Maxwell Phillip Munnings

A Deck Hand with H.M. Drifter Lichen, Maxwell died on 3rd of September 1918 at the age of 20. 

Maxwell was born at Lowestoft on 31 August 1898, a son of Isaiah and Annie Elizabeth Munnings. He was baptised at Saint Peter's Church, Kirkley, on 23 September 1898. His family lived at 'Truro', Lorne Road, Kirkley. By 1901 they were living at 126 Beaconsfield Road, and by 1911 at 30 Payne Street, Lowestoft. 

Maxwell joined the Royal Naval Reserve on 22 September 1916. From 28 February 1918 he served on board the drifter Lichen. On 3 September 1918, an accidental internal explosion took place and Maxwell was killed.