FRANK HUGH BUCK
Born: 30th May 1910, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk.
Died: 24th December 1941; age: 31; MPK.
Residence: 405, Woodbridge Road, Ipswich.
Occupation: Soft Furnishing Salesman.
Rank: Coder; Service Number: P/JX 205055.
Regiment: Royal Navy, H.M.S.’Salvia’
Memorial Reference:
Panel 53, Column 1.
Hampshire.
Relatives Notified & Address: Son of William Clement & Edith Buck; husband of Beatrice Louisa Buck.
CENSUS
1911 Market Hill, Clare, Suffolk.
Frank was 10 months old and living with his parents & brothers.
William Clement Buck, 41, a Clothier & Draper – Shopkeeper – employer- own account, born Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk.
Edith Buck (nee Enefer), 40, born Bristol, Gloucestershire.
Wilfred Buck, 6, born Bury St. Edmunds.
Roland Buck, 3, born Bury St. Edmunds.
1 milliner’s assistant
1 general domestic servant.
In 1935, Ipswich, Frank married Beatrice Louisa Page, born November 1908, Ipswich, daughter of Samuel James Page, a fowl & game dealer, and Maud Emma Page (nee Hart), of 10, Portman Road, Ipswich.
ENGLAND & WALES REGISTER 1939
Frank was a Soft Furnishing Salesman. He and Beatrice were living at their family home with 4 others – 229, Shorncliffe Road, Folkestone, Kent.
Probate to Beatrice Louisa Buck – widow.
24th December 1941
H.M.S. ‘Salvia’ was a Flower-class corvette, built by William Simons & Co. Ltd., Renfrew, Scotland in September 1940. Ordered by The Admiralty 31st August 1939, laid down 26th September 1939, launched 6th August 1940 and commissioned 20th September 1940.
On the 23rd December, H.M.S. ‘Salvia’ was escorting Convoy TA-5 when the steam prisoner ship ‘Shuntien’ was torpedoed and sank by U-559 (Kapitän Hans Heidtmann). H.M.S. ‘Savlia’ rescued ‘Shuntien’ Master William L. Shinn and 47 crew and an unknown number of Gunners of the Durham Light Infantry, and an estimated 850 Italian and German PoW’s. The corvette then made for Alexandria, a few hours later, at 01:35hrs on the 24th December, she too was torpedoed by U-559 (Kapitänleutnant Joachim Preuss), breaking her in two, spilling her black bunker oil onto the surface of the sea. The fuel caught fire and H.M.S. ‘Savlia’ sank. H.M.S. ‘Peony’ found the burning oil but no survivors.
2 Comments
Just to say Frank and Beatrice did not have any children, the information that they had four children is incorrect. I am Beatrice’s daughter from her second marriage and she did not have children with Frank Buck.
We have been unable to reply to your message – the e-mail address given failed.
Dear Valerie,
Thank you for your message on our web-site. Thank you too for correcting the mistakes on Frank Buck’s page.
We have now deleted the 4 children information. We have also now added the England & Wales Register from 1939, which is now available on-line. Frank & Beatrice were living at Shorncliffe Road, Folkstone, Kent.
Please may we ask if you have a photograph of Frank – taken at any age, that we may add to his profile page of our web-site?
Thank you and kind regards
Helen and Andrew