1656068 Bombardier Frederick TERRY, 3 Maritime Regiment, Royal Artillery: 03/12/1943

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  1. La-de-da-Gunner Graham

    La-de-da-Gunner Graham Senior Member

    Remembering today:

    Casualty Details | CWGC
    Frederick James Terry
    Bombardier 1656068
    Royal Artillery, 3 Maritime Regt.
    Died: 3/12/1943
    Cemetery: BARI WAR CEMETERY
    Grave Reference: XIV. E. 20.
    Location: Italy
    Son of Herbert Cornelius and Clara Priscilla Terry; husband of Lillian Rosalind Terry, of Northfield, Birmingham.
    Personal Inscription NO SHADOWS YONDER, ALL LIGHT AND SONG

    :poppy: Remembered with honour.
     
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  2. Hugh MacLean

    Hugh MacLean Senior Member

    An old post but from my records: - the ship was FORT ATHABASKA. Lest we forget.

    TERRY
    , Bombardier, FREDERICK JAMES, 1656068, 3 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. (SS Fort Athabaska) 3 December 1943. Age 30. Son of Herbert Cornelius and Clara Priscilla Terry; husband of Lillian Rosalind Terry, of Northfield, Birmingham. Grave Ref. XIV. E. 20.

    Regards
    Hugh
     
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  3. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

    UK, Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945
    Name: Frederick Terry
    Given Initials: F J
    Rank: Bombardier
    Death Date: 3 Dec 1943
    Number: 1656068
    Birth Place: London N
    Residence: London N
    Branch at Enlistment: Royal Artillery
    Theatre of War: At sea
    Regiment at Death: Royal Artillery
    Branch at Death: Royal Artillery

    Italy, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current
    Name: Bmdr Frederick James Terry
    Death Date: 3 Dec 1943
    Cemetery: Bari War Cemetery
    Burial or Cremation Place: Bari, Città Metropolitana di Bari, Puglia, Italy
    Has Bio?: N
    Bmdr Frederick James Terry (Unknown-1943) - Find A...

    TD

    https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?140472

    I assume he is not mentioned in this list as he was NOT Merchant Navy ??
    https://www.wrecksite.eu/peopleView.aspx?w8PfUOrH3/ZVOA0WBdC7PLUSw==
     
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  4. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

    Might be him

    1939 England and Wales Register
    Name: Frederick J Terry
    Gender: Male
    Marital status: Married
    Birth Date: 31 Dec 1912
    Residence Year: 1939
    Address: 89, Cazenove Rd.
    Residence Place: Hackney, London, England
    Occupation: General Labourer Blclg
    Schedule Number: 156
    Sub Schedule Number: 1
    Enumeration District: AIBK
    Registration district: 12/1


    England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
    Name: Frederick J Terry
    Mother's Maiden Name: Tuson
    Registration Year: 1913
    Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
    Registration district: Edmonton
    Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
    Inferred County: Middlesex
    Volume: 3a
    Page: 1127

    TD
     
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  5. Hugh MacLean

    Hugh MacLean Senior Member

    He would not be in the list because Maritime Royal Artillery DEMS gunners are noted against their regiment and not the ship they died on - this makes tracing them difficult.
    Also, these online lists are rarely complete. Gunners although not MN, signed on as crew and are therfore entitled to be listed as such.
    Regards
    Hugh
     
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  6. timuk

    timuk Well-Known Member

    SS Fort Athabaska was one of the many ships sunk by German bombers during a major air raid on Bari on 2 December 1943. Added to which one of the damaged ships released mustard gas accounting for further loss of life.
    Air raid on Bari - Wikipedia

    Tim
     
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  7. timuk

    timuk Well-Known Member

    I wondered why he died a day after the air raid. Here we have it - Died of wounds:
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    Tim
     
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