George Bunn

A Fourth Hand with Sailing Trawler Loch Fyne (Lowestoft), George died on 6th of September 1915. 

George was born at Pakefield in early 1901, a son of Arthur and Sarah Bunn. In 1901 his family lived at 11 Carlton Road, Pakefield, and this was still their home in 1911. 

In September 1915 George was the Fourth Hand on the sailing trawler Loch Fyne, LT 1105. The trawler left Lowestoft on 6 September 1915 intending to fish the Leman and Owen Shoals and to return on 15 September. The trawler was not heard of again and there was no sign of the crew. There is no certain answer as to what happened to the Loch Fyne. The trawler's owner thought it had been sunk by a mine, but the Admiralty determined that the Loch Fyne was possibly sunk by a submarine because between 7 and 10 September 1915 six other Lowestoft fishing vessels had been sunk in the Leman and Owen Shoals.

All four crew, including George, were lost.

Note: Although Commonwealth War Grave records give George's date of death as 6 September 1915, the Loch Fyne was presumed to have been lost between 7 and 10 September 1915. 

See: 1914 – 1918 Lowestoft Fisherman: killed by enemy action – History of Lowestoft's Fishing Industry (wordpress.com)