This memorial plaque is at the National memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire It is compiled with additional information by kind permission of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Winifred Sophia STOPFORD was a passenger on British Cargo Motor Vessel, Stentor, She died at sea 27th October 1942 aged 41.when the ship was torpedoed by German submarine U-509. She was the wife of Robert of of Strand Avenue, White Rocks, Northern Ireland. Recorded in St. George's Chapel in Westminster Abbey
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The names of the other civilians that perished that day are as follows.
BEECH, Arthur Edgecombe, Civilian killed at sea on M.V. Stentor (Liverpool) 27th October 1942 aged 51. Husband of Beth Clark Beech of 13. Moor Park Avenue, Leeds, Yorkshire. Recorded in St. George's Chapel in Westminster Abbey
BRAYHAM, Maurice, Civilian killed at sea on M.V. Stentor (Liverpool) 27th October 1942 aged 30. Husband of Vera Dorothy of 35 Kimber Road, Wadsworth, London. Recorded in St. George's Chapel in Westminster Abbey
DAVEY, Percival Claude, Civilian killed at sea on M.V. Stentor (Liverpool) 27th October 1942 aged 54 of 73, Telford Avenue, Streatham Hill, London. Recorded in St. George's Chapel in Westminster Abbey.
ERICKSON, James Carnie, Civilian killed at sea on M.V. Stentor (Liverpool) 27th October 1942 aged 45. Husband of Elizabeth Preston Erickson, of 4 Dene Crescent, Wallsend, Northumberland. Recorded in St. George's Chapel in Westminster Abbey
GRAVETT, Leslie Alfred, Civilian killed at sea on M.V. Stentor (Liverpool) 27th October 1942 aged 37. of 13. The Paragon, Clifton, Bristol. Recorded in St. George's Chapel in Westminster Abbey
HARRISON, Frederick John, Civilian killed at sea on M.V. Stentor (Liverpool) 27th October 1942 aged 43 of 103 Claremont Road, Rugby, Warwickshire. Recorded in St. George's Chapel in Westminster Abbey
HOLME, Christopher, Civilian killed at sea on M.V. Stentor (Liverpool) 27th October 1942 aged 50 Recorded in St. George's Chapel in Westminster Abbey
HUTCHINSON, Gerald Guard, Civilian killed at sea on M.V. Stentor (Liverpool) 27th October 1942 aged 28. of Bank Building, Omagh, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Son of Charles and Mary Martha Hutchinson, of the same address. Recorded in St. George's Chapel in Westminster Abbey
LILLICRAD, Frank, Civilian killed at sea on M.V. Stentor (Liverpool) 27th October 1942 aged 43. Husband of Catherine of 76, Eaton Road, Brynhyfryd, Swansea, South Wales. Recorded in St. George's Chapel in Westminster Abbey
McMAHON, John James, Civilian killed at sea on M.V. Stentor (Liverpool) 27th October 1942 aged 49. Son of Annie McMahon, of 22 Worcester Street, Gateshead, Co. Durham, and of the late John McMahon; husband of Margaret McMahon, of 37 Glynwood Gardens, Sheriff Hill, Gateshead. Recorded in St. George's Chapel in Westminster Abbey
NATHAN, Samuel Victor, Civilian killed at sea on M.V. Stentor (Liverpool) 27th October 1942 aged 32 Son of Israel and Sophia Nathan, of 40 Castle Avenue, Highams Park, Chingford, Essex. Recorded in St. George's Chapel in Westminster Abbey
ROBINSON, Thomas, Civilian killed at sea on M.V. Stentor (Liverpool) 27th October 1942 aged 45, of 43. The Lock, Thorne, Doncaster, Yorkshire. Recorded in St. George's Chapel in Westminster Abbey
SHARP, Neville Alexander Dyce, Civilian Doctor killed at sea on M.V. Stentor (Liverpool) 27th October 1942 aged 57 M.R C.S., M.R.C.P. Son of the late William and Harriet Louisa Dyce Sharp, of Reigate, Surrey; husband of Flora Dyce Sharp, of Newlands Whiteleaf, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. Recorded in St. George's Chapel in Westminster Abbey
SHORT, John De Courcy, Civilian killed at sea on M.V. Stentor (Liverpool) 27th October 1942 aged 26. Son of Edwin and Frances A. Short, of St. James, The Folly, Wexford, Republic of Ireland. Recorded in St. George's Chapel in Westminster Abbey
TOMLINSON, Arthur, Civilian killed at sea on M.V. Stentor (Liverpool) 27th October 1942 aged 35. of 8 Hazel Bank, Edgware Road, Blackburn, Lancashire. Husband of Marjorie Tomlinson. Recorded in St. George's Chapel in Westminster Abbey
Lest we forget