Frederick Thomas Rudd

A Seaman with H.M.S. Cressy, Frederick died on 22nd of September 1914 aged17. 

Frederick was born at Lowestoft on 14 January 1897, a son of Frederick James and Ellen (Nellie) Rudd. In 1901 his family lived at Wood's Loke and by 1915 their home was at 36 Rotterdam Road. Frederick attended Yarmouth Road School, Oulton Broad. 

In 1914 Frederick worked on the trawler Stowe LT 70.  

Frederick joined the Royal Naval Reserve on 9 February 1914. Frederick was called out for service at the start of the First World War and on 3 August 1914 joined H.M.S. Cressy. 

On 28 August 1914 H.M.S. Cressy was part of the British naval force at the Battle of Heligoland Bight, but took no active part in the battle. On 22 September H.M.S. Cressy, sailing with sister ships Aboukir and Hogue, were in the Broad Fourteens area of the North Sea when each ship was sunk by torpedoes from German submarine U-9. A total of 560 men, including Frederick, were killed in the loss of the Cressy. 

On Saint Margaret's War Memorial (Roll of Honour has 'T. Rudd')

Note: on Frederick's Royal Naval Reserve service record he claimed to have been born in 1896.