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Although the following only mentions the name of one member of the
CHILDS
name, this CHILDS is one of the heroes of the 1918 "Raid on Zeebrugge"
> Lights out for the Lighterman: By Brian Zelley
>
> Over the years, there have been many folks connected to the barges of
> the Thames from the likes of the one they call William BRAMPTON from
> Bow
> to another of the DIGBY families such as Charles Robert DIGBY.
>
> In addition to serving as a lighterman (aka - bargeman) DIGBY was a
> gate
> man. Charles lived a Thames crossing away from the "Isle of Dogs" in
> the South Bank area of Rotherhithe between Bermondsey and Deptford.
>
> Some say Charles DIGBY married one Sarah HUTCHINGS not far from the
> "Old Kent Road". Some of the children born in the St. Olave District
> would include
> Florence, Sidney George, Catherine Ada and Elsie Lydia DIGBY, but
> there could have been more.
>
> As the years rolled by, the lights would fade and a spark lost on that
> dark April 23 rd of 1918 when Sidney George DIGBY of the Royal Navy
> was one of the men lost in the Raid of Zeebrugge. Two of his many
> shipmates
> were Able Seaman Albert Edward McKENZIE, V C and William CHILDS.
>
> There are many stories to tell concerning the events of April 1918 and
> the men of the Royal Navy and London Town. McKENZIE was recovering
> from wounds when the flu epidemic hit, sadly he died in October 1918
> at the Chatham Naval Hospital.
>
> The memory of the brave young men that fell will never fade!
>
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