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Paying Our Respects
Maj (Ret’d) N Gibbs
In 2021 the RADC will celebrate the centenary of its formation and it would be appropriate to pay our respects to 98 of our colleagues who died in service to their country. They are commemorated
in Commonwealth War Graves in the
UK and across the globe. Of these 14 are remembered on memorials, as their bodies could not be identified. All the sites are impeccably looked after by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and are very moving places to visit and their website can be searched for more information, www.cwgc.com
Approximately half the graves are in the UK, mostly in the South East of England where many injured soldiers from European theatres of war were treated, those that succumbed to their injuries are buried
near where they died. As World War 2 encompassed the whole globe there are Army Dental Corps graves and memorials
all around the world from Europe to China (Hong Kong), Egypt, Gaza, Greece, India, Iraq, Japan, Myanmar, Pakistan, Thailand, Tunisia and Singapore. Some of those that died were very young like 18 year-old Private
Milton Guibarra in Rangoon, Myanmar, while some were much older like the 57 year-old Lieutenant Alexander Ward.
During our centenary it would be amazing to pay our respects to as many of our
fallen colleagues as possible. The RADC Association has offered to donate a British Legion Poppy Cross for every ADC or RADC gravesite in the UK. If you wish to lay a poppy cross then please contact Major (ret’d) Gibbs at radc100thgraves@gmail. com who will send one to you. Should you have any connections to any of those listed it would be fascinating to find out more and the email address above can be used. A map of the UK locations with lists of the UK and world sites are below.
As part of the September 2021 Corps Event it would be fantastic to have photos of as many of the graves and those who paid their respects as possible. At the gravesite please take a simple photo of the grave, ideally with a poppy cross in front of it and,
if you want, a photo of those who paid their respects at an appropriate place.
N.B. It would be remiss not to mention that prior to the formation of the Army Dental
Photo of the Grave of Sergeant D Jelfs of the Army Dental Corps at Brookwood Military Cemetery (near Pirbright)
Corps, many dentists either volunteered or were conscripted during World War 1. 25
of them died, mostly in Flanders Fields and Northern France, and are commemorated in Wimpole Street. I have included their names and places of rest should personnel wish to pay their respects.
Army Dental Corps and Royal Army Dental Corps grave sites in the UK
Surname
Forename
Date of death
Rank
Age
Cemetery/memorial
ALLEN
VICTOR WILLIAM
01/07/1942
Private
25
CARDIFF WESTERN CEMETERY
BAILEY
WILLIAM
13/12/1943
Serjeant
STOKE-ON-TRENT (TUNSTALL) CEMETERY
BAKER
FREDERICK ARNOLD
27/11/1940
Private
21
NORTH SHEEN CEMETERY
BOYLAND
ARTHUR JAMES
14/12/1947
Private
39
CHARD CEMETERY
BROWN
THOMAS FREDERICK
17/11/1945
Major
34
NEW DEER CEMETERY
BRYANT
ROBERT GEORGE
19/01/1944
Private
29
SOUTHILL (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD
BURKE
WILLIAM JOHN ROBERT
01/09/1942
Private
23
WALLINGTON (BANDON HILL) CEMETERY
BUTLER
HENRY O’NEIL
07/04/1940
Captain
GOLDERS GREEN CREMATORIUM
CAUTE
EDWARD HONORE CLARENCE
17/12/1947
Colonel
51
BOURNEMOUTH NORTH CEMETERY
CLARK
PHILIP SIDNEY
29/06/1940
Private
23
CATERHAM AND WARLINGHAM (CATERHAM) BURIAL GROUND
COLE
16/03/1947
Lieutenant Colonel
51
EDINBURGH (CORSTORPHINE HILL) CEMETERY
COLES
JOHN HENRY
10/05/1942
Private
22
WAINFLEET ALL SAINTS (NORTHOLME) CEMETERY
COOK
VICTOR CHARLES
08/10/1940
Private
24
EASTBOURNE (OCKLYNGE) CEMETERY
DODD
EDWARD FRANK SAMUEL
23/02/1943
Lieutenant
43
LAMBETH CEMETERY
DOWNER
GERALD ROBERT JAMES
05/11/1940
Private
23
COWES (NORTHWOOD) CEMETERY
FARARA
ALBERT EDWARD EBERSTABLT
11/12/1941
Captain
ST. PANCRAS CEMETERY
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