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The CWGC record Acting Sub Lieutenant (E) as the son of Joshua and Mary Elizabeth Lutton of Dungannon, County Tyrone. |
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Fredrick Lutton is commemorated locally on Moy War Memorial as F J Lutton. |
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Acting Sub Lieutenant Frederick Lutton has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 4 of the Liverpool Naval Memorial. |
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HMS St Briac hit a mine and sank, leaving a total of 47 dead including Acting Sub Lieutenant Frederick Lutton. |
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On 12th March 1942, Acting Sub Lieutenant Lutton was on board HMS St Briac. Just before 1500 hours, Captain Rupert Lubbock sent a distress signal to say that the vessel had broken down in a south-easterly gale and was drifting towards a British minefield, 20 miles off Arbroath. |
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S.S. St Briac was a British Passenger Vessel built in 1924 for the Southern Railway Company. The ship was taken into service by the Royal Navy in June 1941. It served as a Fleet Air Arm target ship. |
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By 1942 Acting Sub Lieutenant Frederick Lutton was serving on board HMS St Briac. |
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Frederick Lutton served with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in World War Two. |
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Known family: Joshua Lutton, Mary Elizabeth Lutton, Annie Lutton (born 3rd February 1908), John Lutton (born 22nd March 1909), Gladys Lutton (born 28th March 1913), Frederick David Lutton (born 25th October 1915). |
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Frederick David Lutton was born on 25th October 1915 in the Benburb / Moy area. He was one of at least four children. |
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The 1911 census lists the family at house 4 in Culkeeran, Moy, County Tyrone. Joshua Lutton was an agricultural labourer. |
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Frederick David Lutton was the second son of Joshua and Mary Elizabeth Lutton. Joshua Lutton and Mary Elizabeth Wylie were married about 1907. |