Arthur George Dennant

A Seaman Steward with H.M. Trawler Kingston Cornelian. Arthur died on 5th of January 1940 at the age of 18. 

Arthur was born at Lowestoft on 8 August 1921, a son of Harry George and Betsy Susannah Dennant. His family lived at 40 Raglan Street and later his parents lived at Blundeston.  

On 5 January 1940 the Kingston Cornelain was in the Strait of Gibraltar. The trawler was in a collision with the French merchant ship Chella. The trawler sank very quickly with the loss of all seventeen crew, including Arthur.