Frederick George Cable

A Seaman with Steam Drifter Reliance (Lowestoft), Frederick died on 7th of October 1917 at the age of 38. 

Frederick was born at Lowestoft on 11 May 1879, a son of William and Sarah Ann Cable. He was baptised at Saint Margaret’s Church, Lowestoft, on 7 September 1879. In 1881 his family lived at Carlton Colville, and in 1891 their lived in a cottage at New Road, Carlton Colville. By 1901 they were living at 3 Victoria Road, Oulton Broad, and Frederick was a railway labourer. 

On 6 November 1902 Frederick married Ethel Rose Barnard at Saint Peter’s Church, Carlton Colville. Frederick was a labourer and they both lived at Carlton Colville. By 1911 their home was at 5 School Road, Oulton Broad, and Frederick worked as a general labourer for the Great Eastern Railway Company. By December 1914 Frederick was working as a fisherman.  

In 1917 Frederick was a seaman with the Drifter Reliance, LT 694. The Reliance sailed from Lowestoft, on Saturday 29 September, to fish between Wintertons Ridge and Smiths Knoll, and was due to return on Monday 8 October. The Reliance was seen by several boats outside Winterton Ridge during the evening of October 6. A member of the crew of the Lord Roberts, William Westmate, stated at an inquiry that his crew had hauled their nest and gone below when, about five minutes later, they heard an explosion. This was presumed to be the Reliance striking a mine. All ten of the Reliance’s crew were lost. 

See: 1914 – 1918 Lowestoft Fisherman: killed by enemy action – History of Lowestoft's Fishing Industry