Service Details
Name:
 COOMBS
Given Name:
 FREDERICK HERBERT
Initials:
 F H
Service No:
 K/17342
Rank:
 Stoker 1st Class
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Regiment:
 Royal Navy
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Unit:
 H.M.S. "Indefatigable."
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Date of Death:
 1916-05-31
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Date of Birth:
 1892-12-04
Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, ship loss. 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 1019.
Additional
Information:
Son of Lewis James and Cecilia Dora Coombs, of Clifford Farm, Bath, Somerset. Born Cape Town, South Africa. A farm labourer
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Devon
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Cemetery:
 PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 15.

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