Person:Bruce McAlster (1)

(S3) January 1943 - December 1947 Northumberland Colliery Apprentice, Ashington Colliery. Qualified as Fitter(S3) Trainee - 05.10.1942 Ropes - 26.10.1942 App.Fitter 08.01.43 Left Ashington Colliery 31.12.47 January - September 1948 : Bedlington F Pit, Fitter. Sep 1948 to July 1949 C.A. Parsns and Co. Ltd, Heaton Works, Newcastle upon Tyne, Fitter.

(S4)18 Sept 1948 to 31 May 1960: Married to Mona Thompson at Presbyterian Central Church, Ashington, Northumberland.

(S5)22 June 1951 Enlisted Royal Mechanical and Electrical Engineers 22561884 Private 1952 Promoted to Lance Corporal 14 Dec 1955 Germany 25 Nov 1958 Edinburgh Castle Promoted to Sergeant 18 Aug 1963 Malta 10.08.1965 Aden Emergency Awarded General Service Medal with Clasp 'South Arabia' 01 Sep 1967 Acting Staff Sergeant. Left at own request on completion of 16 years active service.

September 1967 - Sept 1968 Chief Clerk, Hughes Bolckow Limited, Blythe Oct 1968 - 1981 General Manager, Grand Depot and Weighbridge, Shepherds Scrap Metals, Byker, Newcastle Upon Tyne. 1981 Retired on medical grounds (Lung collapse)

1. ↑ Morpeth, Ashington, in Civil Registration, Birth
   No.126, 25 May 1926.

   Born at Fire Station, Ashington

2. ↑ North Tyneside, North Tyneside, in Civil Registration, Death
   40, 14 Oct 1993.

   Severe Chronic Obstructive Airways Disease and Emphysema with chest infection.

3.   Apprentice Fitter, in Certificates and References
   30 May 1947.

   Northern Counties Technical Examinations Council
   National Coal Board Northern Division - No.8 Area 'A' Group (Bedlington)
   No.9 Area and No.3 Area (Ashington)

4.   Decree Nisi Absolute, in 1960 Divorce Papers
   01 Sept 1960.

   Sunderland District Registery

5.   22561884, in Certificate of Service REME
   08 Sep 1967.

   Assesment of Military Conduct and Character : Exemplary