tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373258521610177943.post7704302214698788095..comments2023-09-22T18:22:44.176+01:00Comments on AFTER THE CONFLICT - Cumbrian War Memorials: A country churchyardLouishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16745981628479484506noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373258521610177943.post-88724008911966607392008-03-19T18:42:00.000+00:002008-03-19T18:42:00.000+00:00A guy on the great war forum going by the name of ...A guy on the great war forum going by the name of 'Northern Soul', added the following. ..... There are some references to men killed in the war on various civil headstones in there but I have done a bit of digging on the 3 x Merchant Navy men. They all washed up at the same time, in mid-April, but the two found at Silecroft were buried more or less straight away while the one found further down the coast at Haverigg was not buried until July for some unknown reason. What it does give us is a possibly sinking to tie the casuallties to - the SS Brier Rose which vanished in the Irish Sea on March 26th, 1941 on a voyage between Belfast and Cardiff with a cargo of steel billets. It is assumed she was sunk by enemy action although her loss has not been linked to any known submarine attack. Captain Williams and nine other crew were killed. The date of sinking and the location would mean that bodies would wash up on the South Cumberland coast after a fortnight or so - c.f. Amos and Francis (who crashed off Bardsey Island rather than Anglesey). Of course, I can't prove any of this.............Louishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745981628479484506noreply@blogger.com