Frederick Jeremiah Warford

A Mate, Frederick died on 21st May 1947 at the age of 46. 

Frederick was born at Kirkley in 1901, a son of William Daniel and Laura Warford. In 1911 his family lived at 59 Saint Georges Road, Lowestoft.

Frederick, like his father, was a fisherman. During World War One Frederick served with the Fisheries Reserve and became a Deck Hand on the drifter 'Lord Roberts' (LT 149) [Note this is not the trawler Lord Roberts that was sunk in 1916]

On 6th January 1924 Frederick married Gladys Louisa Beavers at Saint Peters Church, Kirkley.

By 1939 Frederick and Gladys were living at 168 The Avenue, Lowestoft.

In 1947 Frederick was the Mate on the Trawler Bucentaur. On 21st May 1947 the Bucentaur was involved with a collision with the American merchant/troopship Wilson Victory, sailing from Bremerhaven (for details see Wood v. United States, 125 F. Supp. 42 (S.D.N.Y. 1954) :: Justia ).

The Bucentaur was lost with all hands.   

Gladys died in 1988 and Frederick is commemorated on her headstone at Kirkley Cemetery.