1902 Apr 28 born Devon
1911 census at Commercial Hotel, Lower Qury Hiil, Falmouth
1921 Jul 1 enlisted with RIC no 82211 ex-soldier & wireless operator
1921 Jul 9 resigned - business matters
1933 Married in Liverpool to Eleanor Roberts
WW2 Merchant Seaman's Medal
1940 Sep 27 Died. Between 00.50 and 00.52 hours attacked and Sunk by U-137. . Manchester Brigade, having survived the first World War, was sunk on 26 September 1940 after being torpedoed by U-137 when bound for Montreal in convoy off Malin Head, to the north of Ireland; 58 crew were lost. The Manchester Brigade (Master Frederick L. Clough) was the ship of convoy commodore Vice-Admiral Humphrey Hugh Smith, DSO, RNR. The master, the commodore, five naval staff members, 50 crew members and one gunner were lost. Four crew members were picked up by the French hospital ship Canada and landed at Gibraltar.
