LINCOLN, Fredman Ashe
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Rank:
Captain
Unit / Base:
'30 Commando Assault Unit'
Service:
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Honours & Awards:
Born:
Wednesday, October 30, 1907
Birthplace:
Bradford, Yorkshire
Died :
Monday, October 19, 1998
Captain Fredman Ashe Lincoln QC was a mine warfare expert in WW2, a commando in the Mediterranean and Germany, and one of the country’s senior lawyers after the war [1]. A member of the Bar Council, the Board of Deputies of British Jews, the World Jewish Congress, and the World Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists [1a].
His name was amongst those found on a document discovered by Allied Forces in Berlin at the end of the war titled 'Britain, Gestapo Invasion Arrest List 1940.' Page 120, listed as Jewish and on the Anglo Ukranian Committee 1 Essex Court Temple London [2].
Acting Temporary Lieutenant Commander Fredman Ashe Lincoln, R.N.V.R. received the King's Commedation for Bravery [3].
Later attached to 30 Commando Assault Unit [7] he received a Mention in Despatches for bravery and devotion to duty [4].
21 May 1947 appointed to the Crown Office House of Lords [5].
13 November 1967 appointed Recorder of the Borough of Gravesend [6].
Post war member of the Commando Association [7].
Sources
[1] Royal Navy/MOD Press release 29 November 2016 titled 'Serving Jewish Personnel Remember Those who Served the Country With Distinction' [view....].
[1a] Full Obituary with photo on the Maritime Foundation website - © The Maritime Foundation 2018 [view....].
[2] 'Britain, Gestapo Invasion Arrest List 1940.' Page 120, original document National Archives (viewable via Find My Past ).
[3] London Gazette 5815, page 5347 (December 1942).
[4] London Gazette 36738 p4639 , published October 1944.
[5] London Gazette 37963, p2316.
[6] London Gazette 44450, p12350.
[7] Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 108 issued March 1999.
Notes
He was the author of Secret Naval Investigator (1961) and later Odyssey of a Jewish Sailor (1998).
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