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Personal Details of John Claridge

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Born:
Died:	30/10/1916
Buried:	04/11/1916

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Birth

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Death

Name at death

John Claridge

Date of death

Age at death

Gender at Death

Male

Cause of Death

Poisoned Toe, Tetanus

Place of Death

4 Victoria Villas, Jubilee Road, Newbury Newbury

Usual Address

4 Victoria Villas, Jubilee Road,. Newbury

GRO certificate index

Year	1916
Quarter	December
District	Newbury
Volume	2c
Page	378

Information Sources

General Register Office

Death certificate for John Claridge*
Provided by General Register Office

Burial Register

Name at death

John Claridge

Age at Death

Burial Date

04 November 1916

Abode

1 Victoria Villa's, Jubilee Road,
Newbury.

Official at Burial

A Griffiths

Comments

Burial Register Index

Book	1899
Page Number	293
Reccord Number	9544

Sources

Burial Register

Burial Register entry for John Claridge
©Newbury Town Council
Reproduced with kind permission

Memorial Details

	Shield Face: In Loving Memory of Jack M. Evans who gave his life for King and Country Oct. 20th. 1940 aged 23. North kerbstone: In Memory of John Claridge who died Oct. 30th. 1916 aged 56 South kerbstone: Also Louisa, his wife who died Feb. 5th. 1917 aged 54.

Name on Memorial	John Claridge
Date of death	30/10/1916
Age	56
Gender	Male

Memorial Type	4 kerbstones and shield at centre
Construction Material	Sandstone with engraved letters
Condition of memorial	Shield fair, kerbstones subsiding.
Pattison Location Code	87, 88
Recorder's Notes	Jack Evans' stone is for War Memorial not burial
Others named on memorial
Jack Evans
Louisa Claridge

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Memorial stone in Newtown Road Cemetery,Newbury

Newspaper Cuttings

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john Claridge

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Article date:
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Transciption:	JOHN CLARIDGE FOOTNOTE On the grave of John and Louisa Claridge rests the following memorial stone:- This is to their grandson JACK MARSHALL EVANS who was born to their daughter Lydia (1889 - 1975) on 30th December, 1916. He joined the Royal Navy in January 1935 and later became part of the submarine service until his death on H.M. Submarine Triad which was sunk on 20th October 1940 in The Gulf of Toranto, Italy, with the loss of all hands - a complement of 53.. The following is an Admiralty report of the loss:- Triad was assigned to the Mediterranean. On 9 October 1940 she sailed from Malta to operate in the Gulf of Taranto, with orders to reach Alexandria on completion of her patrol. She failed to make port and by 20 October the submarine was declared overdue. She was believed to have been lost in a minefield or sunk by Italian anti-submarine aircraft. New evidence suggests that Triad was engaged and sunk with all hands on the night of 14/15 October by the Italian submarine Enrico Toti. At 01:00 on 15 October, Enrico Toti sighted a large submarine 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) to port: both boats manoeuvred into attack position. Italian accounts claim the British opened fire first, but all of Triad's shells missed. She also fired a torpedo which Enrico Toti avoided by turning sharply, then closed on the enemy submarine at top speed, firing as she approached. Soon, machine gun fire compelled the British gunners to abandon the exposed deck. As the British submarine started to dive, Enrico Toti fired a torpedo and hit the British submarine with two 120 mm shells. The boat rose vertically then disappeared without survivors. The action lasted around 30 minutes. Photo kindly supplied by a relative - Keith Russ We shall remember them.
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