No.T/49747, Driver, Frederick William MISON
Aged 35
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Born in 1904 (4th qtr 1940 Bury St.Edmunds 4a:942) son of Frederick and Amy Eliza MISON (née LAST). He married Winifred Alice BURROWS in 1931. Their son Michael J was born in 1932. 1911 census...Aged 6, he was at 34 St Andrews Street South, Bury St.Edmunds with his father Frederick MISON [34] groom in livery stables, born Ousden; his mother Eliza [30] born Rougham; sisters Alice [8], Katie [4] and Edith [2]. All the children were born in Bury St.Edmunds. |
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Although the actual numbers cannot be confirmed, nor the names of many of the victims, it is certain that Frederick died in the sinking of the SS Lancastria.
On Monday the 17th of June, 1940 at 3.48pm the requisitioned Cunard cruise liner, Lancastria came under attack from enemy aircraft. She received three direct
hits from a German Junkers 88 bomber and within 20 minutes, the 16,243-ton luxury liner sank, taking with her an estimated 4,000 victims. This happened 9 miles
off the French coast near St. Nazaire. The sinking is the worst single disaster in British maritime history, and claimed more victims than the sinking of the Titanic and Lusitania combined. It is also the largest
single loss of life for British forces in the whole of World War 2. Estimates as to deaths range from 2,500 to 6,000. The task of listing those scrambling
to board was impossible
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