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Frederick Pinkney

An Engineman with H.M. Drifter Persistive, Frederick died on 9th of February 1916 at the age of 42. 

Frederick was born at Shadingfield, Suffolk, on 5 February 1874, a son of Edward and Maria Pinkney. (Note that this is the date of birth given on his Royal Naval Reserve service sheet).  

Memories

The crew of the Drifter Persistive on 9 February 1916

CHAPMAN, Herbert Edward (Survived) CHURCH, David HAYLOCK, Albert Harry Green PINKNEY, FrederickPOPE, Edwin William (From Falmouth) RODWELL, John Martin SIMPSON, Alexander Kelman (From Aberdeen) WHATLING, Harry John

By the second half of 1915, the smaller, mine-laying UC-class U-boats were also adding their own mines to the mix, on an almost daily basis. On October 12, they claimed the Yarmouth drifter, Frons Olivae YH 217, off North Foreland and, a few days later, the Fraserburgh boat, Star of Buchan FR 534, just east of Isle of Wight. The following February the Kessingland-owned Persistive LT 42, was mined off Dover - CREDIT:fishingnews.co.uk

Lived at

Frederick Pinkney
Wooden Cottage
Rochester Road
Lowestoft
United Kingdom

52.4571539, 1.7368328

CountryOfService
United Kingdom
BranchService
Naval
Regiment
Royal Naval Reserve
ServiceNumber
1790ES
Burial/Memorial
United Kingdom
CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL
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