17 June 1940 George Kingsman aged 20 Royal Engineers

[nanny jan]

My 1st cousin 1R; son of John and Lily Kingsman.  A Sapper he lost his life on HMS Lancastria and is buried in St. Marie Communal Cemetery, France.

[Drew5233]

http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2391892/KINGSMAN,%20GEORGE%20RICHARD

From WO 167/1030 663 Artisan Works Company, Royal Engineers

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[nanny jan]

Thank you! Interesting to read.

[Rudolf H B]

"HMT Lancastria was a British Cunard liner commandeered by the UK Government for war, sunk on 17 June 1940 during World War II sending 4,000 people to their deaths, possibly many more. It is the greatest ever loss of life in the sinking of a single British ship, claiming more lives than the combined losses of the RMS Titanic (1,523 passengers and crew) and RMS Lusitania (1,200 passengers). It had also the highest death toll for UK forces in a single engagement in the whole of World War II."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancastria