Name
Frederick William Nughtingale
Conflict
Second World War
Date of Death / Age
11/07/1943
57
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Warrant Officer Class II
311894
Royal Armoured Corps
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BROOKWOOD 1939-1945 MEMORIAL
Panel 1. Column 2.
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
NA
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Hitchin memorials
Biography
He had been born in Cambridgeshire and resided in Essex. He held Service Number 311894 and was serving with the 113th Regiment (2/5th West Yorks) at the time of his death though the circumstances are not known except that he died at sea.
The date of his death and the place of commemoration would seem to indicate that he was on his way to take part in Operation Husky which was the invasion of Sicily. However, if the stated age is correct it is unlikely that he was involved in active combat.
He is remembered on Panel I, Column 2 of the Brookwood Memorial in the United Kingdom.
He was the husband of Mrs R E. Nightingale of Hitchin.
Acknowledgments
David C Baines – ‘Hitchin’s Century of Sacrifice’, 'Roll of Honour Land Forces W.W.2.’ by J. Devereux & G. Sacker, ‘Orders of Battle Second World War 1939-45’ by H.F. Joslen
