Frederick William Bond
Memorial: South Gloucestershire war dead not on a local memorial
Regiment: Royal Navy
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Able Seaman J/3547
Parents: Mrs Louisa Emily Crane
Home address: 7 Burchells Green Road, Two Mile Hill, Kingswood, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Sailor
Date of birth: 23/05/1893
Place of birth: Easton, Bristol
Date of death: 31/05/1916
Buried/Commemorated at: Died at sea and commemorated on Plymouth Naval Memorial. Not commemorated on a local memorial
Age: 23
Further information:
Frederick was born in Easton, Bristol and after leaving school, worked as a shoe repairer. He enlisted in the Navy on his 18th birthday in 1911 and later that same year was stationed in China and the East Indies. Frederick was described as 5' 5" tall with light brown hair, blue eyes and a fair complexion.
Frederick's first ship was the Impregnable and he served on several different ships in both peacetime and wartime. He joined the battlecruiser HMS Indefatigable in December 1913 and died during The Battle of Jutland (31/5/1916 -1/6/1916). He was killed on the first day of the battle, when the “Indefatigable” was hit amidships by two salvos of gunfire from the German battlecruiser “Von Der Tann”. One of the shells is thought to have scored a direct hit on the ship's magazine causing it to explode. The “Indefatigable” then sank by the stern within seconds taking 1,017 of her crew, including Frederick with her.
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://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?10778