William Charles Cragg

Ordinary Signalman

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Leonard William and Gladys Eileen Cragg, of Blenheim, Marlborough.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

William Cragg was serving aboard the HMS Lapwing when the ship was torpedoed off the Kola Inlet near Murmansk, Russia, while on convoy escort duty. The ship was lost, broken in two, but as the stern was afloat for some 20 minutes, many of the crew survived.

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Casualty

Service Number:

9516

Name:

William Charles Cragg

Rank:

Ordinary Signalman

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Navy, HMS Lapwing

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Killed in Action

Date of Death:

20 March 1945

Day of Death:

Tuesday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

New Zealand Naval Memorial, Devonport, Auckland

Cemetery Reference:

Panel 3.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand