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Frederick Raymond Stokes | |||
| Rank: | 3rd Radio Officer | ||
| Ship/Rgn/Sqn No: | Merchant Navy | ||
| Name of Rgt or Ship: | S.S. Fort Longueuill (London) | ||
| Died: | 20/09/1943 | Age: | 18 |
| Country of burial: | Lost at Sea | ||
| Cemetery or Memorial: | Tower Hill Memorial | ||
| Town Memorial: | Not Listed | ||
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Born during the September quarter 1925 in the Barton upon Irwell R.D. - ref:8c/907, the son of Fred & Adelaide Stokes (nee Wiliams). S.S. Fort Longueuill (London) - a MOWT ship (Ministry of War Transport). 7,128 GRT, Built 1942. Torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-532, part og the 'Monsun' patrol of nine U-boats in the Indian Ocean SW of Chagos Archipelago in position 10.00S, 68.00E, while sailing independently on a voyage from Kossier, Egypt and Aden to Freemantle, Port Kemble and Newcastle, NSW, Australia, with a cargo of 8,475 tonns of Phosphate. The master, 46 crew and 10 gunners were lost. | |||
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