Charles Eugene Landeryou

  Noted events in his life were:

• fact. HMS NIGER (July 5, 1942) British minesweeper returning to the UK from Murmansk, sank after sailing into a British laid minefield off the coast of Iceland. The Niger was transporting 39 survivors from the 10,000 ton cruiser HMS Edinburgh which was sunk by the U-456 on May 2nd, 1942, taking with her 57 members of her crew. The captain of the Niger, along with 80 crewmembers and 38 survivors from the Edinburgh went down with the ship. Only 8 men survived, one of whom was from the Edinburgh.

Charles married Elizabeth King in Sep 1929 in Hampstead, Greater London, Middlesex England. (Elizabeth King was born circa 1902 in London City, Middlesex England.)