Jack Cornwall Catchpole

A Seaman with H.M. Trawler Comet. Jack died on 30th of September 1940 at the age of 24. 

Jack was born at Kessingland on 12 September 1916, a son of Isaac John and Edith Annie Catchpole. He was baptised at Saint Edmund's Church, Kessingland, on 15 October 1916, and his family lived at 4 Belvidere, Kessingland Beach. By 1939 his family were living at 6 The Ridge, Kessingland, and Jack worked as a fisherman (weekly articles)

On 30 September 1940 the Comet sank after hitting a mine off Falmouth. Jack was among 15 crew who were killed.