Kenneth Marshall Powdrill
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He was the son of William Herrick Powdrill and Florence Hilda Powdrill of Chilwell, Nottingham.
HMS Lapwing
HMS Lapwing was a Modified Black Swan-class sloop launched 16th July 1943. In the afternoon of 20th March 1945 HMS Lapwing was escorting part of the Russian Convoy JW 65 to Murmansk. U-968 attacked the convoy and reported a destroyer and a Liberty sunk and another Liberty ship torpedoed. In fact, the sloop HMS Lapwing (U 62) (Commander J.A. Binnie, Rtd, RN) of the 7th Escort Group and the Liberty ship Thomas Donaldson were sunk. 168 men were lost including Able Seaman Kenneth Powdrill from Chilwell, Nottinghamshire. 61 survivors of the sloop were rescued by HMS Savage (Lieutenant Commander C.W. Malins, DSO, DSC, RN). (Wikipedia & uboat.net)
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