Frederick Habberfield Explained

Frederick Habberfield
Birth Date:5 February 1895
Birth Place:Kentish Town, London, England
Death Place:, 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. Posted on the destroyer, he was killed in action when the ship was torpedoed by on 12 December 1943.[4] He is commemorated at Chatham Naval Memorial.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Frederick Habberfield . Olympedia . 12 October 2021.
  2. Frederick Habberfield . 25 January 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140201210554/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/frederick-habberfield-1.html . 1 February 2014 .
  3. Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 . dead . 17 April 2020 . 24 July 2018 .
  4. Web site: Helgason . Guðmundur . Frederick Henry Habberfield (British) - Crew list of Ships hit by U-boats . Uboat.net . 19 May 2020.

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