Bradley,+RWH

Apprentice, S.S. Fort Longueuil (London), Merchant Navy. Age: 19. Date of Death: 20/09/1943 Son of Alfred and Margaret Bradley, of Riddlesden, Keighley, Yorkshire. TOWER HILL MEMORIAL. Panel 50.
 * Bradley, Robert W. H.**

BRADLEY, Robert Willie Hartley Apprentice, Merchant Navy, SS. "Fort Longueuil (London), a cargo ship of 7128 tons (gross), leased to the Ministry of War Transport (MOWT). En route from Barry, South Wales to Australia with a cargo of munitions. Sunk by U532 on the 19th Sept 1943, south of the Cagos Islands, Indian Ocean, He was previously torpedoed, and spent seven days in a lifeboat. Born in Middlesborough, where his father was a Police Officer, and was educated at St. Mary's College, Midlesborough. He joined the Merchant Navy at the age of 16. Son of Mr & Mrs Alfred Bradley, "Ash Garth", 218 Bradford Rd, Riddlesden See Keighley News, 12th Feb 1944 (Photo) Note:- a raft with two members of the crew drifted on to the island of Sumatra on the 1st February 1944. (104 days at sea). They were taken prisoner by the Japanese, and survived the War.

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