Searching for details about the Canadian base at Eastbourne

[Phil Bristow]

Dear Bruce,
Thank you. My wife, Cheryl and I will be glad to take you up on your kind offer. We'll have quite a busy time in Deal. In the morning we'll attend St. George's Church, where my Great-Grandfather attended, and where my grandfather was baptized. My Great-Grandfather was a pilot on the English Channel and may have been one of the famous Deal boatmen, so we plan to visit the Maritime Museum as well.
Actually we'll be arriving from Canterbury Saturday afternoon and will leave for Eastbourne as early as possible Monday morning. What time suits you best, later Saturday afternoon, or mid-Sunday afternoon?
Phil.

[Darrell Zinck]

Hi Phil

Enjoy your trip.

As for the Canadians killed in that raid, a quick look at the Canadian Virtual War Memorial for 11 Aug '42 reveals 24 Canadians died that day.

http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/rememb...&submit=Search

9 of them are RCAMC and are buried in Brookwood. So possibly:

Cannon,
Carlington,
Cooke,
Gagnon,
Levesque,
Parker,
Wade,
Winters,
Worthylake.


Hope that is some small help.

regards
Darrell

[Phil Bristow]

Hi Darrell,
Thanks for your detailed research.
It's interesting that there are 9 names from the Medical Corps.
8 are noted in Dad's letter and the Eastbourne Herald.
Cannon, Carlington, Cooke, Levesque and Parker are specifically #9 Field Ambulance, so they were probably among those killed.

One of the other four was probably killed at the front.

Then again, there's a possibility that not all of the 8 were from the RCAMC.

It is sad to note that most of the others were RCAF.
Phil.

[Bruce MacMillan]

Originally Posted by Phil Bristow

What time suits you best, later Saturday afternoon, or mid-Sunday afternoon?
Phil.

PM sent

Bruce

[Phil Bristow]

Thank you for your offer Bruce.
Just to be certain when you say that you'll be at the fire command post on the cliff side of the castle are you referring to Deal or Dover Castle?
If it's Deal, we'll plan to visit Sunday afternoon.
We watched an interesting documentary on Dover Castle, just last week, but I'm not sure whether we'll get to Dover this trip. We'll be using public transport.

Looking forward to meeting you
Phil.

[Bruce MacMillan]

Hi Phil,

I'm at Dover Castle so I guess we wont meet up. I thought in an earlier post you were going to Dover. Deal Castle is more of an artillery fort than a castle. You might want to look at Walmer Castle. It is only a mile away from Deal and has more to offer.

Anyway have a good trip and remember to drive on the left.

[Phil Bristow]

Dear Bruce,
We'll hold Dover Castle in our thoughts and try to come over if we can.
It's a world famous site.
I visited Deal Castle in 2005, and I have to agree with you.

Part of what holds me back is that we are taking public transport.

Thank you for your offer.
Phil.