Frederick Nathan Mills

A Chief Engineer with Steam Trawler Condor (Scarborough), Frederick died on 29th of May 1915 at the age of 38. 

Frederick was born at Lowestoft on 25 November 1876, a son of William Robert and Esther Mills. In 1881 his family lived at 52 Crown Street, Lowestoft. Frederick attended Clapham Road School and, from 21 April 1884, was a pupil at Saint Margaret’s School. Sometime after 1884 his family moved to Duke’s Head Street, Lowestoft. By 1891 Frederick’s father had died and his mother had married George Chilvers, and the family were living at 9 Vine Street, Kingston-upon-Hull. By 1901 Frederick’s mother had died and lived with his brother William, and family, at 13 Pleasant Place, Hull. Frederick’s sister, Clara, moved back to Lowestoft, married Frederick Plant, and, in 1911, lived at 2 Volta Terrace, Norwich Road. 

Frederick married Maud Edith Page, who was from Lowestoft, at Hull in 1904. In 1911 they lived at 4 Deighton Place, Porter Street, Hull. Later Maud lived at 4 Church Street, Scarborough.  

In May 1915 Frederick was the Chief Engineer of the trawler Condor. 

In December 1914 the German light cruiser laid an extremely dense minefield off Scarborough. During the following months, despite efforts to clear the mines, several ships were sunk by these mines. The last vessel thought to have been sunk by these mines was the fishing trawler Condor which sank seven miles north-east of Scarborough with the loss of all nine crew, including Frederick.