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We Move Only Forward: Canada, the United States, and the First Special Service Force, 1942-1944
By James A. Woods
Mission Accomplished: SOE and Italy 1943-1945
By David Stafford
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 38879" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Bridge </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>John </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (Bomb Disposal) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Lieutenant </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>George Cross, George Medal and bar, Kings Commendation for Brave Conduct </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>England 1940 (GM) England 1941 (KCBC) England 1942 (barGM) Sicily 1943 (GC) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 5.2.1915 Culcheth, near Warrington, Lancashire</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of Joseph and Mary Bridge, Culcheth ,Lancashire</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>educated Leigh Grammar School</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>graduated King's College, London</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>science master, Firth Park Secondary School, Sheffield</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>commissioned 13.6.1940 RNVR</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Lt Commander 1944</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>science master, Firth Park Secondary School 1946</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Assistant Education Officer,Southport 1947</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Director of Education,Sunderland Borough Council 1963</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>retired 1976</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>author of wartime memoirs "Trip to Nijmegen"</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married Jean Patterson 1945 (died 2006)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 14.12.2006 </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>London Gazette 35025, 27th December 1940, Page 7279 (GM)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>London Gazette 35201, 24th June 1941, Page 3653 (King's Commendation for Brave Conduct)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>London Gazette 35324, 24th October 1941, Page 6235 (GM Bar)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>London Gazette 36572, 16th June 1944, Page 2931 (GC)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-bridge.10300/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/10/10300-ac2662211da403cb9309feb87a53243f.jpg?1591389784" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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