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Military service
Age:
20
Rank:
Able-bodied seaman
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
SS Pomeranian (Glasgow) (85193)
Birth:
Hampstead, London, England
Death:
April 15, 1918
Portland Bill, England
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Son of Robert Alderton and Mary Elizabeth Lasbury, of Holloway, London, England.
This steam and sail cargo ship was torpedoed by UC-77 on April 15, 1918, 9 miles (14.5 km) northwest of Portland Bill, England. A total of 55 people lost their lives.
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Able-bodied seaman Frederick John Alderton
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Able-bodied seaman Frederick John Alderton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 9 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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