Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1
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Frank DUDDY
Stoker 1st Class SS/104153 Frank DUDDY
(RFR/PO/B/4784) R.N. HMS Good Hope, Royal Navy
Killed in Action, at Sea, Sunday 1st November 1914, At sea on the coast of Chile, age 31
| Home address: | 13 Mary Street, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Born: | 1883, Marple, Cheshire |
| Parents: | Elizabeth Duddy and Edward Duddy 165a, George Street, West Hyde, Cheshire |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Occupation: | Royal Navy Stoker |
| Enlisted: | - |
| Remembered: | Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire, UK, panel 4. |
| Link to Hyde: | Lived in Hyde |
From the North Cheshire Herald, 14th November 1914, page 8, column 3:
Frank Duddy, who was 28 years of age, was a first class stoker. He had served five years in the navy and had been three years on the reserve. Three weeks before the outbreak of war, or to be exact on the 13th July, he was called up to undergo his initial months training. When war was declared, [sic] he was forwarded to his ship, Good Hope and since then his relatives and friends have not seen him.
In 1911 census Stoker Frank Duddy is shown serving on Third Class Cruiser Josephine (Spelt: Groserfine), located at Aden on the coast of India.
He was serving on HMS Good Hope when it was sunk by the German Battle Cruiser Scharnhorst on 1st November 1914 during the battle of Coronel, off the coast of Chile.