A lovely ending to a story reported on BBC Radio Humberside today about a sailor who went missing when the FV Bromelia was lost at sea on 22nd June 1942. A researcher from Vagur, in the Faroe Islands saw an unidentified grave and set out to discover who the man was and his research led him to John Henry Nicholls. An appeal for descendants of his family went out on 1st May and yesterday, 5th May some were found after just 4 days. Read the full story here. News_2020_May_GrimsbySeaman Tower Hill:|Lost on fishing vessels Bromelia to Compaganus https://www.wrecksite.eu/peopleView.aspx?88536
A brilliant piece of work by Faroese researcher Arnfinnur Thomassen. This Yorkshire Post report has photographs of the funeral in 1942: Mystery body identified as WW2 seaman from Grimsby after 78 years
