Frederick William Rushmore

A Seaman Cook,  with H. M. Trawler Argyllshire. Frederick died on 1st June 1940 at the age of 19.

Frederick was born at Pakefield on 3 April 1921, a son of William Warford and Jessie Jean Rushmore. In 1921 his family lived at 37 Pakefield Street, Pakefield, and by 1939 they were living at 17 Prospect Place, Lowestoft.

During World War Two Frederick served on the requisitioned trawler Argyllshire. The Argyllshire was used for minesweeping duties. At 02.45 on 1 June 1940 the Argyllshire was sunk by a German E-Boat S-34, a motor torpedo boat, off Dunkirk. The Argyllshire was involved in the Dunkirk evacuation at the time. Only five of the crew survived.