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Chf.Stwd. James Gray
Merchant Navy SS Lackenby
from:South Shields
(d.25th Jan 1943)
My great grandfather James Gray was Chief Steward on the SS Lackenby which was singled out and hit by two torpedoes sent from a German U-boat. All crew went down with the ship south of Cape Farewell. James Gray left behind his wife and young daughter.