To honour those who served their country

“In this their finest hour”

1863657

Lance Sergeant

Weston, John William

 

 

Royal Engineers

40 Fortress Coy.

 

Japanese POW

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

Hold

Two

 

 

Died

Age

37

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 John William and Jane Anne Weston, of Cheadle, Staffordshire, England

 

Memorial

SAI WAN MEMORIAL

Column 7.

 

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 Weedon
Maintained by Ron Taylor.

 

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