Frederick Habberfield

Frederick Habberfield
Personal information
Born	5 February 1895; Kentish Town, London, England
Died	12 December 1943 (aged 48); HMS Holcombe, 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.^[4] Posted on the destroyer HMS Holcombe, he was killed in action when the ship was torpedoed by U-593 on 12 December 1943.^[5] He is commemorated at Chatham Naval Memorial.^[4]

References

^ "Frederick Habberfield". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Frederick Habberfield". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Casualty Details: Habberfield, Frederick Henry". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Frederick Henry Habberfield (British) - Crew list of Ships hit by U-boats". Uboat.net. Retrieved 19 May 2020.

External links

Frederick Habberfield at Cycling Archives
Frederick Habberfield at Olympics.com
Frederick Habberfield at Olympedia

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[1] "Frederick Habberfield". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 October 2021.

[sports-reference-2] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Frederick Habberfield". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2014.

[WWII-3] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.

[CWGC-4] "Casualty Details: Habberfield, Frederick Henry". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 18 May 2020.

[Uboat-5] Helgason, Guðmundur. "Frederick Henry Habberfield (British) - Crew list of Ships hit by U-boats". Uboat.net. Retrieved 19 May 2020.

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