No.C/KX 84242, Petty Officer Stoker, John Herbert Frank GREEN
Aged 29
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John Herbert Frank Green was born on 12th July 1915 in Burrough Green, (Newmarket Q3-1915 3B:781), baptised in Burrough Green on 30th July 1915, son of
Joseph William and Mary Elizabeth GREEN (née MINGAY). He was always known to family and friends as Jack. His father, born in March, was a farmer. His mother was born in Stetchworth, moved to Dullingham and later to Waterbeach (when she married Joseph). In Hendon, in 1938, he married Cissie Gladys PLUMB, of Balsham, later of Harwell, Berkshire. John had sisters Alice May (1912-2004 -birth reg. Chesterton) and Gladys E.(1923-2006), and brothers Joseph Thomas (1917-1983) and George S.(1929-1983) whose births were all registered in Newmarket. In the 1939 register his wife Cissie Gladys [6-6-1919] was living with her sister Sybil A CAMPS [18-3-1912] and her husband Redvers C CAMPS [4-10-1908] (a lorry driver)in City Road, Cambridge. His family were at 28 Westley Gate. Father [11-8-1889] agricultural engine driver; mother [13-3-1890]; sister Alice M [16-9-1912] and brother George S [13-2-1929]. His widow Cissie Gladys married Keith Kirk after the war, it is thanks to her son Alan Kirk that we have the photo and more of 'Jack's story |
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As one of the new entry of Cochrane Class at Chatham he won a medal in the tug of war in 1934. Having served pre-war on the heavy cruiser HMS "Sussex", including the Royal Tour of the Duke of Gloucester to Australia and New Zealand 1934-35. After operations to Norway, 'Jack' was on HMS 'Kelvin', with Mountbatten's 5th Destroyer Flotilla, but after the battle for Crete, when 'Kelvin' went to Bombay for repairs, Jack broke his arm on a shore outing and was in hospital when she left for home. That is how he ended up on HMS'Boadicea' H.M.S.'Boadicea' was a 'B' class destroyer (pennant H-65) On 13 After surviving the D-Day landings on the 6th June, on 13th June 1944 HMS Boadicea (Lt.Cdr. Frederick William Hawkins, RN) was sunk by German aircraft (Ju-88)by two torpedoes, one of which detonated the forward magazine, splitting the Boadicea in two 12 miles south-west of Portland Bill. Her wreck is in 52 metres of water, in position 50°26'N, 02°44'W . She foundered quickly and all bar 12 of her crew of 182 died. The medal bar above is believed to be his entitlement. |
photo: Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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