Data Portal @ linkeddatafragments.org

Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/John_Bridge> ?p ?o. }

• John_Bridge abstract "Lieutenant Commander John Bridge GC, GM & bar (5 February 1915 - 14 December 2006) was a British bomb disposal expert of the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War. Awarded the George Cross, he was the first person to be awarded a bar to the George Medal.John Bridge was born on 5 February 1915 at Culcheth, near Warrington in Lancashire and attended Leigh Grammar School and the University of London to read Physics. After training as a teacher he took up a post at Firth Park Secondary School in Sheffield until he volunteered for the Navy in 1940.Bridge received the George Medal for his leadership of a squad which defused a bomb with a delayed action fuse in September 1940. In March 1941, during which he defused 15 bombs, he received a King's Commendation for Brave Conduct for making safe a bomb which had fallen in the Naval dockyard at HMNB Devonport. In October 1941 he was awarded a bar to his George Medal after defusing a bomb in the docks in Falmouth.He served as a naval bomb safety officer during the Normandy Landings of June 1944, defusing many bombs, mines and shells, before clearing mines in the river Scheldt and habour basins in September of that year. He was then posted back to England and promoted to Lieutenant Commander.Bridge was awarded the George Cross in 1944 although the investiture did not take place until March 1945 for clearing enemy depth charges from Messina harbour in Sicily, preparing the way for the Allied invasion of Italy. He made 28 dives to defuse groups of booby trapped depth charges and rendered safe another 207 mines and depth charges, tethered at or below the waterline. His longest dive during the action lasted twenty hours. The citation for his George Cross read: "For the most conspicuous and prolonged bravery and contempt of death in clearing Messina Harbour of depth charges. The recommending officer stated that he had never before had the fortune to be associated with such cool and sustained bravery as Lieutenant Bridge displayed during the 10 days of the operation." Bridge received the medal from King George VI at Buckingham Palace on March 16, 1945.After his military service Bridge returned to his previous profession of teaching in 1946. He became director of education for Sunderland borough council in 1963 and retired in 1976. He wrote a volume of wartime memoirs entitled "Trip to Nijmegen". John Bridge died on 14 December 2006, aged 91.".
• John_Bridge award George_Cross.
• John_Bridge award George_Medal.
• John_Bridge award Medal_bar.
• John_Bridge award Queen's_Commendation_for_Brave_Conduct.
• John_Bridge birthDate "1915-02-05".
• John_Bridge birthPlace Warrington.
• John_Bridge birthYear "1915".
• John_Bridge deathDate "2006-12-14".
• John_Bridge deathPlace City_of_Sunderland.
• John_Bridge deathYear "2006".
• John_Bridge serviceEndYear "1946".
• John_Bridge serviceStartYear "1940".
• John_Bridge thumbnail John_Bridge_GC.jpg?width=300.
• John_Bridge wikiPageExternalLink db2901.xml.
• John_Bridge wikiPageExternalLink article757712.ece.
• John_Bridge wikiPageID "14173453".
• John_Bridge wikiPageRevisionID "555025318".
• John_Bridge awards George_Cross.
• John_Bridge awards Queen's_Commendation_for_Brave_Conduct.
• John_Bridge awards "George Medal and bar".
• John_Bridge birthDate "1915-02-05".
• John_Bridge birthPlace Warrington.
• John_Bridge dateOfBirth "1915-02-05".
• John_Bridge dateOfDeath "2006-12-14".
• John_Bridge deathDate "2006-12-14".
• John_Bridge deathPlace City_of_Sunderland.
• John_Bridge hasPhotoCollection John_Bridge.
• John_Bridge name "Bridge, John".
• John_Bridge name "John Bridge".
• John_Bridge placeOfBirth "Warrington".
• John_Bridge placeOfDeath "Sunderland".
• John_Bridge rank Lieutenant_commander.
• John_Bridge serviceyears "1940".
• John_Bridge shortDescription "Recipient of the George Cross".
• John_Bridge description "Recipient of the George Cross".
• John_Bridge description "Recipient of the George Cross".
• John_Bridge subject Category:1915_births.
• John_Bridge subject Category:2006_deaths.
• John_Bridge subject Category:Alumni_of_the_University_of_London.
• John_Bridge subject Category:Bomb_disposal_personnel.
• John_Bridge subject Category:British_recipients_of_the_George_Cross.
• John_Bridge subject Category:People_from_Warrington.
• John_Bridge subject Category:Recipients_of_the_George_Medal_and_bar.
• John_Bridge subject Category:Royal_Naval_Volunteer_Reserve_personnel_of_World_War_II.
• John_Bridge subject Category:Royal_Navy_officers.
• John_Bridge subject Category:Royal_Navy_recipients_of_the_George_Cross.
• John_Bridge type AlumniOfTheUniversityOfLondon.
• John_Bridge type Alumnus109786338.
• John_Bridge type CausalAgent100007347.
• John_Bridge type Intellectual109621545.
• John_Bridge type LivingThing100004258.
• John_Bridge type MilitaryOfficer110317007.
• John_Bridge type Object100002684.
• John_Bridge type Organism100004475.
• John_Bridge type PeopleFromWarrington.
• John_Bridge type Person100007846.
• John_Bridge type PhysicalEntity100001930.
• John_Bridge type RoyalNavyOfficers.
• John_Bridge type Scholar110557854.
• John_Bridge type Serviceman110582746.
• John_Bridge type SkilledWorker110605985.
• John_Bridge type Whole100003553.
• John_Bridge type Worker109632518.
• John_Bridge type YagoLegalActor.
• John_Bridge type YagoLegalActorGeo.
• John_Bridge type Agent.
• John_Bridge type MilitaryPerson.
• John_Bridge type Person.
• John_Bridge type Person.
• John_Bridge type Q215627.
• John_Bridge type Q5.
• John_Bridge type Agent.
• John_Bridge type NaturalPerson.
• John_Bridge type Thing.
• John_Bridge type Person.
• John_Bridge comment "Lieutenant Commander John Bridge GC, GM & bar (5 February 1915 - 14 December 2006) was a British bomb disposal expert of the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War. Awarded the George Cross, he was the first person to be awarded a bar to the George Medal.John Bridge was born on 5 February 1915 at Culcheth, near Warrington in Lancashire and attended Leigh Grammar School and the University of London to read Physics.".
• John_Bridge label "John Bridge".
• John_Bridge sameAs m.03cwv0j.
• John_Bridge sameAs Q6223141.
• John_Bridge sameAs Q6223141.
• John_Bridge sameAs John_Bridge.
• John_Bridge wasDerivedFrom John_Bridge?oldid=555025318.
• John_Bridge depiction John_Bridge_GC.jpg.
• John_Bridge givenName "John".
• John_Bridge isPrimaryTopicOf John_Bridge.
• John_Bridge name "Bridge, John".
• John_Bridge name "John Bridge".
• John_Bridge surname "Bridge".