"But the lack of recognition and acknowledgement in the subsequent years that has left many survivors and relatives of victims feeling their sacrifice was worth less than the big heroic events of the Second World War." An international petition has been launched by the Lancastria Archive which aims to bring about official legal designation of the wreck of the Lancastria by the UK Government. She received three direct hits from a German Junkers 88 bomber and within 20 minutes, the 16,243-ton luxury liner sank, taking with her an estimated 4,000 victims. Lancastria: Calls for WW2 sinking to be commemorated Statue marks Clyde site where Lancastria was built Survivor Reg Brown speaks to BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
We don't know. Other soldiers, meanwhile, performed acts of bravery and helped civilians while there was "no panic".They question why, after all this time, the area of the sinking - which is in French waters - is not designated a British war memorial site.
The bomb which actually sank the Lancastria went straight down the funnel. "Mark said: "There is a definite residual sense of grievance. "Walter was in the water for around four hours before he was picked up.
This is because of the vastness of the area of combat. However, these names should appear on the Dunkirk or Runnymede Memorials, and probably appear in the respective list of names researched by the author from the relevant registers.Abbott Arthur William (24) Pte RASC (Les Moutiers-en-Retz) S/106859*Smith James Terrance (27) Sgt 98 Squadron RAF (Pornic) 563390THOSE LISTED BELOW ARE NOT RECORDED AS BEING ON BOARD HMT LANCASTRIA BUT THE DATE, 17 JUNE 1940, IS RECORDEDApplicable codes used for War Cemeteries, after Regiment details, are as follows:Adams Henry John (31) Spr 663 Artisan Works Coy RE (Pornic) 1913367Richardson William, MN (39) Assistant Butcher dra 23.1.47 (Liverpool – West Derby)*(William Richardson died at Broadgreen Emergency Hospital, Liverpool.
In the following day's paper, again on page five, there was a more detailed article. In December 2007, following a debate in the Scottish Parliament, the As the 100th anniversary of the Titanic sinking took place in 2012, fresh calls were made for official recognition by the UK Government of Britain's worst ever maritime disaster, the loss of the Lancastria.In September 2013 a plaque was unveiled at Liverpool's The Canadian rock band, The Tragically Hip, pays tribute and describes the sinking in the song "Nautical Disaster" in its "RMS" stands for Royal Mail Ship; HMT stands for His Majesty's TransportFrancois, Christophe. She was two and a half when the ship was attacked.
The following list of names are recorded on the Dunkirk Memorial.
I think Churchill was right when he said 'we don't broadcast this'.
As the families reflect on their loss, it appears their frustrations will remain.The number of those who have died in the US now exceeds 166,000. Retrieved 17 June 2019. Walter ended up in the water and saw a dog swimming away from the wreckage.
The events of that afternoon have become obscured, not least because they also coincided with another ‘larger’ news story, the formal announcement that France had capitulated to Hitler’s Germany and Churchill, on hearing news of the Lancastria disaster, immediately placed a D-notice on it forbidding any knowledge of the sinking reaching an already demoralised public.Secrecy, whether deliberate or otherwise, continue to shroud the Lancastria like the dark, silt laden waters which now cover the wreck site.Above the unveiling of the Lancastria memorial in October 2011 on the site where the ship was built in Clydebank, Scotland On Monday the 17th of June, 1940 at 3.48pm the requisitioned Cunard cruise liner, Lancastria came under attack from enemy aircraft.
When they reached the water, Jacqueline was kept alive on a floating plank of wood.Now aged 77 and living in Malvern, Worcestershire, she will be joined by her husband, her children and her grandchildren at a ceremony in Saint-Nazaire on 17 June to mark the tragedy.
Survivors of the Lancastria, who were all ordered not to talk about the sinking Why don't they recognise it? "The Ministry of Defence said all known documents relating to the Lancastria have been available at the National Archives at Kew since the early 1970s. Her parents Clifford and Vera Tillyer were working in Belgium when they decided to evacuate. No body, or recognisable body, was found; therefore, the date of death is, as the above list, recorded between two dates that embrace 17 June 1940. Reg Brown was on a documentry for ITN because he was one of the last survivors of the SS Lancastria which was sunk in June 1940 killing up to 7,000 British troops. These are external links and will open in a new window List of those found and buried ashore, or reported to be on board at the time of the sinking and presumed lost in the action ^ "Rudolph Sharp (British) – Crew lists of Ships hit by U-boats".
When he eventually returned to England, he was ordered - along with the other survivors - to not speak a word about the Lancastria.He never saw his friend Charlie again.