FREDERICK ARTHUR CALLABY
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.
Born: 7th December 1917, Ipswich.
Died: 29th May 1941; age: 23; died as a result of a direct hit from a dive bombing aircraft.
Rank: Able Seaman; Service Number: C/JX 138727.
Regiment: Royal Navy, H.M.S. ‘Dido.’
Memorial Reference:
42.2.
Chatham,
Kent.
Relatives Notified & Address: Son of Charles Bertie & Emily Harriet Callaby, of 99, Back Hamlet, Ipswich; husband of Florence Rosalind Daisy Callaby, of Ipswich.
Father: Charles Bartram Callaby, born June 1887, Narborough, Norfolk.
Mother: Florence Lilian Callaby (nee Makin), born 1891, Ipswich – died 1918, Ipswich.
Stepmother: Emily Harriet Callaby (nee Freestone), born June 1895, Lowestoft, Suffolk.
Stepbrother: Peter Edward Callaby, born 1928, Ipswich.
CENSUS
1921 18, Devonshire Road, Ipswich.
Frederick was 3 years and 6 months old and lived with his father, stepmother and sister.
Charles Callaby, 34 years old, a Railway Ticket Collector for the Great Eastern Railway Company, at Ipswich Station.
Emily Callaby, 26 years old, Home Duties.
Evelyn Audrey Callaby, 8 years & 1 month old, at School, born Ipswich.
In 1937, Ipswich, Frederick married Florence Rosalind Daisy Youngs, born October 1918, Ipswich – daughter of Peter Robert Youngs, a switchboard attendant for Vickers & Petters Ltd., of Hadleigh Road, Ipswich, and Rosalind Alice May Youngs (nee Barrell (1st marriage Westlake )), of 86, Spring Road, Ipswich.
Florence and Frederick had one son.
Probate to Florence Rosalind Daisy Fearon – widow (wife of Harold Fearon).
28th/29th May 1941
In April 1941, H.M.S. ‘Dido,’ a light cruiser, was transferred to the Mediterranean to reinforce the Fleet based at Alexandria. During the night of the 28th/29th May, H.M.S. ‘Dido’ was operating with H.M.S. ‘Onion’ during the evacuation of Sphakia and Heraklion, on the southwestern part of the island of Crete. At 08:00, just clear of Kaso Strait, nine Stuka dive bombers attacked H.M.S.’ Dido.’ She sustained a direct hit on her ‘B’ turret, resulting in extensive structural damage and many casualties, including soldiers of The Black Watch.
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