Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameWalter DUCKERING 
, 1806
, 1806Birth27 March 1912, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England4430
Census19 June 1921, 50 Alfred Street, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England Age: 9
Employment27 March 1930, Signed up Royal Navy, Chatham for 12 years. Age: 18
MemoSunk by torpedoes from U-617 (Albrecht Brandi)
BurialChatham Naval Memorial, Chatham, Medway, Kent, England4433
OccupationNavy4434
NamesakeWally
FatherCharles DUCKERING , 1793 (1878-1953)
MotherEdith Mary OUGHTON , 1797 (1883-1934)
Notes for Walter DUCKERING
Walter apparently kept running away to Chatham to join the Navy and his father was called a number of time to pick him up. Eventually he was invited to join. (June tel. 19.1.97)
1912. Royal Navy register of Seamen Services (fold3). Jx 130735, Chatham, Name in full: Walter Duckering, DOB: 27 March 1912 (verified), Place of Birth: Gainsborough, Lincs, Ouccupation: Office Boy. Date & Period of Engagements: 27 March 1930 - 12 yrs. Age: F.E., Height: 5’ 1/2”, Chest 33 1/2”, Hair: D.Brn, Eyes: Blue, Complexion: Fresh.
Ship served etc: Ganges, Rating: Boy II, From: 7 Sept ’27, Boy I, from 22 Apr ’28, to 4 Sept ’28. Passed Educ. Test Pt.i.on 6/11/28 VideA.E..
Ship served etc.: Marlborough from 5 Sept ’28.
Record transferred to card as from 1 Jan. 1929
1919. The family photograph given to me by June, records Walter as being 7 years and 3 months and the photograph being taken on the 30th May 1919. (June)
1921. 1921 Census 50 Alfred Street, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, Charles Duckering, head age 42 years & 9 months, married born Gainsboro., Plumber for Messrs Rose Bros Ltd, automate wrapping & labelling machine manufacturing at Albion Works, Ropery Rd., Gainsborough. Edith Mary Duckering, wife age 39 and 2 months married, born Misterton, Nottinghmashire, home duties. Edith Mary Duckering daughter age 16 years & 1 month single born Gainsboro., home duties, William Alfred Duckering son age 16 & 1 month single born Gainsboro, outfitters apprentice with Co-operative Stores Ltd., Roland Duckering, son age 12 years & 8 months born Gainsboro., school, Walter Duckeirng, son age 9 years 3 months born Gainsboro, school. Arther Leslie Duckeirng age 5 years born Gainsboro., school and Kathleen Duckering daughter, age 2 years & 5 months born Gainsboro..
1929. See war record of ships served on from 26 August 1929 until 6 August 1941. National Archive
1932. See photograph of a Christmas card sent by Walter to his parents from HMS Hermes near Hong Kong in 1932. Taken from the Hull Maritime advent calendar November 2021.
1939 Walter married a Maltese girl, probably around 1939 and not in the UK. Kathleen was about 18 years of age when Leslie was born. (June tel.19.1.97)
1939?. Walter's parents are Charles and Edith and apparently he married a Maltese girl and had one son Leslie, born sometime around 1944/5. (June and Elsie)
Walter was in the navy and was killed towards the end of the war while working with submarines. (June tel 8.2.96)
Kathleen remembers her father receiving the telegram advising that her brother Wally was presumed dead, missing in action. (Kathleen tel 8.12.96)
1942. Walter RN (C/JX 130735) was on HMS Issey (W25) a steam tug, a leading Seaman when it was sunk 28th December 1942 by u-boat U-617 off benghazi, Lybia. HMS St Issey was an 810 tons steam tug, built 1918 by Napier & Miller Ltd., Old Kilpatrick, Glasgow. It was owned by The Admiralty and was sunk by U-617 (Albrecht Brandi) with 36 dead and no survivors. Location 32° 37'N, 20° 22'E - Grid CO 4936.
1942. At 02:00 hours on 28 Dec 1942, U-617 fired two torpedoes at a tug towing two barges and observed a hit and heard a heavy detonation. At 03:36 hours, the U-boat fired another spread of two torpedoes and assumed the sinking of a barge after hearing two detonations. However, only HMS St Issey (W25) (Lt John H W Howe, RNR) was lost while twoing a brage off Benghazi, Lybia. (Source uboat.net 1/5/20)
1912. Royal Navy register of Seamen Services (fold3). Jx 130735, Chatham, Name in full: Walter Duckering, DOB: 27 March 1912 (verified), Place of Birth: Gainsborough, Lincs, Ouccupation: Office Boy. Date & Period of Engagements: 27 March 1930 - 12 yrs. Age: F.E., Height: 5’ 1/2”, Chest 33 1/2”, Hair: D.Brn, Eyes: Blue, Complexion: Fresh.
Ship served etc: Ganges, Rating: Boy II, From: 7 Sept ’27, Boy I, from 22 Apr ’28, to 4 Sept ’28. Passed Educ. Test Pt.i.on 6/11/28 VideA.E..
Ship served etc.: Marlborough from 5 Sept ’28.
Record transferred to card as from 1 Jan. 1929
1919. The family photograph given to me by June, records Walter as being 7 years and 3 months and the photograph being taken on the 30th May 1919. (June)
1921. 1921 Census 50 Alfred Street, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, Charles Duckering, head age 42 years & 9 months, married born Gainsboro., Plumber for Messrs Rose Bros Ltd, automate wrapping & labelling machine manufacturing at Albion Works, Ropery Rd., Gainsborough. Edith Mary Duckering, wife age 39 and 2 months married, born Misterton, Nottinghmashire, home duties. Edith Mary Duckering daughter age 16 years & 1 month single born Gainsboro., home duties, William Alfred Duckering son age 16 & 1 month single born Gainsboro, outfitters apprentice with Co-operative Stores Ltd., Roland Duckering, son age 12 years & 8 months born Gainsboro., school, Walter Duckeirng, son age 9 years 3 months born Gainsboro, school. Arther Leslie Duckeirng age 5 years born Gainsboro., school and Kathleen Duckering daughter, age 2 years & 5 months born Gainsboro..
1929. See war record of ships served on from 26 August 1929 until 6 August 1941. National Archive
1932. See photograph of a Christmas card sent by Walter to his parents from HMS Hermes near Hong Kong in 1932. Taken from the Hull Maritime advent calendar November 2021.
1939 Walter married a Maltese girl, probably around 1939 and not in the UK. Kathleen was about 18 years of age when Leslie was born. (June tel.19.1.97)
1939?. Walter's parents are Charles and Edith and apparently he married a Maltese girl and had one son Leslie, born sometime around 1944/5. (June and Elsie)
Walter was in the navy and was killed towards the end of the war while working with submarines. (June tel 8.2.96)
Kathleen remembers her father receiving the telegram advising that her brother Wally was presumed dead, missing in action. (Kathleen tel 8.12.96)
1942. Walter RN (C/JX 130735) was on HMS Issey (W25) a steam tug, a leading Seaman when it was sunk 28th December 1942 by u-boat U-617 off benghazi, Lybia. HMS St Issey was an 810 tons steam tug, built 1918 by Napier & Miller Ltd., Old Kilpatrick, Glasgow. It was owned by The Admiralty and was sunk by U-617 (Albrecht Brandi) with 36 dead and no survivors. Location 32° 37'N, 20° 22'E - Grid CO 4936.
1942. At 02:00 hours on 28 Dec 1942, U-617 fired two torpedoes at a tug towing two barges and observed a hit and heard a heavy detonation. At 03:36 hours, the U-boat fired another spread of two torpedoes and assumed the sinking of a barge after hearing two detonations. However, only HMS St Issey (W25) (Lt John H W Howe, RNR) was lost while twoing a brage off Benghazi, Lybia. (Source uboat.net 1/5/20)