In all twenty four thousand of the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets who died during the Second World War are honoured by the memorial. The names of those of the Merchant Navy lost in the sinking of the Laconia are inscribed on the Tower Hill Memorial in London and are reproduced here.

The youngest Merchant Navy victim of the Laconia was sixteen year-old Bell Boy Victor Noel Brown; the oldest sixty-six year-old Able Seaman John Henry Weston. Brothers twenty-two year-old Trimmer Edward Hearity and thirty-two year old Greaser James Hearity both died in the sinking.

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First name(s)	Surname	Rating	Rank	Age
William	Aldridge	Crew	Lamp Trimmer	33
William Benjamin	Andrews	Crew	Steward	35
William	Archibald	Crew	Confectioner	56
Thomas	Bankier	Crew	Fireman	22
John George	Banks	Crew	Steward	36
Frank	Beardsall	Crew	Baker	36
Thomas	Beisty	Crew	Trimmer	19
William Robb	Bower	Crew	Confectioner	28
Joseph	Brice	Crew	Master at Arms	59
Gerald	Brodrick	Crew	Fireman	27
Arthur	Brown	Crew	Junior Engineer Officer	24
Richard	Brown	Crew	Steward	50
Victor Noel	Brown	Crew	Bell boy	16
Stanley	Buchanan	Crew	Assistant Steward	23
Ernest William	Buckingham	Crew	Sectionman	27
Thomas	Buckley	Crew	Steward	49
Edward James	Burke	Crew	Lift Attendant	64
James Houston	Calwell	Crew	Carpenter's Mate	58
John	Campbell	Crew	Greaser	46
John Joseph	Carlsen	Crew	Greaser	31
Gilbert	Churchhill	Crew	Pantryman	53
Edward Hall	Clucas	Crew	First Officer	31
Charles A	Cooke	Crew	Assistant Steward	21
James	Courtney	Crew	Greaser	32
John Davidson	Couttie	Crew	Assistant Steward	39
Noel	Cowan	Crew	Fireman	51
James Anthony	Cullimore	Crew	Porter	22
Joseph	Darcy	Crew	Assistant Chief Master at Arms	51
Felix	Davies	Crew	Assistant Cook	19
Stanley Carson	Davies	Crew	Waiter	36
Harold	Davis	Crew	Assistant Baker	41
Albert George	Dixon	Crew	First Radio Officer	41
Francis Walter	Dunn	Crew	Able Seaman	20
Norman	Duty	Crew	Barber	39
Francis	Finn	Crew	Fireman	21
Joseph	Fisherman	Crew	Assistant Steward	29
Magnus	Flett	Crew	Steward	58
John	Gillies	Crew	Chief Butcher	62
Henry Herbert	Greengrass	Crew	Cook	39
Henry Keith	Greveson	Crew	Senior Dredging Master	31
Harold	Griffiths	Crew	Waiter	29
Isaac	Griffiths	Crew	Greaser	55
John Henry	Halliwell	Crew	Assistant Baker	24
Robert	Hamilton	Crew	Greaser	56
Thomas	Hammond	Crew	Baker	57
Joseph	Hayward	Crew	Barkeeper	54
John Joseph	Heaney	Crew	Sailor	22
James	Hearity	Crew	Greaser	32
Edward	Hearity	Crew	Trimmer	22
William Edward	Henderson	Crew	Fourth Engineer Officer	23
John	Heslop	Crew	Plumber	57
Charles Victor	Hill	Crew	Barkeeper	44
George Joseph	Hill	Crew	Waiter	26
Thomas Henry	Iredale	Crew	Waiter	21
William Arthur	Jackman	Crew	Senior Third Engineer Officer	49
Francis Joseph	Jackson	Crew	Able Seaman	23
Norman Lionel	Jackson	Crew	Waiter	22
George Walter	Jasper	Crew	Waiter	44
John Edward	Johnston	Crew	Fireman	27
William Oliver	Jones	Crew	Steward	56
Norman Kenneth	Jones	Crew	Able Seaman	19
Frederick Fletcher	Jones	Crew	Assistant Purser	31
James	Lafferty	Crew	Fireman	24
Leslie Costain	Law	Crew	Sectionman	37
Leonard Ezekiel	Lawford	Crew	Printer	54
Charles	Lecoustre	Crew	First Electrician	43
Stanley	Lindo	Crew	Assistant Cook	47
Llewellyn Lewis	Longden	Crew	Cook	50
Laurence Ralph	Lucas	Crew	Steward	23
Harry	Macdonald	Crew	Steward	55
Charles	Macdonald	Crew	Chief Steward	60
Frank Lack	Maffey	Crew	Greaser	38
John Brian	Marsh	Crew	Greaser	36
Ernest	Mason	Crew	Assistant Cook	47
Thomas Latimer	Massam	Crew	Cook	37
Alexander	Masterton	Crew	Assistant Cook	28
Donald Wilson	McCallum	Crew	Waiter	29
Joseph Aloysius	McCann	Crew	Second Engineer Officer	60
Joseph	McCann	Crew	Boots	57
John Charles	McCarthy	Crew	Fireman	33
Clarence	McCarthy	Crew	Steward	42
Joseph Percy	McCracken	Crew	Greaser	60
Donald	McGilvray	Crew	Carpenter	55
James	McMann	Crew	Steward	50
James	McQuillan	Crew	Greaser	31
Francis	McVey	Crew	Cook	53
Hugh	Meehan	Crew	Greaser	30
Frederick	Merrilees	Crew	Hospital Attendant	38
Norman Frederick	Moir	Crew	Third Engineer Officer	39
Jack	Morgan	Crew	Steward	30
John Henry	Morley	Crew	Sectionman	22
Edward	O'Hare	Crew	Steward	42
John Herbert	Pearce	Crew	Chef	58
Thomas	Peck	Crew	Cook	52
Walter	Pendleton	Crew	Barkeeper	38
Samuel Henry	Phipps	Crew	Second Engineer Officer	58
Lorenzo	Portet	Crew	Steward and Silverman	31
Joseph William	Poston	Crew	Steward	58
Geoffrey Charles	Purslow	Crew	Surgeon M.B., Ch.B., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P	26
Henry	Randall	Crew	Porter	25
Robert	Rawsthorne	Crew	Fireman	22
Robert Ernest	Rea	Crew	Cook	35
Horatio Nelson	Reeves	Crew	Cook	30
Frederick Charles	Reynolds	Crew	Chief Engineer Officer	62
Arthur George	Rickard	Crew	Sailor	22
Harold	Roberts	Crew	Steward	30
John Alfred	Roberts	Crew	Assistant Steward	36
Glenn Arthur	Robinson	Crew	Sectionman	21
Alexander	Ross	Crew	Steward	51
John Samuel	Rouse	Crew	Able Seaman	43
James Charles	Rowlins	Crew	Assistant Storekeeper	36
John	Royle	Crew	Boatswain	45
William Gregory	Schaefer	Crew	Steward	54
Elijah	Scroggie	Crew	Baker	38
Walter Edward	Shannon	Crew	Greaser	27
Rudolph	Sharp	Officer	Master, OBE RD	56
Ernest Henry	Sheldon	Crew	Sectionman	27
Charles Stanley	Slack	Crew	Chief Steward	39
John Mark	Smith	Crew	Steward	47
Robert Alexander	Smyth	Crew	Steward	22
Arthur Edgar	Sollas	Crew	Assistant Purser	39
George R D	Steele	Officer	Staff Captain	58
William Groves	Stephens	Crew	Butcher	39
Thomas	Stephenson	Crew	Steward	41
Charles Henry	Stokes	Officer	Junior Second Officer	35
Ernest	Tabarn	Crew	Porter	18
Douglas Kinsey	Thompson	Crew	Able Seaman	34
Edward	Thompson	Crew	Storekeeper	54
Thomas	Tighe	Crew	Steward	40
Norman Harcourt	Todhunter	Crew	Assistant Barkeeper	37
William Henry	Took	Crew	Steward	57
William	Walker	Crew	Steward	44
Walter	Ward	Crew	Steward	47
John Henry	Weston	Crew	Able Seaman	66
John Patrick	White	Crew	Greaser	46
Walter	Wiles	Crew	Linen keeper	57
Patrick Fallon	Williams	Crew	Waiter	18
Robert	Williams	Crew	Steward	41
Arthur Hill	Yates	Crew	Electrician	41

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