Bravery at Sea: The Heroic Story of Miss Mary Cornish and the SS City of Benares Tragedy
In September 1940 Luckley Music teacher, Miss Mary Cornish, volunteered to escort a group of 12 small girls on the trans-Atlantic steam passenger ship, SS City of Benares, which set off from Liverpool to safely deliver 100 young evacuees to Canada away from the bombing of Great Britain.
The Luckley motto “to love and serve” was widely promoted and Luckley pupils and staff were all expected to be industrious, playing their part in the war effort.
….The SS City of Benares tragedy is remembered to this day; a stark reminder of real wartime horror as well as a story of bravery, survival, resilience, and community spirit. A story that has been retold by award winning American children’s author, Deborah Heiligman, whose book titled ‘Torpedoed’, te ls the true story of the World War II sinking of what was termed, “the children’s ship”…
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