Arthur William Maurice Sewell

A Leading Seaman, Arthur died on 30th January 1943 aged 24.

Arthur was born at Lowestoft in 1919, a son of Arthur George and Ada P. Sewell. In 1921 his family lived at 44 Beaconsfield Road, Lowestoft. By 1939 his family lived at Wrights Cottages, High Street, Kessingland.

In January 1943 Arthur was serving with the corvette H.M.S. Samphire. On 30 January 1943 the Samphire was escorting convoy TE-14 as part of the North Africa campaign. When off Bougie, Algeria, the ship was torpedoed and sunk by the Italian submarine Platino with the loss of 44 lives.