In Memory Of
WEBB, LAWRENCE GUARD
Service Details
Age:
39
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
12579
Rank:
Corporal
Regiment:
South African Engineer Corps
Date of Death:
1942-11-28
Date of Death 2:
1942-11-29
Cause of Death:
Lost at sea on S. S. Nova Scotia, torpedoed and sunk by U-177. En route from Aden to Durban, South Africa. Carrying 6 passengers, 11 military and naval personnel, 134 South African guards and 765 Italian civil internees
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Column 139.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of William and Ethel Elizabeth Webb, of Grahamstown. Husband of Dora Emma Webb, of Port Elizabeth. Born Albany. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. On Grahamstown Cathedral Parish Church memorial.
