Basic Details
Surname
Lomas
Forenames
Williams H
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative surname
Lomas
Alternative forename
William Henry
Served or died
Died
Service number
5962472
Notes
Sapper, 585 Corps Fld Pk Coy, Royal Engineers. Born in Suffolk in 1924. Lived in Hertfordshire. Parents lived at 49 Endsleigh Terrace, Exning Road, Newmarket. He was very likely on board the SS Benalbanach, torpedoed by aircraft when carrying troops and equipment to Tunisia when 333 service personnel died. Majority of the Infantry and RA on the Medjez-el-Bab Memorial (110 names for 7/1/43) and all the support and Corps Troops (223 names for 7/1/43) on the Brookwood Memorial. Remembered on panel 6, column 2, Brookwood Memorial, Surrey.
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Year of death
1943
Month of death
January
Day of death
7
Age at death
19
Manner of death as stated
Missing at sea
Manner of death reference
Missing