Frederick Kenyon
Memorial: Thornbury & District Museum: 6th Maritime Regiment Memorial
Regiment: 6th Maritime Regiment
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Gunner
Home address: 6 Victoria Terrace Front, Burnley, Lancashire
Pre-war occupation: General Labourer
Date of birth: 31/07/1915
Place of birth: Burnley
Date of death: 17/08/1943
Buried/Commemorated at: Died at sea and commemorated Plymouth Naval Memorial Devon and the Maritime Memorial Thornbury
Age: 28
Further information:
Frederick was born in Burnley and in 1939 he was single and lodging with the Martin family as well as an older brother, James, who was working in the cotton factory.
On the day of his death, Frederick was serving aboard the unescorted British Motor Merchant 'Empire Stanley' which was on route from Durban South Africa to Aden Yemen carrying a cargo of 8890 tons of coal. At 15.50 hours on 17 Aug 1943, the vessel was torpedoed and sunk by U-boat U-197 south-southeast of Cap Sainte Marie, Madagascar. The master, 18 crew members, one passenger and five gunners, including Frederick, were lost. Of the 29 survivors rescued, 20 were landed at Bombay and 9 at Durban.
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.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/
https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/3043.html