Identity
Person No.
41220
Service No.
K/17342
Last Name
First Name
Frederick Herbert
Initials
F H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
23
Military Service
Rank
Stoker 1st Class
Regiment
Secondary Unit
"B" Coy.
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
This was the first of the three British battlecruisers to be sunk at Jutland. She was struck by at least two salvoes from Hipper's battlecruisers around 15.58 on 31st May 1916. HMS Indefatigable was seen to sink by the stern, rolling over to port. There were two survivors from a crew of 1, 019
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Coordinates
Additional Information
Notes
Son of Lewis Coombs, of Clifford Farm, Bath, Somerset. Born Cape Town, South Africa.
Citation
***Accepted by CWGC for War Grave Status & burial site under investigation
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project