Stoker 1st Class Frederick Harold Rumsey
Royal Navy. HM Trawler "Ralco" (minesweeper)
6/10/1918

 

Second son of Captain James Walter & Mrs M A Rumsey of Portsmouth
One of two brothers who both fell.

Died of influenza, aged 23 years

NEWS ITEM in Jersey Evening Post of Wednesday 16 October 1918

Roll of Honour. The many friends of Captain & Mrs Walter Rumsey, formerly of Jersey, will regret to learn that they have received news that their second son, Frederick, who had been serving in the Royal Navy for the last few years, died in Russia on 6 October from influenza. The deceased sailor, who was 23, was born in Jersey and was well known here. Unfortunately this is the second son the parents have lost in the war, their eldest son having been killed in France. We tender the bereaved family our sincere condolences.

 

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Record

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