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
Service Record: ADM363/575 (National Archives)
Service Record: ADM362/50 (Ancestry)
Tim Harmer (photographs and information), March 2021
Service Record: ADM363/575 (National Archives)
Service Record: ADM362/50 (Ancestry)
Tim Harmer (photographs and information), March 2021