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Arthur Ernest Charles Harvey

A Seaman with H.M. Trawler Bredon. Arthur died on 8th of February 1943 at the age of 27. 

Arthur was born at Lowestoft on 16 September 1915, a son of Charles and Maude Harvey. In 1921 his family lived at 2 Wellington Road, Pakefield. 

In 1935 Arthur married Gertrude May Lydia Skeet at Lowestoft. In 1939 they lived at 187 A Economy Road, and Arthur worked as a builder's bricklayer's labourer. 

Arthur was serving on the anti-submarine trawler, off the Canary Islands, when it was sunk by a torpedo from submarine U-521. Forty-three of the crew, including Arthur, were killed. 

Lived at

Arthur Harvey
187A
Economy Road
Lowestoft
United Kingdom

52.467789562671, 1.7446175816147

CountryOfService
United Kingdom
BranchService
Naval
Regiment
Royal Naval Patrol Service
ServiceNumber
LT/JX 179773
Burial/Memorial
United Kingdom
LOWESTOFT NAVAL MEMORIAL
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