Vessel Loss

Memorial: M1509

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Leslie Frost d. 1944

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

‘LESLIE FROST / 32 / 2nd. Officer / S.S. ‘Wayfarer’ / Lost in / Indian Ocean / 19 Aug. 1944'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: SS Wayfarer

Event Category

1939-1945 Second World War

People

Frost, Leslie
Age: 32
Date of Death: 19/8/1944
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: 2nd Officer
Organisation: Thos. & Jas. Harrison, Liverpool

Extra

Notes: 'Wayfarer' Thomas & James Harrison, Liverpool, sunk by U-boat in the Indian Ocean with the loss of 51 lives.

Bibliography: Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001)

Recorder: P Lacey

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