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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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