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APPENDIX
(Maps and Photographs)

CAPTAIN WILLIAM HENRY FOLKES
ROYAL ENGINEERS

by
Lieutenant Colonel Edward De Santis ©2017

 FIGURE 1.  New Depot Barracks, Fordington, Dorset,
the residence of the Folkes Family in 1881.
(From an original postcard of the barracks)

FIGURE 2.  Sherborne School, Sherborne, Dorsetshire, circa 1881.

FIGURE 3.  Emily Folkes (née Hunt), the Mother of William Henry Folkes.
(Photograph courtesy of the Scharfe Family Tree)

FIGURE 4.  The Folkes House at 324 South Street, Sherborne, Dorset.
(Photograph courtesy of Google Earth)

FIGURE 5.  The Garden Battery, Malta.
(Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia)

 

FIGURE 6.  The Seat of the South African War, 1899-1902.
(Both William Henry Folkes and Harry Jonathan Dewey saw active service in the war with the 42nd Company, Royal Engineers)

FIGURE 7.  Major General S.R. Rice, British First Army Chief Engineer.
Foreman of Works Quartermaster Sergeant William Henry Folkes served in Rice's HQ during the Great War.
(Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia)

FIGURE 8.  Insignia of the U.K. Civil Defence Service in World War 2.
William Henry Folkes may have served in the CDS to earn his Defence Medal.
(Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia)

FIGURE 9.  A Nissen Hut in the Field during World War 2.
William Henry Folkes was the Managing Director of Nissen Buildings, Ltd at the start of the war.
He may have earned his Defence Medal in this position while supporting the war effort.
(Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia)

FIGURE 10.  The Medals of Captain Henry William Folkes, R.E.

FIGURE 11.  The Medal Index Card of William Henry Folkes.
(Image courtesy of Ancestry.com)

FIGURE 12.  The Helmet Plate of the 64th Regiment of Foot, the Helmet Plate
worn by Colour Sergeant Walter Folkes, father of William Henry Folkes, when
Walter served in this regiment.
(Photograph courtesy of Google.com)

FIGURE 13.  Colonel Thomas de Courcy Hamilton, V.C., Officer Commanding
the 64th Regiment of Foot at the Time Walter Folkes Served in the Unit.
(Photograph courtesy of Google.com)

FIGURE 14.  4150 Colour Sergeant Thomas Knightly, Dorsetshire Regiment.
This uniform with rank insignia, less the medal, would have been the same as worn
by Colour Sergeant Walter Folkes.

FIGURE 15.  The Long Service and Good Conduct Medal.
This is the type of medal that would have been awarded to Colour Sergeant Walter Folkes.
(Photograph from the author's collection)

FIGURE 16.  Cap Badge of the Queen's Regiment of the type
that would have been worn by Private Reginald W. Folkes.
(Photograph courtesy of Google.com)

FIGURE 17.  Cap Badge of The Royal Fusiliers of the type
that also would have been worn by Private Reginald W. Folkes.
(Photograph courtesy of Google.com)

FIGURE 18.  The Medal Index Card of Private Reginald Walter Folkes.
Note that the card does not indicate the date of entry into the first theatre of war.
(Card courtesy of Ancestry.com)

FIGURE 19.  The Gravestone of Reginald Walter Folkes and His Wife.
(Photograph courtesy of Findagrave.com)

FIGURE 20.  Silver War Badge Roll of the Gloucestershire Regiment Showing the Entry for Ernest Folkes.
(Image courtesy of Ancestry.com)

FIGURE 21.  Cap Badge of the Gloucestershire Regiment of the Type Worn by Private Ernest W. Folkes.
(Photograph from the author's collection)

FIGURE 22.  The Medal Index Card of Private Ernest Folkes.
(Card courtesy of Ancestry.com)

FIGURE 23.  The Insignia of 43 (Fighter) Squadron, Royal Air Force.
This is the squadron in which Patrick Folkes served.
(Image courtesy of Wikipedia)

FIGURE 24.  The Hawker Hurricane.
This is the type of aircraft flown by Patrick Folkes in 43 Squadron.

FIGURE 25.  Pilots of 43 Squadron, April 1940.
These men would have flown with Patrick Folkes prior to his death.
(Photograph courtesy of The Imperial War Museum)

FIGURE 26.  The Air Forces Memorial at Runnymeade, Surrey.
Patrick Folkes service is commemorated at this memorial.
(Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia)

FIGURE 27.  Badge of the Rifle Brigade.
This badge is of the type that Private Samuel Henry Dewey would have worn upon fist joining the Army.
(Image courtesy of Wikipedia)

FIGURE 28.  Collar Badge of the Coldstream Guards.
This badge is of the type worn by Samuel Henry Dewey when he joined the regiment.
(Image courtesy of Wikipedia)

FIGURE 29.  A Coldstream Guardsman, circa 1855.
This is the uniform worn by Samuel Henry Dewey when he joined the regiment.
(Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia)

FIGURE 30.  A Colour Sergeant of the Coldstream Guards.
Colour Sergeant Samuel Henry Dewey would have worn a uniform similar to this,
less the medal, near the end of his military service.
(Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia)

FIGURE 31.  Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Men at the Balloon School
Harry Dewey attended a course in ballooning at Aldershot in 1892.
(Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia)

FIGURE 32.  The Dewey Residence at 49 James Street, Gillingham, Kent.
(Photograph courtesy of Google Earth)

FIGURE 33.  Cap Badge of The Buffs (East Kent Regiment).
This badge was worn by Sergeant Major Harry Jonathan Dewey when he served in The Buffs
during the Great War of 1914-1918.
(Photograph from the author's collection)

FIGURE 34.  The Dewey Residence at 27 St. George's Road, Gillingham, Kent.
(Photograph courtesy of Google Earth)

FIGURE 35.  The Dewey Residence at 107 Haydon Park Road in Wimbeldon.
(Photograph courtesy of Google Earth)

FIGURE 36.  The Dewey Residence at 81 Canterbury Street, Gillingham, Kent.
(Photograph courtesy of Google Earth)

FIGURE 37.  The Dewey Residence at 30 St. George's Road, Gillingham, Kent.
(Photograph courtesy of Google Earth)