Hell Ships

Lisbon Maru

 

This Page Is Dedicated To

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 Lance Bombardier

Simpson, Matthew Allen

 

Royal Artillery

7 Battery, 5 H.A.A. Regiment

 

Japanese POW

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

Hold

Three

 

Died

Age

32

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 James and Janet Melvin Simpson; husband of Hilda Simpson, of South Shields, Co. Durham, England

 

Memorial

Column 3.

SAI WAN 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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