George Hubert Joseph Cresswell
Person details
| Forename(s) | George Hubert Joseph |
|---|---|
| Surname | Cresswell |
| Rank | Sub-Lieutenant |
| Regiment | Royal Navy |
| Age | 26 |
| Death | Killed on active service when his ship struck a mine in Belfast Lough |
| Place of Death | UK > Belfast Lough |
| Date of Death | 18/05/1941 |
| Year of Entry | 1929 |
| House Letter | G |
| School Notes | |
| Comments |
War record of HMS Jewel http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?64905 'ALGERINE Class Fleet Minesweeper fitted with Turbine propulsion machinery ordered on 30th April 1942 from Harland and Wolff, Belfast. Laid down on 27th November 1943 at the same time as sister ships HARE and LIBERTY this ship was launched on 20th July 1944. The third RN warship ship to carry this name first used by a mercantile which accompanied the fleet during the Battle against the Spanish Armada in 1588. The name was last used by a Drifter requisitioned in 1940 for use as a minesweeper and sunk by a mine in Belfast Lough in June 1941' - the second of these ships (the drifter) was the one on which G Cresswell served Nephew of FJ Cresswell, OR, listed on the WW1 memorial |
| Commonwealth War Graves Commission Link | https://www.cwgc.org/find-record... |
| Unit | HMS Jewel |
| Prefect | |
| Military Decorations | |
| Album Number | 21 |
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| Previous Regiment | |
| Burial or Cemetery | UK > West Rudham |
| Citations | |
| Archives | Correspondence file in OR files in Radley Archives |
| Post School | Stock Exchange; married |
| Prep School | |
| Prisoner of War | |
| Radlein Obituary | June 15 1941. In May. I941, on active service, George Hubert Joseph Cresswell, Sub-Lieut., R.N.V.R He was at Radley (Wilson Green's and Boyd's, G) from 1929 to 1933 and was in the cricket eleven his last year. At school a simple and harmonious disposition won him friends of the best type. On leaving Radley he took up work on the Stock Exchange and subsequently married. He joined up as a seaman R.N.V.R early in the war, and was later commissioned as a Tempy Sub-Lieut. His death on active service will be deeply felt by all who knew him and value quiet sincerity of character expressed in a lovable personality. |
| Service Number | 0 |
| Place of Birth |
