Lawrence Edward Victor Webb

College

Shoreditch College

Service number

1381435

WW2 rank

Sergeant Observer

101 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Theatre of war

Europe

Date of death

20 March, 1943

Location of death

Atwick, East Yorkshire

Buried/memorial

Brandesburton (St. Mary) Churchyard

Biography

Sergeant Observer Lawrence Edward Victor Webb graduated from Shoreditch College in 1940. Upon joining the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve he was assigned to the 101^st Squadron. On 20^th March, 1943 Sgt Webb and his crew of eight were testing the guns of their Lancaster ED446 in low flying conditions. On one of the passes over Atwick Beach the aircraft hit a concrete pill-box causing the aircraft to breakup and crash on the cliffs and beach. Only the air gunner survived. Sgt Webb is buried at Brandesburton (St. Mary) Churchyard. His headstone reads, “He will meet us, Smiling a welcome, At the gates, Of eternal peace”. [sic]

Sources

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk