Frederick William John Pontin
Place of birth: Reading, Berkshire, England
Previous occupation: Kiln Labourer
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Regulating Petty Officer
Service Number: J28160
Joined Hood: 4th May 1935 (Regulating Petty Officer)
Left Hood: 8th June 1939 (Regulating Petty Officer)
Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.
History of ships served in and ratings held:
Date From | Date to | Ship | Rating | Source |
17th October 1913 | 22nd October 1913 | Impregnable | Boy 2nd Class | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
23rd October 1913 | 6th June 1914 | Powerful | Boy 2nd Class | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
7th June 1914 | 24th June 1914 | Powerful | Boy 1st Class | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
25th June 1914 | 4th December 1914 | Edgar | Boy 1st Class | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
5th December 1914 | 8th January 1915 | Victory I | Boy 1st Class | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
9th January 1915 | 3rd October 1915 | Bellerophon | Boy 1st Class | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
4th October 1915 | 20th September 1916 | Bellerophon | Ordinary Seaman | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
21st September 1916 | 27th November 1918 | Bellerophon | Able Seaman | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
26th September 1919 | 13th February 1920 | Victory I | Leading Seaman | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
14th February 1920 | 31st May 1921 | Columbine (Wallace) | Leading Seaman | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
1st June 1921 | 17th March 1922 | Columbine (Wallace) | Petty Officer | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
18th March 1922 | 8th September 1924 | Victory I | Petty Officer | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
9th September 1924 | 16th March 1925 | Malaya | Petty Officer | ADM362/43 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
17th March 1925 | 12th June 1925 | Victory I | Petty Officer | ADM362/43 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
13th June 1925 | 8th September 1925 | Victory I | Acting Regulating Petty Officer | ADM362/43 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
9th September 1925 | 12th June 1926 | Lucia | Acting Regulating Petty Officer | ADM362/43 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
13th June 1926 | 8th December 1926 | Lucia | Regulating Petty Officer | ADM362/43 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
9th December 1926 | 26th July 1930 | Victory I | Regulating Petty Officer | ADM363/243 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
3rd March 1930 | 1st June 1930 | Vindictive | Regulating Petty Officer | ADM363/243 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
2nd June 1930 | 26th June 1932 | Iroquois | Regulating Petty Officer | ADM363/243 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
27th July 1930 | 2nd March 1930 | Victory 2 (5) | Regulating Petty Officer | ADM363/243 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
5th April 1932 | 3rd May 1935 | Vernon | Regulating Petty Officer | ADM363/243 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
27th June 1932 | 4th April 1932 | Victory 2 | Regulating Petty Officer | ADM363/243 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
4th May 1935 | 8th June 1939 | Hood | Regulating Petty Officer | ADM363/243 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
Additional Photographs
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Memorials
No known memorials
No known memorials
Sources
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
'Register of Deaths of Naval Ratings' (data extracted by Director of Naval Personnel (Disclosure Cell), Navy Command HQ, 2009)
ADM188/703, ADM362/43 and ADM363/243 via WW1 Lives at Sea