Frederick Habberfield

Frederick Habberfield
Personal information
Born(1895-02-05)5 February 1895
Kentish Town, London, England
Died12 December 1943(1943-12-12) (aged 48)
HMS Holcombe, Mediterranean Sea

Frederick Habberfield (5 February 1895 – 12 December 1943) was a British cyclist.[1] He competed in two events at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[2] He was killed in action during World War II.[3]

Personal life

Habberfield served as a Canteen Manager in the Royal Navy Canteen Service during the Second World War.[4] Posted on the destroyer HMS Holcombe, he was killed in action when the ship was torpedoed by U-593 on 12 December 1943.[5] He is commemorated at Chatham Naval Memorial.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Frederick Habberfield". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Frederick Habberfield". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Casualty Details: Habberfield, Frederick Henry". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  5. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Frederick Henry Habberfield (British) - Crew list of Ships hit by U-boats". Uboat.net. Retrieved 19 May 2020.


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