CWGC added the following casualties to its database today. Ord Smn Harry Lewis BRIDGES D/JX.234193 Royal Navy, HMS Skirmisher Died 06.12.43 Age 22 Commenorated: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon, UK Chief YoS William Arthur CRESSEY C/208123 Royal Navy, RN School, Holbrook Died 16.07.43 Age 59 Commemorated: Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent, UK NOT FORGOTTEN The above were In From the Cold Project cases. - O/S Bridges died of unspecified causes (Volunteer: Antony Kozlowski) - Chief Yeoman Cressey died of unspecified causes (Volunteer: Dik Winkelman) Royal Navy wartime death certificates do not give specific causes of death. They simply state ‘Died on War Service’.
Name: BRIDGES, HARRY LEWIS Initials: H L Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Ordinary Signalman Regiment/Service: Royal Navy Unit Text: H.M.S. Skirmisher Age: 22 Date of Death: 06/12/1943 Service No: D/JX.234193 N.B.: This casualty has recently been accepted for commemoration by the Commission. However, it will not be possible to add his name to this memorial immediately. Please contact the Commission, before planning a visit, for more information. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Addenda Panel Memorial: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL Grave Found Kidderminster Cemetery
BRIDGES, HARRY LEWIS Rank:Ordinary Signalman Service No D/JX.234193 Date of Death:06/12/1943 Age:22 Regiment/Service:Royal Navy H.M.S. Skirmisher Grave Reference CemeteryKIDDERMINSTER CEMETERY Additional Information: N.B. Recent research has shown that Ordinary Signalman Bridges is buried here. The Commission is in the process of producing a headstone to mark his grave. Commemoration Moved From UK BOR
CRESSEY, WILLIAM ARTHUR Rank: Chief Yeoman of Signals Service No: C/208123 Date of Death: 16/07/1943 Age: 59 Regiment/Service: Royal Navy RN School, Holbrook Panel Reference: Addenda Panel Memorial: CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL Grave Found Holbrook All Saint's Churchyard. Yes where else would he be buried, but 5 years ago the incumbent clergy told me he was not buried there.
Harry Lewis Bridges in the UK, British Army and Navy Birth, Marriage and Death Records, 1730-1960 Name: Harry Lewis Bridges Event: Death Birth Date: 6 Apr 1921 Birth Place: Kidderminster, Worcs. Death Date: 6 Dec 1943 Death Age: 22 Sorry - hit post instead of upload file - file provides cause of death TD edited to add: I would assume this to be his 'civil death details' Name: Harry L Bridges Birth Date: abt 1921 Date of Registration: Dec 1943 Age at Death: 22 Registration district: Islington Inferred County: London Volume: 1b Page: 337 Not sure why Islington though - if it is the same man
William Arthur Cressey in the UK, British Army and Navy Birth, Marriage and Death Records, 1730-1960 Name: William Arthur Cressey Event: Death Birth Date: 7 Jul 1884 Birth Place: Malton, Yorks. Death Date: 16 Jul 1943 Death Age: 59 Cardiac Failure Name: Wm Cressey Event: Death Birth Date: abt 1885 Death Date: 16 Jul 1943 Death Age: 58 Death Place: R N S K Cha Shatley (Royal Navy Sick Quarters, Shotley, Suffolk) Ship: Naval Pensioners TD edited to add: Civil Death details Name: William A Cressey Birth Date: abt 1885 Date of Registration: Sep 1943 Age at Death: 58 Registration district: Samford (Stamford?) Inferred County: Suffolk Volume: 4a Page: 867 Link to RNSQ, Shotley (HMS Ganges) - HMS Ganges Association - CMS Page Profile - HMS Ganges at Shotley
