1. Charles Algernon Fryatt was a British merchant seaman who was court martialled by the Imperial German Navy for attempting to ram a German U-boat in 1915.
19 Facts About Charles Fryatt
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Charles Fryatt was executed by firing squad near Bruges, Belgium.
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In 1881, Charles Fryatt's family lived at 22 Trinity Terrace, in St Mary's, Southampton, but later relocated to Harwich, Essex where he attended the Corporation School.
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The younger Charles Fryatt later followed his father into the merchant navy, training at HMS Worcester.
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Charles Fryatt was promoted through the ranks, serving on various ships.
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Charles Fryatt was presented with a certificate on vellum by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.
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On 16 July 1916, the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf reported that Charles Fryatt had been charged with sinking a German submarine.
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Charles Fryatt was tried at a court-martial by the Imperial German Navy on 27 July 1916, at Bruges Town Hall.
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Captain Charles Fryatt was found guilty of being a franc-tireur and sentenced to death.
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At 19:00, Charles Fryatt was executed by a naval firing squad at Bruges within the harbour grounds.
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Charles Fryatt was buried in a small cemetery just outside Bruges that was used for burying Belgian civilians executed after being convicted of offenses involving guerrilla warfare or perfidy.
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The execution by firing squad of Captain Charles Fryatt, ordered by the Court Martial of Bruges following judgment in the court-martial proceedings of 27 July 1916, involves no violation of international law.
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In 1919, Charles Fryatt's body was exhumed from the small cemetery near Bruges and returned to the United Kingdom for burial.
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Charles Fryatt was one of only three sets of British remains given a state funeral following the end of World War I, the others being the nurse Edith Cavell and The Unknown Warrior.
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Charles Fryatt's coffin was landed at Dover, and transported in South Eastern and Chatham Railway PMV No 132 to London.
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Charles Fryatt's coffin was carried from the station to the church on a gun carriage.
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Charles Fryatt's widow was presented with the insignia of the Belgian Order of Leopold that had been posthumously awarded to Fryatt.
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In November 2018, Charles Fryatt's grave was restored after years of neglect.
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In Canada, the 11,027 feet high Mount Charles Fryatt was named in 1921 in honour of Captain Charles Fryatt.