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Able Seaman Frederick Aithwaite
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Able Seaman Frederick Aithwaite Veteran

Birth
Death
2 Mar 1944 (aged 18–19)
At Sea
Monument
Chatham, Medway Unitary Authority, Kent, England Add to Map
Plot
Panel 75, Column 1
Memorial ID
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Able Seaman Frederick Aithwaite SN: C/JX 373278
Service: Royal Navy
Ship: H.M.L.S.T. 362 - Landing ship (LST-1) Type
Deceased: Age 19
Circumstances of Death: MPK - Missing Presumed Killed

At 02:59 hrs. on 2 March 1944 the German submarine U-744 torpedoes and sinks HMS LST 362 in the combined convoy MKS-40/SL-149 in the North Atlantic south-west of Ireland in position 48º00'N, 17º23'W, during which incident Frederick was killed.

Citation(s):
1939-1945 Star, Atlantic Star & War Medal 1939-1945

Next of Kin: Son of E. and F. Aithwaite, of Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham.
Able Seaman Frederick Aithwaite SN: C/JX 373278
Service: Royal Navy
Ship: H.M.L.S.T. 362 - Landing ship (LST-1) Type
Deceased: Age 19
Circumstances of Death: MPK - Missing Presumed Killed

At 02:59 hrs. on 2 March 1944 the German submarine U-744 torpedoes and sinks HMS LST 362 in the combined convoy MKS-40/SL-149 in the North Atlantic south-west of Ireland in position 48º00'N, 17º23'W, during which incident Frederick was killed.

Citation(s):
1939-1945 Star, Atlantic Star & War Medal 1939-1945

Next of Kin: Son of E. and F. Aithwaite, of Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham.

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