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In St Peter's Church, Seaview, Isle of Wight IWM War Memorials Archive Record Link : War Memorials Archive Reference 40864 Historic England Listing Status St Peter's Church is not Listed. Description An oak table in the south chapel of St Peter's Church. A small brass plaque carries the inscription. |
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Memorial
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Inscription
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF CHARLES BRADING LOST IN H.M.S. "ROYAL OAK" OCTOBER 14TH 1939, THIS TABLE WAS GIVEN BY HIS PARENTS ON EASTER SUNDAY 1940 Further Information CWGC record ...
ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY PRESS
Saturday, October 21, 1939 Page 7 LOSS OF THE BATTLESHIP ROYAL OAK. 15 ISLANDERS DROWNED, 8 SAVED. [...] 
Boy Charles Edward Brading, who was only 16½ years old, was the second son of
Mr. and Mrs. G.E. Brading, of Garfield, West-street, Seaview, and entered the Navy in March, 1938, being an
H.M.S. St. Vincent boy. For nearly eight years he sang in Seaview Parish Church choir, and was a member of
St. Peter's Men's and Boy's Club. His elder brother Fred, who is 19, is also in the Navy. On Monday by the
same post as his mother received an intimation of his death she also received a letter from him, written towards
the end of the week, the closing sentences of which ran: "I certainly will be glad to get back home and see you all again, but it is no use worrying.
You die if you worry; you die if you don't."
See also H.M.S. Royal Oak sinking for further details. See also H.M.S. Royal Oak website for a note on a visit to the wreck site by his nephew Charles Brading in 2009.
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Page last updated : 19 December 2012 - links and newspaper report |
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