Frederick Habberfield

{{short description|British cyclist}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1895|2|5|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Kentish Town, London, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|1943|12|12|1895|2|5|df=yes}}

| death_place = {{HMS|Holcombe}}, Mediterranean Sea

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Frederick Habberfield (5 February 1895 – 12 December 1943) was a British cyclist.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/14619 |title=Frederick Habberfield |work=Olympedia |access-date=12 October 2021}} He competed in two events at the 1924 Summer Olympics.{{cite sports-reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/frederick-habberfield-1.html |title=Frederick Habberfield |access-date=25 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201210554/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/frederick-habberfield-1.html |archivedate=1 February 2014 }} He was killed in action during World War II.{{cite sports-reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War |access-date=24 July 2018 }}

Personal life

Habberfield served as a Canteen Manager in the Royal Navy Canteen Service during the Second World War.{{CWGC|id=2468013|name=Habberfield, Frederick Henry|access-date=18 May 2020}} Posted on the destroyer {{HMS|Holcombe}}, he was killed in action when the ship was torpedoed by {{GS|U-593||2}} on 12 December 1943.{{cite web |last1=Helgason |first1=Guðmundur |title=Frederick Henry Habberfield (British) - Crew list of Ships hit by U-boats |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/crews/person/14277.html |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=19 May 2020}} He is commemorated at Chatham Naval Memorial.

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