Category Archives: Armed Services
John Dixwell the Dover Member of Parliament who committed Regicide
Few episodes of early American history intrigued nineteenth century novelists more than the flight of three of the regicides, who had signed the death warrant of Charles I , to New England, following the Restoration of King Charles II in … Continue reading
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Western Heights Part II
With the end of Napoleonic Wars in 1815, spending on defence in Britain was dramatically reduced although on Western Heights the Shaft Barracks and the Drop Redoubt continued to be manned. In Quebec the situation was very different, between 1820 … Continue reading
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Western Heights – Part I
One of the Dover Society trips some years back, was to Chartwell, Westerham, the home of Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1985), from 1924 to his death, and the nearby Quebec House. The latter was the home Sir General James Wolfe (1727-1759) … Continue reading
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Gertrude Toland – Buckland Hospital’s Extraordinary Doctor
On Dover’s Seafront is a seat dedicated to Dr. Gertrude Toland, there is also a plaque to her memory at Buckland Hospital. These are both in commemoration of her tireless work during the evacuation of Dunkirk, which although generally known was … Continue reading
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William Bernard Traynor VC
In Britain, Armistice or Remembrance Day originally commemorated the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front during World War I on 11 November 1918. That war, however, did not officially end until the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on … Continue reading
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The Dover Historian 