Also awarded the George Medal for same incident were 5 men from Royal Engineers: 79517 Godfrey RIGBY, RE, GM, OBE Recommendation for Award for...
...7/8 June. The Monarch of Bermuda, Batory, Sobieski, Franconia, Lancastria and Georgic were with Vindictive. The Oronsay, Ormonde, Arandora...
...with Norwegian civilians; withdrawal from Harstad aboard HMT Lancastria, 10/6/1940; attitude towards campaign in Norway; period as instructor...
Hallo William, Welcome to the forum! Indeed a very interesting and intriguing account – thank you for sharing it with us! Your great-Uncle...
...evacuated from St Nazaire. Inverclyde was on board the RMS Lancastria when she was sunk off St Nazaire on 17 June 1940. He was rescued by the...
...Cassino - I think this was in some ways more traumatic than the Lancastria was, certainly when in advanced dementia I distinctly remember him...
...of time in France and the subsequent experience on the RMS Lancastria. Podcast on the Lancastria disaster: Forgotten tragedy: The loss of HMT...
...only being discharged on the 21st May and then getting on the Lancastria in the neighbouring Loire estuary in St Nazaire on the 17th June. He...
...units for a more complete picture. I know he was on the RMS Lancastria at St Nazaire and survived the sinking on June 17th 1940 - there is...
Primary sources confirming Hugh’s post. [ATTACH] Gallantry Awards | The National Archives Page 5890 | Supplement 34963, 4 October 1940 | Lond......
[ATTACH] Gallantry Awards | The National Archives Page 5891 | Supplement 34963, 4 October 1940 | Lond...
[ATTACH] Gallantry Awards | The National Archives Page 5200 | Supplement 34930, 23 August 1940 | Lond...
...information about my grand uncle and his tragic demise on the Lancastria in 1940. To mark the 83rd anniversary I published this podcast about...
...unlikely. The name “Dunera”. This boat’s name - like the Lancastria - is, somehow, tangled in amongst my memory of the story, told to me in...
...in total were killed in WW2. Seven of those were on the RMS Lancastria and the other two were ashore. I believe I also know of another one,...
...only 51st Highland and threads on the evacuation, e.g. the SS Lancastria from memory. You should be able to work out who was there, it may take...
A considerable number of the bakers died on the Lancastria 1i June 1940 when she was bombed off St Nazaire.
...called Tommy Ackins !!! - Private Henry A. Smith, died on the Lancastria on June 17, 1940 On the other hand, I have never been able to find a...
We found out my great uncle was lost on the Lancastria. Walter Alan Cooper aged 23 - Aux Pioneer Corps. Brian Crabb helped out with his research...
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