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Gordon Thackway ALLISON

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Gordon Thackwray ALLISON. First Radio Officer, Merchant Navy on M.V. King Lud (London), lost at sea by enemy action on the 8th June 1942 aged 22. He was the only son who was born on the 21st April 1920 to Herbert Thackwray and Florence Maud of 33, Lisburn Road, Finaghy, Belfast. He also lived at 1, Richmon Terrace, Armagh. He is commemorated on his parents memorial in Dundonald Cemetery, County Down, Northern Ireland and also on the Tower Hill Memorial, London.
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Here is the M.V King Lud

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https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?150824
 
nationality: british
purpose: transport
type: cargo ship
propulsion: motor vessel (diesel)
date built: 1928
tonnage: 5224 grt
dimensions: 127.2 x 16.7 x 8.3 m
material: steel
engine: diesel
power: 489 n.h.p.
speed: 10 knots

Torpedoed on 08/06/1942
 
No problem mate, glad your keeping the missus busy, you know how temperamental they get when bored mil-smile04
 

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