Harry George Wilkinson
Boatswain Merchant Navy
S.S. Empire Lakeland (South Shields)
Killed at Sea 11 Mar 1943 : Aged 45
Tower Hill Memorial - Panel 43
Boatswain Harry George Wilkinson was born 18th February 1898 in Margate, the son of Mr James and Mrs Wilkinson.
Merchant Navy service registered a wife Mrs Hilda Wilkinson addressed at 28 Blackwell Road, Huthwaite.
Boatswain Harry George Wilkinson was ultimately serving aboard S/S Empire Lakeland from port of registry South Sheilds.
Empire Lakeland was a cargo ship completed November 1942 for use by the Ministry of War Transport. A crew of 64 were shipping general supplies from New York to Glasgow when torpedoed by U-Boat U190 on 11th March 1943. There were no survivors. All supposed drowned.