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  As Chris says above, Dover was definitely a conflict zone throughout the war because of its strategic importance, and not just from aerial attacks but uniquely from shelling once the enemy had reached Calais.
  
  My mother lived with my grandparents on Snargate St from the start of the war until she was evacuated to Wales, and often had to dash into the caves behind to avoid bombs, shells and strafing, once being blown off her feet when she wasn't far enough inside. My grandfather worked in the docks throughout the war on duties that were war related and nothing to do with his pre-war civilian job, if he had been killed at work it would definitely have been in service of his country and worthy of inclusion.
  
  Thanks to Maggie's link above I've been looking at the accepted 2009 list and the rejected 2012 list and am baffled, there's not a lot of difference and some on both lists even died in the same events - eg "aboard the HMS Eclipse when it struck a mine"
  
  re #91, that's what comes of not giving an adequate explanation for a perverse decision.

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