He was born in Monaghan, County Armagh, Ireland
Killed in action in World War I off the coast of Norway. His body washed up on a beach in Norway and was buried in the Eivindvik village cemetery (Gulen (Eivindvik), Eivinvik Gulen kommune, Sogn og Fjordane fylke, Norway) by the Norwegians who found it.
In 1961 his body was removed and reburied in the FREDRIKSTAD MILITARY CEMETERY by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in cooperation with the governments of the UK and Norway.
In Memory of
Gunner F J CALVERT
H.M.S. "Partridge.", Royal Navy
who died age 36
on 12 December 1917
Husband of Fanny Jane Calvert, of 70, Sutherland Rd., Southsea, Hants.
Remembered with honour
FREDRIKSTAD MILITARY CEMETERY
Commemorated in perpetuity by
the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Note: The HMS Partridge (the 6th of that name) was an Admiralty M class repeat destroyer launched on 4 March 1916 and sunk by German destroyers in the North Sea on 12 December 1917.
Francis James Calvert married Fanny Wade in Monaghan, Ireland.
They had one son and one daughter, Frances Calvert.
He was born in Monaghan, County Armagh, Ireland
Killed in action in World War I off the coast of Norway. His body washed up on a beach in Norway and was buried in the Eivindvik village cemetery (Gulen (Eivindvik), Eivinvik Gulen kommune, Sogn og Fjordane fylke, Norway) by the Norwegians who found it.
In 1961 his body was removed and reburied in the FREDRIKSTAD MILITARY CEMETERY by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in cooperation with the governments of the UK and Norway.
In Memory of
Gunner F J CALVERT
H.M.S. "Partridge.", Royal Navy
who died age 36
on 12 December 1917
Husband of Fanny Jane Calvert, of 70, Sutherland Rd., Southsea, Hants.
Remembered with honour
FREDRIKSTAD MILITARY CEMETERY
Commemorated in perpetuity by
the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Note: The HMS Partridge (the 6th of that name) was an Admiralty M class repeat destroyer launched on 4 March 1916 and sunk by German destroyers in the North Sea on 12 December 1917.
Francis James Calvert married Fanny Wade in Monaghan, Ireland.
They had one son and one daughter, Frances Calvert.
Inscription
[Gunner Royal Navy]
Family Members
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Joseph William Calvert
1876–1883
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Mary Isabella "Minnie" Calvert Graham
1878–1906
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Henry De La Varty "Harry" Calvert
1879–1947
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Margaret Elizabeth Calvert
1882–1883
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Thomas Edward "Tom" Calvert
1883–1941
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Annie Catherine Calvert
1884–1937
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Ellen Louisa "Nellie" Calvert Jenkins
1886–1955
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George Benjamin Calvert Sr
1889–1976
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