Master Mariner Who Went To Sea At 10 - 22nd April 1977

Captain Frederick John Gayette, formerly of Myrtle Street, Appledore, who has died, at the age of 93, went to sea at the age of 10.
He had travelled all over the world in sailing and steamships, and served on Merchant Navy ships in the Boer Wars. One of his ships was torpedoed in the First World War and another, the Shoal Fisher, was sunk by bombs in teh World War 2. He then served in the Admiralty in the Torridge estuary. For his services he was appointed M.B.E.
The funeral took place at St Mary's Church, Appledore. Immediate mourners were; Messrs Freddie and Ivor Gayette, Mesdames Linda Marshall and Anne Brennan, Mesdames Gladys and Violet Gayette, Yvonne, Eric, Brian, Pat, Patrick and Diane, Mrs Olive Shortridge.