Frederick William Witchell
Place of birth: Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Previous occupation: Coachbuilder (ironworks)
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Able Seaman
Service Number: Devonport Division J.26588
Joined Hood: 2nd January 1925
Left Hood: 4th January 1928
Biographical Information: Frederick Witchell joined the Royal Navy on 29 August 1913, at the age of 15, enlisting initially for 12 years. He served in Hood as an Able Seaman, and was discharged from the ship and the Royal Navy on medical grounds. He became a postman, but re-enlisted during the Second World War,and was one of three men who lost their lives when Her Majesty's Trawler (HMT) Kingston Sapphire was torpedoed by the Italian submarine Nani in position 36.11'N, 06.32'W, in the Atlantic twenty miles south of Cadiz, Spain, on 5 October 1940
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Sources
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
'Register of Deaths of Naval Ratings' (data extracted by Director of Naval Personnel (Disclosure Cell), Navy Command HQ, 2009)
Service Certificates provided by relative Judy Dunkley. UBoat Net website.