Killed In Action - Rushden Petty Officer’s Death at Sea

An official message has informed Mr. and Mrs. S. Wanklyn, of 76, Higham-road, Rushden, that their only son, Artificer Optician Gordon Thomas Wanklyn, was killed in action recently while serving on a naval vessel.

Only a few hours before his death A.O. Wanklyn had cabled his young wife acknowledging the receipt of a wireless message telling him of the birth of their baby. He was 23 years of age and had many friends in the town and district. As a boy he passed through the Park-road Baptist Sunday School. After completing his education at Wellingborough School he studied for a career as an optician.

The widow is now residing at Wellingborough. The bereaved father is well-known as a jeweller, with premises in High-street, Rushden.