Lancastria Memorial Fund - for those who lost their lives 17/6/1940

butterflymum

On 17th June 1940, i[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Sans-serif]t took just 20 minutes for around 4000 lives to be lost in Britain’s worst ever maritime disaster:[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Sans-serif]The sinking of the troopship Lancastria[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Sans-serif]Maybe now, at long last, they can be fittingly remembered and honoured.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Sans-serif]You can read all about the tragedy at http://www.lancastria.org.uk/home.html[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Sans-serif]and if you feel able to and wish to, you can help the memorial fund at:[/FONT]

http://www.lancastria.org.uk/News/Lancastria_Memorial_Fund/lancastria_memorial_fund.html

Thank you for taking the time to read this - to even have done this, is very much appreciated. My husband's grandad, who had also served throughout WW1, was one of those killed in this WW2 tragedy, hence why I support the aims of the association.

Ishtar

Thank you for posting this. My Granddad was a survivor of the sinking of the Lancastria and he often said how let down he felt because it was rarely spoken about.

D.

butterflymum

Thank you for taking the trouble to post. I'm sure your grandad did feel let down. Hopefully the memorial will go some way to paying proper tribute to those who lost their lives as well as those who survived.

Anyone who feels they wish to contribute to this can still do so - please see links in first post.