Frank Lawson Alp

A Lamp Trimmer with Trinity House Lighthouse and Pilotage Service Light Vessel No. 60 East Oaze, Frank died on 1st of November 1940 aged 37. 

Frank was born at Haddiscoe on 17 October 1903, a son of James and Rachel Annie Alp. He was baptised at Haddiscoe on 8 November 1903. By 1911 his family were living at 8 Fir Terrace, Fir Lane, Lowestoft. In 1921 his family lived at 9 Fir Terrace and Frank was an apprentice plater with Colby Brothers Shipbuilders at Oulton Broad. 
On 6 January 1931 Frank married Alice Maud Barber at Saint Margaret’s Church. Frank was a seaman and Alice a waitress and they both lived at 9 Fir Lane. In 1939 they lived at 55 Trafalgar Road, Gorleston, and Frank was a lamp trimmer with the Trinity House Lighthouse and Pilotage Service. Later Alice lived at Oulton Broad.

Frank served on the East Oaze Light Vessel, located in the Thames Estuary. On 1 November 1940 the ship was bombed and sunk by enemy aircraft. Frank was one of seven crew that were killed. 

Frank’s brother-in-law, Arthur Barber, served with the Royal Naval Reserve and died in 1918.