Ronald Stanley George Worster b. 30 Sep 1908 Rochester, Kent d. Bet. Jul-Sep 1977 Colwyn, Clwyd, Wales

1908 - 1977 (68 years)

Name	Ronald Stanley George Worster
Birth	30 Sep 1908	Rochester, Kent [1, 2, 3]
Christening	Aft. 30 Sep 1908	St Peter with St Andrew, Rochester, Kent [4]
Gender	Male
Award	24 Dec 1940	Strood, Kent
Award	Civil Defence Gallantry Award
Death	Bet. Jul-Sep 1977	Colwyn, Clwyd, Wales [3]
Person ID	I184	Edward Worster's Tree (b.1760)
Last Modified	28 Nov 2024

Father	Charles Worster, b. 2 Apr 1860, Peckham, London d. 8 Aug 1933, Medway, Kent (Age 73 years)
Mother	Kate Burgess, b. 1872, Maidstone, Kent, England d. 9 Nov 1918, Medway, Kent (Age 46 years)
Marriage	4 Jun 1892	St. Paul, Newington, London
Family ID	F60	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Florence Emma Harman, b. 11 May 1906, Dartford, Kent d. Bet. Jan-Mar 1942, Barrow upon Soar, Leicestershire (Age 35 years)

Marriage Bet. Oct-Dec 1930 St Margaret, Rochester, Kent [5, 6]

Children

	1. Patricia Worster, b. 7 Jun 1931, Medway, Kent d. 7 Apr 2014 (Age 82 years)
	2. Rodney Worster, b. Bet. Jul-Sep 1935, Strood, Kent d. 19 Feb 1936, Strood, Kent (Age ~ 0 years)

Family ID F2062 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 22 Nov 2024

Family 2	Honoria Mary Smart, b. 5 Nov 1913, Pontypool, Monmouthshire, Wales d. Bet. Jan-Mar 1973, Aled, Denbighshire, Wales (Age 59 years)
Marriage	Bet. Oct-Dec 1942	Loughborough, Leicestershire [7]
Family ID	F22	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	29 Oct 2024

Event Map

Birth - 30 Sep 1908 - Rochester, Kent

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Histories

Civil Defence Gallantry Award - Ronald Stanley George Worster
London Gazette 17 Jan 1941

Civil Defence Gallantry Award

King's Commendation for Brave Conduct. Wireless Assistant Ronald Stanley George Worster, Special Wireless
Section, Eastern Command Signals. At 2135 hours on October 17th 1940, an enemy H.E. bomb exploded at the
entrance to Fort Bridgewoods. This bomb set fire to a stationary military lorry in which were seated six members of
the Auxiliary Territorial Service and two First Aid Nursing Yeomanry motor drivers. Messrs. Worster and Hilder were
about 20 feet from the spot where the bomb fell and although partially stunned by the explosion, entered the blazing
lorry. Mr. Worster at great personal risk rescued one of the F.A.N.Y. drivers who was badly injured, and whose
clothing was ablaze, by dragging her from the lorry and beating out the flames with his bare hands. In the meantime,
Mr. Hilder was rescuing the three surviving members of the A.T.S. from the lorry. He was then joined by Mr. Worster,
who by this time was suffering from his injuries and from shock, but who would not give up his rescue work until all
the occupants of the lorry had been extracted. LG 17 January 1941; 35043, p. 337

Sources

[S19] 1911 Census, Registration District Number 47, Sub-registration district Rochester and Chatham, ED 11, Piece 3895 (Reliability: 3).
[S102] 1939 England and Wales Register, Line Number 15, Schedule Number 279, Enumeration District Dima, Borough Rochester, Registration district 45-2. (Reliability: 3).
[S111] BMD Index - Deaths, Registration Date 1977, Registration Quarter Jul-Aug-Sep, Registration district Colwyn, Inferred County Clwyd, Volume 24, Page 0167 (Reliability: 3).
[S27] Kent Baptisms (Reliability: 3).
[S176] BMD Index - Marriages, Registration Date 1930, Registration Quarter Oct-Nov-Dec, Registration district Medway, Inferred County Kent, Volume Number 2a, Page number 1868 (Reliability: 3).
[S15] Kent Marriages (Reliability: 3).
[S176] BMD Index - Marriages, Registration Date 1942, Registration Quarter Oct-Nov-Dec, Registration district Loughborough, Inferred County Leicestershire, Volume Number 7a, Page number 359 (Reliability: 3).