F093 Henry Frederick John NEUSCHAFFER

F093 Henry Frederick John NEUSCHAFFER, Leading Stoker, C/KX91120 Royal Navy on HMS Kingston. Born 20 November 1915 at Bethnal Green, London to Henry and Emma Ellen Neuschaffer. Husband of Emily May Neuschaffer, nee Russell of Bethnal Green, London. Died 22nd March 1942 aged 26 years from injuries received when his ship was attacked

At rest in Capuccini Naval Cemetery, Malta Plot F Grave 93

Photograph credited to a Family Tree on Ancestry.

Credited to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Kingston_(F64) -

On 22 March 1942 Kingston took part of the escort of convoy MW10 in the Second Battle of Sirte, where, as the destroyers turned to fire their torpedoes on the Italian battle fleet, she was hit by a 15-inch shell fired by the Italian battleship Littorio which passed right through the foremost starboard whaleboat and burst under the anti-aircraft guns mounting, leaving a big hole in the deck; despite this, she launched three torpedoes. Fifteen men of her crew were killed in this incident, which left the destroyer temporarily dead in the water, the whaleboat torn to pieces, her anti-aircraft guns, searchlight tower and torpedo launchers smashed by the explosion, her starboard boiler and port engine out of action. She was able to proceed to Malta but while under repair she was further damaged on 11 April during an air raid and broke in two.