Escape from Hong Kong - The Final Hours

Petty Officer (Buddy) S J Hide

Petty Officer (Buddy) S J Hide marries Dorothy L Dredge at St Michael's Church in Lewes on Tuesday 2^nd June 1942, just 11 days after arriving back from his epic escape from Hong Kong on Christmas Day 1941.

Back Row L to R: Edward Victor Dredge, ?, Frederick Hide, Joan Hide, ?, ?, Kathy Hide.

Front Row, L to R: Edward J Denyer, Mary Denyer, née Hide, Elizabeth Margaret Hide née Turner, Buddy Hide, with June Young in front, Dorothy Hide, née Dredge, Horace Young, Mrs. Louisa Dredge, née Cornwell, Mrs. Isabelle Young, née Dredge.

 

 

 

Buddy Hide's wedding was one of 42 "service" weddings in Lewes during 1942 ⁶⁴

A total of forty two planes crashed in the Lewes district during the war, ten of which were German Luftwaffe ⁶⁴

Buddy was the SPO on MTB 7 during the escape of the 2nd MTB Flotilla

 

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