X CRAFT AND CHARIOTS Eldridge, Anthony William Charles (Tony/Lofty)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Eldridge ​

• FORENAME

Anthony William Charles (Tony/Lofty) ​

• UNIT

R.N.V.R. HM Chariot Tiny ​

• RANK

Sub Lieutenant ​

• NUMBER

• AWARD

Distinguished Service Cross ​

• PLACE

Phuket Harbour 1944 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Tunbridge Wells,Kent​

born 15.7.1923 Tunbridge Wells,Kent​

educated Skinners' Company School,Tunbridge Wells​

RNVR 1941​

demobilised 1946​

farmer​

installed information management systems with ICL (electronics group)​

South Africa 1954​

Southern Rhodesia 1960​

retired to South Africa 1984​

returned to Britain 2004​

autobiography "Just Out of Sight" ​

married Dorothy Perkins 1950 (4 children)​

died 13.4.2015​

London Gazette 36970, 2nd March 1945, Page 1265​

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