WILCOXON F W

WILCOXON, Frederick William

Regiment: HMS Gloucester Royal Marines

Rank: Marine

Died: 22 May 1941

Aged: 21

Buried/ Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial

Address: 28 Lightfoot Street, Hoole

Cheshire Observer 14 September 1943

MR J T WILCOXON

A report on the death of John Thomas Wilcoxon contained the following:

“One of his brothers was reported missing at the time of the battle of Crete, when he was serving as a marine in HMS Gloucester, which was sunk at that time.”