1. First Aerial Bomb Dropped on the UK

1. First Aerial Bomb Dropped on the UK

This was the first of the original 10 Dover Society Millennium Plaques and was unveiled in Mid-February 2000. It is situated on the wall of 1 Taswell Close at the junction with Taswell Street. Peter Johnson with the help of George Youden and the use of a Dover Express...
2. Last Enemy Shell to Land in Kent Sept 1944

2. Last Enemy Shell to Land in Kent Sept 1944

This second of the original 10 Dover Society Millennium Plaques and was unveiled in Mid-February 2000 just three days after the first and is situated on the wall of the Dover District Council Gateway Offices at the lower end of Castle Street. This marks the spot where...
3. Instruments of Punishment

3. Instruments of Punishment

The third of the original 10 Dover Society Millennium Plaques and was unveiled on Monday 17th April 2000 [the first of two that day]. It is sited on the side of the wall of Barclays Bank in the Market Square and marks where the Town’s Instruments of Punishment...
4. Bronze Age Boat

4. Bronze Age Boat

The fourth of the original 10 Dover Society Millennium Plaques and was unveiled on Monday 17th April 2000 [the second of two that day]. It is situated above the entrance to the underpass as you leave the Market Square for the seafront. It was here, on 28th September...
5. Zeebrugge Raid

5. Zeebrugge Raid

The fifth of the original 10 Dover Society Millennium Plaques was unveiled in October 2000 [the first of two that day]. It is situated on the wall of the Old Market Hall, now the Dover Museum in the Market Square.This plaque is in commemoration of the casualties of...
6. William Burgess

6. William Burgess

This plaque, the sixth in the Millennium series, can be found, above eye level, at the corner of Stembrook and Castle Street and was unveiled in October 2000 [the second that day] It recognises, arguably, Dover’s greatest artist. William Burgess was born, in 1805, and...