Today is the anniversary of Britain's worst maritime disaster, the sinking of the troopship Lancastria. An estimated 9000 troops were already on board when she was sunk off the coast of St Nazaire during the evacuation of the BEF in 1940.
Of those 9,000, just short of 2,500 survived...
But its a secret.
Winston Churchill, not wanting to further damage British morale slapped a reporting blackout on the tragedy - and so it remains. The official admission of the tragedy, along with the known facts will not be revealed until 2040.
Until 2040, the wreck of the Lancastria will not even be given war grave status which would have at least ensured that those who went down with her could be left to rest in peace. Thankfully there is sufficient publicity, sympathy and respect on both sides of the Channel for the site to be unofficially recognised as such.
"On all the oceans where whitecaps flow,
There are no crosses, row on row;
But those who sleep beneath the sea,
sleep in peace...your country is free."
The time is coming when everything that is covered up will be revealed, and all that is secret will be made known to all. 3Whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered behind closed doors will be shouted from the housetops for all to hear! Luke 12:2-3
