Leslie Frederick Goldspink

An Engineman with H.M.Trawler Sisapon. Leslie died on 12th of June 1940 at the age of 33. 

Leslie was born at Kirkley on 24 July 1906, a son of Harold and Clara Goldspink. He was baptised at Saint Peter's Church, Kirkley, on 19 October 1906 and his family lived at 12 Lorne Road. By 1911 his family lived at 50 Acton Road, Kirkley. In 1921 his family lived at 16 Blackheath Road and Leslie was an apprentice barber working for Watkins and Lockwood at 261 London Road. 

On 12 December 1936 Leslie married Ivy Maud Cooper at Saint Margaret's Church, Lowestoft. Leslie was living at Oulton Broad, and working as a fisherman, and Ivy lived at 60 Reeve Street. By 1939 they were living at 23 Durban Road, and later Ivy lived at 14 Colville Road. In 1939 Leslie worked as a stoker.

During World War Two Leslie served on H. M. Trawler Sisapon. On 12 June 1940 the Sisapon struck and mine and sank in the North Sea, off Harwich, with the loss of eleven crew, including Leslie.