Lisbon Maru Memorial Association (LiMMA)

LiMMA has been set up with the following aims:

• To preserve for posterity the history of events leading up to and following the sinking of the Lisbon Maru in October 1942 and to facilitate bringing this history to present and future generations of families of the prisoners of war involved in the incident.
• To encourage friendships between the families of men involved in the tragedy and to create an extended network of this Lisbon Maru "family" in the UK and the wider world.
• To arrange an annual gathering of remembrance at the Lisbon Maru Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum.
• To facilitate the availability of this historical atrocity to military historians and researchers worldwide and to promote details to historical interest groups, educational facilities and the general public at large.