Frederick James Burroughs

An Engineman with H.M. Drifter City of Liverpool, Frederick died on 31st of July 1918 at the age of 23. 

Frederick was born at Lowestoft on 15 November 1894, a son of Sidney Robert and Laura Emma (Ann) Burroughs. He was baptised at Saint Margaret’s Church on 23 December 1894 and his family lived at 276 Raglan Street. In 1901 they lived at 207 Raglan Street, and by 1911 their home was at Aldeby House, Whapload Road, and Frederick was a fisherman. Later his parents lived at 19 Grove Road. 

Frederick joined the Royal Naval Reserve on 14 December 1914. He served on the trawler Try Again and then the trawler Ocean Hope, until 24 July 1917, when he joined the trawler City of Liverpool. 

On 31 July 1918 the City of Liverpool was sailing in an area known as the Downs, off South Foreland, when the trawler struck a mine. All ten of the crew, including Frederick, were lost.