Robert Beadon Cridge
Place of birth: Barry, Glamorganshire, Wales
Previous occupation: Cleaner
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Stoker 1st Class
Service Number: KX76909
Joined Hood: 28th August 1928 (Stoker 1st Class)
Left Hood: 16th May 1929 (Stoker 1st Class)
Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.
History of ships served in and ratings held:
Date From | Date to | Ship | Rating | Source |
24th August 1926 | 5th May 1927 | Vivid II | Stoker 2nd Class | ADM362/50 |
6th May 1927 | 23rd August 1927 | Adventure | Stoker 2nd Class | ADM362/50 |
24th August 1927 | 2nd January 1928 | Adventure | Stoker 1st Class | ADM362/50 |
3rd January 1928 | 27th August 1928 | Vivid II | Stoker 1st Class | ADM362/50 |
28th August 1928 | 16th May 1929 | Hood | Stoker 1st Class | ADM362/50 |
17th May 1929 | 5th September 1930 | Tiger | Stoker 1st Class | ADM363/575 |
6th September 1930 | 31st December 1930 | Vivid II - VI | Stoker 1st Class | ADM363/575 |
1st January 1931 | 7th September 1933 | Resolution | Stoker 1st Class | ADM363/575 |
8th September 1933 | 23rd October 1933 | Vivid II | Stoker 1st Class | ADM363/575 |
24th October 1933 | 27th April 1935 | Barham | Stoker 1st Class | ADM363/575 |
28th April 1935 | 21st April 1936 | Drake II | Stoker 1st Class | ADM363/575 |
22nd April 1936 | 7th July 1937 | Queen Elizabeth | Stoker 1st Class | ADM363/575 |
8th July 1937 | 26th July 1937 | Victory II (Queen Elizabeth) | Stoker 1st Class | ADM363/575 |
27th July 1937 | 7th September 1937 | Drake II | Stoker 1st Class | ADM363/575 |
23rd August 1937 | Shore - Continuous Service expired | Stoker 1st Class | ADM363/575 | |
24th August 1937 | 27th September 1938 | Joined Royal Fleet Reserve | Stoker 1st Class | ADM363/575 |
8th September 1937 | 24th October 1937 | Cardiff (Calcuta) | Stoker 1st Class | ADM363/575 |
25th October 1937 | 28th November 1937 | Cardiff (Dragon) | Stoker 1st Class | ADM363/575 |
29th November 1937 | 22nd August 1937 | Cornwall | Stoker 1st Class | ADM363/575 |
28th September 1938 | 3rd October 1938 | Drake II (Mobilised) | Stoker 1st Class | ADM363/575 |
4th October 1938 | 24th August 1939 | Demobilised | Stoker 1st Class | ADM363/575 |
25th August 1939 | 11th September 1939 | Drake IV (Mackay) | Stoker 1st Class | ADM363/575 |
12th September 1939 | 30th November 1939 | Drake II | Stoker 1st Class | ADM363/575 |
1st December 1939 | 1st July 1942 | Eaglet | Stoker 1st Class | ADM363/575 |
2nd July 1942 | 28th December 1942 | Helicon | Stoker 1st Class | ADM363/575 |
29th December 1942 | 4th January 1943 | Drake | Stoker 1st Class | ADM363/575 |
5th January 1943 | 28th February 1943 | Orlando (Richmond) | Stoker 1st Class | ADM363/575 |
1st March 1943 | 5th April 1943 | Eaglet (Richmond) | Stoker 1st Class | ADM363/575 |
6th April 1943 | 20th October 1943 | Drake | Stoker 1st Class | ADM363/575 |
21st October 1943 | 31st December 1943 | Braganza II | Stoker 1st Class | ADM363/575 |
1st January 1944 | 31st March 1944 | Salsetta II | Stoker 1st Class | ADM363/575 |
1st April 1944 | 30th June 1944 | Braganza II | Stoker 1st Class | ADM363/575 |
1st July 1944 | 31st January 1945 | Braganza | Stoker 1st Class | ADM363/575 |
1st February 1945 | 23rd November 1945 | Copra II (BM) | Stoker 1st Class | ADM363/575 |
24th November 1945 | Released Class A | Stoker 1st Class | ADM363/575 |
Additional Photos |
Robert during one of his period in H.M.S. Vivid. |
Robert, top right, as part of a sports team during his time in Hood. The officer in the centre is probably Commander Douglas Budgen. |
Memorials
No known memorials
No known memorials
Sources
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
'Register of Deaths of Naval Ratings' (data extracted by Director of Naval Personnel (Disclosure Cell), Navy Command HQ, 2009)
Service Record: ADM363/575 (National Archives)
Service Record: ADM362/50 (Ancestry)
Tim Harmer (photographs and information), March 2021