Frederick John Edward Greenland (1880 - 1914)

Born 1880 in Folkestone, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 22 Sep 1914 at about age 34 in At Sea

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Biography

Frederick Greenland was born in Kent, England.

Frederick was born in 1880 and his birth was registered in Dec Qtr 1880 in Elham R.D. Kent, England ^[1] He was baptised at the church of St Mary and St Eanswythe (spelt Eanswith in some records) on 17 October 1880. ^[2]

At the 1881 Census the family were resident at 60 Dover Road, Folkestone ^[3], and in 1891 at 1 Radnor Place Folkestone ^[4].

In 1907 Frederick married Caroline Murphy. ^[5]

Frederick Greenland is a Military Veteran.
Served in the Royal Navy unknown-1914 during the Great War.

At some stage Frederick joined the Royal Navy and at the outbreak of WW1 was serving as an Able Seaman, Service Number 197040, in HMS Hogue, a cruiser of the 7th Cruiser Squadron. On 22 September 1914 HMS Hogue, along with her sister ships HMS Cressy and HMS Aboukir, was torpedoed by the German submarine U-9 with the loss of over 1,450 lives. ^[6] Many of these were reservists called up to man the fleet just before the outbreak of war. Frederick's body was not recovered.

Frederick is commemorated on the Naval Memorial at Chatham, Kent, ^[7], and on the Folkestone War Memorial. ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Birth (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content : accessed 11 Nov 2022), database entry for GREENLAND, FREDERICK JOHN EDWARD (Mother's maiden surname: VIDLER). GRO Reference: 1880 D Quarter in ELHAM Volume 02A Page 917.
2. ↑ ."England, Kent, Canterbury Parish Registers, 1538-1986," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGNV-RDDS : 19 April 2019), Frederick John Edward Greenland, 17 Oct 1880; from " Kent, Canterbury Archdeaconry Parish Registers Browse, 1538-1913," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d); citing Baptism, Folkestone St Mary and St Eanswythe, Kent, England, United Kingdom, Citing Canterbury Cathedral Archives, England.
3. ↑ "England, Kent, Canterbury Parish Registers, 1538-1986," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGNV-RDDS : 19 April 2019), Frederick John Edward Greenland, 17 Oct 1880; from " Kent, Canterbury Archdeaconry Parish Registers Browse, 1538-1913," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d); citing Baptism, Folkestone St Mary and St Eanswythe, Kent, England, United Kingdom, Citing Canterbury Cathedral Archives, England.
4. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q261-HW2 : 22 February 2021), Frederick J L Greenland in household of John M Greenland, Folkestone, Kent, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Kent county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
5. ↑ Marriage "Marriage Index" (https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=vA5gimTxMe%2FZmwNUWoNcNQ&scan=1 : accessed 11 Nov 2022) FreeBMD, database online for Caroline Murphy and Frederick Greenland, 1907 Sep Quarter District: Eltham Vol: 2a Page 2391.
6. ↑ National Archives Live Bait Squadron Accessed 11 Nov 2022
7. ↑ Commonwealth War Graves Commission Frederick John Greenland Accessed 11 Nov 2022
8. ↑ War Memorials Online Folkestone War Memorial Accessed 11 Nov 2022