Telegraphist D/JX 573578 Edward John Caffrey
Regiment: Royal Navy - H.M.S. Whitaker
Theatre of War: At Sea
Date of death: 1st of November 1944
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial
Census details:
1939 Register - Not identified.
HMS Whitaker (K 580)
[pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/HMSWhitaker.jpg[/pic][caption]HMS Whitaker[/caption]
HMS Whitaker was a [i]Captain[/i] Class Frigate. (1,400 Tons and 306 ft long)
HMS Whitaker (Commanded by Lt. [i]Glynn Percy Watkin[/i] Edwards, RN) was torpedoed off Malin Head in position 55 30 N, 07 39 W by the German submarine U-483, a total loss, towed to port and returned to the USN in March 1945 and Scrapped.
88 members of her crew perished including Edward John Caffrey who was listed as 'missing presumed killed'.
[pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/DJX_573578_Edward_John_Caffrey_zps1093b810.jpg[/pic][caption]The panel on the Plymouth Naval Memorial
bearing the name of Telegraphist Edward John Caffrey[/caption]
