In Memory Of
LAWLER, KENNETH YORKSHIRE
Service Details
Age:
37
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Rank:
Fireman
Unit:
S.S. Columbine
Regiment:
Merchant Navy
Date of Death:
1944-06-16
Cause of Death:
On 16 June 1944, the unescorted Columbine (Master Andre Reidar Simensen) was torpedoed and sunk by U-198, 25 miles northwest of Cape Columbine, South Africa. The master, 19 crew members and six passengers were lost.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Addenda Panel
Cemetery:
TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
London
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Citations:
***Accepted by CWGC for War Grave Status & burial site under investigation
Son of Charles and Charlotte Lawler, of 82 Cross Street, Durban. Husband of Dorothy Sophia Lawler, of 37 Melbourne Road Flats, Durban. Coloured man. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1939-1945
