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Category: Rochester, Chatham and Gillingham Gas Company Roll of Honour (1939-1945)

Each Name a Story: The Lives Behind a Forgotten War Memorial – Part 2

World War II memorial plaque with text listing names and military branches, titled 1939 They Served 1945 We Will Remember Them

Fifteen young men, lost too soon, their names rediscovered on a forgotten Second World War memorial in Rochester - each one a life, a story, and a promise to remember.

Natalie Mayhew Rochester, Chatham and Gillingham Gas Company Roll of Honour (1939-1945) April 16, 2026April 16, 2026 3 Minutes

Warrant Officer Edwin John “Jack” Aslett

Killed whilst flying - after VE Day, aged 23

Natalie Mayhew Rochester, Chatham and Gillingham Gas Company Roll of Honour (1939-1945) January 15, 2026April 16, 2026 2 Minutes

Stoker 1st Class Leonard Francis Beck

Killed on War Service in the Mediterranean Sea, aged 28

Natalie Mayhew Rochester, Chatham and Gillingham Gas Company Roll of Honour (1939-1945) January 15, 2026April 16, 2026 2 Minutes

Corporal Vernon Creswell Best

Died on War Service (of illness),aged 23

Natalie Mayhew Rochester, Chatham and Gillingham Gas Company Roll of Honour (1939-1945) January 15, 2026April 16, 2026 1 Minute

Sergeant Sydney James Betts

Killed while flying during a training exercise, aged 34

Natalie Mayhew Rochester, Chatham and Gillingham Gas Company Roll of Honour (1939-1945) January 15, 2026April 16, 2026 2 Minutes

Driver Douglas Roy Capps

Died of wounds during the Dunkirk evacuation, aged 23

Natalie Mayhew Rochester, Chatham and Gillingham Gas Company Roll of Honour (1939-1945) January 15, 2026April 16, 2026 2 Minutes

Gunner Keith Fletcher Clifton

Killed in a V2 Rocket Attack on a Cinema, aged 19

Natalie Mayhew Rochester, Chatham and Gillingham Gas Company Roll of Honour (1939-1945) January 15, 2026April 16, 2026 3 Minutes

Able Seaman Charles Norman Coomber

Killed on War Service in the Mediterranean Sea, aged 25

Natalie Mayhew Rochester, Chatham and Gillingham Gas Company Roll of Honour (1939-1945) January 15, 2026April 16, 2026 2 Minutes

Driver Robert George Edwards

Drowned during the Dunkirk Evacuation, aged 19

Natalie Mayhew Rochester, Chatham and Gillingham Gas Company Roll of Honour (1939-1945) January 15, 2026April 16, 2026 2 Minutes

Sergeant John William “Jack” Kearley

Shot down over Germany during a bombing run, aged 21

Natalie Mayhew Rochester, Chatham and Gillingham Gas Company Roll of Honour (1939-1945) January 15, 2026April 16, 2026 2 Minutes

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