Three: Second Officer S. de Candia, Merchant Navy, who served with the S.S. St. Patrick - the Rosslare to Fishguard passenger ferry, and was killed with 29 others when she was attacked and sunk by the Luftwaffe, 13 June 1941

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Minister of Transport condolence slip, in card box of issue addressed to ‘Mrs D. R. de Candia, 1 New Hill Villas, Goodwick, Pembs.’, and small portrait photograph of recipient in uniform, extremely fine (3) £80-£120

Salvatore de Candia was the husband of Dorothy Ruth de Candia, and served as Second Officer of the S.S. St. Patrick. The latter vessel was a Rosslare to Fishguard passenger ferry, which was bombed by the Luftwaffe, 13 June 1941, resulting in her breaking in two and the deaths of 12 passengers, 17 of her crew and one gunner. The ship had been targeted by a German machine gunner the previous year, so was clearly a target, even though it was not a military vessel. Second Officer de Candia was amongst the crew who were killed, and he is commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial.