Lisbon Maru Memorial Association (LiMMA)
Please help us to facilitate bringing the history of the Lisbon Maru to current and future generations
What is 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.
Joining LiMMA
If you wish to stay in contact with LiMMA, please complete a Membership Information Collection Form, which you can download from this page. Your completed form will allow us to retain your details on our database for any future correspondence. It is planned that membership of the association will be free.
We also plan to provide some background information on all of those who boarded the Lisbon Maru, ideally with a photo. This will form part of this website for anyone researching their relatives. If you have information you are willing to share, please complete a Personal Information Sheet, which you can also download from this page.
Please send your completed forms to limmauk@gmail.com
Download a Membership Information Collection Form here.
Download a Personal Information Sheet here.
