Survivor from the sinking of S.S. Kenbane Heard.
Ex Merchant Navy WW 2 Veteran S.S. Kenbane Head (Belfast)
Survivor. Discharge number R148063
Erected by Alice Millar
in memory of her husband Francis died 14 May 1973 aged 52 years.
During the 1939-45 war Francis was a survivor from the Kenbane Head, sunk by a German Battle Ship, Grafspee. Torpedoed in three other ships in the South Atlantic. Spent 28 days in a lifeboat, afterwards landed on the East Coast of Africa. His courage I shall remember forever.
At rest in Ballyhalbert Graveyard Ards Peninsula County Down. Northern Ireland
Rest in Peace, you will never be forgotten.
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