In Memory Of
LENTON, RALPH PERCY
Service Details
Age:
25
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
214748
Rank:
Captain
Unit 2:
attd. 301 Field Regt. East African Artillery
Regiment:
Royal Artillery
Date of Death:
1944-02-12
Cause of Death:
Lost in S.S. Khedive Ismail (London). Sailing on 6 February 1944 from Kilindini Harbour at Mombasa, Kenya to Colombo, Ceylon in Convoy KR-8, the SS Khedive Ismail was attacked by a B1 type Japanese submarine. The Khedive Ismail was hit by two torpedoes. 1297 perished
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Column 1.
Cemetery:
EAST AFRICA MEMORIAL
Country:
Kenya
Additional Information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Lenton, of Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia; husband of Barbara Lenton, of Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia.
