Hell Ships

Lisbon Maru

 

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P/JX 201901

Telegraphist

Ashford, Ronald Edward

 

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Tamar

 

Japanese POW

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

Hold

One

 

Died

Age

22

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 Cyril and Mabel Ashford, of Midway, Derbyshire

 

Memorial

Panel 66, Column 3.

PORTSMOUTH 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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