William Ridgway KERMODE ^3,9,13

   User ID: 35000.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Military Other: Royal Field Artillery Captain, 1921-1949.

• Military Service 1: Master with Chinese Nav Co, 1926, Yangtze River.

• Military Service 2: Command of all British Merchant ships, 1938, River Danube. Thorpeness sunk by Spanish Insurgent Plane off Valencia

• Military Service 2: Captain RFA Tanker, 1939, River Plate. During the sinking of the Graf Spee

• Military Service 2: Captain RFA Tanker, 1942. Attached to Prince of Wales & Repulse when they were lost.Hewas taken prisoner by Japanese- released 1945

William married Phyllis ROUGHLEY in Mar 1948 in Ormskirk RD LAN ENG. (Phyllis ROUGHLEY was born in 1906 in W Derby RD LAN ENG and died in 1996 in Trafford RD LAN ENG.)