- 1944
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Name |
Bert Riddle |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
2 Mar 1944 |
At Sea |
Burial |
- Commemorated onn Brookwood Memorial
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Person ID |
I190498 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
28 Dec 2021 |
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Notes |
- Driver in 463 Water Tank Company, Royal Army Service Corps. Son of Robert and Elizabeth Riddle; husband of Elsie Riddle, of Windynook, Gateshead, Co. Durham
He was on board HMS LST-362 when sunk by U-744
LST-362 was en route Bizerte, Tunisia - Gibraltar - Plymouth - Southampton carrying 11 Churchill tanks and 118 army personnel when she was attacked and sunk about 370 miles southwest of Cape Clear, an island off the south-west coast of County Cork in Ireland.
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