Ocracoke British Cemetery, Cape Hatteras National Seashore

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

While out patrolling for German submarines off the North Carolina coast during World War II, the British ship HMT Bedfordshire was torpedoed on May 11, 1942 . German U-boat 558 fired a torpedo that struck HMT Bedfordshire in a manner that caused the vessel to sink almost immediately. All 37 British Royal Navy sailors were killed. In the following days, the bodies of four sailors washed ashore on Ocracoke Island and were buried in local cemetery plots by residents.

Every year, the National Park Service, the US Coast Guard, and the British Royal Navy have a ceremony at the site to honor the men who lost their lives in the attacks.

 

https://www.nps.gov/places/000/ocracoke-british-cemetery.htm

 

 

[Sedalia Dave]

 

[watab kid]

very interesting read , id heard of it before on another site i frequent but had not thought of it in years ,