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In Memory of
JAMES EDWARD HALSEY COLERIDGE
Lieutenant
H.M.S. Acheron., Royal Navy
who died on
Tuesday, 17th December 1940. Age 24.
Additional Information:
Son of Lt.-Col. Hugh Fortescue Coleridge and Kathleen G. F. Coleridge, of
Tavistock, Devon.
Commemorative Information
Memorial:
PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Grave Reference/
Panel Number:
Panel 36, Column 3.
Location:
The Memorial is situated on Southsea Common overlooking the promenade, and
is accessible at all times.
Historical Information:
PORTSMOUTH MEMORIAL REGISTER. The first part (1914) records particulars of
the loss of 1,917 ranks and ratings of the Royal Navy, 1,524 of whom fell in
H.M.S. "Good Hope" and "Bulwark". The second part (1915) records particulars
of the loss of 972 ranks and ratings of the Royal Navy, 536 of whom fell in
H.M.S. "Viknor", "Bayano", "Goliath", "Princess Irene", "Lynx", and "Natal", and of
four civilians employed by the Admiralty. The third, fourth and fifth parts (1916,
divided alphabetically into three parts) record particulars of the loss of 4,485
ranks and ratings of the Royal Navy, 567 of whom fell in H.M.S. "Black Prince",
"Defence", "Indefatigable", "Invincible", "Queen Mary", "Tipperary", and
"Hampshire", and of eight civilians employed by the Admiralty. The sixth part
(1917) records particulars of the loss of 1,269 ranks and ratings of the Royal
Navy, 443 of whom fell in H.M.S. "Ghurka", "Paragon", "Vanguard", "Begonia",
"Partridge", and "Torrent", and of five civilians employed by the Admiralty. The
seventh part (1918-21) records particulars of the loss of 1,086 ranks and
ratings of the Royal Navy, 249 of whom fell in H.M.S. "Narborough", "Opal",
"Louvain", and "Glatton", and of four civilians employed by the Admiralty. Each
entry in these Registers represents untimely death, and the bereavement of a
family. Together they represent the price paid by those families and the Empire
for keeping our shores inviolate; for moving here and there, as we would,
greater Armies than the Empire had ever before dreamed of raising; for
confining to its harbours, during almost the whole of four years, the greatest
Navy except our own; for annihilating enemy sea borne trade; and for a
decisive share in breaking the aggressive spirit of the German Government and
people.