The 1860 Dover Artillery Volunteers

 

 

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The explosion of an Artillery gun at Archcliff Fort Dover Kent killed 'Lieutenant George Thompson'
and 'Sergeant John Monger'

 

Lieutenant George Thompson
Who Was The Dover Coroner

 

 

Cowgate Cemetery
The Monument Reads
In Memory of
Sergeant John Monger
Late of The
Dover Artillery Volunteers
Who Was Killed By The
Bursting of A Gun
At Archcliff Ford
On The Evening of Aug 8th
1869
Aged 32 Years
This Monument Was Erected
By Small Subscription From The
Garrison Volunteers
And Residents of The Town

 

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To Read Inscription

 

The Funeral of Sergeant John Monger
Picture Dover Museum