Vessel Loss

Memorial: M3002

Gravestone at the Church of St Ffraed, Llanon, Ceredigion commemorating Captain Christopher David Lewis MN d. 1940 in the loss of the SS ‘Stanburn’

Location

Church of St Ffraed, Llanon, Ceredigion, Wales

Transcript

'Capt. Christopher David Lewis MN, The Mount, Llanon, who made the supreme sacrifice on Jan 29th 1940 aged 40 years'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Vessel: SS Stanburn

Event Category

1939-1945 Second World War

People

Lewis, Christopher David
Age: 40
Date of Death: 1940
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: Stanhope Steamship Co

Extra

Notes: SS 'Stanburn' bombed and sunk off Flambrough Head with the loss of 25 lives.
Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1973

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