To honour those who served their country
“In this their finest hour”
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Gunner
Waddington, Wilfred Gibson
Royal Artillery
8 Coast Regiment
Japanese POW
Being transported from from Hong Kong to Shanghai in the Lisbon Maru
Hold
Three
Died
Age
26
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
Memorial
SAI WAN MEMORIAL
Column 6.
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
Original design by John WeedonMaintained by Ron Taylor.
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