Vessel Loss

Memorial: M2831

Gravestone at Embankment Road Cemetery, Kingsbridge, Devon commemorating the family of Frederick Norman Tucker, RN, d. 1914

Location

Embankment Road Cemetery, Kingsbridge, Devon, England

Transcript

‘IN / LOVING MEMORY OF / JAMES EDWARD LANE / DIED DECEMBER 14TH 1924 / AGED 83 YEARS / ALSO OF ELIZABETH / BELOVED WIFE OF THE ABOVE / DIED MARCH 20TH 1930 / AGED 82 YEARS / ALSO THEIR DAUGHTER / ELLA HONOR TUCKER / WIFE OF / FREDERICK NORMAN TUCKER / (HMS MONMOUTH 1914) / DIED AUGUST 8TH 1974 / AGED 87 YEARS'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Materials: Granite
Vessel: HMS Monmouth

Event

Battle of Cape Coronel

Event Date

1914

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Tucker, Frederick Norman
Age: 33
Date of Death: 1/11/1914
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Chief ship's cook
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Lyn Collins

JSON

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