Frederick Charles West

A Mate with M.V. Adaptity (London), Frederick died on 5th of October 1940 aged 36. 

It seems that Frederick’s birth was registered in the Wangford district in 1904 and some Merchant Navy records state that he was born at Barsham, Suffolk. Commonwealth War Graves records state that his parents were Charles and Sarah West, but no civil records have been traced that verify this. 

In 1928 Federick married Daisy E Sheldrake, this was registered in the Depwade district. By 1939 their home was at 18 Lowestoft Road, Carlton Colville. Later Daisy remarried.  

Frederick was the Mate of the coaster Adaptity. On 5 October 1940 the ship was sailing in the Thames Estuary and struck a mine and sank with the loss of four crew, including Frederick.