James Ernest Robert Wylie

A Leading Seaman with H.M. Trawler Horatio. James died on 7th of January 1943 at the age of 28. 

James was born at Lowestoft on 17 November 1914, a son of Thomas Charles and Harriet Jane Wylie. He was baptised at Saint Margaret's Church, Lowestoft, on 11 December 1914 and his family lived at 72 Queens Road and this was still their home in 1921.

James married Ellen Smith, at Lowestoft, in 1939 and they lived at 80 Kirkley Run. James worked as a general labourer with railway engineering maintenance and supply staff. 

James served on H.M. Trawler Horatio, a mine-sweeper. The Horatio took parts in convoy duties. On 7 January 1943 the Horatio was off Cap de Garde, Algeria, and was sunk by German motor torpedo boat S-58. Thirty-two men, including James, were killed and two survived.