To honour those who served their country

“In this their finest hour”

C/J 110817

Able Seaman

Webb, Sidney

 

 

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 and Minnie Webb; husband of Rose May Webb, of Thorne Kent

 

Memorial

CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL

56, 3.

 

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

 

Britain at War

 

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Maintained by Ron Taylor.

 

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