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Private DORIS DUGAN A.T.S. W/190714 Private, Auxiliary Territorial Service, Manchester Age 22 Died 18.7.1946

Private DORIS DUGAN, Auxiliary Territorial Service, was the daughter of John Henry and Catherine Dora Frances, of No. 72 Palmyra Road. Gosport. She passed away at the War Memorial Hospital, Gosport on Thursday 18th of June 1946, as a result of contracting pneumonia. Private, DORIS DUGAN, A.T.S, was buried on Monday 22nd of July 1946, is laid to rest, Plot 13 Space 21, and her final resting place, is commemorated by a CWG headstone.

Chief Petty Officer GEORGE DOUGLAS DUGAN, R.N. 10619, Chief Petty Officer, Stoker, Royal Navy, HMS Victory. Age 51 Died 1.9.1944

Chief Petty Officer GEORGE DOUGLAS DUGAN, Royal Navy, was the son of George and Rose Dugan, of Gosport. He was also the husband Grace Mary Dugan; they both lived in Gosport. He passed away on Friday 1st September 1944, at the Royal Naval Hospital, at Haslar, Gosport. The cause was not given, but a verbal account, has it that he died of a heart attack, which had been brought on by the stress of the preparation for the allied Invasion of Europe. Chief Petty Officer GEORGE DOUGLAS DUGAN, Royal Navy, was buried on Wednesday 6th September 1944, Plot 70 Space 49, and is commemorated by a CWG headstone.

Mr CHARLES R. DUPREE No. 54 Balflour Road, Southall, Middlesex Age 59 Died 16.8.1940  - SEE – Mr GEORGE WILLIAM CRIPPS

Leading Stoker HENRY ARTHUR DYER, R.N. P/K 5421, Leading Stoker, Royal Navy. Age 52 Died 7.5.1944

Leading Stoker HENRY ARTHUR DYER, Royal Navy, was the husband of Rose Northey Dyer, and they lived in Gosport. He died on the 7th of May 1944; the place and cause are unknown.

The date he was buried is also unknown, Plot 33 Space 59, and is commemorated by a Family Memorial headstone.

Private ALBERT VICTOR EARWICKER 24936, Private, 4th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Age 25 Died 13.5.1917

Private, ALBERT VICTOR EARWICKER, was the son of Henry and Elizabeth Earwicker, his lived with his parents at their home, No. 46 San Diego Road, Gosport. He died after being admitted to the Military Hospital, at Parkhurst, on the Isle of Wight on the 13th May 1917, the cause is not known. Private, ALBERT VICTOR EARWICKER, was brought back to Gosport, where he was buried on 17th May 1917, being laid to rest, Plot 81 Space 3. No memorial marks the site of his final resting-place.

Feldwebel GERHARD EBUS, German Air Force 5700/4 German Air Force, Feldwebel Born 4.3.1914 Died 24.8.1940 Age 26

Feldwebel, GERHARD EBUS, German Air Force, was born on the 4th of March 1914, he was a fighter pilot of 6/JG2, the unit flying the Messershmitt Bf 109. With the fall of France this unit was moved to the forward base of Beaumont-le-Roger, near Caen, in the Normandy area of Northern France, and played a major part in the Battle of Britain. On the 24th of August with the desperate air war rapidly approaching its climax, Gerhard Ebus along with his unit were tasked with providing fighter escort for the slow bombers, the target on that day was to be the Portsmouth area. As the formation approached, the fighters employed their usual ploy of circling over the Solent, whilst the bombers made their raid. RAF Hurricanes of 238 Squadron were scrambled, arriving a few minutes later, during the aerial combat Gerhard Ebus' plane was hit and so badly damaged that he had to bale out. The time 4.30pm, despite frantic efforts, Ebus came down in the sea, and it is thought that he became entangled in his parachute shrouds, by the time he was pulled from the water off Lee-on-Solent, he was dead.

Feldwebel GERHARD EBUS, was buried on the 26th August 1940, in the war Graves Section (see plan on back pages), Row 7 Grave 2, and is commemorated by a CWG headstone.

WALTER ECKHARDT Soldier, German Artillery, 2nd Company, 79th Regiment. Born 14.6.1900 Died 8.7.1944 Age 44

WALTER ECKHARDT, died on Saturday 8th July 1944, in the Royal Naval Hospital, at Haslar, Gosport, of wounds received during war operations in Normandy. WALTER ECKHARDT was buried on Monday 10th July 1944, in the War Graves Section German Section, Row 2 Grave 1 and is commemorated by a CWG headstone.

Able Seaman ERNEST FRANCIS EDEN, R.N. P/J 86396, Able Seaman Rigger Age 44 Died 6.4.1946

Able Seaman, ERNEST FRANCIS EDEN, Royal Navy, was the son of Ernest Francis and Isabel Mary Eden, and the husband of Lily Irene Louise Eden. And they lived at No.46 Station Road, Gosport, died on Saturday 6th April 1946, at home; the cause not recorded, but was attributable to war service. Able Seaman, ERNEST FRANCIS EDEN, R.N., as buried on Tuesday 9th April 1946, Plot 8 Space 38, and is commemorated by a CWG headstone.

Private EDWARD LEDGER EDWARDS 23876, Private, 1st (Garrison) Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Age 31 Died 14.7.1916

Private EDWARD LEDGER EDWARDS, Died after being admitted to the County of Middlesex War Hospital, at St. Alban’s, on 14th July 1916, As the result of wounds received during the Battle of the Somme. He was brought back to Gosport, and was buried on the 20th July 1916. He is laid to rest, Plot 48 Space 55, and is commemorated by CWG headstone.

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