Date of Birth
01 February, 1920
College
Borough Road College
Service number
LT/JX 205728
WW2 rank
Seaman
H.M. Trawler Wallasea, Royal Naval Patrol Service
Theatre of war
Europe
Date of death
06 January, 1944
Location of death
Mounts Bay, Cornwall
Buried/memorial
Lowestoft Navel Memorial
Biography
Seaman Percy Mayes Crickmer studied at Borough Road College from 1938 to 1940 where he played tennis, ran cross country, and was an active member of the dramatic society. Upon graduation he joined the Royal Naval Patrol Service where he served on the H.M. Trawler Wallasea. H.M. Trawler Walasea was assigned to convoy duty. This involved escorting and protecting ships bringing food and supplies into the UK. On 6th January, 1944, the Trawler was torpedoed by a German motor torpedo boat. There were only three survivors. Seaman Crickmer was not among them. He is remembered by Lowestoff Navel Memorial.
Sources
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Royal Naval Patrol Service Memorial
Letter from mother
B’s Hum 1939 and 1940
Borough Road College 1938 Registry