England Bertram Frederick Driver T/1626641 - Revision history

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	To read detailed accounts of the loss of the SS Abukir, please click [https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?1174 here], and [https://www.revolvy.com/main/index.php?s=SS%20Abukir&item_type=topic here].		To read detailed accounts of the loss of the SS Abukir, please click [https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?1174 here], and [https://www.revolvy.com/main/index.php?s=SS%20Abukir&item_type=topic here].
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		+	Thanks are due to Laura Robinson for the better image of Private England and for family information.

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 |Wounded=Not as far as is known.
 |Prisoner of War=No.
-|Died/Killed in action=27/28 May 1940 on board [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Abukir SS Abukir], torpedoed after leaving Ostende bound for the UK.
+|Died/Killed in action=27/28 May 1940 on board [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Abukir SS Abukir], torpedoed by an enemy E-Boat after leaving Ostende bound for the UK.
 |Home address=Son of Charles and Elizabeth Lucy Jane England.  Resided at 35, Chippenham Road, Paddington.  Buried originally in Esens, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frisian_Islands Friesian Islands] but re-interred in Sage War Cemetery Grave 13, plot 6, row A.
 |Image Name=IMG_0090-4.JPG

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 |Died/Killed in action=27/28 May 1940 on board [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Abukir SS Abukir], torpedoed after leaving Ostende bound for the UK.
 |Home address=Son of Charles and Elizabeth Lucy Jane England.  Resided at 35, Chippenham Road, Paddington.  Buried originally in Esens, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frisian_Islands Friesian Islands] but re-interred in Sage War Cemetery Grave 13, plot 6, row A.
-|Image Name=File:IMG_0090-4.JPG
+|Image Name=IMG_0090-4.JPG
 |Image Title=Driver Bertram Frederick England RASC
 }}
 To read detailed accounts of the loss of the SS Abukir, please click [https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?1174 here], and [https://www.revolvy.com/main/index.php?s=SS%20Abukir&item_type=topic here].

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 |Died/Killed in action=27/28 May 1940 on board [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Abukir SS Abukir], torpedoed after leaving Ostende bound for the UK.
 |Home address=Son of Charles and Elizabeth Lucy Jane England.  Resided at 35, Chippenham Road, Paddington.  Buried originally in Esens, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frisian_Islands Friesian Islands] but re-interred in Sage War Cemetery Grave 13, plot 6, row A.
-|Image Name=IMG_0090-1.JPG
+|Image Name=File:IMG_0090-4.JPG
 |Image Title=Driver Bertram Frederick England RASC
 }}
 To read detailed accounts of the loss of the SS Abukir, please click [https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?1174 here], and [https://www.revolvy.com/main/index.php?s=SS%20Abukir&item_type=topic here].

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 |Wounded=Not as far as is known.
 |Prisoner of War=No.
-|Died/Killed in action=27/28 May 1940 on board [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Abukir SS Abukir], [http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?1174 torpedoed] after leaving Ostende bound for the UK.
+|Died/Killed in action=27/28 May 1940 on board [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Abukir SS Abukir], torpedoed after leaving Ostende bound for the UK.
 |Home address=Son of Charles and Elizabeth Lucy Jane England.  Resided at 35, Chippenham Road, Paddington.  Buried originally in Esens, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frisian_Islands Friesian Islands] but re-interred in Sage War Cemetery Grave 13, plot 6, row A.
 |Image Name=IMG_0090-1.JPG

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 {{personnel
 |Surname and forenames=England Bertram Frederick
-|Army number=T/1626641
+|Army number=T/162641
 |Rank=Driver
 |Decorations=None as far as is known.
-|Date of birth=Not yet known.
+|Date of birth=Born Paddington, Greater London, September 1916, mother's maiden surname Lott.
-|Age=22 at the time of his death.
+|Age=23 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Army Service Corps.  Date not yet ascertained.  Posted to 8 DTC.  Posted to 15 Division Supply Column, Chertsey.  Posted 23 Division Supply Column.
+|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Army Service Corps on 13th February 1940 at Acton.  Posted to No. 8 Driver Training Centre, Felixstowe.  Posted to No. 8 Mobilisation Control Centre.  Posted to 15 Division Supply Column, Chertsey 28/3/1940.  Posted 23 Division Supply Column, Chertsey 28/3/1940.  Embarked to join BEF 13th April 1940.  Served BEF.  Killed in action 27/28 May 1940.
 |Company/Battery=Not yet known.
 |Task or role=Driver.
-|Joined Brigade=Date of Column joining 23 Division not yet confirmed.
+|Joined Brigade=Date of Column joining 23 Division not yet confirmed, but embarkation for BEF was on same day, therefore 13/4/1940.
 |Promotions=None as far as is known.
 |Wounded=Not as far as is known.
 |Prisoner of War=No.
 |Died/Killed in action=27/28 May 1940 on board SS Abukir, torpedoed after leaving Ostend bound for the UK.
-|Home address=No family information as yet.
+|Home address=Son of Charles and Elizabeth Lucy Jane England.  Resided at 35, Chippenham Road, Paddington.  Buried originally in Esens, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frisian_Islands Friesian Islands] but re-interred in Sage War Cemetery Grave 13, plot 6, row A.
 }}
 To read detailed accounts of the loss of the SS Abukir, please click [https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?1174 here], and [https://www.revolvy.com/main/index.php?s=SS%20Abukir&item_type=topic here].

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−	To read detailed accounts of the loss of the SS Abukir, please click [https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?1174 here].	+	To read detailed accounts of the loss of the SS Abukir, please click [https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?1174 here], and [https://www.revolvy.com/main/index.php?s=SS%20Abukir&item_type=topic here].

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	\|Home address=No family information as yet.		\|Home address=No family information as yet.
	}}		}}
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		+	To read detailed accounts of the loss of the SS Abukir, please click [https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?1174 here].