Captain Charles Frederick Carlin (Lt. Cmdr. R.N.R) Age 64 Husband of Winifred Carlin

'CREOFIELD' ex-'ATHELSTAN' (Tanker) - GRT 838 - Built 1928'2.2.40. Torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-59 (Jurst) in the North Sea E of Lowestoft in position 52.33N 02.25E while on a voyage from London to Middlesborough with a cargo of creosote. The Master, Captain Charles Fred Carlin, and crew of 15 lost.'
British & Commonwealth Merchant Ship Losses to Axis Submarines 1939 - 1945' by Alan J. Tennent ISBN 0-7509-2760-7.

Acknowledgements: Colin Boyd

There is a memorial at the National Arboretum which gives a different date for the sinking of the Creofield. There seems to be some confusion about the date of the sinking.

Charles Frederick Carlin is remembered at Earsdon on E3.01 E3.02 and at Newcastle on NUT146

S.S. Creofield
The CWGC entry for Lieutenant-Commander Carlin