Frederick James Saunders

A Deck Hand, with the drifter Datum, Frederick died on 26th of October 1916 at the age of 22. 

Frederick was born at Spexhall, Suffolk, on 21 June 1893, a son of John and Rose Saunders. Frederick's mother died when he was a child and he lived with his aunt Annie E. Thompson at 7 Beach Road, Lowestoft. 

Frederick enrolled in the Royal Naval Reserve on 11 January 1915 and joined the drifter Datum on 16 January 1915.

During the night of 26-27 October 1916 the Datum was sunk by German destroyers. Frederick and all of the other members of the crew were lost.

For details of the attack on the Dover Barrage see: The German attack on the 'Dover Barrage' 26th/27th October 1916 (sussexhistoryforum.co.uk)