BEDBOROUGH, Hubert Charles Raymond Hawkins
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Rank:
Quartermaster Sergeant
Unit / Base:
40 Commando RM
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
CH/X 2043
Honours & Awards:
Born:
Wednesday, December 17, 1919
Died :
Sunday, December 25, 1949
Died in service
Age:
30
Cemetery/Memorial:
Local Roll of Honour:
Quartermaster Sergeant Hubert Bedborough died after falling into a monsoon ditch during a storm whilst deployed to Hong Kong [1] [1a].
- He had previously received a Mention in Despatches for gallant and distinguished services in Palestine during the period 27th March 1948 and 30th July 1948 [2].
Sources
[1] AFM ROH.
[1a] The Light Blue Lanyard, author Maj. J.C. Beadle MBE, MC, RM.
[2] London Gazette Supp. 38508, page 189.
Notes
[a] First name shown as Herbert on gravestone, should be Hubert, confirmed by AFM ROH, and online by his son/ SF ROH website
[b] Rank as on grave headstone, RM Historical Society record, and source @ [1a].
[c] Hong Kong Cemetery, formerly known as HK Happy Valley Cemetery and HK Colonial Cemetery.
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