Frederick Thomas Sprules
MIA while serving at South Shields Seaplane Base
Aircraftman Frederick Thomas Sprules was on a mission around the Farne Islands when the seaplane that he was on, flown by Temporary Sub-Lieutenant MacAloney, went missing. After just after little more than 2 months in the Royal Naval Air Service Sprules was presumed drowned on 22nd November 1917.
Civil Parish: South Shields
Birth date: 1886
Death date: 1917
Armed force/civilian: Navy
Residence: 37 Three Mill Lane, Bromley (1901 census)
20 Bruce Road, Bromley (1911 census)
Organisation membership: Royal Naval Air Service
Employment: Driver Mechanic (ADM 188/629)
Family: Father: Thomas Sprules;
Mother: Elizabeth Sarah Sprules;
Siblings: Elizabeth Sprules, Thomas Sprules, Daniel Sprules, Frances Sprules, William Sprules, George Sprules, Bertie Sprules
(1901, 1911 censuses)
Military service:
Joined up: Sep 1917
Transferred to South Shields Seaplane Base: Oct 1917
(ADM 188/629)
Gender: Male
Contributed by Durham County Record Office