Ahoy - Mac's Web Log

August 23, 2010

Hi you seem to have a wealth of info about the Electra, and was wondering if you'd come across any references to a Petty Officer Stoker Albert Frank Patterson, he died when the Electra was sunk during the Java Sea battle of Feb 1942, he was my Great grandfather.

Regards
Paul Floyd

Paul,

Here is your Grandfather listed on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission site.

Casualty Details
      Name: PATTERSON, ALBERT FRANK
      Initials: A F
      Nationality: United Kingdom
      Rank: Petty Officer Stoker
      Regiment/Service: Royal Navy
      Unit Text: H.M.S. Electra
      Age: 36
      Date of Death: 27/02/1942
      Service No: C/KX 77268
      Additional information: Son of Albert and Edith Patterson; husband of Amy Elizabeth Patterson, of Chilham, Kent.
      Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
      Grave/Memorial Reference: 61, 1.
      Memorial: CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL
     

He is listed on the Chatham Naval Memorial on Panel 61, Column 1.

At this URL:
http://www.forcez-survivors.org.uk/biographies/listelectracrew.html is a crew list for Electra.

Regards,
Mac.



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