12th September

H.M.T. Laconia went down off the west coast of Africa with the loss of over 1,000 civilians, military personnel, and Italian Prisoners of War.

H.M.T. Laconia

John Lumsden Davis

Sergeant | 549689

Sergeant John Lumsden Davis of Derry/Londonderry died on 12th September 1942 when the German U-156 sank H.M.T. Laconia off the African coast.

William Thomas Dynes

Sergeant | 537457

Sergeant William Thomas Dynes of Belfast died on 12th September 1942 when the German U-156 sank H.M.T. Laconia off the coast of West Africa.

William James Hunter

Corporal | 540459

Corporal William James Hunter of Newtownards, Co. Down died on 12th September 1942 when the German U-156 torpedoed H.M.T. Laconia.

Andrew Moore

Corporal | 532303

Corporal Andrew Moore of Aldergrove, Co. Antrim died on 12th September 1942 when the German U-156 sank H.M.T. Laconia off the African coast.