Arthur Benjamin Utting

An Ordinary Seaman, Arthur died on 20th of May 1941 aged 18. 

Arthur was born at Kessingland on 3 March 1923, a son of Alfred and Ellen Mary Utting. His family lived at 8 The Ridge, Kessingland.

In May 1941 Arthur was serving on the S. S. Rothmere. The ship was part of convoy HX-126. On 20 May the Rothmere dispersed from the convoy and, when off Cape Farewell, was hit by a torpedo from submarine U-98 and began to sink. Twenty-two people, including Arthur, died, and another thirty-four were rescued.

His brother, Alfred, served with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve and died in 1942.