Frederick Golding
Memorial: Staple Hill - Page Park
Regiment: Royal Marines
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Marine
Marital status: Married
Home address: Council Houses, Tower Road South Warmley
Pre-war occupation: Pipe worker at the pottery works
Date of birth: 24/08/1917
Date of death: 19/08/1941
Buried/Commemorated at: No known burial site but commemorated Portsmouth Naval Memorial and Staple Hill War Memorial
Age: 23
Further information:
Frederick married Irene Elsie Amy Comley around 1939. He died as a passenger on the steamship SS Aguila. The ship was travelling as part of a convoy, from Liverpool to Lisbon, carrying general cargo and passengers, when it was hit by torpedoes from U-boat 201 west-southwest of Fastnet Rock in the early hours of August 19th. The ship sunk within 90 seconds of being hit and Frederick and 147 other lives were lost including a Naval Commodore and 21 women of the WRNS.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
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/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/
https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/1063.html