James Frank Nunn

A Third Hand with Sailing Trawler Loch Fyne (Lowestoft), James died on 6th of September 1915 at the age of 27.

James was born at Lowestoft on 21 December 1888, a son of James Frank and Anna Nunn. He was baptised at Saint Peter's Church, Kirkley, on 3 February 1889, and his family lived at 5 Clement Square. In 1891 James and his mother were living with her parents, James and Harriet Long, at Bell Corner, Carlton Colville. In 1901 his family lived at 2 Waverley Cottages, Beccles Road, Carlton Colville, and this would be James' home for the rest of his life. In 1911 James was working as a fisherman. 

In 1914 James married Elsie Maud Baldry. 

In September 1915 James was the Third Hand on the sailing trawler Loch Fyne, LT 1105. The trawler left Lowestoft on 6 September 1915 intending to fish the Leman and Owen Shoals and to return on 15 September. The trawler was not heard of again and there was no sign of the crew. There is no certain answer as to what happened to the Loch Fyne. The trawler's owner thought it had been sunk by a mine, but the Admiralty determined that the Loch Fyne was possibly sunk by a submarine because between 7 and 10 September 1915 six other Lowestoft fishing vessels had been sunk in the Leman and Owen Shoals. 

All four crew, including James, were lost. 

Note: Although Commonwealth War Grave records give James' date of death as 6 September 1915, the Loch Fyne was presumed to have been lost between 7 and 10 September 1915. 

See: 1914 – 1918 Lowestoft Fisherman: killed by enemy action – History of Lowestoft's Fishing Industry (wordpress.com)