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Frederick George Strudley

A Petty Officer with H.M.S. Puckeridge, Frederick died on 13 December 1941 aged 21. 

Frederick was born at Henley, Oxfordshire, on 24 June 1920, a son of Charles Owen Strudley and Elsie May Blythe Strudley of Marlow Lock House, Mill Road, Marlow. 

Frederick married Peggy Irene Edith Jackson in 1941, this was registered in the Wycombe district. Commonwealth War Graves records show that Peggy lived at Lowestoft. 

Frederick served on H.M.S. Puckeridge. On 13 December 1941 his ship was off the Pembrokeshire Coast and was attacked by enemy aircraft. A bomb caused an explosion in an aft magazine. Eighteen ratings, including Frederick, were killed and 20 injured. 

Frederick is buried at Marlow Cemetery. 

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Frederick Strudley
Lowestoft
United Kingdom

52.481067540235, 1.7537561129322

CountryOfService
United Kingdom
BranchService
Naval
Regiment
Royal Navy
ServiceNumber
P/JX 151469
Burial/Memorial
United Kingdom
MARLOW CEMETERY
Sec. A. Row H. Grave 12.

Comments

Kelly (not verified) Mon, 04/21/2025 - 18:53

If he died in 1941 then he would not have been on HMS Puckeridge when it sank in 1943?

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