Son of the late Robert and Mary Dover, of 7, Larchwood Street, Bolton, Lancashire. A member of the Bolton Corps of the St. John Ambulance Brigade. Attached 1st Field Ambulance, Royal Marine Medical Unit. Drowned at Alexandria, Egypt.
Dover, Robert –
Personal details
- Surname: Dover
- Forename: Robert
- Date of birth: February 24th, 1886
- Birth place: Bolton, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Bolton, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 29
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: August 6th, 1915
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Private
- Unit: Drake Battalion.
- Service number: Deal/3083 (S)
- Regiment: Not known
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Not known
- Conflict: Not known
Decorations
- Service medals: Not known
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- CWGC Memorial: Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
- CWGC reference: K. 59.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 20/08/1915 19/11/1915 11/08/1916
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 6d* 10d* 5h
- Farnworth and Worsley Journal entries: 20/08/1915