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Ast.M.Eng. Wilfrid Sydney Christie
Mercantile Navy HMS Sunhill
(d.26th November 1918)
Wilfrid Christie was born on 15th August 1896 in Hinwick, Bedfordshire, son of Andrew & Sarah Christie, Park Lane, Blunham, Sandy, Bedfordshire. He had served at HMS Egmont, base ship Chatham and at the time of his death was at HMS Sunhill, base ship Portsmouth with the Mercantile Marine Reserve as an Assistant Motor Engineer . He died on 26th November 1918 at the Royal Naval Hospital, Portsmouth and is buried in Bedford Cemetery, Bedfordshire. He is remembered on the War Memorial, St. Edmunds church, Blunham. A pupil of Bedford Modern School 1908-14, commemorated on the School War Memorial, which was unveiled in 1923 and in the Roll of Honour, published in The Eagle, December 1923.