec 1916 p.3)

    J. Denwood JORDAN aged 82 of Dover - funeral. A "Crimean Veteran" (Dover Express Sep 25 1914 p.5 col.5)
    See also (Dover Express Sep 18 1914 back page col.2)

    "Mr George REID of Taradale, a Veteran of the Crimea, passed away at his home on Saturday evening at the grand old age of 92 years.
    Born at DOVER England in 1842, the late Mr REID went to sea at an early age, serving on men-of-war. He served in the Crimean War as a Powder Boy at the age of 14 yrs.
    In 1869 he gave up his Naval Career and in the same year came to live at Taradale, where he had resided since.
    Four years later he married, and last year he and Mrs REID celebrated their Diamond Jubilee." (info from family -Australia? - 1988)

    John TOOK, aged 88 death - at Kearsney, Dover, one of few remaining Crimean Veterans - Long details (Dover Express 22.9.1916 p.5 col.2)

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