Frederick Rampton was born in 1880 into a large family who lived in East Green, Bentley.

By 1901 he had joined the Navy and was a torpedo instructor on HMS Excellent. He married Emily Maria Hall, who was born in Bucks Horn Oak, in 1910 in Portsmouth. They had two children, Gladys and Frederick soon after.

He died, aged 39, in 1919 when HMS Princess sank in Estonia. The ship had been involved in the Baltic operations, to support the White Russians during the Russian Revolution, as a minelayer.

His children were 7 and 8 when he died.

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