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| Name: |
BRUCE, VICTOR ERNEST |
| Initials: |
V E |
| Nationality: |
United Kingdom |
| Rank: |
Leading Seaman |
| Regiment: |
Royal Navy |
| Unit Text: |
(RFR/CH/B/4590) Hood Bn. R.N. Div |
| Age: |
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| Date of Death: |
06/05/1915 |
| Service No: |
288685 |
| Casualty Type: |
Commonwealth War Dead |
| Grave/Memorial Reference: |
Panel 1 and 2. |
| Cemetery: |
HELLES
MEMORIAL |
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| BRUCE,
Leading Seaman and Acting Stoker 1st Class Victor Ernest No. CH/288685
(RFR/CH/B/4590) R.N. “A” Company, Hood Battalion, Royal Naval
Division |
| Born
May 2, 1879, in Croydon, Surrey, a son of Mary Bruce, windower, of (in 1881)
22, Albion Street, Croydon. Husband of Edith Bruce of 34, Royal Oak Road,
Woking, Surrey. Father of Master A.D. Bruce. |
| In
civil life he was first employed as a shop assistant, but on the outbreak of
war he was employed at the Woking Post Office. On May 16, 1898, he enlisted in
the Royal Navy for 12 years and on June 15, 1907, he enrolled in the Royal
Fleet Reserve (he reenrolled on October 21, 1911, to serve until June 14,
1917). |
| At the
time of his enlistment he was described as being 5’ 4” tall with
brown hair, grey eyes and fresh complexion. On January 9, 1899, he was promoted
to stoker 2nd class and on June 26, 1899, he was promoted to stoker 1st class.
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| In
August 1914 he was mobilized from the Royal Fleet Reserve and was joined
“A” Company, Hood Battalion, on September 17. In October 1914 he
served at the siege of Antwerp (entitled to the 1914 Star instead of the
1914-15 Star). |
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Killed in action on May 6, 1915, aged 36 years. Name commemorated on the Helles
Memorial, and the Ingatestone and Fryerning War Memorial, Essex. |
| Data from Patrick Gariepy
Eugene, Oregon, USA |