Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Biography -
- Gordon Frederick Berridge -

At St. Catherine's Church on Sunday the marriage took place of Mr. Frederick Hewlet Baxter, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Baxter, of 2 Coronation Cottages, Church Street, Ventnor, and Miss Eileen Mary Berridge, only daughter of Mrs. E.L. Berridge, formerly of St. Lawrence, and High Street, Ventnor. The Rev. C.W. Good (locum tenens at St. Catherine's) officiated. The bride, who was given away by her brother, Gordon Berridge, wore a black ensemble, with a spray of yellow roses. Mr. Francis Robert (Bob) Baxter, brother of the bridegroom, carried out the duties of best man. Mr. and Mrs. Baxter were the recipients of many useful and valuable presents. The honeymoon is to be spent in September. It was a very quiet wedding owing to the prolonged illness of the bride's mother.

Flight-Lieut. Gordon Frederick Berridge, age 21, youngest son of Mrs. E.L. Berridge, of Mon Abri, St. Lawrence, was reported missing a year ago after entering upon his 25th operational flight. It is known that the bomber, of which he was captain, was shot down whilst minelaying in the Baltic, and that two of the crew were buried in Copenhagen. Last week Mrs. Berridge was informed by the Red Cross that search was still being continued, so far no trace of the five remaining members of the crew can be found, and owing to the lapse of time hope is slender. His fiancée, Miss Betty Mann, of Harrogate, shares the great anxiety naturally being experienced by Mrs. Berridge and members of her family.