ALBERT FREDERICK CHARLES KING
From May through to September 2026, Andrew will be fulfilling his dream to hike the iconic Land’s End to John O’Groats! You are all warmly invited to follow Andrew’s epic journey on his Facebook page, “Andrew Beal LEJOG” https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577588795730
As Andrew hikes the 1,300+ miles, he will raise funds for the Ipswich War Memorial Project to help finance our future exhibitions and research of the brave Ipswich men and women who lost their lives in conflict. If you would like to make a small donation, please click on the link: https://gofund.me/5d4a50570
Thank you for your love and support. Andrew & Helen – I.W.M.P.
Images courtesy of Sandie Gooman
Born: 11th April 1920, Ipswich.
Died: 24th November 1941; age: 21; MPK torpedoed by the German submarine U-124
Residence: 45, Beck Street, Ipswich.
Occupation: a Chair Store Labourer.
Rank: Marine; Service Number: PO/X 4567.
Regiment: Royal Marines, H.M.S. ‘Dunedin.’
Memorial Reference:
Panel 59, Column 1.
Hampshire.
Relatives Notified & Address: Son of Albert William & Constance Victoria King, of Ipswich.
Father: Albert William King, born 1894, Boxford, Suffolk.
Mother: Constance Victoria King (nee Green), born September 1896, Ipswich.
CENSUS
1921 186, Rosehill Road, Ipswich.
Albert was 14 months old and lived with his parents at the home of his maternal grandparents, aunt, uncle, and cousins.
Frederick Green, 70 years & 6 months, Ship Joiner for R.&W. Paul – Merchants, of Ipswich, born Ipswich.
Amelia Green (nee Turtill), 64 years & 10 months, Home Duties, born Witnesham, Suffolk.
Eva Emma Turtill Green, 43 years & 8 months, Home Duties, born Witnesham.
Lancelot Lionel Green, 30 years & 6 months, Crane Fitter’s Mate for G.E.R., Ipswich.
Albert King, 27 years & 2 months, Horseman – unemployed.
Constance King, 24 years & 9 months, Home Duties.
Walter Charles Pallant Green, 12 years, at School, born 5th June 1909, Heathfield, Woodbridge Road, Ipswich (mother – Eva Emma Green).
Ivy May Green, 4 years & 11 months, at School, born 27th June 1917, Ipswich (mother – Eva Emma Green).
ENGLAND & WALES REGISTER 1939.
Albert was a Chair Store Labourer. He was living with his mother & siblings at their family home – 45, Beck Street, Ipswich.
Constance, unpaid Domestic Duties.
Rose Amelia King, a Lingerie Machinist, born October 1922, Ipswich.
Brian L. King, born 1932, Ipswich.
H.M.S. ‘Dunedin’.
H.M.S. ‘Dunedin’.
On 24 November 1941 HMS Dunedin was operating out of Freetown, South Africa, engaged in a search for a possible German raider in disguise. Her lookout spotted a mast that suddenly disappeared and she deviated from her course to investigate. He may well have spotted a periscope.
At 1526 hours, two torpedoes from the German submarine U-124 hit her and she sank rapidly. Only four officers and 63 men survived out of the Dunedin’s crew of 486 officers and men.
Lieutenant-Commander Watson was the senior surviving officer and he was to provide the first comprehensive report of the sinking and the survivors. The lifeboats were destroyed in the torpedo explosions so there were only very basic rafts and a ‘flottanet’ available to those who managed to get off the ship before she sank.
A family note
This is my uncle who I sadly never got to meet . He served as a marine on HMS Dunedin. There is a very good book written about the ship called Blood in the Sea. My uncle was the marine who had his appendix out on board the ship. The ship was torpedoed and sunk in 1941.
Sandie.
A second Ipswich man was killed onboard the ship, William David Smith.
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