Frederick William Edwin Packer

Memorial: Bitton - St Mary's Church

Rank and number: Civilian

Parents: Edwin John and Ethel Elizabeth Packer

Marital status: Married

Home address: 152 Longmead Avenue, Bishopston, Bristol.

Pre-war occupation: Not known

Date of birth: 05/01/1907

Date of death: 25/09/1940

Buried/Commemorated at: Commemorated St. George's Chapel, Westminster Abbey in the Rural District of Sodbury Section of the Civilian War Dead Register and St Mary’s Church War Memorial Bitton

Age: 33

Further information:

Son of a manual worker in the local chocolate factory, Frederick was 1 of 2 brothers. He married Margaret Mary Jennings in 1936.

Frederick was an employee of Bristol Aeroplane Company and is commemorated on the company’s war memorial inside St Peter’s Church. He was killed as a result of a bombing raid at Bristol Aeroplane Co. Works at Filton.

By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):

This information is based by kind permission on the following source: John Penny.
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
http://www.glosgen.co.uk/warmem/bittonwm.htm