Hell Ships

Lisbon Maru

 

This Page Is Dedicated To

D/M 26910

Chief Engine Room Artificer

Boyes, William James L.

 

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Tamar

 

Japanese POW

Being transported from  from Hong Kong to Shanghai in the Lisbon Maru

Hold

One

 

Died

Age

40

Date of Death

1942/10/02

Place of Death

Lisbon Maru - 6 miles from Tung Fusham Island, off the China coast, 29°57'N, 122°56'E.

Nationality

United Kingdom

 

Loved Ones

Son of William James Lewis Boyes, and Catherine Margaret Boyes; husband of Margaret Irene Boyes, of Plympton, Devon

 

Memorial

Panel 68, Column 3.

PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

 

The Lisbon Maru left Hong Kong, 1942/09/27 for Shanghai with 1816 prisoners on board. Attacked and sunk by USS Grouper (American submarine).

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