James Willcox Berridge MBE (1918 - 2012)

Born 19 Nov 1918 in Ireland

Ancestors

Died 25 May 2012 at age 93 in County Wexford, Ireland

Biography

James was born in 1918. James's birth was registered in 1918 in Ireland.^[1]

Brigadier James Willcox Berridge was born on 19 November 1918.1 He was the son of Lieutenant Richard Berridge and Mary Eulalia Lesley. He married Baroness Prisca Isabelle Marie Josephe Huberte Ghislaine van der Straten Waillet, daughter of Baron Joseph van der Straten Waillet, on 4 October 1952. He died on 25 May 2012 at age 93.

He was educated at Downside School, Bath, Somerset, England and graduated from Peterhouse College, Cambridge University, England. He fought in the Second World War1 and in the Palestine Campaign in 1947. He was appointed Member, Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.) in 1957. He retired from the military in 1966, with the rank of Brigadier, late of the Irish Guards.

Research Notes

Children of Brigadier James Willcox Berridge and Baroness Prisca Isabelle Marie Josephe Huberte Ghislaine van der Straten Waillet;

• Veronica Eulalia Marie Berridge b. 14 Jul 1953
• Patrick Richard Berridge b. 1 Mar 1956
• Dominic James Berridge b. 5 Jul 1958
• Beatrice Anne Marie Berridge b. 11 Nov 1960 ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth Registration: "Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958"
   Original data: "Ireland, Civil Registration Indexes 1845-1958,” Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah. General Register Office, Republic of Ireland. "Quarterly Returns of Births in Ireland with Index to Births."; Volume: 2; Page: 487; FHL Film Number: 101077
   Ancestry uk Record 2573 #7520231 (accessed 3 August 2023)
   James Willcox Berridge birth 1918 in Ireland.
2. ↑ https://thepeerage.com/p27242.htm The Peerage