Bernard Frederick Harding (1919 - 1945)

Born 1919 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 15 Jun 1945 at about age 26 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Bernard was born in 1919. He was the son of Charlotte Portsmouth Barber and Harry Eustace Harding. ^[1]

In 1921, he was living with his father, 2 step-siblings, mother and his aunt who was a visitor. ^[2]

His father died when he was only 16 years old (1935), and he got into some trouble after this and was sent to a Borstal (youth detention centre) in 1939. ^[3]

He was sentenced to 6 months hard labour in 1944, after stealing from a lodger in his widowed mother's house. ^[4]

He died on 15 June 1945, age 26, from cancer of the intestine. His death was witnessed by his mother, C.M. Harding at her house at 9 Devonshire Square Southsea. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007

   Name: Bernard F Harding

   Registration Date: Apr. 1919

   Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun

   Registration district: Portsmouth

   Inferred County: Hampshire

   Mother's Maiden Name: Portsmouth

   Volume Number: 2b

   Page number: 556

2. ↑ 1921 England Census

   First name(s): Frederick Bernard

   Last name: Harding

   Sex: Male

   Birth year: 1919

   Census date: 19 June 1921

   Age in years: 2

   Age in months: 2

   Age as transcribed: 2 y 2 m

   Relationship to head: Son

   Orphanhood: Both Parents Alive

   Birth place: Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

   Birth town: Portsmouth

   Birth county: Hampshire

   Birth country: England

   Birth place as transcribed Hampshire, Portsmouth

   Language used to complete form: English

   Person making return: Mr Harding

   House number: 17

   Street: Bevis Road, North End

   Address: 17 Bevis Road, North End

   Full address as transcribed: 17 Beris Rd, North End

   Parish Portsmouth

   Registration district Portsmouth

   Registration district number 90

   Sub-district North End & Buckland

   Sub-district number 1

   Enumeration district number 30

   County Hampshire

   Country England

   Ward of borough or urban district North End

   Parliamentary borough or division Portsmouth PB, North Div.

   Archive The National Archives

   Archive series RG 15

   Piece number 05192

   Schedule number 286

   District reference RD 90 RS 1 ED 30

   Schedule type code E

   Schedule type England household, single page, 10 entries

   Other household member's first name(s) Charlotte Maria, George Cobbett, Harry Eustace, Martha, Myrtle Cissie

   Other household member's last name Portsmouth, Harding

   Record set 1921 Census Of England & Wales

   Category Census, land & surveys

   Subcategory Census

   Collections from Great Britain, England

3. ↑ Portsmouth Evening News, "No Backbone. Sentence for Theft from Meter". 3 January 1939 Page 5.
4. ↑ The Evening News, 30 March 1944. "Robbed Fellow Lodger".
5. ↑ England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007

   Name: Bernard F Harding

   Death Age: 26

   Birth Date: abt 1919

   Registration Date: Apr. 1945

   Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun

   Registration district: Portsmouth

   Inferred County: Hampshire

   Volume: 2b

   Page: 649