Frederick James Chamberlain

A Leading Seaman with H.M.S. Neptune, Frederick died on 19th of December 1941 aged 20. 

Frederick was born at Lowestoft on 10 July 1921, a son of Harry Albert and Ethel Maud Chamberlain. In 1939 his family lived at 67 Fir Lane. 

Frederick served with the light cruiser H.M.S. Neptune. On 18 December 1941 the Neptune, as part of Force K, was sent to intercept a convoy bound for Tripoli. During the night of 19-20 December, the Neptune struck two mines in a minefield. The ship then reversed out of the minefield and struck another mine, which crippled the ship, and the ship struck a fourth mine which led to the ship capsizing. Of the 767 men only board only thirty survived the sinking, and all but one of these died from wounds and exposure.