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246327 Pte. John Percy Newton Dover British Army 1st Btn. Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry from:Milton Keynes (d.10th November 1917) John Dover was born 13th December 1896, son of John and Blanche Isobel Dover, his father was a dairy farmer in Milton Keynes. He lived in Milton Keynes and was a signalman before joining up. He enlisted on 21st of September 1914 in Newport Pagnall with the 1/1st Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry (Royal Bucks Hussars), 6th Mounted Brigade and served with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in Egypt and Palestine from 1st September 1915. He died of wounds on 10th November 1917 age 20 years received during action near Ascalon. He is buried in Beersheba War Cemetery, Israel and is remembered on the War Memorial, All Saints church, Milton Keynes. Buckinghamshire. A pupil of Bedford Modern School 1907-10, he is commemorated on the School War Memorial, which was unveiled in 1923 and in the Roll of Honour, published in The Eagle, December 1923. Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please put first part of your email, (before the @ sign) in the first box, and the second part in the second box. Do not include @, it is automatic. Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**